Carney says ‘Trump is trying to break us’ after Liberals win Canadian election | First Thing

The Liberals won a fourth term after a remarkable polling turnaround. Plus, Trump’s shocking first 100 daysDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Mark Carney used his election victory speech to claim Donald Trump wanted to “break us” as he led Canada’s Liberal party to a fourth term in office, in a race that was upended by threats and aggression from the US president.What are the results so far? At the time of writing, the Liberals, led by Carney, had secured 168 seats in Canada’s parliamentary democratic system, just short of the 172 needed for a majority, with the Conservatives, led by Pierre Poilievre, on 144 – a remarkable change of fortune given they held a 20-point lead in polling earlier this year.How did Trump affect the race? His sudden imposition of 25% tariffs and threats to annex Canada as the “51st state” helped turned some public opinion against Poilievre, who has adopted some similar policies and attitudes to the US president. Continue reading...

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