The current turmoil inside the Trudeau government makes a future Conservative win even more likely. Naturally enough, shrewd politician that he is, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will be taking nothing for granted and will be trying to win every possible vote. Still, after almost a decade of Liberal rule, culminating in a housing crisis, a cost-of-living crunch and a crime wave, a smart opposition would be thinking almost as much about how to govern well as about how to win the coming election. Up against a shop-soiled government, winning an election is the relatively easy part of an opposition party’s job; the hard part is getting ready to run a good government, especially with the bureaucracy, the judiciary and the upper house all likely to be obstructive.