2025 was a surprising year in politics

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If there was ever a year that proved that politics can still surprise, it was 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump started it by declaring Canada the 51st state and ended it by adding his name to the Kennedy Center. Our spring federal election morphed from Conservative cakewalk to Liberal renaissance, and the winter saw a flurry of floor crossing. Alberta and Quebec are both talking about separation. And Justin Trudeau is dating Katy Perry.

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Someone get me a drink, please, as we review the political drama of 2025 — and peek ahead at 2026.

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For the Liberals, 2025 was an unexpectedly good year. Fortunes revived with Trump’s entry and Trudeau’s ouster, paving the way for Mark Carney to take the party leadership and win a minority in April. Since then, however, Carney has failed to get a trade deal with Trump but greenlighted a bevy of “national projects” to try and keep the economy humming. So far, so good for the Liberals: 

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