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La candidate libérale Tatiana Auguste après sa victoire lors de l'élection partielle fédérale, à Terrebonne, au Québec, le 14 avril 2026. La Presse canadienne/Christinne Muschi

Majorité libérale à Ottawa : une dynamique nouvelle et inespérée

Allison Harell, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM); Daniel Rubenson, University of Toronto; Laura Stephenson, Western University, and Lewis Krashinsky, University of Toronto

Lors des élections de 2025, de nombreux Canadiens ont voté en se demandant d’abord qui serait le mieux à même de protéger le pays face aux États-Unis. Cela semble toujours être le cas en 2026.
Liberal Party candidate Doly Begum celebrates winning the byelection for the riding of Scarborough Southwest in Toronto on April 13, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Mark Carney secures majority after ‘unwinnable’ 2025 election victory, building new momentum

Allison Harell, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM); Daniel Rubenson, University of Toronto; Laura Stephenson, Western University, and Lewis Krashinsky, University of Toronto

Instead of assessing parties along familiar ideological lines, many Canadian voters approached the 2025 election based on who could best protect the country from the U.S. That’s seemingly still the case.
A young voter walks past Elections Canada signage on election day on April 28, 2025 in Halifax. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese

Encouraging young people to vote requires understanding why they don’t

Christopher Alcantara, Western University; Craig Mutter, Western University, and Laura Stephenson, Western University

It’s not that youth don’t care enough to vote. It’s that they are turning away from conventional, formal participation in favour of alternative ways of sharing and expressing their views.

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