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Donald Trump has called on the Canadians to elect a leader in today’s elections who will make the country the 51st US state as “was supposed to be”.
The intervention by the US president came just hours after surveys were opened in the Canada’s parliamentary elections, which is in the overshadow of Trump’s attacks on Canadian sovereignty and his threats to hamper the US trade partner with tariffs.
“America can no longer subsidize Canada with hundreds of billions of dollars (sic) a year we have spent in the past,” Trump posted on social truth on Monday.
The US president did not say who wanted to win Canada’s election on Monday, but his comment will be welcomed by Mark Carney’s Liberal Party, which has made Canadian sovereignty and opposition to Trump’s essential topics to voters.
A Carney adviser described Trump’s post on social truth, his social media platform as a “gift”.
“The crisis in the United States does not stop at their borders,” Carney said in a recent election message. “But this is Canada – and we decide what happens here.”
Voting on Monday is billed in Canada as an important choice in the face of Trump’s woes – and will be viewed throughout the West for signs that a foreign leader who has been vocal in Trump’s opposition may succeed electoral.
The leadership of the leadership, rather than the party’s election or internal politics, has dominated the competition between Prime Minister Mark Carney and conservative leaders Pierre Poilievre, two men who offer very different ways to Canada.
“President Trump, stay out of our elections,” Pailievre posted on Monday morning. “We will never be the 51st state.”
While Carney has withdrawn his record as a central banker while focusing on the economic uncertainty created by Trump’s tariff, Pailievre has focused on housing prices, crime and the cost of living.
“My question about Canadians is simple: Is Pierre Pailievre the person you want to sit on the table by Donald Trump?” Carney said at a Saturday rally in King City, Ontario.
Pailievre has promoted a “common sense” agenda by connecting Carney with previous Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who led Canada for nine years before resigning in January.
“We can’t allow a fourth liberal term. We need a change,” Pailievre said at a British Columbia rally on Saturday.
Trump’s aggressive comments in Canada and his fees imposed on one of the closest commercial partners of the US have brought a wave of patriotism across the country and turned the race.
A certain conservative victory under poilievre has been moved to an “unpredictable competition”, with Carney’s liberals gaining significant momentum in recent months, according to David Coletto, chief executive of Abacus survey.
“Initially it focused on affordability and a widespread desire for change, this campaign has dramatically evolved into a referendum on the stability between global insecurity,” Coletto said.
Pailievre’s perceived resemblance to Trump has been a responsibility as many voters are wary of “Maga style” policies affecting Canada.
The last push on both sides left the death of 11 people in Vancouver, on the west coast of Canada, on Saturday night after a man put his car at a Filipino road festival. Police have excluded terrorism. Carney temporarily suspended his campaign and headed to Vancouver for a meeting with the Philippine community.
The importance of this choice, reinforced by the harsh contrast in the leaders and the extraordinary increase in the popularity of the Liberal Party, is expected to result in high voter participation.
Canada elections, the government -overseeing government agency, reported that a record of 7.3 million Canadians had already voted, a 25 percent increase in previous elections in 2021.
This leaves a 21m -registered voter on Monday to throw a ballot on Monday.
At the center of the competition is a battle for the marginal seats needed to secure the 172 districts required to form a majority government.
Both the 338Canada project and the tracker of the Canadian transmission corporate survey, an aggregate of opinion surveys, the liberals that win easily.
Canada’s polling stations will be open for 12 hours from Monday morning, with 343 electoral circles for capture. A result is expected late Monday evening.
