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NATIONAL CITIZENS COALITION SLAMS LIBERAL PARTY’S “PROJECT FEAR,” AMID NEW REVELATIONS ON CREATION OF “ELBOWS UP” CAMPAIGN STRATEGY
ONTARIO, July 7, 2025 – The National Citizens Coalition (NCC) and its President, Peter Coleman, are calling out the Liberal Party’s disgraceful 'Project Fear' tactics, following new revelations obtained by Blacklock’s Reporter, a trusted Canadian independent news source and accredited member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery.
New documents expose that the Liberal Party conducted government-funded focus groups to test their fearmongering, 'elbows up' strategy months before the United States announced tariffs, using pollsters hired by the Privy Council.
Readers should also note this government focus-group effort took place around the time of Trudeau's 'hot mic' with business leaders and the press, when he released what would become the foundations for the Liberal campaign.
This premeditated 'Project Fear' strategy, designed to stoke anxiety and division, is a betrayal of the trust Canadians place in their government.
"Young Canadians, working Canadians, common-sense Canadians, they desperately needed change, and they can see through the Liberal Party’s manipulative tactics," says Peter Coleman, President of the National Citizens Coalition.
"The Liberal governments has been caught red-handed abusing taxpayer dollars to test-drive a fear-mongering campaign long before any tariffs were even announced. This was not leadership, it’s political opportunism at its worst. Canadians deserve a government that tackles real challenges with honesty, not one that takes a serious situation like negotiations and tariff threats from south of the border, and then manufactures a greater crisis for votes."
The NCC condemns the Liberal Party’s exploitation of confidential focus groups to shape a narrative that abuses economic uncertainties for partisan gain. This revelation underscores a pattern of prioritizing political survival over the public’s interest, a hallmark of the Liberals’ recent tenure.
The 'elbows up' campaign, far from being a spontaneous response to U.S. tariffs, appears to have been a calculated move to manipulate public perception, funded by taxpayers and orchestrated through the Privy Council.
"We know better than to take the Carney Liberals at their word," Coleman continues. "The Liberals have long-shown they’ll say anything to cling to power. That they pulled this cynical stunt during a vital change election, with a worst-in-the-G7 housing crisis, out-of-control immigration, record healthcare wait-times, and rising crime and chaos... I'm ashamed for the millions of Canadians who have been denied their moment of recovery because of this 'Project Fear.' Especially knowing those 'elbows' are now down."
The NCC demands transparency on how these focus groups were funded, who authorized them and when, what connection they potentially share with the PMO, and why taxpayer money was used to fund a partisan re-election strategy.
Canada's pioneering conservative advocacy group demands the Carney Liberals release all documents related to these focus groups, and commit to governing with integrity, not deception. The NCC stands with Canadians who value truth, fiscal responsibility, and leadership that puts the nation’s interests above political gamesmanship.
"The trust and goodwill the Carney Liberals have been receiving from subsidized media and short-sighted supporters, it should be earned. These cynical political animals, largely from the same Trudeau team who got our country into this mess in the first place, should be afforded no benefit of the doubt. The honeymoon is over," the NCC president concludes.
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