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Canada's national magazine covering current affairs, politics, culture trends, ideas and personalities.

EDITOR’S NOTE • IN THIS ISSUE OF MACLEAN’S

COMMENTS • READERS WEIGH IN

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THE INTERVIEW • Timothy Snyder, author and historian, has studied tyrants for decades. Even he doesn’t know what comes next.

Goodbye to Gretzky • I grew up idolizing Canada’s greatest athlete. Now he seems to be turning his back on his country.

Who Stands to Win in Poilievre’s Canada • The next federal election will be the most transformative in a decade, as Canadians stare down threats from abroad and pressures from within

The Military • Expect more recruitment, more military spending and more pro-defence rhetoric

Right-Wing Media • Conservative streamers, podcasters and news outlets will thrive under a Poilievre government

(Some) First Nations • Poilievre wants to make it faster and easier to extract resources on First Nations land. It could pay off for some communities—but leave others out in the cold.

Mining Companies • An aggressive, dig-baby-dig attitude to extraction will benefit the minerals sector

Social Media Giants • Big social media and streaming companies will be deregulated, at Canadians’ expense

Oil Magnates • A Poilievre government will pump the brakes on environmental regulations and hit the gas on pipelines, exploration and support for the fossil-fuel business

The Tech Industry • Canada’s tech leaders will get less regulation, lower taxes and a sympathetic PMO

The West • PM Poilievre would bring the West’s anti-Ottawa grievances to the heart of power

Private Health Companies • A close read of Poilievre’s record suggests plenty of support for private health providers

Crypto Evangelists • Poilievre has muted his crypto enthusiasm. That doesn’t mean he’s stopped believing.

Pierre’s People • A growing number of millennials and Gen Zers are turning to the right in their bid for a better future. Here, five first-time voters share why they’re picking Poilievre.

Giulia Di Lollo, 19 • Human rights student at Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford, Ontario

Bruce Yu, 20 • Business student at Western University, London, Ontario

Louis Borrelli, 24 • Operations manager, Borrelli Gourmet Foods, Windsor, Ontario

Gabriel Kelly-Gagnon, 18 • Economics student at the University of Calgary

Big Gamble Jenni Byrne’s • The ruthless tactician behind Pierre Poilievre’s campaign has spent decades shaping Canadian conservatism from behind the scenes. This year’s election will be her greatest achievement—or her undoing.

EAST SIDE STORY • A new exhibit offers a technicolour vision of vintage East Vancouver

CULTURE

THE CB INNOVATION AWARDS

NEW SCHOOL FOODS • Creating sustainable, plant-based salmon that looks, feels, tastes and flakes like the real thing

EKONA POWER • Reducing emissions by producing clean hydrogen and solid carbon from natural gas

DEEP SKY • Building a solar-powered carbon-capture facility in Alberta

GOBOLT • Building a sustainable, electric vehicle–powered supply-chain network

HARVEST SYSTEMS • Capturing and reusing heat waste from cooking

MTC MASS TIMBER COMPANY • Building North America’s most advanced mass timber plant, which will produce 50,000 cubic metres of the sustainable construction material each year

ENERSION • Reducing greenhouse gas emissions produced by air-conditioning systems

“I used to be a strict parent. Then I moved to Canada.” • In Dubai, I enforced rigid rules on my children. In Canada, I realized that would just push them away.

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