Canada

Almost 20 years ago, Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper asserted Canada was an energy superpower. Under Justin Trudeau and the Liberal government, the narrative was not about flexing our energy muscles, but on reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and shifting to green energy.

And then along came Donald Trump. The U.S. President has driven home to Canadians the importance of Canada’s oil-and-gas sector. His administration has implemented tariffs on aluminum, steel and the automotive sector, but oil and gas was left alone. This drove home to Canadians the importance of the oil and gas sector – not just to the Canadian economy, but to the American economy, as well.

On Wednesday, I appeared in a segment on CBC’s The National about a trend I’ve been tracking closely for the past year: the noticeable shift of young Canadian men toward conservative politics. The piece, titled “They’re young, male and swinging conservative,” dives into the changing political preferences among young men and explores what’s driving them.

During the interview, I shared recent Abacus Data polling showing how young men—especially those under 35—are increasingly skeptical of progressive politics and more open to the messages coming from Pierre Poilievre and the Conservative Party. Economic anxiety, frustration with housing affordability, and a feeling that progressive discourse doesn’t include or even welcomes them—these are recurring themes in our data.

Young people in general do not turn out to vote maybe this time will be different but I would not hold my breath.

There is no question that the Liberal party through mass immigration and pernicious economic policy have destroyed any hope for a generation of Canadians.

Mark Carney has worse in store.

The latest seat projections from Nanos Research have put Mark Carney’s Liberals in minority government territory – down 17 ridings from the previous week.

According to the organization, the Liberals would have taken at least 156 seats if the election were held April 6, when the projections were prepared. That’s down from 173 seats in the last projections from March 30.

Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives, meanwhile, would have won at least 114 ridings, up eight from the previous projections.

People are waking up to the Carney fraud.

Outside a convention centre where Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre held a rally in Brampton, Ont., Wednesday evening, two of his supporters unfurled a long white banner that read: “Do you believe the polls?”

“If he’s not going to win, we’re going to lose Canada,” said one of the supporters named Sarah, who didn’t want to give her last name, and wore a sweater with the same message.

“Look at the crowd coming out for Poilievre! We cannot believe the polls are right.”

If polls are to be believed, 30% of Alberta and Saskatchewan residents now support some form of leaving Canada, whether joining the US or outright independence. Meanwhile half of Quebec is always ready to quit Confederation.

So here is the question after ten years of Liberal misrule: Do we even have a country any more?