Changing political landscape

Re: Kenney’s carbon problem, John Ivison, May 8

John Ivison writes: “The Liberals are clearly nervous at the Conservative coalition that is emerging in provincial capitals.”

Nervous they should be. One year from now, provincial elections will have taken place in three provinces. In Alberta, the accidental NDP government will in all probability have been replaced by Jason Kenney’s Conservative party. In Ontario, the Liberal government should be reduced to thirdparty status as the PCs win. Even in Quebec, an economically conservative party — the CAQ — seems to be on the winning track.

So what is the lay of the land in May 2019? Very troubling for our apologist prime minister.

A swath of Canada from Alberta through Ontario representing 60 per cent of the Canadian population will be led by Conservative governments (premiers Jason Kenney, Scott Moe, Brian Pallister and Doug Ford) on record as opposed to Justin Trudeau’s carbon tax.

Throw in a potentially sympathetic CAQ in Quebec and perhaps a B.C. government no longer held hostage by a handful of Green Party MLAs and — just in time to cause trouble in the fall 2019 federal election — you could have a showdown between Trudeau and premiers representing almost the entire Canadian population.

Marty Burke, Guelph, Ont.

GAVIN YOUNG / POSTMEDIA NEWS Jason Kenney and his United Conservative Party will likely replace the NDP government in Alberta next year as part of a sweeping blue wave across the country in politics, reader Marty Burke writes..