Growing conservative movement in Canada is fighting back against 'California on steroids,' says strategist

Shupe, who began political consulting 13 years ago and founded Praetorian Public Relations, 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.

"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.

Poilievre, whose Conservative Party has nearly three times the support of committed voters (47% compared to 18% for the Liberals) in this year's general election, was first elected to the House of Commons in 2004. The 45-year-old Calgary native became leader of the Canadian Conservatives in 2022 and has seen his party grow in popularity as Canadians have grown tired of 53-year-old Trudeau, whose Liberals formed the government in 2015.

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.

"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.