Canada's leader calls snap federal elections amid Trump threats - The Boston Globe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : In the past few days, he has adopted some of Poilievre's more centrist positions, including scrapping a household- and small-business tax on carbon emissions and canceling a planned tax hike on capital gains.
46% : Before Trump took office, the Conservatives had been ahead by double digits in polls and a victory for Poilievre seemed a foregone conclusion.
46% : But voters have grown concerned that Poilievre is too ideologically similar to Trump to stand up to him, and many are drawn to Carney's economics experience and long career on the international stage.
41% : He has also said he wants to make Canada the world's cryptocurrency capital, showing the same affinity for the alternative financial asset as Trump.
29% : Speaking just before Carney called for the election Sunday morning, Poilievre tried to distance himself from the perception that he's aligned with Trump.
24% : Poilievre has also waded into culture war topics and borrowed language from Trump: He attacks practices and politicians as "woke," has called for the defunding of the Canadian national broadcaster and has said he believes there are only two genders.
20% : "President Trump claims that Canada isn't a real country.
15% : "When I say I want to cut taxes, unleash our resources, bring back jobs, that's bad news for President Trump.

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