Canada’s Liberal Party wins election in turnaround seen as reaction to Trump’s annexation threats and tariffs [Video]

Canada’s Liberal Party won Monday’s federal election, marking a sharp political turnaround seemingly powered largely by the territorial threats and tariff tactics of President Trump.

Prime Minister Mark Carney‘s Liberals were projected to win more of the Canadian Parliament’s 343 seats than the rival Conservatives. It wasn’t immediately clear if the Liberals would claim an outright majority of at least 172 seats, or if they’d be forced to rely on lawmakers from a smaller party or parties to get new legislation passed.

Canadians decided with Monday’s vote to grant the Liberal Party a fourth term in power, now with Carney at the helm, rather than to transfer control to the Conservatives and their populist leader Pierre Poilievre, who only months earlier had been projected to win the election decisively.