Prossed by the threats of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, Quebec turned to Mark Carney’s liberals, helping the party to ensure a fourth consecutive mandate in office.
The liberals were chosen in 44 of the 78 Quebec walks on Tuesday at noon on Tuesday, with a notable 43 percent of the popular vote, that is the highest percentage and the number of seats since 1980 under Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
The Québécois block, on the other hand, won only 22 seats, in 10 seats compared to the 2021 elections.
Here are some key conclusions for Quebec the day after the vote, after CBC News projected a liberal minority government.
1. Block was squeezed
The liberals enjoyed the best result in the province in decades, with the block pushed towards the margin in a choice where Trump won.
Issues such as Quebec identity, secularism and language were in the background in the campaign, said Sébastien Dallaire, executive vice president of the Voting Firm Leger.
“It seems that Trump’s shadow was really present not only throughout the campaign, but again, in the results we saw last night,” he said.
“This high concentration of the vote with the two main games really tells us that this was an choice between who was going to be the best person to lead Canada.”
As a result, the block, like the NDP throughout the country, saw a great fall in support, said Dallaire.
Even so, in a minority parliament, the block could have some influence on what happens in Ottawa.
The leader of the Yves-François Blanchet block said on Tuesday that he had “feelings found” about what he described as an “unusual choice.”
Blanchet said that the struggles of his party were probably due to a combination of the “threat of the White House and the very intelligent use of fear in the population by the liberals.”
He said that the first priority would now be to help in negotiations with the United States.
“It will not be a matter of years. It will be a matter of months,” he said.
When asked about Quebec’s sovereignty, Blanchet said: “I think what we need at this time is a kind of truce about sovereignty, but not for a prolonged period of time.”
2. The tight races balance the liberals outside Montreal
All except two seats on the island of Montreal were put red, including Lasalle-Terad-Verdun, a driving in the South-Aunc district that balanced the block in a recent partial choice.
One of those seats was for the head of the NDP Alexandre Boulerice. The other went to Mario Beaulieu, the head of the block at the east end of the pointe-de-l’île.
But what changed is some of the heads of the region outside Montreal, both on the southern coast and in the north of the city.
The liberals were declared winners in Terrebonne on Tuesday afternoon. Tatiana Auguste, the liberal candidate, won only by 35 votes about the head of the block.
That driving will be subject to a count under the rules of Canada’s elections.
The Prairie-Atateken, previously supported by the block, launched liberal, as well as Longueuil-Saint-Hubert.
3. The province could play a more important role
With a weakened block, it could fall into Quebec politicians to defend the interests of the province, an expert said.
“We know that these identity policies and problems of language and cultural protection have not disappeared in Quebec,” said Donal Gill, an associated professor of Political Science at the University of Concordia.
“There will be a great boost to put provincial politicians in front and centers and position themselves in front of a liberal government now that it has a prime minister.”
Quebec Prime Minister François Legault, who had avoided supporting a match during the campaign, said he wants to work with Prime Minister Mark Carney.
“We need to work hard, Ottawa and Quebec, to protect companies, protect jobs, and I am also happy that during the campaign, Carney promised not to compromise Quebec interests,” he said.
Blanchet also said that he would work to defend Quebec interests in the middle of a commercial war with the United States, emphasized the need for the next federal government to protect the aluminum and dairy industry of the province.
“I think that the keyword that Quebec people want to hear is stability,” he added, but not stability with commitments, which “is not in our nature.”
Carney has said that his priority will be the economy against US threats. During the campaign, Carney said it would protect the French language and the economic interests of Quebec in any negotiation.
4. Conservatives fail to venture
The conservatives once again failed to enter Quebec.
They secured 11 seats for noon on Tuesday, with a new party seat. The conservative candidate Gabriel Hardy won a narrow victory over the head of the Caroline Desbiens block in Montmorency-Chalevoix driving.
Since the creation of the modern conservative party under Stephen Harper, conservatives have struggled to keep the two -digit seat numbers in Quebec.
The match won 10 seats in the 2021 elections, mainly in the area around the city of Quebec.
CBC Quebec spoke with people in the Montreal area about their thoughts after learning about the Liberal Party, led by Mark Carney, will form the next federal government.
