In Canada, genocide is on the ballot | Gaza

If you doubted the old chestnut that politics can be a “fickle business,” the leader of Canada’s Conservative Party, Pierre Poilievre, would like to have a word.

For several happy months, a succession of polls confirmed that Poilievre appeared poised to become the country’s next prime minister with a staggering plurality to boot.

Impatient voters had, on the whole, soured on Canada’s spent prime minister, Justin Trudeau, worried about the ever-rising costs of living, from groceries…