Trump Drama Drowns Out Canadian Conservatives’ Election Message
Pierre Poilievre, leader of Canada's Conservative Party, left, and wife Anaida walk back to their bus after a campaign event at Wisla Delicatssen Polish Deli in Mississauga, Ontario on Monday.
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Pierre Poilievre seemed to be on an unstoppable march to political victory.
It was late December and Justin Trudeau’s government was in disarray. The Canadian prime minister had lost his finance minister, was deserted by key members of his party and had gone into hiding from the media. Poilievre’s Conservative Party, already well ahead in opinion polls, expanded its lead. As 2025 began, one projection had them on course to win two-thirds of seats in the country’s House of Commons, a landslide.