Contemporary Faces of Populism in Canadian Politics
摘要
The new surge of Canadian populism is being driven by new faces. This chapter aims to introduce them, while identifying the characteristics of their electorate at the federal level. At the Federal level, we analyze Pierre Poilievre and the Conservative Party of Canada, Maxime Bernier and the People’s Party of Canada, and Jagmeet Singh and the NDP. We also study populism in Ontario, Québec and Alberta. More precisely, we look at Ontario’s Ford Nation, the confusion between Quebec’s nationalism and populism and the strong comeback of populism in Alberta. We attempt to classify the different leaders according to the four categories of populism developed by De Vreese et al. (2018): complete populism, excluding populism, anti-elitist populism, empty populism. We also use Sorensen’s (2023) typology of disruptive communication practices. We finally discuss the evolution of Canadian public opinion and try to understand who the populist voter is.