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Maple MAGA didn't go anywhere, but they got a very harsh slap in the face when most Canadians "woke up" to politics. They were doing that thing American Conservatives do where they pretend that everyone secretly agrees with them and they are the "silent majority".
That's easier to do when most Canadians don't vote, don't follow politics and are generally checked out, as it has been for years.
But then, basically overnight, Canadians across the country all engaged. Boycotts, firearms training, tracking the news on a daily basis. Funny what a little thing like threats to our sovereignty will do. And Maple MAGA didn't suddenly change their tune. They're still out there, loving Trump, consuming Russian propaganda and thinking Canada is a fascist regime because we have the gall to fund social programs. But they're a lot less loud when they realize they're the minority in every room. Essentially, they're cowards and traitors and both those groups tend to keep their head down when a nation gets a surge of patriotism.