For whom does the byelection bell toll?

If the Conservatives are going to compete in places where the entire region isn’t Tory blue, and if the Carney Liberals want to maintain their lead, both will have to offer more because Donald Trump and his outsized influence on American politics won’t go away any time soon.
Pierre Poilievre
Right now, that bell is heralding a surge of Canadian nationalism—and is potentially a portent for the Conservatives and Leader Pierre Poilievre.

Canadians are currently sending a message to their American neighbours: we’re not going to take it. And that message has domestic tendrils for anyone in the political landscape who is not appearing to be sufficiently on board with the Canadian cause.

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