Ottawa, Canada - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party swept to victory in a series of special elections on Monday, further boosting the leader's parliamentary majority amid an escalating US trade war.
The Liberal Party secured three seats, taking the district of Chicoutimi–Le Fjord in French-speaking Quebec from the opposition Conservative Party, and two other districts in Ontario and British Columbia that were previously held by Liberals.
Carney congratulated the winning candidates in a post on X, saying that voters had "placed their trust" in the government "at this consequential time for Canada."
"Canada is being tested in a changing world, and Canadians are up for it," he wrote. "We are buying Canadian, traveling Canadian."
"We are building our strength at home and diversifying our trading relationships abroad. This has been our Plan A from Day One, and it's working," Carney said. "Despite the headwinds, we are building Canada strong. We are moving fast. And we are just getting started."
Relations between the US and Canada have rapidly soured due to the administration of President Donald Trump. Talks collapsed in August, forcing Carney to walk away from a trade deal which he labeled "unfair" and "uneconomic."
Washington responded by slapping Canada with 50% duties on numerous products, a move that Carney's government countered in kind with its own set of tit-for-tat sanctions.
According to a poll late last month, 76% of the Canadian public praised Carney's handling of relations with Washington. The number is significant, as it was largely trade tensions with Trump that won Carney last year's election after he replaced Justin Trudeau.
At the election, the Liberals won the most seats but fell short of an overall parliamentary majority. A by-election in April 2026 changed that, however, allowing the party to secure the majority it needed to push through its economic agenda.