You have laid out a frightening scenario. There is nothing that we as Canadians can do directly but we must certainly work to strengthen our democracy. It looks like Canadians are waking up to that fact a bit: see Nik Nanos on how support for Pierre Poilievre is dropping https://www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/06/07/support-numbers-for-poilievre-plummet-after-federal-election-loss-nanos/. But if he gets back into the House and maintains the support of his party (no longer a slam-dunk) that can shift back again as his nastiness and rage are again pumped up by the social media algorithms and the Conservative Party fundraising machine.
As David has written, individuals like Poilievre are a threat because Canada's Democratic Institutinos are weak, and that is a cross-partisan issue.
Will the LPC or what remains of the NDP or GPC step up? I seriously doubt it, as nobody is talking about democratic reform -- only speeding up the Dominion of Canada's extraction of resources from this land.
Like there is WAY too much focus on Trump as an individual for systemic problems (the USA was never designed to be a democracy), there is way too much focus on Poilievre or the "Conservative" parties for Canada's structural problems.
You have laid out a frightening scenario. There is nothing that we as Canadians can do directly but we must certainly work to strengthen our democracy. It looks like Canadians are waking up to that fact a bit: see Nik Nanos on how support for Pierre Poilievre is dropping https://www.ctvnews.ca/video/2025/06/07/support-numbers-for-poilievre-plummet-after-federal-election-loss-nanos/. But if he gets back into the House and maintains the support of his party (no longer a slam-dunk) that can shift back again as his nastiness and rage are again pumped up by the social media algorithms and the Conservative Party fundraising machine.
As David has written, individuals like Poilievre are a threat because Canada's Democratic Institutinos are weak, and that is a cross-partisan issue.
Will the LPC or what remains of the NDP or GPC step up? I seriously doubt it, as nobody is talking about democratic reform -- only speeding up the Dominion of Canada's extraction of resources from this land.
https://r.flora.ca/p/lets-work-to-fix-parliamentary-flaws
Like there is WAY too much focus on Trump as an individual for systemic problems (the USA was never designed to be a democracy), there is way too much focus on Poilievre or the "Conservative" parties for Canada's structural problems.
A frightening scenario, indeed.
It makes Sheila Eskenazi’s comment even more powerful.