{"id":293642,"date":"2025-04-29T23:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T23:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/mark-carney-wins-new-term-as-canadas-prime-minister-on-anti-trump-platform\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T23:36:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T23:36:15","slug":"mark-carney-wins-new-term-as-canadas-prime-minister-on-anti-trump-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/29\/mark-carney-wins-new-term-as-canadas-prime-minister-on-anti-trump-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Carney Wins New Term as Canada\u2019s Prime Minister on Anti-Trump Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/05\/28\/multimedia\/28canada-election-hfo-winner-cklf\/28canada-election-hfo-winner-cklf-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mark Carney Wins New Term as Canada\u2019s Prime Minister on Anti-Trump Platform\" title=\"Mark Carney Wins New Term as Canada\u2019s Prime Minister on Anti-Trump Platform\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada won a new term on Monday night, a remarkable turnaround for his Liberal Party, which surged in popularity as President Trump took an increasingly aggressive stance toward the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Early Tuesday morning and after an all-night count, Canada\u2019s elections agency said it would stop tallying votes for a few hours and resume at 9:30 a.m. Eastern \u2014 leaving unanswered the question of whether the Liberals had managed to narrowly clinch a majority of seats in the House of Commons. A minority government would require support from other parties to pass legislation and would be weaker and less stable than a majority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But what was clear was that Canadians had opted for Mr. Carney, an economist who was running in national elections for the first time in his life, with Mr. Trump and his impact on Canada\u2019s economy on their mind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The centerpiece of Mr. Carney\u2019s acceptance speech early Tuesday morning was Canada\u2019s response to Mr. Trump\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cAs I\u2019ve been warning for months, America wants our land, our resources, our water,\u201d he said. \u201cPresident Trump is trying to break us so he can own us. That will never happen.\u201d He warned Canadians that the road ahead would be difficult and might require sacrifices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Conservative Party had been handily leading in polls until March when Mr. Trump\u2019s tariffs on Canadian goods took effect and Mr. Carney <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/14\/world\/canada\/canada-prime-minister-mark-carney-trump.html\" title=\"\">replaced<\/a> Justin Trudeau as prime minister and leader of the Liberals. For the Conservative leader, Pierre Poilievre, the party\u2019s stinging defeat was compounded by the fact that he lost his seat, which he had held continuously for 20 years, to the Liberal candidate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When Mr. Poilievre conceded early Tuesday morning, he said that he would remain as party leader. The Conservative caucus can remove him from that post, as it did to the party\u2019s two previous leaders after it failed to form a government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The election has been remarkable in many ways, with candidates and many voters describing it as the most important vote in their lifetimes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It was dominated by Mr. Trump and his relentless focus on Canada, America\u2019s closest ally and trading partner. He imposed tariffs on Canadian goods, pushing the country toward a recession, and repeatedly threatened to annex it as the 51st state. Even as Canadians were heading to the polls on Monday morning, he repeated that desire, arguing on social media that it would bring economic and military benefits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Carney, 60, a seasoned economist and policymaker who promoted himself as the anti-Trump candidate and centered his campaign on dealing with the United States, ultimately benefited from the American president&#8217;s actions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Poilievre, 45, and the Conservatives had been dominating polls for years, building a platform against the Liberals and Mr. Trudeau around the argument that they had dragged Canada into prolonged economic malaise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But they watched their double-digit lead rapidly evaporate after Mr. Trump\u2019s aggressiveness toward Canada and Mr. Trudeau\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Canadians heading to the polls were preoccupied both with the country\u2019s relationship with its neighbor to the south and with the state of the economy at home. Affordability worries, primarily over housing, were top of mind, opinion surveys conducted before the election showed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But Canada\u2019s choice on Monday also came as a kind of referendum against Mr. Trump and the way he has been treating America\u2019s allies and its trading partners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It\u2019s the second major international election since Mr. Trump came to power, after Germany, and Canada\u2019s handling of the rupture in the relationship with the United States is being closely watched around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The election also highlighted that Mr. Trump\u2019s brand of conservative politics can turn toxic for conservatives elsewhere if they are seen as being too aligned with his ideological and rhetorical style. Mr. Poilievre, who railed against \u201cradical woke ideology,\u201d pledged to defund Canada\u2019s national broadcaster and said he would cut foreign aid, seemed to have lost centrist voters, pre-election polls suggested.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For Mr. Carney, Monday\u2019s victory marked an astonishing moment in his rapid rise in Canada\u2019s political establishment since entering the race to replace Mr. Trudeau in January.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A political novice but policy-making veteran, Mr. Carney conveyed a measured, serious tone and defiance toward Mr. Trump\u2019s aggressive overtures, helping to sway voters who had been contemplating supporting the Conservatives, according to polls and some individual voters. And his politics as a pragmatist and a centrist seemed to better align with Canada\u2019s mood after a decade of Mr. Trudeau\u2019s progressive agenda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There was ample evidence on Monday that Mr. Carney\u2019s personality and background had boosted the Liberals. He is a Harvard- and Oxford-educated economist who served as governor of the Bank of Canada during the 2008 global financial crisis and the Bank of England during Brexit. He later went on to serve on corporate boards and became a leading voice on climate-conscious investment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The road ahead for Mr. Carney and his new government will be hard. For starters, he will need to engage with Mr. Trump and his unpredictable attitude toward Canada and discuss fraught issues, including trade and security.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">And he will need to show voters that his economic policy credentials can truly be put to use to improve Canada\u2019s slow economic growth and persistently high unemployment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the early hours of Tuesday, amid celebrations, Mr. Carney said he was ready for the challenge. \u201cWe will fight back with everything we have to get the best deal for Canada,\u201d he said. \u201cWe will build an independent future for our great country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/28\/world\/canada\/canada-election-mark-carney-win.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada won a new term on Monday night, a remarkable turnaround for his Liberal Party, which surged in popularity as President Trump took an increasingly aggressive stance toward the country. 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