The Liberal Party has lost its majority in the National Assembly of Canada, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will continue to lead a minority government.
The Liberal Party has lost its majority in the National Assembly of Canada, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will continue to lead a minority government.
The Liberals, who have a clear majority and 184 of the 338 representatives in the National Assembly, made a bad choice on Monday and, according to forecasts, should settle for 157 representatives.
The Conservatives, led by Andrew Scheer, are expected to get 121 representatives. This is a big improvement from the current 99 reps.
Trudeau and the Liberals can still govern, but will now be dependent on the support of the NDP Social Democrats who, according to the broadcasting company The prognosis of CRC is likely to get 32 reps.
– You send us to Ottawa with a clear mandate, he said, claiming victory on Tuesday evening.
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progressive
– Canada today turned its back on division and negativity. You have distanced yourself from budget cuts and savings measures. You have chosen a progressive agenda and a powerful climate policy, he said.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s popularity has waned in recent years, and young voters in particular have turned their backs on the 47-year-old prime minister.
Critics believe he is far from delivering on his 2015 election promises, and there have been several recent scandals.
Controversial
Among other things, Trudeau stirred up climate activists and Indigenous peoples by giving the go-ahead for the construction of a controversial oil pipeline between Canada’s east and west coasts.
He is also accused of stopping the investigation into corruption of a construction company operating in Libya, and earlier this year sparked a heated debate over racism when old photos of him, posing with a face brown and an Aladdin costume, emerged.
