Prime Minister’s Liberal Party Mark Carney is a winner of the Canadian legislative elections, according to local media projections on Monday, April 28, after a campaign focused on the threats of US President Donald Trump against the country.
The Liberals failed, however, to obtain an absolute majority in the Canadian Parliament, set at 172 seats, announced the public channel CBC. At 10 p.m. (Paris time), local media projections announced 169 seats for the Liberals, while the counting continued in two last constituencies. However, they should be able to govern by relying on one of the small parties represented in the lower chamber.
A few months ago, the way seemed to be traced to allow the conservatives, led by Pierre Hairyvre, 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 duties and annexation threats, have changed the situation. During his speech of electoral victory, Mr. Carney called on Canadians to never forget “Betrayal” American. “Our old relationship with the United States is over” because the “President Trump tries to break us to own us”he also declared, calling the country to the unity for “Difficult months to come which will require sacrifices”.
By recognizing his defeat early Tuesday morning, Mr. Hairy promised to work with Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney to defend Canada’s interests in the face of Donald Trump’s attacks. “The conservatives will work with the Prime Minister and all the parties to defend the interests of Canada and obtain a new trade agreement which puts customs duties behind us while protecting our sovereignty”said Pierre Hairy in front of his supporters gathered in Ottawa for the electoral evening.
For Minister Steven Guilbeault, “President Trump’s many attacks on the Canadian economy, but also on our sovereignty and very identity, have really mobilized Canadians”he said on the public channel CBC. And voters “Have seen that Prime Minister Carney had experience on the world stage”.
At midday on Tuesday, Carney notably received the congratulations from the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, assuring him “Can’t wait to work [ses] sides, to tighten our elbows ”. “You embody a strong Canada in the face of the great challenges of our time. France is delighted to further strengthen the friendship that unites our countries ”added Mr. Macron.
The United States also congratulated Mark Carney for his victory on Tuesday, despite a campaign dominated by the rejection of the threats of President Donald Trump. “Relations between the United States and Canada are among the most understanding in the world”argued the spokesperson for the State Department, Tammy Bruce, in a first official reaction.
A country in the prey to the American threat
In Ottawa, where the Liberals gathered for the electoral evening in a hockey arena, the announcement of these first results caused a salvo of applause and enthusiastic cries. “I am mad with joy and it is still early, but I am confident that we will succeed in having a majority”said to the France-Presse agency (AFP), David Lametti, former Minister of Justice.
At 60, Mark Carney, a novice in politics but recognized economist, was able to convince a population worried about the economic and sovereign future of the country that he was the right person to pilot the country in these troubled times.
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This former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, monetary institutions, has continued to recall during the campaign that the American threat is real. “They want our resources, our water. Americans want our country ”he warned. “Chaos has entered our lives. It is a tragedy, but it is also a reality. The key question of this election is who is best placed to oppose President Donald Trump? »»he explained.
To cope, he promised to maintain customs duties on American products as long as the measures taken in this area by Washington are in place, but also to develop trade within his country by lifting customs barriers between the provinces and by looking for new outlets, especially in Europe.
Opposite, the head of the conservatives, who had promised tax cuts and cuts in public spending, failed to convince the voters of this G7 country, ninth world power, to turn their back on the liberals. Until the end, Pierre Poilievre will have suffered from proximity, by his style and because of some of his ideas, with the American president, which alienated part of the electorate, according to the analysts.