By Hubie and Bertie
It's been a pretty good day for the Liberals in Canada. And with the federal election taking place right around the corner, the Conservative Party can't afford to have a lot of not-great days.
As we've mentioned before, the Tories' previously massive lead vanished since Justin Trudeau stepped down as Liberal Party leader, and especially since Benedict Donald started his annexation and "51st state" threats. As one Trumpy guy at the American Enterprise Institute has whined: "Obviously, [Trump] has unintentionally been the single biggest factor in the comeback of this left-of-center party in Canada." (Ooooooh, a left-of-center party, so scary and awful.)
But now the Conservatives have even more problems.
The Trumpy premier of Alberta, Danielle Smith, went on Breitbart a couple of weeks ago and admitted to asking Team Donald to "pause" the tariffs until after her party wins next month. Put another way: She solicited a former friend who's become openly hostile to commit election interference in her country. Incredible. On the other hand, Smith is a Benedict Donald admirer who ran down to Mar-a-Lago to kiss his ring (or his whatever) last November, so she must have assumed she'd have some special influence with him.
Canadians don't seem thrilled. A recent Ipsos poll showed the Liberals increasing their lead over the Conservatives to seven points.
The other reason that Liberals are smiling today? Prime Minister Mark Carney visited Gander, Newfoundland, which famously welcomed thousands of airline passengers who were stranded there on September 11, 2001. "In this crisis caused by the US president and those who are enabling him, we lament a friendship lost," Carney said. "In Gander, Canadians did extraordinary things for Americans when they needed it. Now, we need to do extraordinary things for ourselves."
Brilliant move. So what does Tory leader Pierre Poilievre do now? Does he ignore Atlantic Canada because he's going to get wiped out there? Or does he look like a copycat and show up? We cats PURR.
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