Canada's liberal party gains the choice that is regarded in response to Trump's annexation threats and tariffs

Canada's liberal party won the federal elections on Monday and marked a sharp political turn, which was apparently mainly powered by the territorial threats and the tariff tactics by President Trump.

prime minister Mark CarneyThe liberals were expected to win more of the 343 seats of the Canadian parliament than the competing conservatives. It was not immediately clear whether the liberals would claim a complete majority of at least 172 seats or whether they would be forced to rely on the legislator of a smaller party or parties to adopt new laws.

The Canadians decided with the voice on Monday to grant the Liberal Party a fourth term with Carney at the top instead of transferring the control to the conservatives and their populist leader Pierre Poilievre, who had only been forecast the election months earlier.

The popularity of the liberal party had decreased for years and finally led to the resignation of former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in March, and the conservative seemed ready to take control of the federal government – until Mr. Trump occurred.

The repeated of the American president Threats to annex Canada and his Tariffswhich undermined the Canadian economy, dominated the campaign and influenced the decisions of the voters. Domestic problems such as affordability, immigration, jobs and crime remained considerable factors.

“Since I have warned for months, America wants our country, our resources, our water, our country. Never,” said Carney in a victory speech on Monday evening. “These are not inactive threats. President Trump tries to break us so that America can own us. That will never happen.”

Carney called it a “hinge moment” and said, Canada's “old relationship with the United States – a relationship based on steadily increasing integration. The system of open global trade, which is anchored by the United States, a system that Canada has been based on since the Second World War, a system that is not perfect, but it is a system for wealth. never forget.

According to Kanada elections, a record number of Canadians – an estimated 7.3 million – made their votes in advance, an increase of 25% compared to the 2021 elections.

A diverse group of voters gathered on Monday in a school fitness studio in Milton City, Ontario, to give up their ballot papers. While they were divided by those who would best deal with Mr. Trump, they all agreed that Canada's sovereignty, tariffs and the affordability were more difficult in their thoughts when they gave up their voices.

“Trump's decisions not only affect Canada, but the rest of the world,” said a couple who voted for the liberals, CBS News in front of a polling station. “The tariffs affected the market; they influenced the prices for everyone, food, everything.”

The opponents spent the head of the conservatives similar to Mr. Trump, which may cost him on election day.

“A few things with which Pierre unfortunately did not agree with which we did not agree,” the couple in Milton City, who wanted to remain anonymous, told CBS News. “May sound silly, but the fact that he wants to bring plastic bags and straws back – I didn't like this idea.”

A voter named Peter said that he considered the question of Canadian sovereignty when he gave up his vote. Although he did not specify which party he believed that she could best deal with concerns about Mr. Trump's threat to make Canada a “51st state”, he emphasized the need for Canadian unity.

John Ivsky, an independent businessman from Milton, said that he was decisive and emphasizes the problem of tariffs. He said Canada should search more and various global partners.

“Canada has to build its own economy and wider partnerships,” Ivsky told CBS News. “America shouldn't be the only economic, military or political partner. We need partners around the world, so we don't suffer from a political change in a country.”

“I respect and vote for every party that can support family values, conservative values, freedom of speech, and vote for those who can reflect my beliefs, be it liberal or conservative,” said Ivsky. “At this point, conservatives are those who can.”

On Monday, Mr. Trump was again injected into the election campaign. In a post about the social of truth, he repeated his idea of ​​making Canada the 51st US state, and asked the Canadian voters to vote for the person that could enable this – without naming one of the two political parties.

“Good luck for the great people in Canada. Choose the man who has the strength and wisdom to reduce their taxes in two halves, to increase their military power free of charge, at the highest level of the world, your car, steel, aluminum, wood, energy, energy and all other shops, four times size, with zero tariffs or taxes when Canada to the state tax Taxes of the truth, in the truth of the truth to the taxes of the truth of the United States.

In response to his comments, Poilievre said that Canada would never be the 51st state, and he asked the American president to keep out of Canadian elections.

“President Trump, remains out of our choice. The only people who will decide the future of Canada are Canadians in the ballot,” said Poilievre in French in a social media post. “Canada will always be proud, confident and independent and we will never be the 51st state. Today Canadians can vote for changes so that we can strengthen our country, stand on our own two foot and can stand by a position of strength in America.”

In his campaign, Carney asked the voters to provide him with a strong mandate to deal with Mr. Trump.

“President Trump has some obsessive ideas, and that's one,” said Carney about the annexation threats. “It is not a joke. It is his very strong desire to achieve this. It is one of the reasons why this crisis is so serious.”