By Dan Robertson and Ken Boessenkool

Dan Robertson is the founder of Pathos Strategy and was the chief strategist for the 2021 Conservative general election campaign. Ken Boessenkool is a professor at the Max Bell School of Public Policy and founder of Sidicus Consulting Ltd.

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Ontario Premier Doug Ford, centre, and Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy, right, walk in with doughnuts and greet trades people before painting a mock-up wall during a pre-budget photo opportunity at the International Union of Painters Allied Trades facility in Toronto on Thursday, March 23, 2023. Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press.

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Organized labour's unlikely new alliance could shift Canada's political landscape

While they haven’t always made natural bedfellows for Canada’s conservative parties, working-class Canadians, with shared values and alienated by the frivolity of progressive politics, are a natural source of new conservative voters.

Dan Robertson and Ken Boessenkool - March 30, 2023