Posted on 04/28/2025 8:19:06 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals won a federal election Monday, the country’s public broadcaster, the CBC, projected, an extraordinary comeback that was fueled in part by President Donald Trump’s tariff policies and attacks on Canada.
Just months ago, Carney’s party was headed for a potentially historic drubbing. It was not yet clear whether the Liberals would rule a minority or majority government as votes continued to be counted. This is the fourth consecutive Liberal government since 2015.
Amid the U.S. president’s trade war and threats to annex its northern neighbor, voters flocked to Carney — a political novice, who led the Bank of Canada during the global financial crisis and the Bank of England during Brexit. He pitched himself as a steady hand at a destabilizing time.
The vote, considered by many here to be the most consequential election of their lifetimes, was bookended by Trump’s menaces. During the first week of the campaign, he announced tariffs on foreign automobiles, prompting Canadian retaliation. On Monday morning, in a social media post, Trump wished “good luck” to Canadians and repeated his threat to make their country the 51st state.
The result represented a remarkable reversal in fortunes for the Liberals, who were all but written off when Justin Trudeau resigned as prime minister in January. They had trailed the Conservatives for more than a year. Pierre Poilievre, a sharp-tongued populist, was cruising to one of the largest majority governments in Canada’s history.
But Trudeau’s exit, Carney’s elevation as his replacement and Trump’s return flipped the script. By the time Carney called a snap election in March, the Conservatives had lost a 20-plus-point lead. Poilievre, who built his edge on the premise that Canada is “broken” thanks to Trudeau, struggled after his main foe was out of the picture..
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Some outstanding 4d chess, just like Georgia..
They drank the Kool-Aid.
Canaduh is toast.
Put a fork in Canada, they’re done.
He should thank Trump.
It’s always a stunning catch-up win with liberals isn’t it?
Agree, the Conservatives should have wiped out the Liberals, but then Trump had to open his mouth.
Their vote fraud must be worse than ours
It’s your funeral Canada... Have at it.
We need another wall.
Paper ballots, hand counted.
Every time the side you want to win doesn’t win, its not fraud. That narrative really gets tiresome after awhile.
He’s a stable genius! You be quiet, troll. Go back to DU. moose cheese sister viking kitties, IBTZ, uh, am I missing anything?
Now, we will have chinese military on our border.
Not really.
Currently 42.8 to 41.6%.
So a good chance of a minority government with ‘Bloc Quebec’. Ring the king makers.
Liberal minority government. Way below expectation. Conservatives actually did better than expected.
hoser?
That’s not why.
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