How foolish are Canadian voters? They have just kept a politically inexperienced prime minister and largely discredited Liberal minority government in power because of their frustration with a US president.
That, in a nutshell, is what happened in Monday’s election in the Great White North.
Canada's new PM, Mark Carney: "We can't stabilize climate until we get to ZERO NET emissions"
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) April 29, 2025
OTTAWA — Some of the biggest election night fireworks happened on live television.
During an interview as part of CBC’s election coverage, newly reelected Bowmanville-Oshawa North MP Jamal Jivani accused Ontario Premier Doug Ford of sabotaging the federal Conservative campaign after his comments critical of the Conservatives triggered headlines and grumbling from the federal Tories.
Dougie I Will Leak The Audios Of You And Your Team From The Recent Election.
When The Moment Is Crucial For You.
And Thats Piece Of Shit Patrick Brown Eyeing The Conservative Seat.
We Got Dirt On All You Guys….
— 401_da_sarpanch (@401_da_sarpanch) April 29, 2025
Jamil Jivani tears a strip off Doug Ford "And all his goons around him all the time, they wouldn't make anything better."
"He has taken the provincial Conservative Party and turned it into something hollow, unprincipled, something that doesn't solve problems."
"He's glad… pic.twitter.com/bR6v06fiNZ
— cbcwatcher (@cbcwatcher) April 29, 2025
This election could have been a lot worse for Canada’s Conservatives. As I write, they have taken 41.7 per cent of the popular vote, their highest share since 1988, and are on track to pick up two dozen seats. They have also managed to make inroads with young people and unionised workers – groups that are famously hard for right-wing parties to win over.
Yet the victor of the night was Mark Carney, who will have a thin but real minority to work with as prime minister of Canada, and now the Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is expected to lose his seat. Ill-informed pundits will say that the Tories threw away their double-digit lead ahead of the election, but it would be far more accurate to say that Carney’s Liberals closed the gap, and then some.
Mark Carney’s Liberals have won Canada’s federal election – riding a backlash of anti-Trump sentiment to form the next government.
It is a stunning political turnaround for a party who were widely considered dead and buried just a few months ago.
It’s not yet clear if the party – which has been in power for almost a decade – will be able to secure a majority as results continue to roll in.
Either way, the prime minister faces major challenges, including divisions in the country laid bare by the campaign.
Leader of Liberals, who appear to have made a remarkable turnaround, has said old relationship with the US is over
At the beginning of the year, Canada’s Conservatives had a 25-point lead over the Liberal government, and their leader, Pierre Poilievre, looked certain to be the country’s next prime minister. But as the votes cast in Monday’s election have been counted, the story of the campaign has been confirmed: victory for the Liberals and their new leader, Mark Carney, who have extended their decade of rule by as much as another five years.
Donald Trump is fully aware he provoked a political earthquake in Canada — just ask him.
On the day of Canada’s election, the U.S. president was quoted in an interview voicing detailed knowledge of the historic plot-twist he triggered.
“You know, until I came along, remember that the Conservative was leading by 25 points,” Trump told The Atlantic last week, in an interview published Monday.
Trump will find it much easier kicking a Globalist carpetbagger like Carney around.
OTTAWA, Ontario—In an astonishing come-from-behind victory, Canada’s Liberal Party narrowly won Monday’s election under its new leader, Prime Minister Mark Carney.
As we went to press after midnight, it was still unclear whether Carney’s Liberals would win an outright majority or whether they would need to attempt to form a government through an alliance with minor left-wing parties. However, it was still a remarkable turnaround for the Liberals, who, at the beginning of the year, appeared doomed to defeat.
He’s Canada’s Most Successful Conservative Right Now — And He Is Disappointed in Pierre Poilievre
TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford is a canny politician, a throwback to a more ideologically flexible but no-bullshit archetype common in 20th-century, big-city American politics.
Ford’s shrewdest play may have been his most recent, when he called for a snap election earlier this year, and his Progressive Conservatives won decisively. Yet it’s how he went about pursuing victory that’s so instructive.
Jamil Jivani tears a strip off Doug Ford "And all his goons around him all the time, they wouldn't make anything better."
