Monday Briefing: Canada Is Electing a New Leader

In Canada’s election, the U.S. is entrance of thoughts

Canadians are holding parliamentary elections in the present day to find out who will lead their authorities: the Liberal Social gathering beneath Prime Minister Mark Carney, a former banker, or the Conservatives, led by Pierre Poilievre, a profession politician on the celebration’s proper. Right here’s what to know.

One difficulty has consumed voters: President Trump. His tariff assault on Canada and his repeated requires the annexation of the nation because the 51st state have dominated the race.

To find out about what’s at stake, I reached out to Matina Stevis-Gridneff, our Canada bureau chief.

What are the most important points within the elections?

Matina: Canadians are occupied with the financial system, and about Trump. The 2 are, to a nice diploma, intertwined: Canada’s financial system is in a comparatively weak spot because it’s getting hit by tariffs. Some voters wish to punish the Liberal Social gathering which has been in cost for the previous decade and maintain it accountable for leaving the nation in a weakened spot.

These voters are prone to solid a poll for the Conservative Social gathering. The Conservatives are promising change, smaller authorities, tax cuts and deregulation. However different voters — and polls recommend they often is the majority — are predominantly apprehensive about how Canada stands as much as the U.S. This pertains to tariffs but it surely extends past the purely financial, to the political and even existential spheres, on condition that Trump has threatened to annex Canada.

Voters motivated by that mind-set are likelier to choose the Liberal Social gathering. Mark Carney is a seasoned worldwide financial policymaker and private-sector government, and his expertise in financial turmoil has led many Canadians to imagine he’s the fitting individual to belief on this disaster.

What’s going to you be looking forward to on Election Day and what has stood out for you to this point?

I’ll be seeking to see if the Liberals win, as polls are predicting, and if they’ll safe a majority authorities. For me that may point out that Trump is a potent issue within the politics of America’s allies, who’re all reeling by the change of coverage and perspective within the White Home.

The sharp reversal of fortunes for the Liberal Social gathering which, till early his yr, appeared poised to face a crushing defeat, has been beautiful to observe. And in that context, the rise of Carney from elite economist to prime minister within the blink of a watch, and with no earlier political expertise, has been actually shocking.

Outcomes: Most polls will shut at 9:30 p.m. Jap time, and outcomes will more than likely be in later that night.

Destiny of Ukraine talks will likely be determined this week, Rubio stated

Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated yesterday that the Trump administration would determine this week whether or not to proceed pursuing a negotiated settlement in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine or flip its consideration elsewhere.

“We’re shut, however we’re not shut sufficient,” he stated in a tv interview. It wasn’t clear if this was a negotiating tactic or if Trump and his aides had been actually near strolling away.

A glimmer of hope: On Saturday, Trump and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine spoke privately for about quarter-hour in Rome. Trump later questioned why Russia had continued attacking Ukraine whereas the U.S. was making an attempt to dealer an finish to the struggle. Zelensky stated that he and Trump talked about a “dependable and lasting peace that may forestall one other struggle.”

Associated: Moscow claimed it had retaken the final village held by Ukraine within the Kursk area of Russia. Ukraine denied that it had been pushed out.

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Pope Francis was laid to relaxation on Saturday in Rome, in a funeral that drew world leaders and lots of of 1000’s of trustworthy. The procession was “solemn and majestic,” wrote Jason Horowitz, our Rome bureau chief.

Even earlier than the pope was entombed, conservative cardinals, who felt Francis had endangered the church’s traditions, had already begun politicking to sway the conclave electing the following pope.

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At 82, Isabel Allende is without doubt one of the world’s best-selling Spanish-language authors — beloved for her tales of ladies in robust spots who make it by way of. Her personal story, of fleeing Chile’s navy coup at age 31, has related themes.

Allende’s newest novel, “My Title Is Emilia del Valle,” which comes out subsequent month, takes place in the course of the 1891 Chilean civil struggle. She spoke to The Occasions about fleeing Chile, why she has by no means stopped eager for and occupied with her previous, and the way worry adjustments society. Learn our interview.