“We didn’t get over the finish line, which means that I need to learn and grow and our team needs to expand. That will be my mission, and we’ve got a path with a path to get elected back into Parliament as soon as possible… we’ll be holding the government to account.”

– Canada’s Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, after squandering a gigantic lead in the polls and losing not just the national election but his own seat in Parliament.