{"id":41618,"date":"2025-04-29T03:05:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T08:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=41618"},"modified":"2025-04-29T03:05:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T08:05:52","slug":"canadas-liberal-party-and-prime-minister-mark-carney-are-projected-to-stay-in-power-as-the-country-digs-in-on-trumps-trade-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=41618","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s Liberal Party and Prime Minister Mark Carney are projected to stay in power as the country digs in on Trump\u2019s trade war"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Canadian voters backed Prime Minister Mark Carney<\/a>\u2019s Liberal Party on Monday, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. projects<\/a>, in a national election strongly influenced by U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWho\u2019s ready to stand up for Canada with me?\u201d Carney told cheering supporters early Tuesday. He said that Trump\u2019s repeated comments about making Canada the 51st U.S. state<\/a> were \u201cnot idle threats.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPresident Trump is trying to break us, so that America can own us. That will never, that will never, ever happen,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said it was important to recognize that \u201cour world has fundamentally changed,\u201d and that Canada\u2019s old relationship with its longtime ally and trading partner the United States is \u201cover.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are over the shock of the American betrayal, but we should never forget the lessons,\u201d Carney said. \u201cWe have to look out for ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pierre Poilievre, leader of the opposition Conservatives, conceded defeat earlier Tuesday and congratulated Carney, describing the Liberals\u2019 projected victory as a \u201crazor-thin minority government\u201d and saying his party would hold them accountable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2019s overly conciliatory approach to Trump, then the president-elect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trudeau announc<\/a>ed<\/a>\u2002his resignation<\/a> Jan. 6, two weeks before Trump was inaugurated as president in the United States, after polls showed him struggling with voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since he returned to office, however, Trump has enraged Canadians with his behavior toward one of his country\u2019s closest allies. His policies and rhetoric \u2014 including imposing steep tariffs on Canadian imports<\/a> and the \u201c51st state\u201d comments \u2014 became the central issue in the Canadian election and helped the Liberals make a remarkable turnaround<\/a>, closing an almost 20-point gap with the Conservatives in a matter of weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Liberals were also boosted by a candidate, Carney, who may be uniquely positioned to respond to Trump and the global economic uncertainty his tariffs have created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like Trump, Carney had never held elected office before becoming his country\u2019s leader and spent much of his life in the private sector. He became prime minister last month after he was elected leader of the Liberal Party<\/a>, then quickly called a snap election in the hope of securing a full term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Carney, 60, is also a former central banker used to dealing with economic crises, having run the Bank of Canada after the 2008 global financial crisis and the Bank of England during the Brexit process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He touted that experience during the campaign, which lasted 37 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMark offers the proven leadership and real plan we need to deliver change for our party and our country, and to build the strongest economy in the G7,\u201d his campaign said, referring to the Group of Seven industrialized nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poilievre had been on a rising trajectory <\/strong>until earlier this year, with his \u201cTrump light\u201d style embraced by the populist wing of his party. As Canadian anger grew, however, his similarities with Trump began to work against him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poilievre ran on job opportunities and on promises that Gen Z voters would be able to afford housing, leveraging public fatigue with the Liberal government. At a rally Sunday, the CBC quoted him as calling the Trudeau government \u201cthe lost Liberal decade of rising crime, chaos, drugs and disorder.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump continued goading Canada on Monday as voters went to the polls, saying again that it should become the \u201ccherished\u201d 51st U.S. state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cALL POSITIVES WITH NO NEGATIVES. IT WAS MEANT TO BE!\u201d he said on his Truth Social platform. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Carney and Poilievre rebuked Trump over such comments and others he has made about the Canadian election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey can become divided and weak,\u201d Carney said in a video<\/a> on social media Monday, speaking of the United States. \u201cBut this is Canada. And we decide what happens here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poilievre wrote Monday on X<\/a>: \u201cPresident Trump, stay out of our election.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe only people who will decide the future of Canada are Canadians at the ballot box,\u201d he wrote. \u201cCanada will always be proud, sovereign and independent and we will NEVER be the 51st state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One voter said he voted Liberal because Poilievre \u201csounds like mini-Trump to me.\u201d Reid Warren, of Toronto, told The Associated Press that tariffs were also a concern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCanadians coming together from, you know, all the shade being thrown from the States is great, but it\u2019s definitely created some turmoil, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d Warren said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump did not appear to have publicly commented on the election result as of late Monday, but his predecessor congratulated Carney and the Liberals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI\u2019m confident Mark will be a strong leader for the fundamental values and interests Canadians and Americans share,\u201d former President Joe Biden<\/a> said in a post on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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