From Breitbart: Polls opened in Canada on Monday morning after a turbulent election season in which the ruling Liberals have attempted to make President Donald Trump the top issue of the race, while the Conservatives offer a departure from what they call the “lost Liberal decade.”
The Canadian general election will ask voters to choose among the Liberals, Conservatives, and several smaller parties, most prominently the far-left New Democrats (NDP). This election is the first for Prime Minister Mark Carney, who had never before campaigned for or held a public office when the Liberals coronated him their leader in a closed election in March. With a background in finance, Carney had served as the president of the Banks of Canada and England prior to his entry into politics and most recently held a high position in the finance firm Brookfield Asset Management.
Hoping to replace him is Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, who has endeavored to convince voters that Carney would not implement any policies different from his highly unpopular predecessor Justin Trudeau, who led the government for a decade before being forced to resign after an embarrassing meeting with then-President-elect Donald Trump in late 2024.
The election was prompted by Trudeau’s resignation in January, which in turn occurred after his closest political ally, former Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, resigned in disgust at Trudeau’s handling of Trump. Freeland then attempted to use her resignation to replace Trudeau at the head of the Liberal Party but lost in a landslide to Carney.
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Early Monday morning, President Trump gave the Canadians some advice, teasing that Canada should just become the 51st state of the United States. In a Truth Social post he wrote:
Good luck to the Great people of Canada. Elect the man who has the strength and wisdom to cut your taxes in half, increase your military power, for free, to the highest level in the World, have your Car, Steel, Aluminum, Lumber, Energy, and all other businesses, QUADRUPLE in size, WITH ZERO TARIFFS OR TAXES, if Canada becomes the cherished 51st. State of the United States of America. No more artificially drawn line from many years ago. Look how beautiful this land mass would be. Free access with NO BORDER. ALL POSITIVES WITH NO NEGATIVES. IT WAS MEANT TO BE! America can no longer subsidize Canada with the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars a year that we have been spending in the past. It makes no sense unless Canada is a State!
Mark Carney then took a shot at Trump in a newly released video ad later Monday morning.
This is Canada — and we decide what happens here. pic.twitter.com/1baJGn7pwv
— Mark Carney (@MarkJCarney) April 28, 2025
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre also released a video ad very early Monday morning, encouraging Canadians to vote conservative.
Vote for Change.
Vote to restore the Canadian promise.
Vote Conservative. pic.twitter.com/nKqysns1p7
— Pierre Poilievre (@PierrePoilievre) April 28, 2025
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