Polls opened early Monday morning in the Atlantic coast province of Newfoundland. Canadians vote as the country grapples with the aftermath of a fatal car ramming attack on Saturday in Vancouver. The tragedy on the eve of the election prompted the suspension of campaigning for several hours. Police ruled out terrorism and said the suspect is a local man with a history of mental health issues.
Until the American president won a second term and began threatening Canada's economy with tariffs and talking about Canada becoming the 51st state, the Liberals looked headed for defeat.
“The Americans want to break us so they can own us,” Carney said recently, laying out what he saw as the stakes for the election. “Those aren't just words. That's what's at risk.”
Poilievre has had to deal with the Trump rhetoric but has tried to remind Canadians of the misery they have endured under former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the last 10 years and his campaign has warned voters not to believe Carney's claims that he will do things differently from Trudeau.
Canada has been dealing with a cost of living crisis for some time that has been made only worse under Trudeau's radical climate change policies which have included a crippling carbon tax.
