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Trump’s truculence has infuriated Canadians, leading many to cancel U.S. vacations, refuse to buy American goods and possibly even to vote early. A record 7.3 million Canadians cast ballots before election day.
Reid Warren, a Toronto resident, said he voted Liberal because Poilievre “sounds like mini-Trump to me.” He said Trump’s tariffs are a worry.
“Canadians coming together from, you know, all the shade being thrown from the States is great, but it’s definitely created some turmoil, that’s for sure,” he said.
Foreign policy hasn’t dominated a Canadian election this much since 1988, when free trade with the United States was the prevailing issue.
The Liberal way forward
Carney and the Liberals have daunting challenges ahead.
By failing to win a majority in Parliament, the Liberals will need to rely on a smaller party. Trudeau’s Liberals relied on the New Democrats to remain in power for years, but the party fared poorly on Monday, and its leader, Jagmeet Singh, said he was stepping down after eight years in charge.
The Bloc Québécois, which looked set to finish third, is a separatist party from French-speaking Quebec that seeks independence. Bloc Québécois leader Yves-François Blanchet said he would be open to working with the government for a year if it’s a minority.
“The last thing that the Quebec people and Canada people want is instability in the federal Parliament,” he said.
In addition to the trade war with the U.S. and a frosty relationship with Trump, Canada is dealing with a cost-of-living crisis. And more than 75% of its exports go to the U.S., so Trump’s tariffs threat and his desire to get North American automakers to move Canada’s production south could severely damage the economy.
Carney has vowed that every dollar the government collects from counter-tariffs on U.S. goods will go toward Canadian workers who are adversely affected. He also said he plans to offer a middle-class tax cut, return immigration to sustainable levels and increase funding to Canada’s public broadcaster.
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