In the late 1980s, Canada's social safety net began collapsing, prompting many provincial governments to initiate austerity measures starting in the 1990s. Although they were much less severe than the measures imposed by the American government, they caused an increase in poverty. Upon the inauguration of Stephen Harper as prime minister in 2006, a major program of austerity was enacted on the federal level for the first time, even though minor austerity measures had been taken by previous governments. This resulted in an even further increase in poverty. When Trudeau became prime minister, he implemented even more austerity, and this time around, the populations of some provinces became so poor that they began pledging allegiance to fascist leaders. The first two of those provinces to experience this were Saskatchewan and Ontario, who elected Scott Moe and Doug Ford into office between late 2016 and mid-2018. Francois Legault would be elected later that year as premier of Quebec, but the real bad thing happened in Alberta the following year, where Jason Kenney was elected. The CAQ and UCP are two of the four main far-right parties in Canada (alongside the Saskatchewan and Yukon Parties), and more of these parties are expected to turn further to the right throughout the rest of the 2020s.

The austerity measures implemented in many European Union countries in response to the 2008 financial crisis resulted in as much as ¼ of the continent's population experiencing financial hardship, even though the measures addressed the continent's sovereign debt crisis. As a result of this, fascist parties like the VOX in Spain, AfD in Germany, Lega Nord in Italy, and National Rally in France began winning elections at regional levels and would go on to occupy a few seats in their national legislatures. Greece, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia are the four main countries that now have fascist parties in majority control of their government as a result of the poverty brought upon by the austerity measures, with Fidesz and PiS holding parliamentary majorities. The collapse of PASOK in Greece was completed by the implementation of a financial bailout despite a failed referendum in 2015; that party was in control of the government for most years from 1977 to 2012, when it began to collapse due to the country's debt crisis. It is only a matter of time before the western areas of the European Union have fascist parties with majority control of their national legislatures.