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Geoff Russ

April

Canada’s Liberals led by Mark Carney assembled an unnatural alliance of swing voters, grassroots Liberals, left-wingers, and a rash of wealthier, business-first conservative.

How Trump handed Canada back to the Liberals

Unfortunately for Poilievre, populists in the English-speaking world outside the US may be handicapped so long as Trump is sitting in the Oval Office.

March

New Canadian PM Mark Carney has made opposition to Donald Trump the centrepiece of his campaign.

Trump moment drives Carney’s ‘Canada First’ election campaign

Even some usually Conservative voters have announced they will vote for the Liberal prime minister based on his promise to handle the bombastic US president.

January

Justin Trudeau announced his resignation as support within and outside of his party melted away.

Trudeau’s brutal legacy is failure to match soaring ambitions

After almost a decade at the top, his tenure will be remembered for poorly managing national decline and overseeing a lost decade.

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