With his non -executed conservatism, a vow to repair the “broken” nation, his “common sense” of the fight against the elite and all wakes up, his personal attacks that break the norms against political rivals, his Pugilist use of the nickname for humiliation and open contempt of newspaper media, Pierre PoilievreThe front runner who became the next leader of Canada became a dear US right.
Some of the most prominent supporters of President Trump publicly showering Mr. Poilievre, leader of the main opposition conservative party, with compliments – an extraordinary feat, since Canadian opposition leaders in the United States attract little attention, even less praise.
But when Elon Musk, the richest man in the world who leads an aggressive campaign against the American federal bureaucracy on behalf of Mr. Trump, recently supported Mr. Poilievre as the next Canada leader, Mr. Poilievre found himself in an unpleasant situation.
Asked a press conference Last month if he accepted approval, Mr. Poilievre said: “My three -year -old just told me that he wanted to go to Mars, so I guess Mr. Musk would be the right guy to get him into contact,” Before you add that it would be Great when Mr. Musk opened some Tesla factory in Canada.
The support of Mr. Poilievre by people close to Mr. Trump has always been a double blade sword in Canada, where US president is popular with hardcore conservatives, but not among the main voters.
But that support now risks to a responsibility as Canada faced the once unimaginable threat: the president of the United States, the closest ally of Canada, repeatedly questioning the sustainability of Canada as a nation, threatening to annex her to the economic force and belittle his prime minister as “a manager. “
As Patriotic feelings rose In Canada, Mr. Poilievre’s leadership has significantly decreased to several polls. Until a month ago, it seemed that Mr. Poilievre, 45, was a pleasure on the next Canada leader after building a double -digit lead on the polls by directing the national frustration and anger on the deeply unpopular Prime Minister, Justin StruDeau.
Mr. Trudeau is expected to step down next month as a prime minister after his liberal party chooses a heir, which will automatically become a prime minister. The general election is likely to be held a few months later.
“For Poilievre, the biggest challenge is that in the last two years, the villain in his story was Justin Trudeau,” said David Coletto, founder Abacus datapolling company. “But that villain goes away, and there is a new, bigger, villain that comes outside the country – and that’s Donald Trump.”
“What the Canadians now try to understand is who the hero is in that story, who will save them and protect them from this threat,” Mr. Coletto added. “And the conclusion that more people will choose Pierre Poilievre is now in the air.”
Mr. Poilievre replied, toning his person’s attack and moving to “Canada first“The message he stressed on Rally in Ottawa over the weekend. Hundreds of supporters, Mr. Poilievre spent much of his speech responding to the threat of the United States, promising to “bear any burden and pay at any price to protect our sovereignty and independence.”
Mr. Poilievre’s spokesman did not respond to interview requests.
Mr. Poilievre’s supporters said he was simply adapted to external development and remained true to his long conservative principles.
Ginny Roth, partner in Crestview strategy The former communications director for Mr. Poilievre said that Canada was first “rejection from naive, international liberalism in which the global elites put the interests of their own business and, honestly, together with the left causes, ahead of the interests of regular working people.”
Mrs. Roth attributed Mr. Poilievre and the conservatives to the polling stations they enjoyed to the liberals after the announcement of Mr. Trudeau’s resignation, as well as the temporary reaction of “rally-around-clay” among the voters on Mr. Trump, imposition of tariff and his threat to annexation.
No matter how the surveys develop, Mr. Poilievre’s situation shows that Mr. Trump’s aggressive foreign policy has increased the domestic policy of the main ally, experts said.
“Given Trump’s administration in power, desolate in so many ways, including trade with Canada, puts Mr. Poilievre in a very difficult position,” he said Jonathan MalloyExpert of Canadian politics at Carleton University. “I think he’ll have to be different from Mr. Trump, much more than he planned. His opponents, of course, will accuse him of Trump-Lite.”
Career politician, Mr. Poilievre, has been known for his fighting since he was elected to Parliament in 2004 at the age of 25, but in the last few years he has accepted the tactics and messages used by Mr. Trump and others, portrays himself as an outsider who Fighting corrupt political, business, academic and media institutions.
He won the leadership of Conservatives in 2022, after advocating more than any other politician, truckers who took over and paralyzed Ottawa, the capital, for weeks to protest against leather seats. In the last two years, Mr. Trudeau and other politicians have been knocked by the constant barge of personal insults and attacks that are new in Canadian politics.
Mr. Poilievre gave rivals who insult nicknames, including “Trudeauu Fund” by Mr. Trudeau, son of the former Prime Minister, and “Sellout Singh” leaders of new Democrats, smaller left -handed parties. Like Mr. Trump, he often says that problems can be solved with a “healthy reason” – a expression that populists use to customize ordinary people against the allegedly wrong and corrupt elite, said Emily Laxer, an expert in populism in populism York University.
While Mr. Poilievre’s policies are based on the traditional conservative ideas of the Little Government, the free market and lower taxes, his populist tactic is a break from the past in Canada, Ms. Laxer said.
“There is evidence of a kind of mimicing Trump’s message and strategy,” Ms. Laxer said. “And they certainly both benefited from the polarization of their societies, politically and contributed to that polarization.”
The campaign of Mr. Poilievre against what he perceives as awakened and newspaper media, promising to get rid of public emitters, CBC, was further delighted with Fox News, Joe Rogan, Mr. Musk and other high supporters of Mr. Trump, who tend to do not love gentlemen Trudeau.
Mr. Musk described as “masterpiece“AND video in which Mr. Poilievre, as he eats an apple, pair with a journalist who questioned him about his use of populism. Bill Ackman, Hedge Fund Biliana, published If Mr. Poilievre was “extremely impressive” and “should be the next Canada leader,” adding, “make Canada great.” Mr. Musk replied with 100 percent emoji.
Fred DeloreyFormer national campaign manager for a conservative party, he said that Mr. Poilievre had caused such a reaction because of the power of his message.
“I have never seen a Canadian conservative leader echoes outside the country like Poilievre does,” said Mr. Delorey, now the chairman of the Northstar public affairs. “His style is direct to the point and I think people appreciate it.”
Mr. Delorey said favorable comments from the American right of Mr. Poilievre will have no effect on the Canadian voters. Mr. Poilievre, he said, should remain focused on his message: “What matters. Who cares if one loves him or does not love him.”
But Mr. Coletto, interviewed, said that these approval and relationship of Mr. Poilievre would be factors in the general election to the US president, which abruptly switched with Mr. Trudeauu regarding Mr. Trump.
“There is a subset of conservative supporters who actually love Donald Trump, even today, despite everything he did,” said Mr. Coletto. “But Poilievre has just as much of his base that does not do.”
And during the upcoming general election campaign, Mr. Poilievre’s rivals are likely to take advantage of approval, Mr. Coletto said, adding: “It is common in campaigns to remind the voters who loves anyone.”
