Why the Liberals won - and Conservatives lost
- The Liberals won 168 electoral districts, while the Conservatives secured 144, according to results from Elections Canada.
- Pierre Poilievre lost his seat to Liberal candidate Bruce Fanjoy, marking a surprising election outcome.
- The Liberals fell short of a majority in the House of Commons but will form a minority government, needing support from smaller parties like the Bloc Québécois to govern effectively.
- Voter concerns about affordability and inflation shaped the election outcome, with both older and younger Canadians citing economic issues as key factors influencing their choices.
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John Ivison: Conservatives used a meat grinder on the Liberals. They needed a wooden stake
The Liberal party was all but buried in early January, a stake driven through its heart by Conservative attacks. The Tories thought their job was done, prepared themselves for government and took off the cloves of garlic round their necks. But they underestimated the Liberal party’s ability to come back from the dead, impelled by an insatiate thirst for power. There’s no doubt that President Donald Trump’s intervention about the need for Canada …
Kevin O’Leary Blames Trump’s ‘Constant Barbing’ for Canadian Liberals’ Dramatic Election Win
LEFT: Kevin O’Leary (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images) RIGHT: Donald Trump (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary blamed President Donald Trump’s “constant barbing” for the Canadian Liberal Party’s dramatic, come-from-behind victory in Monday’s election. While the Conservative Party, led by Pierre Poilievre, had led in the polls through the early months of this year, the Liberals surged in the polls amidst Trump’s imposition…
Canada elections: How Liberals turned the tide and ‘Trumped’ the right
Liberals were much able to consolidate their strongholds, meanwhile wooing swing voters under a maverick prime minister; the Conservatives could not generate the mass appeal required to sabotage the greater liberal ecosystem
China is the big victor in the Canadian elections - Washington Examiner
President Donald Trump wasn’t on the ballot for Monday’s federal elections in Canada, but the vote was all about him. There’s no doubt that Trump was the loser, as much as Canada’s disappointed Conservatives were. Prime Minister Mark Carney and his ruling Liberal Party came from behind to triumph by running against Trump. However, the real winner in Canada’s voting wasn’t the Liberals: It was China. Until Trump brusquely inserted himself into Ca…
Canada is Great—and Trump Had Nothing to Do With It
Republished with permission from John Pavlovitz I owe Canada an apology. Like millions of other Americans, over the past few hours, I’ve been guilty of sarcastically giving Donald Trump credit for “keeping Canada great,” in the wake of Mark Carney and the Liberal Party’s unthinkable comeback, after being down by double digits just a couple of months ago. And yes, it is true that Trump’s completely asinine and unnecessary trade wars, his nonsensi…
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