The remarkable campaign was upended by a backlash against Donald Trump, which sparked a stunning liberal resurgence.
Canada’s conservative leader lost his own seat in Monday’s election to cap off a stunning electoral meltdown that saw the Liberal Party rise from the polling doldrums to secure victory.
Pierre Poilievre, who faced off against Mark Carney and the incumbent center-left Liberals, lost his seat in rural Ottawa to Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy, national broadcaster CBC reported.
Poilievre first won the seat in 2004 and held it for two decades. Despite the massive swing against him in Carleton, he signaled to supporters Tuesday morning that he would stay on as leader of the Conservatives — though at that point CBC had not yet projected his defeat.
Fucking A, Canada. That was awesome! Not only did you punch Smol PP in the dick, you pantsed him as well!
No, not pantsed. Just embarrassed.
They still massively increased their vote share, and the Liberals are still at the mercy of either the Bloc or the NDP for anything constructive.
What we might see, hopefully, is an east-west splitting of the conservatives back into sane-east coast cons, who were largely shut out again this election, and leave the west to its Alberta based Reform party insanity.
Yes, this chart shows how it’s not a good result for anyone on the left (though much better than a Conservative government):
Source: National Post
I wonder if the Canadian government could help their numbers if they shut off Twitter and Meta?
Those two platforms are a massive source of disinformation and hate.
Addicts would revolt.