In the context of diplomatic and economic tensions with us, Canada votes, Trump as Pierre Poilievre takes over Mark Carney | World News
2025 Canadian Election: Millions of Canadians are voting to decide who will lead the country through times of diplomatic and economic turmoil, especially in relations with the United States. According to Reuters, a rapid election is expected in Canada to determine the country’s next prime minister. The two main competitors are the Liberal Party led by Mark Carney, which has been in power for a decade, while the Conservative Party is led by Pierre Poilievre.
The first poll of the Canadian election ended Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs and statements about Canadian annexation led a campaign. Polls in four Atlantic Canada’s Atlantic provinces have been closed, while votes continue in Ontario and Quebec (the province with the most electoral areas), as well as in four western provinces and three regions.
The Conservative Party is expected to receive remote mountain seats for the Liberal Party in Newfoundland and Labrador, according to CBC News. Early results in the Canadian Atlantic showed the encouraging number of the Conservatives.
Voters are electing 343 MPs, and a party needs 172 seats to form a majority government. In the early count, the Liberals led 21 out of 32 regions in the Atlantic Canada, followed by the Conservatives, with 11 regions. The Liberals previously held 23 seats before the election.
The recent polls have tightened, with the Liberals leading the Conservatives by several percentage points. Liberal victory in universal voting often leads to constituting governments, as conservative support is concentrated primarily in rural areas with fewer seats.
Trump’s threat sparked a wave of patriotism, strengthening support for Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney, who previously led two G7 central banks.
Poilievre told Trump to “stay away from our elections” while Carney urged Canadians to “unity” about the “American crisis.”
Trump’s reappearance last week was a factor in the campaign, threatening to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian-made cars and suggesting he could use “economic power” to make Canada the 51st state in the United States.
“Good luck to the great people of Canada,” he said in a social media post on Monday. “Election of someone with strength and wisdom, cut taxes in half, freely increase your military power to the highest level in the world, own your cars, steel, aluminum, wood, wood, energy and all other businesses, four times the size, zero tariffs or taxes, if Canada becomes the U.S. level 51.
