Stephen Maher on the 2025 Federal Election in Canada

Stephen Maher is an award winning columnist and investigative reporter who has written
for Postmedia News, iPolitics, and Maclean’s. His most recent
book is called The Prince: The Turbulent Reign of Justin Trudeau tells
the story of one of the more tumultuous prime ministerial tenures in
Canadian history. 

In early January 2025, Canada’s federal Conservatives seemed headed
for a landslide victory in the upcoming election.
Polls suggested the party led by Pierre Poilievre was in the lead by as
many as 20 percentage points over the incumbent Liberals.
But then Canadian politics took a turn.

In February, US President Donald Trump started belittling Canada’s
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, calling him Governor.

He then raised alarm bells by brazenly threatening Canada’s economy
and its sovereignty, vowing to slap tariffs on Canadian goods entering
the US market and stating his intention to annex his northern neighbour
and make it the 51 st state.

In March, the unpopular Trudeau, in power for 9 years, finally stepped
down as Prime Minister and Liberal leader and was replaced by Mark
Carney former Governor of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England.
Canada is now in the middle of an election campaign and polls are now
pointing towards a Liberal victory. Some suggest the Mark Carney led
Grits could even win a majority. It’s a remarkable change of fortune for
the once beleaguered party.

Adrian Harewood sits down with Stephen to discuss the 2025 Federal Election