UPDATE: Canadian State Media Calls the Election for Mark Carney and the Liberal Party, in a Tight Race Revolving Around Trump

UPDATE: CBC calls the race for Mark Carney and the Liberal party.

While the BBC and many other vehicles call the race too close to tell, the Canadian state broadcaster CBC with a little over 10% of votes counted, is already calling ther race for Carney and the Liberals.

They say it’s too soon to say whether this will be a majority or a minority government.

After a much-fought electoral campaign that revolved around Donald J. Trump’s tariffs and his statements about turning it into the 51st US state, Canadians went out to vote in the snap election that will determine who will become the country’s next prime minister.

Polls are starting to close in Canada, after a vote coming just six weeks after Mark Carney was sworn in as PM, replacing his party colleague, embattled Justin Trudeau

BBC reported:

“The two clear frontrunners are the Liberal Party – led by Carney – which has been in power for a decade, and the Conservative Party, led by Pierre Poilievre

US President Donald Trump has weighed in on the election on social media, repeating his calls for the nation to become the 51st US state

Poilievre told Trump to ‘stay out of our election’ and Carney urged Canadians to be ‘united and strong’ against the ‘crisis in the United States’.”

In a campaign Where former premier Justin Trudeau was kept well-hidden so as not to hurt the Liberal’s chances, both candidates had to deal with the impact of Trump’s policies and statements.

Canada has already imposed roughly C$65bn worth of tariffs in response to current American levies.

“The US has so far partially imposed 25% blanket tariffs on Canadian goods – with some exemption in place. Canada is also hit with global US tariffs on steel and aluminum and imported cars.”

Both Conservatives and Liberals vow to maintain some form of retaliatory tariffs.

“Mark Carney says Liberals will shift to targeted tariffs designed to maximize pain on the US while limiting harm on Canada. The parties are also looking to help the economy to handle any turbulence.”

As the country awaits the results, the Elections Canada website is experiencing trouble, with some users unable to access the site. It’s unclear exactly what caused the website to go down.

Check the real-time results here.

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