Prime minister Mark Carney Will form a minority governmentGlobal News has projected, although the total number of seats is not yet known As certain constituencies still have votes to count.
The Carney government is the fourth consecutive mandate of the Liberals and, at the beginning of this year, would have been considered inaccessible, the conservatives before more than 20 points in certain polls and a Prime Minister deeply unpopular to Justin Trudeau.
But the re -election of US President Donald Trump and the subsequent launch of a trade war against Canada, followed by the resignation of Trudeau and the Liberals elect the former Bank of Canada and the Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, that their chief has changed this.
“I chose to enter politics because I felt that we needed great changes in this country, but great changes guided by strong Canadian values,” Carney told the supporters after the screening of his victory.
“My message to each Canadian is as follows, no matter where you live, whatever the language you speak, no matter how you voted, I will always do my best to represent all those who call Canada at home.”
A minority, however, means that the liberals will probably have to work through the aisle with the NPD or the Bloc Québécois in order to stay in government, in particular on the confidence movements to avoid causing another election.
Although Global News projected a liberal government on Monday evening, it was not clear until Tuesday morning if it would be a minority or a majority.
While the votes are still counted in certain regions of the country, the Liberal Party should win in 168 constituencies across the country. Carney won in his own district of Nepean by a margin of 21,380 votes.
The conservatives should form the official opposition with 144 seats, while the block directs or elected in 23, the NPD in seven and the Greens in one.
The conservative chief Pierre Hairy and the chief of the NPD Jagmeet Singh both lost the seats, while the Blanchet Blanchet du Bloc Yves-François and the green reader Elizabeth May won the re-election.
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Jonathan Pedneault, the other co-leader, did not win the election.
In his concession speech, which was pronounced before his loss projected by Carleton, Hairy had promised to keep the government to account.
“Although we do our constitutional duty to keep the government to report and offer better alternatives, we will always put Canada first while we look at the prices and other irresponsible threats from President Trump,” he told supporters. “The conservatives will work with the Prime Minister and all the parties with the common goal of defending the interests of Canada and obtaining a new trade agreement which puts these prices behind us while protecting our sovereignty and the Canadian people.”
However, having lost your seat the future of Hairy as a party leader is uncertain, and he will not be able to challenge the government to the House of Commons.
Singh, in his own concession, thanked the supporters and those of the campaign for the work they have done, following a difficult defeat which saw the support of the NPD fall at only 6.3%, down compared to the 18% that they received four years earlier.
“Obviously, I know it’s a disappointing night for the new Democrats. We had very good candidates who lost this evening. I know how hard you worked. I spent time with you, you are incredible,” he said.
The reaction of the various provincial leaders began to flock on Tuesday morning.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford Congratulations Carney and all federal leaders For the hard work they have done, before urging the government to quickly move on issues such as infrastructure and energy projects.
“We have to make sure to move quickly, immediate, or otherwise President Trump will eat our lunch,” he told journalists on Tuesday morning.
He continued by saying that he focused on unity, saying that the country must be brought together “as we have never had before”, saying that there is only one person who caused problems: Trump.
Ford also discussed the loss of conservatives, saying that it is difficult to carry out a federal campaign.
“He (Hairy) worked very, very hard. People have spoken, people never get wrong, they have a reason they vote as they do and I just want to advance the province, fight against these prices, no matter what to (and) protect the people of this province,” said Ford.
Alberta First Danielle Smith struck a different tone in his own post on xCongratulations Carney but stressing that it “would not allow the status quo to continue”.
“I invite the Prime Minister to immediately start working with our government to reset the relationship between Ottawa and Alberta with significant action rather than a hollow rhetoric,” wrote Smith.
Smith’s comments occur weeks after giving Carney, before the campaign, a list of requests that must be processed in the first six months to “avoid an unprecedented national unity crisis”.
She did not mention that the “crisis” in her position on Tuesday, but said that the Albertans would have the possibility of discussing the future of the province, to assess the options to strengthen and protect it against “future hostile acts of Ottawa and to finally choose a path to go”. She did not explain what this path could be.
The Prime Minister of Saskatchewan, Scott Moe, who had supported Hairy in the elections, also congratulated Carney but warned the Liberal leader and Prime Minister according to which he received support in certain parts of the country, many in his province did not vote for him.
“Now, it’s up to you to show that you have heard this message and transmit changes, not only for the people of Saskatchewan, but also for many Canadians,” he said at a press conference on Tuesday.
The Liberals, although planned to form a minority with 168 seats, are in the lead or elected in three seats through Alberta and Saskatchewan, which is why Moe said that it was time for everyone to “strike the reset button” between the federal government and the relationship of the province.
He also extended an invitation to Carney to a meeting to “trace a productive path for our province within the Canada Nation”.
Elections Canada announced that she had decided early Tuesday morning to break the counting of special ballots, those launched by mail or in the Canada Offices elections far from their constituencies during the elections, although he took over at 9:30 am.
However, certain constituencies could still face recounts due to less than 100 votes separating the two main candidates.
–With global news ‘files’ UDAY RANA