Mark Carney, Canada's New Prime Minister

In a dramatic political comeback, Mark Carney has led Canada’s Liberal Party to a stunning election victory, completing a remarkable turnaround for a party that, just three months ago, appeared headed for defeat.

Watch how election night unfolded — in under two minutes.

Carney, a former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor, assumed leadership of the Liberals after Justin Trudeau stepped down amid plummeting poll numbers. His campaign, focused on national unity and a firm stance against growing U.S. interference, quickly shifted the tide.

In a fiery victory speech in Ottawa, Carney told jubilant supporters:

"President Trump is trying to break us so that America can own us — that will never ever happen."

Though final results are still being tallied, it remains uncertain whether Carney has secured a parliamentary majority. Without it, the Liberals will need to form alliances with smaller progressive parties to govern.

In one of the night’s most shocking outcomes, Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre — long seen as the frontrunner and poised to become prime minister — is projected to lose his own seat. His party, once comfortably ahead in the polls, failed to withstand Carney’s late surge and the election’s dominant issue: Canada’s tense and shifting relationship with a combative Trump-led United States.

With this upset, Carney not only revives the Liberals but reshapes Canada's political landscape — and its place in a world increasingly defined by geopolitical brinkmanship.