Canada’s Mark Carney and his Liberal Party have claimed a remarkable election victory,following a campaign dominated by Donald Trump’s trade war, and in the aftermath of a deadly car-ramming attack in Vancouver.
While it is still unclear whether the party will win an outright majority of the 343 seats in the Canadian parliament, it marks an impressive turnaround given the Conservatives were ahead in the polls by double digits a few months ago. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre even lost his own seat after earlier congratulating Mr Carney on the Liberal’s election win.
In his victory speech in Ottawa, Mr Carney declared that “President Trump is trying to break us so America can own us. That will never — that will never, ever happen.”
“We are over the shock of the American betrayal, but we should never forget the lessons,” he said, referring to the American president’s threats to Canada’s economy and its sovereignty, suggesting it should become the 51st state of the US.
Credit: independent.co.uk
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