'This is unprecedented': How disdain for Trump is fueling a major political 'transformation' in Canada

'This is unprecedented': How disdain for Trump is fueling a major political 'transformation' in Canada

In Canada, members of the Liberal Party — now led by Prime Minister Mark Carney — and the Conservative Party (including opposition leader Pierre Poilievre) disagree on many things. But one thing many Conservatives and Liberals in Ottawa have in common is a vehement disdain for U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and his call for Canada to merge with the United States and become "the 51st state." But according to Canadian pollster Mark Graves, …

What’s happening in Canada

One of the most inexplicable things that Trump has done (and he has done so many that it is hard to keep score) is him going out of his way to insult and demean Canada, America’s long-time friend, ally, and neighbor. One can understand Trump doing that to another long-time friend and neighbor Mexico because that country is full of, well, Mexicans, and thus in MAGA eyes an inferior people. But Canada is largely affluent, white, English-speaking, …