Canada elections: Liberal Carney gives victory speech, rival concedes defeat
Photo: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney (Vitaliy Nosach, RBC-Ukraine)
Canada held early parliamentary elections this Monday. The Liberal Party, led by Mark Carney, won.
RBC-Ukraine reports on the elections in Canada.
Rivals
This time, the main rivals in the election were the Liberal Party, led by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, and the Conservative Party, led by Pierre Poilievre.
60-year-old Mark Carney, a former governor of the central banks of Canada and the United Kingdom, is an anti-Trumpist. In his campaign, he emphasizes the importance of relations with the United States.
The 45-year-old leader of the Conservative Party, Pierre Poilievre, focused on the economic challenges facing Canada and criticized the Liberals for their, in his opinion, unsuccessful economic policies. Some of his slogans echo those of Donald Trump, and this strategy has been successful for several years.
Exit polls results
In the Canadian parliamentary elections, the ruling Liberal Party, headed by the current Prime Minister Mark Carney, is leading.
Thus, the Liberal Party won 43.2% of the vote. The Conservative Party took second place, with 41.6% of Canadians supporting it.
The Liberals are expected to win 164 seats out of 343 in the House of Commons, while their main rivals from the Conservative Party will win 148. They need 172 seats to form a majority government.
It is also interesting that the Liberals are the last party to win four elections in a row in Canada, and they have done so since 2004.
Reactions to results
Reactions to results
Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney made his first statement after his party's victory in the parliamentary elections.
"Our old relationship with the United States, a relationship based on steadily increasing integration, is over. The system of open global trade anchored by the United States, a system that Canada has relied on since the Second World War, a system that, while not perfect, has helped deliver prosperity for our country for decades, is over," Carney said.
According to him, the coming months will be difficult and will require sacrifice.
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said that hard lessons had been learned.
Sources: Reuters, Sky News, Elections Canada, The Guardian.
