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Pierre Poilievre’s Biggest Selling Point Is Now a Huge Liability


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... in the last 3 months Liberals have surged past Conservatives in the polls, and the reversal is due in large part to Canadians’ sudden revulsion over Trump’s relentless economic and rhetorical attacks on their nation. Now, Poilievre finds himself sprinting away from any association with the MAGA movement and his legion of American conservative fans. But while he has tried to define policy differences between himself and Trump ahead of the April 28 election, he has held fast to his confrontational anti-elite media style

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/12/pierre-poilievre-trump-canada-prime-minister-00286947

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40 minutes ago, placeholder said:

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... in the last 3 months Liberals have surged past Conservatives in the polls, and the reversal is due in large part to Canadians’ sudden revulsion over Trump’s relentless economic and rhetorical attacks on their nation. Now, Poilievre finds himself sprinting away from any association with the MAGA movement and his legion of American conservative fans. But while he has tried to define policy differences between himself and Trump ahead of the April 28 election, he has held fast to his confrontational anti-elite media style

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/04/12/pierre-poilievre-trump-canada-prime-minister-00286947

He has no choice. Neither do the staunch conservatives who will vote for him anyway. I think it'll be closer than polling indicates atm.

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44 minutes ago, stevenl said:

He has no choice. Neither do the staunch conservatives who will vote for him anyway. I think it'll be closer than polling indicates atm.

Usually, I think that would be the case. But this time could be different. Trump is providing powerful motivation to get out the vote and somehow I don't think a lot of Canadians endorse his view that Canada will inevitably become the 51st state.

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