Canada’s Nationalism Surge Realigns Its Politics.
Mere months ago, the Conservative Party in Canada looked headed towards a landslide victory. Its leader, Pierre Poilievre, was ascendant and drawing rave reviews from much of the American conservative movement — both from the foreign policy establishment and the more Trump-aligned new right.
But since Donald Trump ascended to office, the electoral fortunes of Poilievre and his conservative party have soured in a hurry. Trump’s decision to levy tariffs on Canada, his bellicose rhetoric and his insistence that the second largest country in the world by land mass would become the United States’ 51st state have torpedoed Poilievre, whose previous praise of Trump came back to haunt him. With the Liberal Party wielding a surge in Canadian nationalism against their main opponents, what was once a lead of about 25 points in the polls in December has shrunk to less than zero, with Liberals now projected to win an outright majority in parliament. ‘Politico’
Donald Trump has threatened to annex the neighbor to the North which is causing much strife among its citizens and also a surge in nationalism that is realigning its political landscape. This is one of the unintended consequences of the big flex shown by Washington and it may not cause the desired outcome. Regardless Canada will stay Canada and they are happy to be foil to Americanism even if we are both tied to the same lot in life.
