{"id":125858,"date":"2025-04-29T04:02:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T04:02:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/mark-carney-and-the-liberal-party-at-the-top-of-the-legislative-elections\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T04:02:30","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T04:02:30","slug":"mark-carney-and-the-liberal-party-at-the-top-of-the-legislative-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/mark-carney-and-the-liberal-party-at-the-top-of-the-legislative-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Carney and the Liberal Party at the top of the legislative elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article__media\"> <picture class=\"article__media\"><source srcset=\" https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/04\/29\/0\/0\/4356\/2904\/556\/0\/75\/0\/b22fda8_ftp-import-images-1-4fleeiuxcnzj-5746769-01-06.jpg 556w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/04\/29\/0\/0\/4356\/2904\/600\/0\/75\/0\/b22fda8_ftp-import-images-1-4fleeiuxcnzj-5746769-01-06.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/04\/29\/0\/0\/4356\/2904\/664\/0\/75\/0\/b22fda8_ftp-import-images-1-4fleeiuxcnzj-5746769-01-06.jpg 664w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/04\/29\/0\/0\/4356\/2904\/700\/0\/75\/0\/b22fda8_ftp-import-images-1-4fleeiuxcnzj-5746769-01-06.jpg 700w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/04\/29\/0\/0\/4356\/2904\/800\/0\/75\/0\/b22fda8_ftp-import-images-1-4fleeiuxcnzj-5746769-01-06.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw\" alt=\"Des partisans du Parti lib\u00e9ral lors de la soir\u00e9e \u00e9lectorale, \u00e0 Ottawa, le 28\u00a0avril 2025.\" width=\"664\" height=\"443\"><\/source><\/picture> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/04\/29\/0\/0\/4356\/2904\/664\/0\/75\/0\/b22fda8_ftp-import-images-1-4fleeiuxcnzj-5746769-01-06.jpg\" alt=\"Supporters of the Liberal Party during the electoral evening in Ottawa, April 28, 2025.\"\/> <\/noscript><figcaption class=\"article__legend\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Supporters of the Liberal Party during the electoral evening in Ottawa, April 28, 2025.  <span class=\"article__credit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Dave Chan \/ AFP<\/span>  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">The Liberal Party of Mark Carney is given the winner of the Canadian legislative elections, according to local media projections on Monday, April 28, after a campaign focused on the threats of American president Donald Trump against the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">The results of the vote, still preliminary, do not make it possible to determine whether the Prime Minister will have an absolute majority in Parliament. At the time of the dissolution of the latter, in March, the Liberal Party was a minority, with 152 deputies. At 5:50 a.m. (Paris time), <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/info\/en-direct\/1012578\/elections-federales-vote-canada-soiree-electorale\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Nouvelle fen\u00eatre\">Radio-Canada<\/a> announced 162 seats for the Liberals, 149 for the Conservatives and 23 for the Bloc Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">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&#8217;s return to the White House and his unprecedented offensive against Canada, with customs duties and annexation threats, have changed the situation.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\"><span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read also |<\/span><span class=\"catcher__desc\">  <span class=\"icon__premium\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span>    In Canada, the duel promises to be tight between liberals and preservatives in the federal elections <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" data-article-id=\"3419944\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/international\/article\/2025\/04\/28\/au-canada-le-duel-s-annonce-serre-entre-les-liberaux-et-les-conservateurs-aux-elections-federales_6600773_3210.html\" data-status=\"\"> <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/> <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">In Ottawa, where the Liberals gathered for the electoral evening, the announcement of these first results caused a salvo of applause and enthusiastic cries. <em>&#8220;I am mad with joy and it is still early, but I am confident that we will succeed in having a majority&#8221;<\/em>said to the France-Presse agency (AFP), David Lametti, former Minister of Justice.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__sub-title\">A country in the prey to the American threat<\/h2>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">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. <em>\u201cThey want our resources, our water. Americans want our country \u201d<\/em>he warned. <em>\u201cChaos 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? \u00bb\u00bb<\/em>he explained.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\"><span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read also |<\/span><span class=\"catcher__desc\">  <span class=\"icon__premium\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span>    &#8220;No matter what Trump has in mind, we are now taking his fogs seriously&#8221;: the letter from a Canadian to his French friends <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" data-article-id=\"3416752\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/idees\/article\/2025\/04\/05\/peu-importe-ce-que-trump-a-en-tete-nous-prenons-desormais-ses-lubies-au-serieux-la-lettre-d-un-canadien-a-ses-amis-francais_6591766_3232.html\" data-status=\"\"> <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/> <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">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.<\/p>\n<section class=\"inread  js-services-inread\">\n<p> <span class=\"sr-only\">The memorable world<\/span>  <\/p>\n<p>Test your general culture with the writing of the &#8220;world&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Test your general culture with the writing of the &#8220;world&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Discover<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph  \">Nearly 29 million of the 41 million inhabitants of Canada were called to the polls in this vast country which extends over six time zones. A record number of 7.3 million people had voted in advance.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\"><span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read also |<\/span><span class=\"catcher__desc\">  <span class=\"icon__premium\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span>    In Canada, the left in trouble before the federal elections on Monday <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" data-article-id=\"3419255\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/international\/article\/2025\/04\/27\/au-canada-la-gauche-a-la-peine-avant-les-elections-federales-de-lundi_6600619_3210.html\" data-status=\"\"> <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/> <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"author\">\n<p class=\"author__detail\">  <span class=\"author__name\">The world with AFP<\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article__reactions\">                      Reuse this content   <\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\">Tm-En-1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supporters of the Liberal Party during the electoral evening in Ottawa, April 28, 2025. 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