Dear Supporter --

Thank you for taking a moment to read this, and thank you for your generous support of the NCC's third-party election advertising campaign that worked so hard to Stop Carney and Fire the Liberals.

It's not the result any of us wanted. I won't sugar-coat it. While I'm proud of our collective efforts to dominate the policy conversation over the past few years, and of the successful fight to drag the Liberals and the far-left back to the centre on key issues, a major part of that equation involved defeating them at the ballot box, knowing they can't be trusted on any major file.

Click to watch my election debrief as a guest on the Cory Morgan Show.

For a party that lowered the flag for many years, and made Canada worse in every measurable way, the tariff fiasco -- and the decision to extort that crisis as a campaign strategy -- afforded the Liberals the immense advantage of a 'Rally around the flag effect,' and that made life difficult on the third parties, the party, and any common-sense advocate working towards change after a Lost Liberal Decade.

Even a record voter share, record turnout, and unmatched scenes of energy, hope, and change on the campaign trail were undercut by this powerful psychological dynamic, which has always benefited incumbent government's in a crisis, and sadly, Election 2025 proved to be no different.

This was a story of terrible timing, NDP collapse, deeply cynical Liberal profiteering off a crisis, obnoxious and unhelpful foreign interference that clearly served to both endorse and embolden the weaker Carney, and even disappointing internal interference from certain members of the Ontario PCs.

In any other few-month period, at any point over the last few years, that's a Conservative majority. That's little solace, but it's true.

And on the topic of searching for silver linings and moral victories, all common-sense minded Canadians should take heart in knowing that the kids are alright, and that the future looks bright for Canadian conservatism. According to exit polls and early demographic data, an overwhelming amount of under-55 Canadians favoured hope and change. The Conservatives even won the student vote for the first time since its been recorded.

We worked hard to stem the tide of the Liberal over-55 vote, with specific ads and radio geared right at that demographic, particularly in Ontario, where "elbows up!" became an excuse to ignore every Liberal problem that helped get us here. Carney was a social license, a rationale, for an efficient group of Liberal support -- who haven't shared in the wreckage of the last nine years, and who, evidently, have little concerns for their kids or grandkids -- so that they could continue to indulge in luxury beliefs and hollow displays of temporary nationalism, while the country and its economy struggle under their rule.

Personally, I don't begrudge any member of the 'boomer' demographic. I know that MILLIONS of Conservatives over-55 still voted for hope, change, strength, and to right these Liberal wrongs. This voter dynamic was still the most difficult challenge of the campaign, and we worked tirelessly as a third-party in an attempt to counter it.

In the end, we helped prevent a majority. Late estimates going into election day had the Liberals with a 70% chance of securing a majority. The Liberals were just a few-hundred votes away from securing a majority -- which I am proud to say we helped deny by reaching over 10 MILLION targeted views and listens during the campaign.

The polls weren't wholly correct, but they understood what a collapsing NDP could do to expectations and traditional voter share estimates, and that provided a massive advantage to those rallying around the flag for the first time in years, who care not for a failing status quo, because they either don't experience it, or they have no real investment in Canada's future.

We do. Like me, you demand better of your country. You need it to return to what it once was -- for yourself, for your kids, and for your grandkids.

Those kids, judging by the numbers, feel the same. Like you, they no longer wish to settle for a diminished presence, a diminished foot print. They've had enough of deliberate policies of housing crises, identity crises, and crime and chaos. They're concerned about mass immigration, blocked energy projects, failing public services, endless healthcare wait times, and cultivated mediocrity.

I share in those deep-seeded frustrations. I'm disappointed that millions were denied a moment of long-awaited catharsis, followed by the opportunity to wake up with hope for a better tomorrow. But hope delayed is not hope denied. We're going to get there, even if it takes longer than any of us would have wished.

For Canada. For our kids and grandkids. The fight continues.

I hope you'll join us.

Sincerely,

Alexander Brown
Director of Communications & Campaigns
National Citizens Coalition