The Liberal Party, led by new Prime Minister Mark Carney, looked set to lose to the Conservatives’ Pierre Poilievre until the US president’s attacks on the country sparked a sudden reversal in poll forecasts.
“IT WAS MEANT TO BE!” he said.
Carney has argued his global financial experience has prepared him to guide Canada’s response to Trump’s tariffs.
The United States under Trump “wants to break us, so they can own us,“ he has warned repeatedly.
Poilievre, a 45-year-old career politician, has tried to keep the focus on domestic concerns that made Trudeau deeply unpopular toward the end of his decade in power, especially soaring living costs.
“You cannot handle another four years of this,“ he said over the weekend.
‘A good pick’
Surveys have also consistently shown voters view the ex-central banker as the best candidate to deal with Trump.
“I wanted to vote for change in Canada. I wanted the Liberals to go, but in the end, I’ll vote for Carney because he is a strong, serious man and that’s what the country needs to face Trump,“ the 28-year-old engineer told AFP.
“I don’t agree with the Liberal government and how they’re running our country,“ she told AFP in Montreal, where she was visiting for a conference.
“I think it’s unfortunate that we only talked about American politics,“ the 37-year-old mother of two said, regretting that social equality had been sidelined.
If the Liberals win, it would mark one of the most dramatic turnarounds in Canadian political history.
But Carney replacing Trudeau combined with nationwide unease about Trump transformed the race.
As with US elections, national polling numbers may not predict a result.
Nearly 29 million of Canada’s 41 million people are eligible to vote, in the massive G7 country that spans six time zones. A record 7.3 million people cast advanced ballots.
Canadians will elect 343 members of parliament, meaning 172 seats are needed for a majority. The Liberals won a majority in 2015 but have governed with a minority since 2019.
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