In front of U.S. audience, Smith blames Trudeau-Carney ‘switcheroo’ for Liberal popularity

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, appearing alongside conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, told a Florida gala last week the federal Liberals’ upswing in public support can be attributed to a change in leadership.
“When I was down before, we were talking about the potential for a total wipe-out of the Liberal party. That’s how unpopular they had become,” Smith said, when asked whether she’s seeing an “upswing” in conservatism in Canada, after what Shapiro called “a long time in the wilderness for conservatives in Canada.”
“That’s why they booted their leader out in order to choose a new one,” Smith added, comparing the replacement of former prime minister Justin Trudeau with Liberal leader Mark Carney to the American Democrats replacing former U.S. president Joe Biden with former vice-president Kamala Harris as nominee in the last U.S. election. “And when you do a quick switcheroo on a brand-new face, sometimes it gives you a little bit of a surge. That’s the point that we’re at in Canada right now.
CTV News obtained a video of Smith’s conversation with Shapiro.While the Conservatives were poised for a majority election win at the beginning of this year, Trudeau’s resignation, coupled with a surge in national pride facing Trump’s tariffs, have benefitted the Liberals.
The Liberals have opened up an eight-point advantage over the Conservatives in the latest Nanos Research tracking on Day 9 of the federal election campaign.
More broadly, when asked by Shapiro “what kind of radicalism (she’s) seeing from the (Canadian) government,” Smith said part of the reason Trudeau stepped down as prime minister — which received applause from the crowd — was because Liberal environmental policies led to the affordability crisis. “People realized it, and they ended up giving Justin Trudeau the boot,” Smith said, also stating her disagreement with the federal Liberals when it comes to issues like safe drug supply, public safety, and preferred pronouns for transgender minors, to more applause from the crowd…Source:ctvnews.ca