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​Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney walks back his office in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on April 29, 2025.
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​Carney wins power, but showdown with Trump looms over Canada’s future

Prime Minister Mark Carney may have won the battle for power in Canada, but his country’s war of words with US President Donald Trump is only just beginning. And before that all begins, the Liberal leader must form a government.

Race tightens as Canadians head to the polls. Will Liberals pull off the ultimate comeback?
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Race tightens as Canadians head to the polls. Will Liberals pull off the ultimate comeback?

It’s Election Day in Canada on Monday, and many are wondering whether newly installed Liberal Prime Minister Mark Carney will complete a shocking comeback for the party of former PM Justin Trudeau. Final-day campaigning was impacted by a deadly car-ramming attack in Vancouver.

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.

What Canada’s main parties are running on in upcoming election
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What Canada’s main parties are running on in upcoming election

Canada’s 45th general election is less than two weeks away, and the nation faces a fraught political climate fueled by President Donald Trump’s tariffs and annexation threats towards the country. The election's outcome could have far-reaching impacts on Canada’s future and position in a fragmenting world. In an exclusive interview, GZERO’s Tasha Kheiriddin sits down with Eurasia Group‘s senior advisor John Baird and Vice Chairman Gerald Butts to unpack what’s at stake in Canada’s election, including key political players and the strategies behind their campaigns.

The Canadian flag flies on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
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Who’s meddling in Canada’s election?

Canada’s foreign interference watchdog is warning that China, India, and Russia plan on meddling in the country’s federal election. The contest, which launched last weekend, has already been marked by a handful of stories about past covert foreign interventions and threats of new ones.

Canada’s Liberals and Conservatives are neck and neck as election begins, and running on similar promises
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Canada’s Liberals and Conservatives are neck and neck as election begins, and running on similar promises

Canada’s federal election is on. The polls show a polarized contest between the Liberals and Conservatives, one dominated by Donald Trump and the question of who’s best-suited to deal with his tariff and annexation threats. Canadian nationalism has surged. The Liberal Party, recently down 25 points in the polls to the Conservatives, have seen their fortunes turn around under new leader and Prime Minister Mark Carney — a man who’s been all too keen to, ahem, adapt ideas from his top rival.

Canadian PM Mark Carney
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Canadian PM calls snap election

The countdown is on! On Sunday, Prime Minister Mark Carney dissolved parliament and called a snap federal election that promises to be one of the most consequential — and hotly contested — in recent Canadin history.

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.