Overview
- He topped the annual survey with 72 of 95 votes from editors and news leaders across Canada.
- Respondents pointed to his outsider-to-prime-minister trajectory, noting he reversed a roughly 20-point Liberal deficit to win a strong minority.
- His campaign and early agenda emphasized an 'elbows up' response to U.S. tariff pressure and efforts to diversify trade by reopening talks with China and India.
- Recent Canada–U.S. negotiations were cut short when President Donald Trump ended the talks after an Ontario anti-tariff ad, with CUSMA set for mandatory review in 2026.
- At home, he signed an MOU with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith described as clearing a path to more oil production and a B.C. coast pipeline, while facing Conservative criticism over slow federal project approvals; Vladimir Guerrero Jr. finished second in the survey with eight votes and striking workers placed third.