Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, and Canadian Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre (Getty Images)
Shupe, who began political consulting 10 years ago and founded Praetorian Services, said Trudeau's resignation is reminiscent of President Biden's exit from the 2024 presidential race.
"They took a page out of the DNC playbook with what they did with Biden," Shupe said of Canada's liberal flank. "If American politics serves as any sort of analog, that didn't work for Kamala."
Shupe noted that his conversations with Canadians suggest progressive policies have pushed even many liberals toward the center. Working with the Leadership Institute, a conservative mentorship and training organization, Shupe said leaders plan to apply lessons and data from U.S. elections to strengthen the prospects of Canadian conservatives.
"The [conservative] movement has primarily attracted young people because they don't have the prospects," he said. "They're taxed so heavily there, the cost of living is so high compared to their income, and the cost of owning a home is so hard. Whenever I go there and talk to people my age or younger, even a little older, they all have the same complaints as people I talk to in San Francisco."
Meanwhile, Canada's firebrand conservative candidate Pierre Poilievre, who could become the nation's next leader, has been compared to the likes of President-Elect Donald Trump, vowing to crack down on immigration, inflation and the budget deficit.
"I think you're seeing that with the left in Canada and in the United States, is that they just took everything too far, and they hit a threshold with people that it's just gone too far," he said.
Pierre Poilievre, leader of Canada's Conservative Party, speaks during the Canada Strong and Free Networking Conference in Ottawa on April 11, 2024. (David Kawai/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Trudeau, after nearly a decade in power, has faced months of declining approval ratings amid growing frustration over rising inflation and the soaring cost of living.
"I intend to resign as party leader, as prime minister, after the party selects its next leader through a robust nationwide competitive process," Trudeau told reporters Monday. "Last night, I asked the president of the Liberal Party to begin that process. This country deserves a real choice in the next election, and it is become clear to me that if I'm having to fight internal battles, I cannot be the best option in that election."
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"As you all know, I am a fighter, and I'm not someone who backs away from a fight. Particularly when the fight is as important as this one is. But I have always been driven by my love for Canada, by my desire to serve Canadians and by what is in the best interests of Canadians, and Canadians deserve a real choice in the next election," Trudeau added. "And it has become obvious to me with the internal battles that I cannot be the one to carry the liberal standard into the next election."
Fox News Digital's Christopher Guly contributed to this report.
Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
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