Canadians were robbed today of the election we wanted and which Pierre Poilievre had gambled on occurring.

His well-produced and blackly comedic short film, Wacko, released on December 31 and offering a devastating look at the most bizarre and troubling moments of Justin Trudeau’s near-decade reign, was not a guaranteed hit. Nor was the timing of the film’s release a guaranteed strategical win. It was meant to coincide with a long-awaited election. An election that would have required the NDP and Bloc Québécois to support Poilievre in a January non-confidence vote.