INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Prime Minister Mark Carneys Liberal Party won Canadas federal election on Monday, topping a spectacular turnaround in fortunes fueled by U.S
President Donald Trumps addition dangers and trade war.After surveys closed, the Liberals were projected to win more of Parliaments 343
seats than the Conservative Party, though it wasnt right away clear if they would win an outright majority or would need to count on several
smaller sized celebrations to form a government and pass legislation.The Liberals looked headed for a squashing defeat up until the American
president started assaulting Canadas economy and threatening its sovereignty, recommending it ought to end up being the 51st state
Trumps actions irritated Canadians and stoked a surge in nationalism that assisted the Liberals flip the election story and win a
fourth-straight term in power.We were dead and buried in December
Now we are going to form a federal government, David Lametti, a former Liberal Justice Minister, informed broadcaster CTV.We have turned
this around thanks to Mark, he said.The Conservative Partys leader, Pierre Poilievre, wanted to make the election a referendum on previous
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose appeal decreased toward the end of his decade in power as food and housing costs rose.But Trump
assaulted, Trudeau resigned and Carney, a two-time central banker, became the Liberal Partys leader and prime minister.Even with Canadians
grappling with the fallout from a deadly weekend attack at a Vancouver street festival, Trump was trolling them on election day,
recommending on social networks that he was on their ballot and duplicating that Canada must become the 51st state
He likewise mistakenly declared that the U.S
funds Canada, writing, It makes no sense unless Canada is a State!Trumps truculence has irritated many Canadians, leading many to cancel U.S
vacations, refuse to purchase American items and perhaps even vote early
A record 7.3 million Canadians cast ballots before election day.The Americans wish to break us so they can own us, Carney said in the runup
Thats whats at risk.As he and his wife cast their tallies in their Ottawa district on Monday, Poilievre urged voters to Get out to vote for
After running a Trump-like project for months, however, his resemblances to the bombastic American leader may have cost him.Reid Warren, a
Toronto resident, stated he voted Liberal due to the fact that Poilievre seems like mini-Trump to me
And he stated Trumps tariffs are a worry.Canadians coming together from, you understand, all the shade being thrown from the States is
great, but its certainly produced some turmoil, thats for sure, he said.Historian Robert Bothwell stated Poilievre interested the very same
sense of complaint as Trump, but that it eventually cost him with voters.The Liberals ought to pay him, Bothwell added, referring to the U.S
Trump talking is not good for the Conservatives.Carney and the Liberals cleared a big obstacle by winning a fourth-straight term, however
they have complicated challenges ahead.Foreign policy hadnt controlled a Canadian election as much as it did this years given that 1988,
when, ironically, free trade with the United States was the dominating issue.In addition to the trade war with the U.S
and frosty relationship with Trump, Canada is handling a cost-of-living crisis
And more than 75% of its exports go to the U.S., so Trumps tariffs threat and his desire to get North American automakers to move Canadas
production south might significantly harm the Canadian economy.While campaigning, Carney vowed that every dollar the government collects
from counter-tariffs on U.S
items will go toward Canadian workers who are negatively impacted by the trade war
He also said he prepares to keep dental care in place, offer a middle-class tax cut, return migration to sustainable levels and boost
funding to Canadas public broadcaster, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.Source: AP-- Agencies
