Pierre Poilievre was a shoo-in for PM then Trump arrived [Video]

Toronto: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals fell short of winning an outright parliamentary majority and will have to seek help from a smaller party to push through his legislative agenda.

The vote-counting agency finished processing nearly all ballots on Tuesday, Canada time. The election could leave the Liberals just three seats shy of a majority. Recounts are expected in some districts.

Carney’s rival, populist Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, was in the lead until US President Donald Trump took aim at Canada with a trade war and threats to annex the country as the 51st state.

Poilievre not only lost his bid to be prime minister in Monday’s election, but was voted out of the seat that …