What a weird election this has been

Canadians may well be about to elect a government not necessarily in line with what they want when they think about things during rare moments of calm, but how they feel when they’re reacting to threats.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney. An An Abacus poll released on April 16 showed a tightening, and a slight erosion of Carney’s personal approval ratings—though they remained quite robust!—and a notable uptick in the desire for change. Abacus had that at 56 per cent, up five points from the week before. The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and illustration by Naomi Wildeboer

Opinion

BY MATT GURNEY

April 21, 2025

TORONTO—Just a few days ago, someone pointed out to me that Justin Trudeau was prime minister within the last month (that’s not true now, but it was when I heard it).

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