How Trump saved Canada’s libs

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🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The Liberal Party was set to lose today’s election. Now, thanks to President Trump, it just might win. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Gabrielle Berbey, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast. A protestor chanting during the "Elbows Up" rally in Toronto. Photo by Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Election Day in Canada, which is nothing new for reporter Stephanie Levitz.
0:04.5	I have covered, I believe this is my ninth federal election.
0:08.5	But Stephanie says this one is without precedent.
0:11.0	How it looked like the next campaign in this country was going to go,
0:15.0	and it feels like that's all been flipped on its head.
0:18.0	So you have the liberal campaign, which is led by Mark Carney, which is
0:21.5	driving a narrative that says he's the guy to take on U.S. President Donald Trump.
0:25.2	We can't change President Trump. So we need a leader that can stand up to him.
0:31.7	His chief opponent, conservative leader Pierre Pollyev, running more on a cost of living narrative.
0:37.2	We cannot afford a fourth liberal term.
0:40.3	It's as though they're kind of evaluating them and imagining a boardroom
0:43.5	and imagining the U.S. president at one end of the table
0:46.4	and this leader at the other end of the table and which one do I want to see in that seat.
0:51.9	How Trump's 51st state talk may have saved Canada's libs.
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