PET's declaration of The War Measures Act was popular at the time and remained popular and had nothing whatsoever to do with his near defeat in 1970.  Harper's policy to require removal of the niqab during the citizenship oath was popular at the time and remained popular and had nothing to do with his defeat in 2015.  (Opposing the Harper stance on the niqab - which policy is much more moderate that Muslim president of Egypt el Susi's in his 90% + Muslim country - did cost Mulcair votes in Quebec however.)

You should stop trying to justify the unjustifiable here, to stop spinning, and instead to stick with what you know (if you ever figure out what that is).