Justin Trudeau is set to become Canada’s new prime minister after his
Liberal Party swept to power in general elections, ending nearly a
decade of Conservative Party rule. The Liberals seized a parliamentary
majority, an unprecedented turn in political fortunes that smashed the
record for the number of seats gained from one election to the next.
Aljazeera reports:
The Liberals had been a distant third place party in
parliament before this election. Prime Minister Stephen Harper conceded
defeat, ending his government’s nine-year run in power and the
56-year-old’s brand of fiscal and cultural conservatism.
Trudeau, 43, the son of former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, pledged
to run a $7.7bn annual budget deficit for three years to invest in
infrastructure and help stimulate Canada’s anaemic economic growth.
This rattled financial markets ahead of the vote and the Canadian
dollar weakened on news of his victory.
Trudeau has said he will repair Canada’s cool relations with the
Obama administration, withdraw Canada from the combat mission against
the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in favour of
humanitarian aid and training, and tackle climate change.
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