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By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent Worthy News
OTTAWA/TORONTO (Worthy News) – Millions of Canadians are heading to the polls Monday in early elections overshadowed by the bloodshed in Vancouver, where a car hit a festival crowd over the weekend, killing 11, and concerns about future relations with the United States.
The snap federal election has focused on how the candidates would respond to U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s threats of tariffs and his call to make Canada the 51st state.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, the current leader of the Liberal Party, called the election in March, shortly after taking over from former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. His primary opponent in the race is Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre.
When Canada’s Parliament was dissolved last month after the election call, the Liberals had 152 seats, the Conservatives had 120, the Bloc Québécois (33), the New Democrat Party (24), and the Green Party (2) held the rest of the seats.
Preliminary results will likely come in late on Monday night or early on Tuesday morning, local time. But officials double-check vote totals after the election.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney had resumed his election campaign on Sunday after a brief pause after at least 11 people were killed and dozens injured when a man drove through a crowd at a Filipino community festival in Vancouver.
The opposition Conservatives, led by Pierre Poilievre, who a few months ago had a 20-point lead in polls, are expected to lose Monday’s election to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals.
Analysts have linked the expected victory to Carney’s tough words for U.S. President Trump.
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