Carney vs. Poilievre -- Here in Canada, there will be two big political changes in the coming year. The Liberals will become a majority government after more disgruntled Conservative MPs inevitably defect to the government side.

Why inevitably?

As 2025 showed, Pierre Poilievre is terminally unpopular. Loss after loss. A lot of Conservative MPs have realized that dear leader simply doesn’t have the royal jelly to become prime minister. Why else would they have agreed to give him a $3-million makeover? Pretty clear proof that they knew that “as is,” Poilievre was lacking something needed to lead them to victory.

Trump and Putin -- The biggest story in the world will be unfolding in the United States. How fast and how far will the Orange Octogenarian carry his unconstitutional agenda in what was once the world’s greatest democracy?

Belligerent fascism has already landed in America. So far, there have been bombs for Iran and Nigeria; missile strikes and summary execution for over 100 people denounced without proof by President Donald Trump as “narco-terrorists”; a quarter of the U.S. navy deployed off the coast of Venezuela; and Trump sending the National Guard into U.S. cities, even though that violates the country’s constitution.

With Trump’s poll numbers tanking and two-thirds of Americans disapproving of his handling of the economy, the Republican party is headed for the wood chipper in the 2026 midterm elections.