- Trump’s prices, annexed reflections strengthen Carney’s support.
- Carney emphasizes economic experience against Trump’s threats.
- The American president repeats the call for Canada to be the 51st state.
The liberals of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney retained power in the country’s elections on Monday, but CTV The news predicted that they would not be from the majority government that he wanted to help him negotiate prices with US President Donald Trump.
The Liberals were to win 172 of the 343 electoral districts of the House of Commons, known as seats, for a majority which would allow them to govern without support for a small part.
According to CTVThe Liberals led or elected in 156 districts, followed by the Conservatives with 145.
The west province west of British Columbia, where the polls were closed last, could decide whether the liberals are not below a majority government.
Shachi Kurl, president of the Angus Reid Institute, a survey company, told Reuters that the liberal victory articulated three factors.
“It was the factor” anyone but conservative “, it was Trump’s price factor, then it was Trudeau’s departure … which allowed many voters on the left and traditional liberal voters to return to the party,” said Kurl, referring to the resignation of the former unpopular Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Carney had promised a difficult approach with Washington on its prices and said Canada should spend billions to reduce its dependence on the United States, but the preservatives of the grip, who called for change after more than nine years of liberal rule, have shown unexpected force.
Minority governments in Canada rarely last more than 2-1/2 years.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corp has projected a liberal victory but has not yet said whether it expected a minority or majority government.
The result closed a notable return for the Liberals, who was 20 points behind in the ballot box in January before Trudeau announced that he had left and Trump began to threaten prices and an annexation.
Trump’s threats sparked a wave of patriotism that swelled support for Carney, a new political comer that previously led two Central Banks in the G7.
Trump reappeared as a campaign postman last week, saying that he could increase a 25% rate on Canadian manufacturing cars because the United States does not want it. He said earlier that he could use “economic force” to make Canada the 51st state.
Carney stressed that his experience in managing economic problems makes him the best leader to deal with Trump, while the conservative leader Pierre Hairy explained the concerns about the cost of living, crime and a housing crisis.
Trump, in an article on social networks on Monday, reiterated his call to Canada to become the 51st state.
“Good luck to the great people of Canada,” he said. “Elect man who has the strength and wisdom to reduce your taxes in two, to increase your military power, for free, to the highest level in the world, to have your car, steel, aluminum, wood, energy and all other companies, quadruple size, with zero prices or taxes, if Canada is cherished by 51st years.
Conservative disappointment
Tensions with the United States made supporters of two small parties, the New Democratic Party on the left and the separatist block of the block, to move to the Liberals.
The last game to win four consecutive elections in Canada was the Liberals in 2004.
The result was a huge defeat for Hairy, which concentrated its campaign on national issues and the need to repair a country which, according to him, had “broken”.
Neither the Carney nor Hairy camp was immediately available for reaction to CTV And CBC forecasts.
