(The Hill) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who won the election Monday to officially replace former leader Justin Trudeau, warned that President Donald Trump is “trying to break us.”
In remarks following the victory, securing Carney a full term, he argued that Trump has “fundamentally changed” the world in recent months — pointing to sweeping tariffs and his proposal for Canada to merge with the U.S.
“As I’ve been warning for months, America wants our land, our resources, our water, our country,” Carney said in his victory speech late Monday in Ottawa. “These are not idle threats. President Trump is trying to break us so America can own us. That will never…ever happen.”
“But we also must recognize the reality that our world has fundamentally changed,” he added.
While Carney won the Liberal Party another term in office, it is still early to tell if his party will hold the majority — 172 seats — in parliament.
Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre conceded his defeat in a speech. While his party failed to capture the majority, he said they would ensure the Liberal Party is held accountable.
Poilievre, who months ago appeared to have an opportunity to win the late April election with Canadians’ displeasure with immigration and inflation, is now projected to also lose his seat in the legislature, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation projects.
Carney, a former central banker, became the party’s leader in March after Trudeau resigned ahead of Trump’s return to the Oval Office. He has since been responding to the president’s digs against Canada — including the imposition of a 25 percent tax on imports not covered by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement — vowing that Ottawa will not back down and the country will carve its own path in the new political climate.
“Let’s put an end to the division and anger of the past,” Carney said during his speech Monday. “We are all Canadian and my government will work for and with everyone.”
“No matter where you live, no matter what language you speak, no matter how you voted, I will always do my best to represent everyone who calls Canada home,” he added.
