Canuck of the draw: Canada’s election campaigns
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The Economist
4.4 • 4.9K Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
The Conservative Party, led by a Trump-tinged populist, once had the polls locked up. That is changing radically now that Donald Trump is seen as a threat to the nation. Amid America’s foreign-policy misfires, China might choose to smooth diplomatic feathers and make friends; instead it, too, is muscle-flexing (8:14). And an unsettling new book typifies a rise in dystopian fiction (13:45).
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| 0:42.6 | Thank you. The Economist. Hello and welcome to the intelligence from The Economist. |
| 0:46.4 | I'm Rosie Bloor. |
| 0:47.8 | And I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 0:49.3 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:57.4 | You might think that with Donald Trump's somewhat maverick style of diplomacy, |
| 1:01.9 | China would be on a charm offensive right now. |
| 1:04.7 | Our correspondent tells us why that doesn't quite seem to be happening. |
| 1:10.4 | And our culture editor reviews a new book that's part of a wave of dystopian fiction. |
| 1:15.6 | It considers the nexus between technology, personal freedom, criminality. |
| 1:20.6 | What's unsettling about it is how easily that fiction could be the future. |
| 1:39.3 | But first... |
| 1:50.3 | Many Canadians, citizens, and businesses seem to be leaning into a deep but playful anti-Donald Trump vibe. |
| 1:56.4 | The latest wheeze, Moosehead, one of Canada's oldest breweries, has unveiled the presidential pack, |
| 2:02.7 | crates of 1,461 beers, one a day until the end of Mr. Trump's term. |
| 2:08.5 | His policies and his threats are now at the center of an election campaign that got underway this week. |
| 2:13.1 | After Justin Trudeau's resignation, Mark Carney won the party leadership race, |
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