If Conservatives are going to celebrate Poilievre’s so-called electoral success, then they must also congratulate Mark Carney’s obvious success. Poilievre had been campaigning to be PM for three years prior to the election. Carney, however, entered the arena mere months before the writ was dropped. When that writ dropped, the CPC had been enjoying a solid lead in most national polls for months, many indicating a super majority for the CPC and a crushing defeat for the LPC.