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Originally Posted by Cycling76er
That doesn't make those views rational or intelligent.
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No, but governments get elected based on what the majority of the population wishes and what a government or party promises.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/gre...ct24-1.3286044
Trudeau is largely attributed as having won 2015 as a result of the ABC strategy benefiting the Liberals and promising "the end of the Harper decade" and real change. This change included decriminalizing pot, and eliminating FPTP election, something they conveniently decide to abandon once voted in. They also campaigned on cancelling the F-35 purchases.
In 2019 was all about climate change which was at its peak of popularity.
Trudeau ran in 2021 with the pandemic response and vaccines as a wedge issue (which was widely popular at the time) and hoping to take advantage of a crisis boost.
Populism can be anything that's popular. It just happens that what is popular has shifted and no longer meets what was popular 5 or 10 year ago, for better or worse.