Trudeau Resigns; Carney Becomes Canadian PM
Trudeau's Liberals had trailed the Conservatives under Pierre Poilievre by more than 20 points when he announced his resignation, and most observers expected a heavy Liberal defeat. Trump's escalating tariff threats and explicit suggestions that Canada become the 51st US state produced a wave of Canadian nationalism that Carney, an outsider technocrat rather than a career politician, was well placed to capture; the scale of the Liberals' turnaround from historic-defeat polling to a fourth consecutive term was described by analysts as having little precedent in Canadian political history.
- Year: 2025 CE
- Category: Political
