Trump helped Carney to victory but now he could make or break Canadas new government [Video]

After a snap vote that will go down in the annals of election history the world over, Mark Carney has led Canada’s Liberal Party to a fourth consecutive term in office, overturning the opposition Conservative Party’s double-digit lead at the start of the campaign.

In truth, though, his victory owed almost as much to the loud noises coming from south of the border as it did to the novice politician’s campaigning skills.

President Donald Trump’s boasts of wanting to make Canada the 51st state, compounded by the trade tariffs he announced for imports from Canada, as from much of the world, gave the former head of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England his central theme: Canada’s independence and sovereignty, as well as its difference from its southern neighbour.

Both Canadians’ visceral reaction to the Trump claims and the Conservative leader’s initial affinity with Trump cut the rug from …