Trump helps Liberals win in Canada.

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Tarheel Baptist said:

“Trump has spoken about his own impact on the race, saying he turned what looked like a surefire Conservative win into a close call. Polls showed national support for the Liberals rose as support for the Conservatives fell during this recent period of tension.”
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No wonder...
CBC News is a news media source with an AllSides Media Bias Rating™ of Lean Left.
CNN is a likely pair.
 
Tarheel Baptist said:

“Trump has spoken about his own impact on the race, saying he turned what looked like a surefire Conservative win into a close call. Polls showed national support for the Liberals rose as support for the Conservatives fell during this recent period of tension.”
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If so-called 'conservative' Canadians voted in a leftist regime because of an American President's rhetoric, they weren't conservative to begin with.

But it may have been their 'conservative' candidate's trashing of Trump that did him in:

www.thegatewaypundit.com

Canadian Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre Loses National Election AND His Seat in Parliament after He Started Trashing Trump on Regular Basis... Update: Trashes Trump on Way Out the Door | The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft

Monday night was a blood bath for Canadian conservatives and conservative leader Pierre Poilievre.
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Ekklesian said:
But it may have been their 'conservative' candidate's trashing of Trump that did him in:
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Anyone who thinks that a candidate in Canada--in generally-safe-for-Liberals Ottawa, no less--lost an election because he trashed Trump isn't playing with a full deck. Gateway Pundit just doesn't get Canadian politics.

While Polievre lost his own seat, and that was a big setback for the Conservative Party, they still gained 24 other seats over 2021. It was the leftist parties that took a blood bath: the New Democrats, Greens, and Bloc Quebecois were decimated and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh also lost his seat (and resigned).

Even the Liberals were stopped short of a majority government. It's quite possible they won't last a year.
 
Yes, it is extremely unlikely that any candidate anywhere in Canada lost any significant number of votes for trashing Trump. Gateway Pundit is a notoriously unreliable news source. If Gateway Pundit said the sky was blue, I wouldn't believe it without stepping outside to check it out first.

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illinoisguy said:
Yes, it is extremely unlikely that any candidate anywhere in Canada lost any significant number of votes for trashing Trump. Gateway Pundit is a notoriously unreliable news source. If Gateway Pundit said the sky was blue, I wouldn't believe it without stepping outside to check it out first.

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Exactly!
The reason he ‘trashed Trump’ is because he correctly read the polling.
The liberal guy, practically ran against Trump.
 
Ransom said:
Anyone who thinks that a candidate in Canada--in generally-safe-for-Liberals Ottawa, no less--lost an election because he trashed Trump isn't playing with a full deck. Gateway Pundit just doesn't get Canadian politics.

While Polievre lost his own seat, and that was a big setback for the Conservative Party, they still gained 24 other seats over 2021. It was the leftist parties that took a blood bath: the New Democrats, Greens, and Bloc Quebecois were decimated and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh also lost his seat (and resigned).

Even the Liberals were stopped short of a majority government. It's quite possible they won't last a year.
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The fact that the Conservatives did so well reinforces the fact that if Trump had simply stayed out of the way Polievre would be forming a government now.
Hope the Liberal coalition doesn’t hold and he gets another chance.
 
Ransom said:
Anyone who thinks that a candidate in Canada--in generally-safe-for-Liberals Ottawa, no less--lost an election because he trashed Trump isn't playing with a full deck. Gateway Pundit just doesn't get Canadian politics.
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You may be right. It may be Stockholm Syndrome according to this Canadian.

www.americanthinker.com

Canada jumps over the edge

An abuser will spook his victim, then prey on her fears to manipulate and control her. Having been stripped of any sense of individual confidence and self-worth, the victim may see her abuser as her protector. Here we have something akin to mass form...
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Ekklesian said:
You may be right. It may be Stockholm Syndrome according to this Canadian.
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Or, then again, maybe we're just a left-leaning country. the Liberal Party has governed Canada for 94 of our 158 years--roughly 60% of the time, and contiguous Liberal governance tends to be of longer duration than Conservative. Even at ten years, the Justin Trudeau/Carney government hasn't come close to the durations of, say, McKenzie King or Lester Pearson and Pierre Trudeau. One of the LPC's nicknames is the "natural governing party." There's plenty to explain the Liberal trend without the bad psychoanalysis.
 
