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It’s hard truth time for the Liberal Party of Canada.

And for the Conservative Party of Canada. And for the federal New Democrats too. But, the hard truth is that it’s particularly hard truth time for the Liberals.

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Locked in a three-way tie atop the race to win the next election, each party faces the gut-wrenching challenge of making choices soon that will lead to winning or losing later. That makes it an exhilarating time. Play it smart and you end up running the country. Play it wrong and you end up kicked to the curb. Chances are, success or failure on Election Day will be traced back to the decisions that each party is about to take. It’s the summer before the storm.

Because the risks of a misstep are so high, it can be tantalizingly easy to hold fast and do not much. You can even convince yourself that’s the courageous choice – stay the course, steady upper lip, cross your legs and hold it. All that manly mantalk. But logic dictates that for at least two of the three parties, the course they’re on now cannot be a winner. How to know what adjustments to make? Or when? A dose of honesty is usually a good place to begin.