Leftist maintain control in Canada!

Canada's Mark Carney pulls off huge poll swing to keep power and condemns American 'betrayal'
Will Canada start to break apart?

President Donald Trump injected himself into the race with his tariffs on Canadian imports and insistence that Canada should become the 51st U.S. state.

Canadian voters backed Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party on Monday, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. projects, in a national election strongly influenced by U.S. President Donald Trump.

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.

“Who’s ready to stand up for Canada with me?” Carney told cheering supporters early Tuesday. He said that Trump’s repeated comments about making Canada the 51st U.S. state were “not idle threats.”

“President Trump is trying to break us, so that America can own us. That will never, that will never, ever happen,” he said.

He said it was important to recognize that “our world has fundamentally changed,” and that Canada’s old relationship with its longtime ally and trading partner the United States is “over.”

“We are over the shock of the American betrayal, but we should never forget the lessons,” Carney said. “We have to look out for ourselves.”

Pierre Poilievre, leader of the opposition Conservatives, conceded defeat earlier Tuesday and congratulated Carney, describing the Liberals’ projected victory as a “razor-thin minority government” and saying his party would hold them accountable.

Only a few months ago, Poilievre — who is in danger of losing his seat in Parliament as votes continue to be counted — 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’s overly conciliatory approach to Trump, then the president-elect.

Trudeau announced his resignation Jan. 6, two weeks before Trump was inaugurated as president in the United States, after polls showed him struggling with voters.Canadian Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Mark Carney speaks to supporters at a victory party in Ottawa on April 29, 2025. Dave Chan / AFP - Getty Images

Since he returned to office, however, Trump has enraged Canadians with his behavior toward one of his country’s closest allies. His policies and rhetoric — including imposing steep tariffs on Canadian imports and the “51st state” comments — became the central issue in the Canadian election and helped the Liberals make a remarkable turnaround, closing an almost 20-point gap with the Conservatives in a matter of weeks.

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.

Like Trump, Carney had never held elected office before becoming his country’s 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, then quickly called a snap election in the hope of securing a full term.