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Apr 29 2025

The Roundup: Carney wins. Poilievre loses. Singh quits.

TUE APR 29 2024
David Akin's Roundup
Carney wins. Poilievre loses. Singh quits.
Good morning readers! Writing this at about 0830 ET after finishing our broadcast this morning at 0200 ET. So an abbreviated version of The Roundup today as we digest a very interesting election. 
Canada
Carney says projected Liberal win comes at ‘hinge point in history’
Global News is projecting that Mark Carney's Liberal Party will form government. It's not yet clear if that will be a minority or majority government. It is still unclear if it's majority or minority. There are a lot of close races where we will likely see recounts. Moreoever, Elections Canada paused counting of special ballots and will resume those counts today. But it will be a Liberal government ... [Global]

The Conservatives will once again be looking for answers after losing a fourth straight election, this time to a rookie Liberal leader whose party was on the ropes. [Global]

Hours after most Canadians went to bed, the long-shot, first-time Liberal candidate defeated the leader of the Conservative party. [Ottawa Citizen]
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Le Québec a viré au rouge, lundi. Mais les souverainistes du Bloc ont réussi à limiter les dégâts et à conserver les deux tiers des sièges qu'ils détenaient. [Radio-Canada]
Jagmeet Singh has announced plans to resign as NDP leader after being unseated in his own riding of Burnaby Central. [Global]

Elections Canada decided early Tuesday morning to pause the marathon counting of special ballots with a handful of ridings still too close to call. [Global]
Ian Brodie: ... the reliability of election results depends on the work of scrutineers appointed by the candidates. Early [yesterday] morning, at polling stations across the country, thousands of volunteer scrutineers will examine fresh ballot boxes to ensure they are empty before they are sealed, sign across the seals to prevent tampering, observe the conduct of balloting, and scrutinize the count. When they see problems - and balloting is a human process, so there will be problems - they take note and report to candidate offices. [Substack]
Aurora
Elsewhere
Conclave to elect the next pope will commence on May 7
The decision was made at the Fifth General Congregation, held on Monday morning in the Vatican's Synod Hall. The conclave will take place in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, which will remain closed to visitors during those days. [NPR]
Media

A video clip of a man questioning the use of pencils at an advance poll is the latest false claim to hit social media before Monday’s election. [TorStar]
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