Pierre Poilievre aligned himself with the new fascism of the USA. Despite many of his standpoints being relatively sane and normal for right-wing politics, he leaned enthusiastically into the culture wars and was viewed as a puppet of the president to the south. He even borrowed the slogan.
In January, the Canadian Conservative party had a lead of 23% over the ruling Liberal party – a combination of them being in power for too long and a very unpopular Prime Minister. Poilievre was expected to capitalise on the coronation of his mentor in the USA and lead his party to government.
The talk of the 51st state ended this. On the eve of the election, the dictator was making it sound so tempting, talking about the military power of the USA and how there would be zero tariffs. That being the military he is using to threaten the country, and the tariffs he raised himself. The usual insults and myopic greed, basically.
It’s hard to get past this. Poilievre has lost not only the election, but his own seat in parliament as well. The Conservatives are already descending into civil war, with various lunatics insisting they weren’t insane enough. This party division shows they weren’t fit to rule.
Congratulations to Mark Carney. A boring technocrat who has tapped into the real popular spirit of the Canadian electorate. It’s going to be a difficult job with the maniacs to the south, but hopefully he will pull through.