With just one week to go, the 2025 federal election has become something no one fully expected even a few months ago: a referendum on how much risk Canadians are willing to take in a world turned upside down.
Back in January, the public mood was sour. Canadians were angry, anxious, and deeply fatigued by high prices, housing stress, and years of a Liberal government they felt could not turn things around. For almost two years, nothing the federal government and Prime Minister Trudeau did could get the public out of its funk. Pierre Poilievre effectively ligitated the case against Trudeau and by the end of 2024, they led by more than 25-points and only 12% of Canadians believed the Liberals deserved to be re-elected. The message was clear: the country wanted change.
But then everything shifted.
