Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is in deep trouble. His Liberal Party is getting rocked by Pierre Poilievre’s Conservative Party with little sign of an electoral recovery in the offing.
According to one Canadian polling site, “Demographically, the Conservatives lead across all age groups. They lead by 12 among 18 to 29-year-olds, 21 among 30 to 44-year-olds, 23 among 45 to 59-year-olds, and 20 among those aged 60 and over.”
Although Trudeau doesn’t have to call for an election before 2025, it’s possible that under the right circumstances, he might do so. In his way of thinking, he has a secret weapon: Donald Trump.
Poilievre is no Trump — not even close. But Trudeau has already tried to portray Poilievre and the Conservatives as the second coming of MAGA.
This was made clear when the Conservatives voted against a bill that would have would have reauthorized a Ukraine-Canada trade deal.
“I’ve actually boasted . . . that it’s not a political debate in Canada, all parties in Canada stand with Ukraine,” Trudeau said at a press conference recently. “So it is particularly troubling to see — even though we are seeing a rise of right-wing rhetoric in…
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