‘Going to have to fight for it’: Conservative path to power narrows as voter attention turns to U.S. and Carney

'Mark Carney finds himself back into the race, because he's seen as somebody who has experience in dealing with these types of international issues,' says pollster Darrell Bricker.
Most polls released this month show the Conservatives, led by Pierre Poilievre, pictured with his son Cruz at a Conservative rally In Ottawa on Feb. 15, 2025, losing ground to the Liberals.

Two very different men—Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney, and U.S. President Donald Trump—have thrown a months-long near-guarantee of a Conservative federal election victory into uncertainty, according to a series of polls over the past month.

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