1 week Ago By Rob Gillies,Yelena Mandenberg
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party won Canada’s federal election on Monday , capping a stunning turnaround in fortunes fueled by U.S. President Donald Trump ’s annexation threats and trade war.
The Liberals are projected to win more of Parliament’s 343 seats than the Conservatives , though it wasn’t clear yet if they would win an outright majority, which would allow them to pass legislation without needing help. The Liberals looked headed for a crushing defeat until the American president started attacking Canada’s economy and threatening its sovereignty, suggesting it should become the 51st state . Trump’s actions infuriated Canadians and stoked a surge in nationalism that helped the Liberals flip the election narrative and win a fourth-straight term in power.
Dad made friend dig own grave and kill himself after raping 6-year-old daughter TSA warns travelers need one of 13 identification types before Real ID deadline The opposition Conservative Party’s leader, Pierre Poilievre, hoped to make the election a referendum on former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose popularity declined toward the end of his decade in power as food and housing prices rose. But Trump attacked, Trudeau resigned and Carney, a two-time central banker, became the Liberal Party’s leader and prime minister. Trump was even trolling Canada on election day, suggesting on social media that he was in fact on the ballot and repeating that Canada should become the 51st state — an assertion that Canadians find deeply insulting.
He also erroneously claimed that the U.S. subsidizes Canada, writing, “It makes no sense unless Canada is a State!” Poilievre, who has been criticized for not taking a firmer stance against Trump, responded with a post of his own.
“President Trump, stay out of our election. The only people who will decide the future of Canada are Canadians at the ballot box,” he posted hours before polls closed. “Canada will always be proud, sovereign and independent and we will NEVER be the 51st state.
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vacations, refuse to buy American goods and possibly even vote early. A record 7.3 million Canadians cast ballots before election day.
Trump’s attacks also put Poilievre and the opposition Conservative Party on the defensive and led to a surge in nationalism that helped the Liberals flip the election narrative. “The Americans want to break us so they can own us,” Carney said recently, laying out what he saw as the election’s stakes. “Those aren’t just words.
That’s what’s at risk.”.
