Canada's Liberals projected to win elections in remarkable turnaround

Canada's Liberal Party, led by Prime Minister Mark Carney, is projected to win the country's federal elections on April 28 in a campaign shaped by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and expansionist rhetoric.

CTV and CBC reported that the Liberals are on the course to win a minority government and secure their fourth consecutive term in power.

The elections marked a stunning turnaround as the Conservative Party of Pierre Poilievre, whose political style has been likened to Trump, was safely leading the polls mere months before the election.

The Liberals' popularity surged with the resignation of former Prime Minister and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau and Trump's increasingly hostile policies toward Canada, including 25% tariffs on Canadian imports and calls for absorbing the country as the U.S.'s 51st state.

The latest results show that the Liberal Party is leading with 43% and 165 seats, with 172 needed for a majority. The Conservatives are projected to come second with 41.7% and 147 seats, followed by the regionalist Bloc Quebecois with 6.9% and 23 seats, and the center-left New Democratic Party with 6% and seven seats.

Canada has been a staunch supporter of Ukraine throughout the full-scale war with Russia, providing the country with 19.7 billion Canadian dollars ($14.2 billion) in aid since 2022, including 4.5 billion Canadian dollars in military assistance ($3.25 billion).

Carney, an economist who became Canada's prime minister in March after Trudeau's resignation, has pledged continued support for Kyiv.