WHAT FOR? Polls Say Canada Is Voting a Liberal Government—Again

Canada is holding snap elections today, Monday, April 28, and the Canadian people—who President Trump is inviting into joining as the 51st state—primarily voted for the Liberal Party.

This means that the PM that will succeed Justin Trudeau (who already left office some months ago and gave his spot to incumbent Mike Carney), will be from the same party as him.

In case you’ve cleansed your mind from Trudeau, and we won’t blame you. He’s the Prime Minister who crashed their economy, was the head of State during a goalie crisis, cracked down on natural products, and tried to steer attention away from his carbon tax (!) with absurd stunts, like wearing socks with Arabic inscriptions.

Yes, he did this, and unfortunately, we’re not making this up.

Leaders in Canada are picked by their party, and Liberals exploited this

When Canadians head to the polls, they vote for a party. The party then appoints a leader. That’s why Mike Carney, the current Liberal PM, is slated to secure his position. Canadians hold elections every five years, but Carney called an early vote (that’s why it’s a snap election) because he probably realized he could clinch his seat as Canada’s leader if he took advantage of his momentum.

How did the Liberals cling on after Trudeau’s disaster?

The Canadian election’s outcome could be either a surprise or an “I told you so” moment, depending on which month you zoomed out of it. If you’ve lost attention to Canadian politics in the past two months, then you’re probably startled that Canadians didn’t vote Conservative. In the end, the Liberals were the party that installed a carbon tax on hard-working Canadians, and who also were the government in which the economy sunk, inflation crept up, and rent went through the roof.

If you check the following graph, it looked quite bleak for the Liberals (and quite bright for Canadians) until a few months ago. 

So who’s been running as the opposition? Pierre Poilievre, the Conservative leader, has been riding on a plea to make Canada great again these last few years. Canadian and American conservatives alike seemed satisfied with his proposal. He was even interviewed by the now disgraced Jordan Peterson, who called Poilievre “Canada’s next Prime Minister.” Everyone was sure that he’d win the seat. And even if he’s more aligned with Trump’s rhetoric than the Liberals, he never stepped off track when Trump invited Canada to become a 51st state. As a matter of fact, he rebutted Trump, albeit indirectly.

So, when did things go south for Conservatives up North? What happened in the last few weeks that made Canadians choose Liberals again, as if they had Trudeau’s image wiped from their minds?

Polls have been predicting a Liberal comeback over the last few weeks after Canada was struck down with tariffs and the invitations to become a new U.S. state. Surveys indicate that most Canadians don’t like the idea of being part of America. And maybe Conservatives haven’t been smart enough to capitalize on this.

What's Next for Conservatives (and Liberals) in Canada

Considering that Conservatives value sovereignty as extremely important, the Canadian Left has done an excellent job of exploiting and magnifying the concerns of a possible takeover to score cheap political points. They’re doing this instead of focusing on what actually stunts their country’s strength, like handling the nation's high cost of living. It’s an easy scare tactic that undermines the Canadian Conservatives’ solid plan to actually strengthen their country by addressing inflation and repairing the housing crisis. It will be of no surprise when Canadians realize they’ve hit a wall, since the Liberals’ two-month tax holiday is nothing but an election bribe that will not bring long-term prosperity to Canada.

Another reason why Conservatives have drawn the short end of the stick is that Liberals have villainized Conservatives’ energy policies for not yielding to a woke narrative about climate change. Liberals have chosen to smear the opposition’s non-nonsense plan for strengthening Canadian energy independence, instead of addressing their own counterproductive and burdensome carbon taxes.

If the Conservatives are offering structural fixes for Canada, we can expect Carney to provide just the opposite.