Canada election: Liberals projected to win 4th term, but unclear if minority or majority

People voting retired of fear, says NDP’s Heather McPherson

NDP incumbent Heather McPherson, projected to triumph Edmonton Strathcona, says radical “were voting retired of a consciousness of fearfulness this election.”

“New Democrats bash amended erstwhile radical are voting retired of a consciousness of anticipation and optimism,” McPherson told my workfellow Sam Samson.

She said there’s a batch of enactment up for the party, “but New Democrats are utilized to a batch of work” and they mean to clasp the projected Liberal authorities accountable to their promises to marque beingness much affordable for Canadians.

Singh continues to way successful his Burnaby Central riding.

'There's part retired there,' says David Lametti

With choky races successful Ontario and the imaginable for the Liberals to suffer arsenic galore arsenic 10 seats successful the province, David Lametti, a erstwhile furniture curate and longtime person of Carney's, acknowledged "there's part retired there."

Speaking to my workfellow Ashley Burke from the Liberal Party office successful Ottawa, Lametti declined to accidental whether helium believed Carney's authorities could beryllium a number successful Parliament, contempt earlier polling successful the run suggesting it could beryllium a majority.

"Let's spot what happens. There are a batch of choky races near successful Ontario and B.C.," Lametti said. "We request to enactment arsenic a authorities and Prime Minister Carney's going to person to enactment … to beryllium a rassembleur, to bring radical together."

Lametti said the authorities volition besides person to enactment amid "a batch of misinformation" circulating online.

Conservatives creep into ‘Liberal fortress’ astir Toronto

I’m a newsman with CBC Toronto.

Right now, I’m keeping an oculus connected Conservatives creeping into what has traditionally been the Liberal fortress of Toronto.

Conservative Roman Baber is starring successful York Centre, wherever Liberal furniture curate Ya’ara Saks was the incumbent.

Not galore radical wanted to speech to maine astatine Saks’s enactment office tonight.

Volunteer Leonardo Lacroix was moving arsenic a scrutineer this evening and told maine the riding was “divided.” Although Saks whitethorn lose, helium sees a imaginable number authorities arsenic a win.

“If you look astatine what the Liberal Party was similar 3 months ago, it was a mess. We would person ne'er imagined this was the effect we were going to have.”

'I did not person a crystal ball,' says Freeland

Freeland, whose resignation successful December prompted Trudeau to measurement down arsenic premier minister, portion of the reversal of her party's fortunes, is projected to triumph her University-Rosedale seat.

"I did not person a crystal shot connected that morning" of her resignation Dec. 16, Freeland told Rosemary Barton. "But I knew we were headed successful the incorrect absorption and I had to bash thing astir it."

Freeland said she's "delighted" by the Liberals' occurrence successful this election.

"People had wholly written america disconnected and close present you are talking astir what the spot of our authorities volition be," she said with supporters waving enactment pamphlets down her.

Freeland gave Carney "kudos" and said she believes helium is "totally up to the job." She called Carney a singular campaigner amid a "palpable question of patriotism" that helium volition present person to harness to unite the state — which she said she's assured helium tin do.

May projected to triumph seat

CBC’s Decision Desk is projecting that Green Party co-Leader Elizabeth May volition proceed to correspond B.C.’s Saanich-Gulf Islands successful the House of Commons.

In her triumph speech, May says she spoke to Carney who congratulated her for winning her riding.

Just a abbreviated portion ago, it was projected that her co-Leader Jonathan Pedneault would suffer his contention successful Montreal’s Outremont riding.

May says co-leader Jonathan Pedneault’s chances were wounded aft helium wasn’t capable to execute successful the leader’s debates successful Quebec. She besides criticized the media for promoting a two-party contention and saying she could suffer her riding.

May was archetypal elected to parliament successful 2011, and served arsenic Green Party person from 2008 to 2019 earlier returning to the relation successful 2022.

Ferreri projected to suffer her seat

Conservative incumbent Michelle Ferreri is projected to suffer successful the Ontario riding of Peterborough. The CBC Decision Desk projects Liberal Emma Harrison volition beryllium heading to Ottawa arsenic the riding’s MP.

Ferrari was a vocal authorities professional connected societal media and drew beardown reactions from crossed the governmental spectrum.

Former furniture curate Sean Fraser projected to triumph seat

Liberal MP and erstwhile furniture curate Sean Fraser is projected to triumph his spot successful Nova Scotia’s Central Nova — the 4th clip he's won the riding.

CBC’s Decision Desk is projecting that the Liberal incumbent has edged retired Conservative campaigner Brycen Jenkins successful a nail-biter race.

Poilievre campaigned successful the country conscionable a fewer days ago, praising Jenkins and slamming Fraser’s grounds arsenic a subordinate of erstwhile premier curate Justin Trudeau’s cabinet.

Fraser was migration curate from 2021-23, and lodging curate until December, astatine which constituent helium announced helium wouldn’t question re-election aft winning his riding 3 times.

But helium reversed that determination a fewer months aboriginal erstwhile Carney, recently minted arsenic Liberal leader, called him to reconsider.

Lots of first-time voters

One happening we saw contiguous astatine a polling presumption successful Kelowna, B.C., is simply a fig of radical voting for the archetypal clip successful a national election.

We spoke to Leanne McCulloch, who precocious became a Canadian citizen. Originally from Scotland, McCulloch said she felt pridefulness successful coming and casting her ballot today.

The Elections Canada supervisor astatine the polling presumption told america she has seen much first-time voters this predetermination than successful immoderate different national predetermination she has worked during the past 2 decades.

Cabinet ministers, high-profile Conservative MPs triumph their seats

As the CBC Decision Desk’s enactment continues, respective high-profile candidates person been projected for predetermination to the House of Commons.

Among the Liberals, that includes erstwhile lawman premier curate Chrystia Freeland, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly, Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault and Housing Minister Nathaniel Erskine-Smith.

For the Conservatives, Michael Chong, Michael Barrett, Scott Reid and co-deputy person Melissa Lantsman are besides projected to triumph their seats.

Earlier, musicians assistance walk the clip astatine May’s predetermination ticker party

Pedneault’s co-leader, Elizabeth May, is holding her ticker enactment successful Victoria astatine Church and State Wines — a winery owned by friends successful her riding of Saanich-Gulf Islands.

May started dancing erstwhile aboriginal results enactment her successful the lead. No substance what happens, the Greens are having amusive tonight.

Before the projection that Pedneault would suffer successful his riding, May took the signifier to execute a duet with her hubby John Kidder, who played the guitar.

May said she didn’t privation to remark connected the results until they’re finalized, but past predicted a Liberal number government.

The Greens besides heard poesy by Lorna Crozier and euphony performed by Canadian singer-songwriter Bill Henderson, who got the assemblage of astir 75 radical connected their feet erstwhile helium played a tune astir protecting Canada’s sovereignty.