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​An image of Prime Minister Mark Carney positioned near the Canadian parliament.
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Now comes the hard part for Carney

Mark Carney, who has never sat in Parliament and has only been a politician for four months, faces a lot of political puzzles after leading his Liberal Party to victory in Canada on Monday, and one huge challenge south of the border.

This Graphic Truth lays bare how a party in political freefall has roared back to life.
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The Graphic Truth: Tracking the Liberal comeback

Despite the two parties narrowing by a point in the polls since they released their platforms this past week, looking at the arc of the race overall, it appears that the Conservatives peaked too early and the Liberals have made an impressive resurgence.

Election signs are displayed along the streets ahead of federal elections.
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Canada’s Liberals close in on all-time comeback

On Monday, Canadians will vote in the country’s 45th general election. As things stand, the incumbent Liberal Party and its newly minted Prime Minister Mark Carney are the favorites. If they manage to pull it off, it will mark an extraordinary comeback from being down 25 points in January.

Canada’s political parties are united in offering plans to hit back against Donald Trump
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Canada’s political parties are united in offering plans to hit back against Donald Trump

With Donald Trump reinstalled in the White House and waging a trade war, political parties in Canada are aligning on a key issue: economic self-defense. From internal trade reform, tariffs, and infrastructure to foreign market diversification, rival political leaders are devising policies to position Canada to weather Trump 2.0. Their methods differ — to varying degrees — but the message is clear: Canada must protect its economy from its largest trading partner.

Former Bank of Canada and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney listens to outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's speech just before being elected to succeed Trudeau as Liberal Party leader on Sunday, March 9, in Ottawa, Canada.
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Carney clinches Canadian Liberal leadership

Mark Carney, former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, won the leadership of Canada’s Liberal Party on Sunday, succeeding outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Justin Trudeau waves
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Au revoir, Justin Trudeau

Justin Trudeau’s tenure as prime minister of Canada winds down this weekend, as his Liberal Party chooses a new leader and gets set for a transition of power. His near-decade as PM began in the fall of 2015 when he embodied youthful optimism and a progressive agenda. We look at his biggest achievements and controversies.

​Canada's Liberal Party leadership candidate and former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney
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Do the Liberals stand a chance after all?

Over the past year, everyone had counted the Liberals down and out – their chances of holding on to power after the next federal election in Canada had been somewhere south of slim. But now the party is enjoying a twin boost from two recent shifts in the political terrain and has closed the polling gap between them and the Conservative Party.

Trump brings Canadian Liberals back from the dead
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Trump brings Canadian Liberals back from the dead

Mark Carney is likely to become leader of the Liberal Party of Canada on March 9, and then take over from Justin Trudeau for two weeks before calling an election in which he must convince Canadians that he, not Pierre Poilievre, is the right person to handle President Donald Trump. Carney is taking a harder line than the Conservative leader.

​Former Bank of Canada and Bank of England Governor Mark Carney announcing his bid to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader of the ruling Liberal Party, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on Jan. 16, 2025.
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Carney, Trump, and Trudeau shape Canadian political shift

Is federal public opinion changing in Canada? Several recent polls show a resurgence for the Liberal Party, paralleled by a decline in Conservative support.

The Trump circus comes to Canada
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The Trump circus comes to Canada

The scale at which Donald Trump’s agenda and musings have reshaped politics in Canada is, as the president himself might put it, huge. The US president has turned the Canadian political landscape into a circus, affecting everything from the Liberal leadership race and the campaigns for the soon-expected federal election to the just-launched Ontario election and the trajectory of public policy.