Political polarization can pose a big problem to democratic countries, but sometimes the opposite can also become a problem. Canadian politics is dominated by the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party. It's not quite a two-party system, but no other party has ever formed government at the federal level. Under former leader Justin Trudeau, the Liberal Party was center-left or simply centrist, depending on who you ask. Faced with plummeting polls and the prospect of a Conservative majority government, new Liberal leader Mark Carney decided to push his party to the right. He started by adopting Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre's signature policy: axing the carbon tax. Carney then copied much of the Conservative Party's platform for the April federal election. He promised to tighten border security, cut immigration, "crack down" on drugs, and increase military spending. Much like Poilievre, Carney also leaned into Canadian nationalist sentiment and promis...
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