Global spillover of Trump(dis)order: Who will win ultimately - Trump or Carney?

ALL public opinion surveys in Canada in the last three years indicated one thing.

- W.A. Wijewardena

Public opinion in favour of Conservatives

That was, the Liberals who were in power for three consecutive terms had overstayed their welcome and should recede to oblivion. The specific attack was on its leader, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. It was typical of any leader who chose to hold on to the reins of power for too long.

His youthful charisma, according to BBC's Jessica Murphy, catapulted him to premiership some 10 years ago, raising the status of the Liberal Party which was in the third place at that time to electoral victory. First, it was an internal party revolution among Liberals who put continuous pressure on Trudeau to step down. This silent internal implosion within the party soon leaked out to open space creating an explosive animosity toward Liberals among the ordinary Canadians.

Everyone expected Trudeau to step down, but he was insensitive to public opinion and held onto power. The obvious choice of Canadians was the opposition, Conservatives, who did not do well in politics 10 years ago. Bur every opinion poll raised the position of Conservatives, and the wide expectation of Canadians was that they will replace the Trudeau government. When Trudeau yielded to the pressure from his party peers finally in January 2025, the Conservatives were about 20% above the Liberals in the choice of Canadians, a gap which not even a leader of Herculean capacity could fill within a few months. Hence, for the Conservative leader, Pierre Marcel Poilievre, it seemed to be a cakewalk to power when the Parliamentary elections would eventually be announced.

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