Delivering his victory speech a little earlier, Mark Carney warned that Canada was at one of the “hinge moments of history”.
“Our old relationship with the United States, a relationship based on steadily increasing integration, is over,” he told supporters.
“The system of open global trade, anchored by the United States, a system that Canada has relied on since the Second World War, a system that, while not perfect, has helped deliver prosperity … is over.
“These are tragedies, but it’s also our new reality … We are over the shock of the American betrayal, but we should never forget the lessons.”
Carney said Canadians had to “look out for ourselves” and take care of each other.
Rachel Clun29 April 2025 07:37
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Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at the Liberal Party election night headquarters in Ottawa (Reuters)
Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney gestures after his win (Reuters)
Mark Carney embraces his wife Diana Fox Carney (Reuters)
Namita Singh29 April 2025 07:22
In a speech conceding defeat and with his own seat in the House of Commons still in doubt, Pierre Poilievre vowed to keep fighting for Canadians and their right to an affordable home on a safe street.
“We are cognizant of the fact that we didn’t get over the finish line yet,” Mr Poilievre told his supporters in Ottawa.
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre and his wife Anaida Poilievre salute their supporters after losing the Canadian election (Getty Images)
“We know that change is needed, but change is hard to come by. It takes time. It takes work. And that’s why we have to learn the lessons of tonight — so that we can have an even better result the next time Canadians decide the future of the country.”
Namita Singh29 April 2025 07:14
Carney makes dig at Trump in Canada election victory speech
Namita Singh29 April 2025 07:09
In a victory speech before supporters in Ottawa, Mark Carney stressed the importance of Canadian unity in the face of the threats coming from Washington.
He also reiterated a belief he shared while campaigning: that the mutually beneficial system Canada and the US had shared since World War 2 had ended.
Canadian prime minister Mark Carney speaks to supporters on stage at his campaign headquarters after the Liberal Party won (AP)
“We are over the shock of the American betrayal, but we should never forget the lessons,” he said.”As I’ve been warning for months, America wants our land, our resources, our water, our country,” Mr Carney said.
“These are not idle threats. President Trump is trying to break us so America can own us. That will never — that will never, ever happen. But we also must recognise the reality that our world has fundamentally changed.”
Namita Singh29 April 2025 06:56
The Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, who has conceded defeat in the election to prime minister Mark Carney, is also currently trailing in his own seat in Ottawa’s Carleton.
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to his supporters after losing the Canadian Federal Election on 29 April 2025 (Getty Images)
The seat has yet to be called, with votes still being counted. Poilievre was first elected from Carleton in 2004.
Namita Singh29 April 2025 06:54
Mark Carney is now delivering his victory speech after winning the Canada elections.
The Liberal leader says he looks forward to working constructively with all parties across parliament.
Canada’s prime minister Mark Carney speaks at the Liberal Party election night headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario (Reuters)
He also says he will sit down with Donald Trump to discuss future economic and security ties between the two as separate, sovereign nations.
After polls closed, Carney’s Liberals were projected to win more of Parliament’s 343 seats than the Conservatives, though it wasn’t immediately clear if they would win an outright majority – at least 172 – or would need to rely on one of the smaller parties to form a government and pass legislation.
Namita Singh29 April 2025 06:43
The Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has conceded defeat and congratulated Mark Carney on his party’s win in the election.
The Conservatives will “do our job to hold the government to account,” he said.
Canada’s Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and his wife Anaida wave to the crowd at the Conservative election party at the Rogers Centre in Ottawa, Ontario on 28 April 2025 (AFP via Getty Images)
“Change is needed but change is hard to come by. It takes time. It takes work,” he said, adding that the party will learn lessons for the next election.
Namita Singh29 April 2025 06:31
The Liberal win in Canada hinged on three factors, argues Shachi Kurl, president of the Angus Reid Institute polling firm.
“It was the ‘anybody-but-Conservative’ factor, it was the Trump tariff factor, and then it was the Trudeau departure… which enabled a lot of left-of-centre voters and traditional Liberal voters to come back to the party,” Ms Kurl told Reuters.
Carney had promised a tough approach with Washington over its import tariffs and said Canada would need to spend billions to reduce its reliance on the US.
The right-of-centre Conservatives, who campaigned on a call for change after more than nine years of Liberal rule, initially did not push back hard against Trump’s claims to want to make Canada the 51st state of the US.
Namita Singh29 April 2025 06:08
