Alice Charasse arrived early Monday morning to vote in Canada’s hotly-contested election, hoping to “send a message” to Donald Trump who has threatened her country’s sovereignty and economy.
“We must not let ourselves be intimidated or influenced” by the US president, Charasse, 37, told AFP before casting a ballot on her way to work in Montreal.
“With what is happening with our neighbors, we must send a message.”
In a sign of the importance of this election, a record seven million Canadians cast a ballot in advance voting.
On Monday, there were long lines at polling stations in cities including Montreal and the capital Ottawa.
A volunteer checking registrations and directing voters past yellow election signs to the correct booths said it was the busiest balloting they had ever witnessed, adding many first-time voters had showed up.
“There was a bit of a wait today to vote,” said Ottawa resident …