Canada’s conservative movement could gain significant momentum this election year as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announces resignation amid mounting pressure from domestic critics and threat of tariffs from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump There is.
Meanwhile, American conservative strategist Matt Shupe is leading the effort in Calgary, training activists, consultants and volunteers on how to build winning campaigns and leveraging the movement for potential gains in the post-Trudeau era. We are positioning ourselves.
“From my own experience in Canada, I think it’s California on steroids,” said Steve Garvey, who most recently served as a spokesman for former MLB star Steve Garvey’s U.S. Senate campaign in California. Shupe, 39, said in an interview with Fox News Digital.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (left) and Canadian Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poièvre (Getty Images)
Shupe, who started political consulting 10 years ago and founded Praetorian Services, said Trudeau’s resignation is reminiscent of President Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race.
“They took a page out of the DNC’s playbook by what they did to Biden,” Shoop said of Canada’s Liberals. “If American politics serves as any analogue, it didn’t work for Kamala.”
Shoop noted that conversations with Canadians suggest that progressive policies are pushing even many liberals toward the center. Working with the Leadership Institute, a conservative leadership and training organization, Shoop said leaders plan to use lessons and data from the U.S. election to strengthen prospects for Canadian conservatives. Ta.
“The (conservative) movement primarily attracts young people because they don’t have a future,” he said. “The taxes are very heavy there, the cost of living is very high relative to your income, and the cost of owning a home is very difficult.When I go there, people my age or younger, And every time I talk to people who are a little older, they all have the same frustrations as the people I talk to in San Francisco.”
Meanwhile, Pierre Poièvre, a fierce conservative candidate who could become Canada’s next leader, has pledged to crack down on immigration, inflation and the budget deficit, drawing comparisons to President-elect Donald Trump and others. It’s here.
“I think what you’re seeing when you look at the left in Canada and the United States is that they’re just taking everything too far, and people are reaching a threshold where it’s too far,” he said. Ta.
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to the media in front of Rideau Cottage in Ottawa on January 6th. (AP/Adrian Wilde/Canadian Press)
Mr Poièvre, whose Conservative Party enjoys almost three times as much support from committed voters in this year’s general election (47% compared to 18% for the Liberals), was first elected to the House of Commons in 2004. The 45-year-old from Calgary will become leader of the Conservative Party of Canada in 2022, and the Liberal-formed party is growing in popularity as Canadians grow tired of the 53-year-old Prime Minister Trudeau. Government in 2015.
With the Conservative Party poised to win Canada’s next general election, which could be held as early as this spring, the incoming Trump administration will soon be dealing with Poièvre’s government. When the House of Commons reconvenes on March 24, the opposition is likely to defeat the minority Liberal government with a no-confidence motion, which would trigger a national vote that currently favors the Conservatives.
In his interview with Peterson, Poièvre acknowledged that Trump, who has proposed 25% tariffs on Canadian imports, is “negotiating very aggressively and likes to win.” . But the Conservative leader said as prime minister he would seek “a big deal that will make both our countries safer, richer and stronger”.
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Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poièvre speaks at the Canada Strong and Free Networking Conference in Ottawa on April 11, 2024. (David Kawai/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Prime Minister Trudeau has been in power for nearly a decade but has faced declining approval ratings for months amid growing dissatisfaction with rising inflation and the soaring cost of living.
“After the party selects its next leader through a national competitive process, I will step down as party leader and as prime minister,” Trudeau told reporters on Monday. “Last night I called on the Liberal leader to start that process. This country deserves a real choice at the next election. If we have to fight domestic battles, I won’t be at the top.” It became clear that there was no “best option in that election.” ”
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“As you all know, I’m a fighter and I’m not one to back down from a fight, especially when it’s a fight as important as this one. But I’ve always had my love for Canada and my commitment to Canada. I’ve been driven by love. I want to serve Canadians and do what’s in the best interests of Canadians, and Canadians deserve a real choice in the next election,” added Prime Minister Trudeau. . “And the internal party struggles have made it clear that I cannot carry Liberal standards into the next election.”
Fox News Digital’s Christopher Guly contributed to this report.
