Canada's 2025 federal election will be remembered as a game-changer. Liberal Leader Mark Carney pulled off a dramatic reversal of political fortunes after convincing voters he was the best candidate to fight annexation threats from United States President Donald Trump. Yet Poilievre's lead soon vanished due to shifting voter sentiments defined less by the official campaign period and more by the months that preceded it. Justin Trudeau's early January resignation announcement and Carney's confirmation that he was officially in the Liberal leadership race dramatically changed the political landscape. Within a matter of weeks, Liberal support surged when Carney became party leader and Trump continued to make threats about Canada becoming a 51st American state ' and to levy punishing on-again, off-again tariffs against the country. The party went from being 20 percentage points behind the Conservatives to overtaking them, putting the party on track to secure its fourth consecutive...
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