Closure of the first polling stations in Canada

The first polling stations closed their doors on Monday in Canada, which elects its parliamentarians. The leader of the winning party will be responsible for taking the reins of a country anxious by the economic war and the threats of annexation of the American president Donald Trump.

(Keystone-ATS) Two candidates for the post of Prime Minister Distance from the others in voting intentions: the liberal candidate and current head of government Mark Carney and the leader of the conservatives Pierre Poilievre, with a step ahead for the first.

But a name that is not on any ballot is in all the heads: that of the American president, who haunted this campaign of the Canadian legislative elections. On Monday, he once again spoke of erasing the “artificial line” which separates the two countries believing that this could only bring “positive”.

According to the latest polls, the Liberals are credited with 42.8% of the votes and the conservatives of 39.2%. The other parties could undergo heavy defeats, victims of the useful vote.