Meanwhile in Canada, Trump Derangement Has Canadians Calling for More of the Same Malaise

There is amazing recent news that the newly installed Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, is leading in the polls after his party…the party of discarded PM Trudeau…has been trailing badly. It seems that this surge in popularity is due to Canadians reacting patriotically to President Trump’s comments that Canada should be the 51st state. Carney, trying to capitalize on the current anti-Trump furor, has called for a “snap” election.¹ It’s a shrewd political maneuver on Carney’s part. If he was to wait to conduct an election after a months-long period of campaigning and voter reflection, Canadians may remember how Carney’s Liberal Party has reduced their standard of living. Consider these:

• Inflation in grocery prices in Canada has grown to almost 25% since 2020.²
• Although Canada is an energy producing nation, energy prices have sky-rocketed.³
• The Canadian government has set the goal of 100% electric vehicles by 2035.⁴
• Canadian government run by the Liberal Party has had to admit that they have mistreated the indigenous population.⁵

Over the past few years of Liberal Party government, these problems and many others have eroded support among Canadian voters to record low numbers.⁶ If Carney was to wait to call the election, Canadian voters would, once again, remember the economic and social declines they’re experiencing. This, of course, would spell doom for the Liberal Party’s chances in the election.

It appears that ‘Trump Derangement’ has struck the Canadian voter as well as having struck Democratic Party politicians here in the US. We here at I Vote My Vote are concerned for the wellbeing of our Canadian neighbors. We hope that common sense will overrule this reaction to President Trump’s bombastic rhetoric and throw Carney and his Liberal Party out of power.

1. Ljunggren, D. and Smith, F. (2025). Canadian PM Carney calls snap election, says Trump wants to break Canada. Reuters. Retrieved from https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadas-carney-poised-call-election-seeks-mandate-tackle-trump-2025-03-23/
2. Cleanup in Aisle 1: The grocery wars. (2025). CPA Canada.. Retrieved from https://www.cpacanada.ca/news/analysis/grocery-wars
3. Thanthong-Knight, R. (2025). Inflation in Canada Quickens to 1.9% on Energy Prices. Bloomberg News. Retrieved from https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-18/inflation-in-canada-quickens-to-1-9-on-energy-prices
4. Canada’s Zero-Emission vehicle sales targets. (2024). Transport Canada. Retrieved from https://tc.canada.ca/en/road-transportation/innovative-technologies/zero-emission-vehicles/canada-s-zero-emission-vehicle-sales-targets
5. Paperny, A.M. (2025). Despite Trudeau promises, more Indigenous people being jailed in Canada. Reuters. Retrieved from https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/why-canada-is-jailing-more-indigenous-people-despite-trudeaus-promises-2025-03-08/
6. Scherer, S. (2023). Canada’s Trudeau, far behind in polls, remains the Liberals’ best chance. Reuters. Retrieved from https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canadas-trudeau-far-behind-polls-remains-liberals-best-chance-2023-10-11/