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Canadian voters backed Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party on Monday, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. projects, in a national election strongly influenced by U.S.
President Donald Trump. The CBC said it was too early to know whether the Liberals would win enough seats to form a majority government, but it projected another term for the party, which has governed Canada for almost a decade. "Who's ready to stand up for Canada with me?" Carney told cheering supporters early Tuesday.
He said that Trump's repeated comments about making Canada the 51st U.S. state were "not idle threats.
" "President Trump is trying to break us, so that America can own us. That will never, that will never, ever happen," he said. He said it was important to recognize that "our world has fundamentally changed," and that Canada's old relationship with its longtime ally and trading partner the United States is "over.
" "We are over the shock of the American betrayal, but we should never forget the lessons," Carney said. "We have to look out for ourselves." Pierre Poilievre, leader of the opposition Conservatives, conceded defeat earlier Tuesday and congratulated Carney, describing the Liberals' projected victory as a "razor-thin minority government" and saying his party would hold them accountable.
Only a few months ago, Poilievre seemed poised to be the next leader of Canada amid public frustration with soaring inflation, rising immigration and what was criticized as then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's overly conciliatory approach to Trump, then the president-elect. Trudeau announced his resignation Jan. 6, two weeks before Trump was inaugurated as president in the United States,.
.. Phil Helsel , Jennifer Jett.
