Canada’s economy has been flatlining for more than 10 years, dragged down in part by high immigration, profligate government spending and increasing intervention

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Historians and political scientists may know better but it seems obvious we are in the final days of one of the most incoherent and manipulated elections in the history of Canadian democracy. From the moment Justin Trudeau ended his Liberal leadership, the country has been sliding into a chaotic and irrational process marked by misrepresentation, evasion, senseless debates, constant meaningless discussion around poll results, economic policy confusion, fiscal recklessness — all topped by video commercials that make detergent marketing look like a philosophical discussion.

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Overarching the 2025 election is one summary truth: U.S. President Donald Trump will go down as the leading actor behind the rise of Mark Carney’s Liberals, a task Trump reinforced this week with talk of higher tariffs on Canadian autos.

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Trump was hulking in the background when the election began more than a month ago with a focus on empty political clichés, unfounded personal attacks and hackneyed political sloganeering that should be seen as an embarrassment by the political hacks who create these gross insults to Canadian voters.

Perhaps the lowest point came Easter weekend when the leaders began releasing their “fully costed” detailed platforms. Carney dropped the Liberal........

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