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Liberal party support highest among boomers

More than any other age group, boomers overwhelmingly support the Liberal Party. A July 2026 poll conducted by Abacus Data asked 4,200 Canadian adults which party they would likely vote for if an election were held that day. 52% of voters who were age 60 and older supported the Liberals, versus 32% voicing support for the Conservative Party.

Meanwhile, among all other voting age groups – ages 18 to 29, 30 to 44, and 45 to 59 – support was almost dead even between the Liberals and Conservatives.

Why the difference? One possibility was offered up by National Post columnist Amy Hamm, who suggested that seniors are more heavily influenced by left-leaning TV broadcasters such as CBC News than younger age groups, who tend to get news from a wider variety of sources, with a broader ranges of political perspectives. Hamm wrote about the CBC:

“Citizens should expect our national broadcaster to engage in nonpartisan news reporting. In years long past, the CBC arguably did… These days, the CBC frames Prime Minister Carney’s failures as successes, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre as an angry parliamentary jester.”

While it can be hard to judge what outlets are trustworthy, Christians have the wisdom from the Lord’s Word to guide our thinking and to test our sources for the wrong biases. Scripture tells us, too, to hear out multiple sources before making judgments, because, as Solomon reminds us, “The one who states his case first seems right, until the other comes and examines him” (Prov. 18:17).

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What if we said what we mean? – political party edition

Another election campaign has come and gone, and one of the bigger disappointments might simply be, did anyone defend anything that really mattered?

The Conservatives ran a slogan promising “Canada First – For a Change,” but the changes party leader Pierre Poilievre promised were practical, more than principled. What did he stand for? Change and Canada? The Liberals could have run with that too – Carney, after all, ran on the platform of not being Trudeau. And that seemed change enough for the electors, who gave his party yet another term.

But where were the unborn left in this campaign? And what about the many vulnerable elderly or disabled Canadians who, in our culture of death, are now seen as having lives not worth living? Who is going to stand up for them? The mainstream parties weren’t going to go there.

There’s a trend working its way around the web asking, what if companies had to use “brutally honest slogans” that told the truth about their products? What might that look like? Some of the suggestions include:

  • IKEA: Come for the meatballs. Stay cause you can’t find your way out.
  • Facebook: Come procrastinate
  • YouTube: Don’t let your kids read the comments

What if political parties had to do the same and say what they actually meant? If they had to be blunt and truthful, what would their slogans look like? I’d suggest they might look something like this:

LIBERALS

Vote for us and get the government you deserve
Pitching you a bright future, hoping you’ll forget our seedy past
Abortion…done! Gay marriage…done! Euthanasia…done! Transgenderism…
Swaying Fourth Estate coverage with your tax dollars
We listen; We care; We pass out your money everywhere
At least we aren’t the scary Conservatives!
Proudly aborting the next generation of voters
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT!!! Serving the same old menu.

CONSERVATIVES

When it comes to moral issues…that’s all we have to say.
With Trudeau gone, we’ll have to focus on the CBC
Christian voters should be seen but not heard
Money matters. Unborn children don’t.
Still the lesser of two evils!
Fiscally? Conservative! Morally? Well…
At least we aren’t the scary Liberals
Christians welcome…at the back of the bus.

NEW DEMOCRATS

The tenth commandment was only meant for rich people.
More government is always the answer.
Every child deserves two loving… daycare workers
Liberals delivered euthanasia, but we thought of it first!
We deny the unborn are people. We won’t deny Steve is a girl.
When we say “free” we mean your grandkids pay
On-call Liberal lapdog
We spell “Compassion” M-O-N-E-Y

CHRISTIAN HERITAGE PARTY

We’re not in it to win it.
Your vote is your voice; what are you saying with it?
As long as “lesser evil” is enough, you’ll never get better
When you vote pro-choice, you aren’t pro-life
Our goal needs to be volume, not victory… but we keep forgetting
C’mon! How bad do the Conservatives have to get?
If only we got a vote whenever someone said, “I agree with you, but…”
Shutting up about God to be winnable is not a good trade
The only wasted vote is for something you don’t believe in

Pictured generated with ChatGPT.