“Canadian Politics”

As most Canadians are aware, Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America,” the latest in his meme obsessed attempts to wage psychological war on Canadians. The move elicited a range of reactions across Canada, from defiance to bewilderment to laughter at the move.

There’s been a few folks attempting to silence conservative dissent behind a mask of patriotism.

Some like Kenney played a huge role in our current demise.

I get the feeling this is a sign of a pampered class reluctantly realizing that a passing of the torch is occurring whether they like it or not.

Populism scares them as it threatens their cozy sinecures.

The mushy conservatism of the Uniparty is not what we need.

Americans have been trying their hand at Canadian political punditry as relations between our two countries continue to spiral downward, showing frankly no real insights.

But one politician-turned-pundit, U.S. Vice-President JD Vance, may have been on to something when he recently called Pierre Poilievre a “non-entity.”

In remarks made available to Canadian Press last month, Vance referred to the Conservative leader as “this guy Pierre Poilievre or something,” and told the fundraiser audience that he was a non-entity when it came to trade negotiations.

The Liberals, of course, won all three federal byelections on Monday.

Two of these were unremarkable. Vancouver’s North Vancouver-Capilano and Toronto’s Beaches-East York were considered safe Liberal seats. The Liberals won the Vancouver riding by 26 percentage points in the 2025 general election and the Toronto riding by 44 points.

The result? A lot of “Conservative Party” establishment types who haven’t accomplished anything since mid Harper are bitching and complaining about populists and Alt-right MAGA types ruining their afternoon naps.

Goodbye Uniparty.

Pierre Poilievre desperately needs some sort of victory, and the recent round of Canadian by-elections didn’t garner him one. Nobody really expected the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) to make gains in the races, but they could have hoped to remain competitive in the one seat they had held in Quebec. Alas, not only did they lose the seat, but they were trounced. The CPC candidate in Chicoutimi — Le Fjord finished a distant third with under 13% of the vote.

In the other two by-elections, the CPC fared no better.

CBC is offering live coverage.

A test of Carney popularity or voter TDS?

Coletto back on Power & Politics tonight. Same file, now applied to tonight’s ballots

“Every time Trump returns, it seems to help the Liberals politically.” Trump is a top-three issue for 45%, up 7 points in two weeks. All the metrics moved. Approval +4. “It’s the issue that… https://t.co/pjP0Q30Rvz pic.twitter.com/DZZ4Dj2MWg

— cbcwatcher (@cbcwatcher) September 1, 2026

While Mark Carney’s governing Liberal Party maintains a slim majority on Parliament Hill, voters in three ridings across Canada — including Toronto — will make their voices heard at the ballot box in Monday’s byelections.

Back in July, during a K-Days pancake breakfast, a far-left protester screamed at Premier Danielle Smith, “You’re a f****** fascist!” and “f*** your fascist pancakes!”

Who even knew there was such a thing as “fascist pancakes?”

As Canada waits to see whether Prime Minister Mark Carney can strike a trade deal with Donald Trump — or whether the U.S. president will slap 50 per cent tariffs on $20 billion worth of our goods Wednesday — another deadline is looming: When will the Conservative party figure out a path back to power?

Because right now, it is going nowhere.

OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on his MPs to continue to “fight for the jobs of Canadians” as some are privately expressing concerns over his polling numbers, the current electoral prospects of the party and their own seats.

“My job is to continue to fight for the common people, fight for affordability, and to fight for safe streets for our country, and that’s what I will continue to do,” Poilievre said when speaking to reporters in Vancouver on Sunday as he called for the federal government to extend the pause on the federal gas tax until Canada Day 2027.

In February, as a former director in Stephen Harper’s PMO, I was invited to Ottawa for the unveiling of his official portrait. It was a lovely and fitting occasion. As is customary, the current prime minister, Mark Carney, was also in attendance and gave gracious remarks.

Watching the two men share a stage, I was struck by how similar their brands are. When I attend focus groups, the words people use to describe Carney are strong, smart, dependable, safe, and economically credible.

Those are the same words people used to describe Stephen Harper 15 years ago. Many will even tell you, unprompted, that Carney is governing the country like a conservative.

Another “Get Poilievre” hit piece.

CALGARY — Conservative MPs are questioning Pierre Poilievre’s ability to continue leading the party as well as his ability to beat Prime Minister Mark Carney in an election, CTV News has revealed.

The article contains information from interviews with current Tory MPs who were interviewed by CTV under the promise that their identity wouldn’t be revealed.

OTTAWA – Several Conservative MPs are privately expressing deep concerns about Pierre Poilievre’s leadership, with some telling CTV News they do not believe he will still be leading the party when the next federal election is called.

CTV News spoke to 17 members of the Conservative caucus from all regions of the country, and all were granted anonymity to speak candidly about the party’s challenges and internal concerns.

So who will be the Messiah? I see no Count Binface on the horizon.

OTTAWA — Do Canadians currently prefer Prime Minister Mark Carney’s ideas over those of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s or do they simply trust Carney more than Poilievre? A new Leger poll suggests the difference between the two may largely be based on vibes.

To test the theory, the Postmedia-Leger poll chose six policy positions on which Mark Carney’s Liberals and Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives broadly share similar objectives, even if their proposed approaches may somewhat differ.

There is “no obvious challenger” among Conservative politicians in Canada to Prime Minister Mark Carney, according to a new Nanos Research poll commissioned by CTV News.

The poll, which randomly surveyed Canadians by phone and online between July 28 to 30, provided a list of Conservative politicians and asked which would have a chance to defeat Carney if they were leader of the Conservative Party of Canada.

According to the poll, 16 per cent said former prime minister Stephen Harper, while current Official Opposition Leader Pierre Poilievre received 15 per cent of the vote. Ontario Premier Doug Ford, meanwhile, sits at 11 per cent.

Poilievre also communes with Satan according to sources.

OTTAWA — With only weeks left in the summer, the Mark Carney Liberals are holding onto their nine-point lead against the Pierre Poilievre Conservatives.

That’s according to Liaison Strategies’ latest federal tracker poll, released Monday, which shows Canada’s political landscape barrelling through the dog days of summer, with the opinions of decided voters largely unchanged from previous weeks.