“It will be an honor to continue to fight for you and be a champion for your cause as we go forward,” he said.
At the end of 2024, Poilievre was tipped to be Canada’s next leader up 25 points over unpopular then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
But a remarkable campaign cycle dominated by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and inflammatory rhetoric about making Canada the 51st American state, along with Trudeau’s resignation and the rapid rise of former banking chief Carney, triggered a swift reversal of fortunes.
Poilievre had previously embraced some Trump-style policies, such as cutting foreign aid and defunding state media, and the Liberals sought to portray him as aligned with the controversial U.S. president.
He is the first major party leader to be unseated at an election since 1993, when then-Prime Minister Kim Campbell of the Progressive Conservatives lost her seat in an electoral bloodbath.
During Carney’s victory speech, when a supporter yelled out “Bruce,” the prime minister replied that he was “looking forward to working with Bruce Fanjoy.”
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