Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney won a historical electoral victory in Canada on Tuesday, April 29, promising to succeed over the United States in the commercial war launched by Donald Trump and never forget the American “betrayal”.
However, liberals could not get a majority in Parliament and, therefore, be forced to govern with the support of another party. The count was still underway in certain regions.
A few months ago, the road seemed to be tracked to allow Canadian conservatives led by Pierre Poilievre to return to business, after ten years of power by Justin Trudeau. But Donald Trump’s return to the White House and his unprecedented offensive against Canada, with customs tariffs and annexation threats, have changed the situation.
In front of his followers on the night from Monday to Tuesday, Mark Carney estimated that the “old relationship with the United States had ended.” “President Trump is trying to break us to own us,” he added, calling the country to the “difficult months to come that will require sacrifices.”
“Irresponsible threats”
In a speech that recognizes his defeat, his main opponent, Pierre Hairy, promised to work with Mark Carney and put the interest of the country before partisan struggles against the “irresponsible threats” of the US president.
For the Minister of Culture, Steven Guilbeault, “the many attacks of President Trump against the Canadian economy, but also in our sovereignty and our identity, they have really mobilized the Canadians,” he said on the public channel of CBC.
And the voters “saw that Prime Minister Carney had experience in the world scene.”
In the long lines in front of the electoral centers all day, the voters emphasized the importance of this vote, speaking of historical and decisive elections for the future of this country of 41 million inhabitants.
Europe-Canada “strong” links
To face, Mark Carney promised to keep customs’ tasks in American products provided that Washington’s measures are instead. But also to develop trade within their country by increasing customs barriers between the provinces and looking for new points of sale, especially in Europe.
The Europe-Canada link “are strong and strengthened,” said the president of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, Tuesday morning, congratulating Mark Carney for his victory.
“I hope to work in a close collaboration, both at the bilateral level and within the G7. We will defend our common democratic values, we will encourage multilateralism and we will make the champions of free and fair trade,” he said about X. In London, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer also congratulated Mark Carney and was thin with a “reorganization of the links.”
Almost 29 million voters were called to the polls in this vast country that extends more than six time areas. And more than 7.3 million people had voted in advance, a record.
Source: BFM TV
