In Canada, Mark Carney of the Liberal Party narrowly won snap elections and will remain in power as prime minister, defeating Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, who also lost his own seat in Parliament. Carney’s victory comes amid heightened tensions with the U.S. over Trump’s tariffs and threats to annex Canada. Early Monday, Trump once again threatened to make Canada the “51st state.” In his victory speech, Prime Minister Carney maintained the defiant tone that helped him surge in popularity in the weeks preceding the election, telling voters, “Our old relationship with the United States is over.”
Prime Minister Mark Carney: “America wants our land, our resources, our water, our country. Never. But these are not — these are not idle threats. President Trump is trying to break us so that America can own us. That will never — that will never, ever happen.”
It’s still unclear if Liberals will secure enough votes to form a majority government, though they are projected to fall just shy of the 172 seats required. Meanwhile, the head of Canada’s New Democratic Party, Jagmeet Singh, announced he is stepping down as party leader after the NDP was projected to lose over two-thirds of its seats, including his own.
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