What Trump's big midterm losses mean for Canada

Rudyard Griffiths and Sean Speer analyze the implications of a sweeping Democratic victory in the 2026 U.S. midterm elections for Canada. They discuss how the Democrats' gains in traditional Republican strongholds could constrain Trump's executive power, particularly on tariff policy. They also explore whether this electoral repudiation of Trumpism allows Canada to recalibrate its interventionist economic policies and whether it creates political space for Canadian conservatives to challenge the Carney government's expansive spending agenda justified by the American threat.

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