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Canadians voted Monday to elect the Liberal Party back into power, making the party’s leader, Mark Carney, prime minister of Canada following a tight race against Conservative Party challenger Pierre Poilievre and a campaign in which tariff policies by the Trump administration loomed large.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) projected the victory for Carney approximately 15 minutes after the polls closed on Monday evening, Associated Press reported, marking a dramatic turnaround for the Liberal Party, which was not favored to win earlier in the run-up to the election after over nine years of leadership under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Carney, a former central banker, will continue on as prime minister after the win, taking on the role last month when Trudeau resigned. According to the BBC, the Liberal Party is projected to win 168 seats in Parliament but needs 172 to form a majority government.
While Carney is a practicing Catholic, he dissents from the Church’s teaching on abortion. On the campaign trail he stated that his faith would not lead him to interfere in “a woman’s right to choose,” which he has said he supports “absolutely, unreservedly.”
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The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) projected the victory for Carney approximately 15 minutes after the polls closed on Monday evening, Associated Press reported, marking a dramatic turnaround for the Liberal Party, which was not favored to win earlier in the run-up to the election after over nine years of leadership under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Carney, a former central banker, will continue on as prime minister after the win, taking on the role last month when Trudeau resigned. According to the BBC, the Liberal Party is projected to win 168 seats in Parliament but needs 172 to form a majority government.
While Carney is a practicing Catholic, he dissents from the Church’s teaching on abortion. On the campaign trail he stated that his faith would not lead him to interfere in “a woman’s right to choose,” which he has said he supports “absolutely, unreservedly.”
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Canada elects Liberal Party prime minister; life issues fall by wayside
Canadians voted Monday to elect Liberal Party leader Mark Carney to a full term as prime minister following a tight race against his conservative challenger, Pierre Poilievre.
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