Ransom said:
Or, then again, maybe we're just a left-leaning country. the Liberal Party has governed Canada for 94 of our 158 years--roughly 60% of the time, and contiguous Liberal governance tends to be of longer duration than Conservative. Even at ten years, the Justin Trudeau/Carney government hasn't come close to the durations of, say, McKenzie King or Lester Pearson and Pierre Trudeau. One of the LPC's nicknames is the "natural governing party." There's plenty to explain the Liberal trend without the bad psychoanalysis.
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The fact that Canada is a left leaning country, to say the least, makes it all the more remarkable that the conservatives had as much as a 20 point lead in polls after Trudeau resigned. Until Trump began his tariff war and his dumb language about you being our 51st state.
 
Tarheel Baptist said:
Until Trump began his tariff war and his dumb language about you being our 51st state.
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It seems most Canadians thought Carney would be the best choice to stand up to Trump. Meanwhile, Trump wanted Carney to win, because he thinks he is weak and he can handle him better. Which is probably true. But that means a) Canadians fell for the demagoguery, and b) Trump basically interfered with our election for his own advantage.
 
Here is an analysis of the Canadian election from Don Johnson, an Independent Baptist pastor in British Columbia:

"The single biggest factor in the Liberal revival was reaction to Donald Trump and his aggressive stance toward Canada. Canadians, like most people, have a sense of national pride. When Trump made his remarks and started imposing tariffs, he antagonized almost all Canadians, including the Conservatives. We might fight among ourselves about how our country should be run, but we want outsiders to keep out of it.

"The fear of Trump led many on the left, especially the NDP supporters, to switch to the Liberals, because Poilievre is seen by them as 'too much like Trump' and not prepared to 'stand up to Trump.' It really doesn’t matter if Trump was 'joking,' or if the tariff idea really comes into play in the future, the threats stirred people up and led to the massive move out of third parties to the Liberals. (Massive, yes, but not massive enough to give the Liberals a majority.) We had a very high voter turnout in this election, starting from the first advance polls to election day.

"If Trump hadn’t antagonized Canadians, we would have had an election anyway. It would have been a more normal election. Given that the Conservatives basically held on to their support in the election we had, I think the left would have retained its traditional split, thus giving the Conservatives the win."

www.proclaimanddefend.org

What Happened in Canada

Our election up here is over and the guys I voted for lost (as usual… I am used to backing those who rarely win!). Interestingly to me, a lot of Americans are talking about this
www.proclaimanddefend.org

See also this analysis by evangelical Reformed Baptist pastor in Ontario Tim Challies:

" . . . polls showed the Conservative Party under Pierre Poilievre would triumph to a degree never before seen in Canadian history.

"But then Donald Trump got involved and did so in a couple of different ways. First, following a fateful meeting with Justin Trudeau, he began to refer to Canada as the 51st state and its Prime Minister as a mere governor. He made it clear that he believed Canada should revoke its sovereignty and become part of the United States. Second, he began to treat Canada as more of an enemy than an ally, putting heavy tariffs in place and speaking of how Canada has been taking advantage of the United States by stealing her jobs and maintaining unfair trade surpluses. Almost instantly, the political scene in Canada was utterly transformed. . . .

[The election was] "essentially narrowed . . . . to a referendum on which leader could best stand up to Donald Trump and save the Canadian economy."

www.challies.com

How Donald Trump Upended Canadian Politics and Helped the Liberals Win

On April 28, Canadians elected the Liberal Party of Canada to a fourth consecutive term. This is a rare feat for a political party in Canada and in this case, one of special significance, for just …
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