Ep. 549: Elections Matter
Guests: Kareem Allam
“Pierre Poilievre won 2024,” says Stewart Prest, a political lecturer at UBC’s Political Science Department, “but there wasn’t an election in 2024.” What seemed like a certainty in early December now appears to be a scramble to hold onto a fighting chance.
Political strategist Kareem Allam says, “I feel bad for him – the winds of change are blowing in the opposite direction. These things are out of his hands and they’re not breaking for him.” Poilievre made Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his carbon tax policy the issues he wanted Canadians to focus on.
On Nov 26, 2024, United States President-elect Donald Trump posted, "On January 20th, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% Tariff on ALL products coming into the United States." From that moment forward, Canada went from a so-called “post national country” to one where nationalism has soared. “That rise in populism, combined with a new Liberal leader, has swung the polls from an outright victory for the Conservatives to a questionable outcome for the Tories,” says Allam.
We invited Kareem Allam to join us for a Conversation That Matters about the direction the country is going and who he believes will form the next government.
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