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Mark Carney won Canada’s elections after a country-dominated campaign with the United States under Donald Trump.
The Liberal Party of Carney was on the right track to win the greatest number of seats and the right to form a government. But he seemed likely not to have won a parliamentary majority when the counting continued.
In a speech in the early hours of Tuesday, Carney praised his victory and said he would resist all threats from the Trump administration.
“America wants our land, our resources, our water. But these are not inactive threats, President Trump tries to break so that America can own us. It will never happen,” said Carney in Ottawa.
“We are above the shock of American betrayal, but we must never forget the lessons. We have to watch out for each other and above all, we have to take care of each other. ”
The Liberals were ahead in 165 seats in the House of Commons with 343 places and the Conservatives in 147, according to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, putting Carney’s party in a dominant position to form at least one minority government.
The opposition manager, Pierre Hairy, conceded earlier on Tuesday and said that “Canadians had opted for a thin minority government as a razor, virtual equality”.
The result marks an astonishing recovery for the Liberals, who were on the right track to lose power until Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister for almost a decade, leaves as party leader this year and is replaced by Carney In March.
His victory will also be welcomed worldwide as a sign that Centrist and internationalist policy Can succeed in electoral in the Trump era.
Carney led the Central Bank of Canada during the 2008 financial crisis and the Bank of England during Brexit, and quoted its experience of preparing for the management of economic agitation caused by the American president.
Former Goldman Sachs and Brookfield Executive, who Entering electoral policy For the first time in January, it is now necessary to manage critical negotiations with Canada’s largest trading partner in the midst of a global effort to limit damage related to Trump’s commercial policy.
The liberals capitalized on a patriotic increase in the face of Trump prices In Canada and the taunts on this subject, it becomes the American “51st state”, while Carney challenged Trump a campaign theme.
While Trump’s prices have become the central question of the campaign, Carney told voters that former Canada’s relations with the United States were “completed” and promised to conclude a “large renegotiation” of the trade agreement between countries.
“It is an excellent evening for the Liberal Party, but more importantly, it is an excellent evening for Canada,” said Chrystia Freeland, the former finance minister that Carney defeated in the race to succeed Trudeau as party leader this year.
“Because I really believe that the question of the ballot was:” Who can fight for Canada, who can resist Donald Trump, and who can defend our national economic interest, and who can seize this moment to build Canada? ” And the Canadians responded. »»
Carney will enter Parliament for the first time as a deputy after winning the district of NEPEAN D’OTTAWA.
Pierre Poilievre, who conducted polls for several years until Trudeau has left and the American president intensified his attacks on Canada, has struggled in recent weeks to shake up liberal efforts to paint him as a populist of the maga type who would not be able to confront the President.
“We know that change is necessary, but change is difficult to find. It takes time,” said Hairy on Tuesday morning. “It takes work and that is why we have to learn the lessons tonight so that we can have an even better result the next time the Canadians decide the future of the country.”
The New Democratic Party, which had supported the minority government of Trudeau in Parliament, was about to undergo significant losses while the voters moved to the two main parties.
Early on Tuesday, the NDP chief Jagmeet Singh told supporters that he would resign after losing his seat. Describing it as a “disappointing night”, Singh said: “I hope for the party, we will choose hope for fear.”
But the NDP is likely to become a necessary partner for the minority government led by Carney.
The evening also revealed a sharp decline to support the Bloc Québécois, the Federal Nationalist Party of the French -speaking majority province.