"He has taken the provincial Conservative Party and turned it into something hollow, unprincipled, something that doesn't solve problems."
"He's glad… https://t.co/bR6v06fiNZ
— cbcwatcher (@cbcwatcher) April 29, 2025
OTTAWA — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith didn’t immediately issue a statement when the networks called the federal election for Mark Carney’s Liberals at 10:15 PM EST, but it’s safe to say that not all is calm on the western front.
The Liberals’ fourth straight federal election win keeps Alberta and Ottawa on a collision course, raising the once unthinkable prospect of a referendum on the Prairie province’s separation from Canada.
Donald Trump went on social media on Canada’s election day to endorse himself as the best leader for this country.
Canadians politely disagreed, handing victory to Mark Carney and the Liberals — a vote for stability amid the chaos Trump keeps wanting to wreak on Canada.
Perhaps Trump will want to let that sink in. Canadians don’t want to be the 51st state, as Trump argued again in that Truth Social post, and when they want to be led by a governor, they mean a former bank governor.
Poilievre projected to lose his longtime Ottawa-area seat
Not sure what the future holds for Poilievre.
He was blindsided by Trump’s asinine behavior and I say that as a Trump fan.
I did not vote PPC this election as I felt it necessary to help prevent PM Carpetbagger from retaining office.
The absence of a PPC candidate in my riding made that sacrifice a little easier.
My riding remained Liberal at any rate.
The CPC made impressive gains and I suspect any coalition between the fear-mongering Liberals and Bloc will be short lived.
We live in hope.
Canada’s 45th general election has delivered a fourth consecutive mandate for the Liberal Party—this time a minority government under new leader and first-time candidate Mark Carney. As of early this morning, the Liberals were leading or elected in 168 ridings, compared to 144 for the Conservatives. The Bloc Québécois holds 23, the NDP 7, and the Greens 1.
Mark Carney is expected to name a new cabinet within two weeks of his election victory and recall Parliament soon after.
A senior Liberal official told The Globe and Mail that by Canada Day, the new government plans to bring in a new budget that includes a promised middle class tax cut and legislation to remove federal impediments to interprovincial trade.
The Globe and Mail is not identifying the official who was not authorized to discuss the Carney government’s plans.
Canada election: Carney says he’ll ‘deliver for Canadians’ with Liberals projected to win another term
General results as of 5:15 AM.
And now this … Poilievre
The more shocking result at this point would be the last 10 polls being good enough to get Poilievre over a 3000 vote difference
Possible, but extremely unlikely at this point
— Polling Canada (@CanadianPolling) April 29, 2025
CTV Calls It For the LPC as did CBC though doubt remains whether it will be a majority or minority.
#BREAKING: CTV News declares Liberal win https://t.co/zZ3LxjkmXP
— CTV News (@CTVNews) April 29, 2025
BREAKING: CBC News projects the Liberal Party will form the next government. It’s too soon to say whether it will be a minority or majority. https://t.co/J9QseJyyYZ
— CBC News (@CBCNews) April 29, 2025
Juno News
CBC
CTV Starts at 7
Elections Canada live feed – Starts at 7 PM
Glowball News live feed
Toronto Sun live feed
Good Lord the Guardian has a live feed
Twitter – #CanadaElections2025
Well there does seem to have been a Shy Poilievre vote missed by the pollsters. It was not enough to carry the day.
The CBC fat cats are smugly gloating that Poilievre may lose his seat as if they earned their cushy sinecures.
Sad Sack Singh lost his seat but Maudlin May kept hers. So there’s that.
Doug Ford takes it on the chin!
Jamil Jivani tears a strip off Doug Ford “And all his goons around him all the time, they wouldn’t make anything better.”
“He has taken the provincial Conservative Party and turned it into something hollow, unprincipled, something that doesn’t solve problems.”
“He’s glad… https://t.co/bR6v06fiNZ
— cbcwatcher (@cbcwatcher) April 29, 2025
Mark Carney’s Liberal Party is expected to win enough seats in the House of Commons to form a government in Canada. It is not yet clear whether they will be able to secure a majority.
Carney is set to remain Prime Minister, having only assumed the role in early March following Justin Trudeau’s resignation.
