Canada-US friendship remains regardless of intermediate results: Trudeau – National

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said relations between Canada and the United States would remain relatively unchanged regardless of the outcome of the US midterm elections.

Americans turn to vote on Tuesday for the midterm elections, which US President Joe Biden claims are a battle for democracy itself.

Still, whatever the outcome, Prime Minister Trudeau said Canada “will continue to work with the U.S. government and U.S. Congress on matters that matter to Canadians.”

“We’ve had very different political structures in the past,” Trudeau told reporters in New Brunswick on Tuesday.

“No matter what happens in the midterm elections, the friendship and strong relationship between Canada and the United States will continue.”

Biden told American voters last Wednesday that normally the country “doesn’t often face the question of whether the votes we cast will sustain or endanger our democracy.” warned.

“But we are this year,” he said.

One of the serious concerns for Biden and many political bystanders is the number of candidates who believe in conspiracy theories and are running for office. It ranges from his QAnon world being debunked to former President Donald Trump’s false claim that the last presidential election was stolen. Political commentator David Frum.

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speak in an interview with waist blockMr Frum said on Sunday that it was “almost certain” that Republicans would win the House.

“It’s not impossible for Democrats to retain the Senate, but it’s more likely that Republicans will take both.

The problem, according to Frum, a Republican and Trump opponent, is that “these lucrative parties are not as committed to the democratic system as they should be.” Stated.

But whatever the outcome, Prime Minister Trudeau plans to work with Canada’s southern neighbor to “create jobs”, boost “economic growth” and “benefit people on both sides of the border”. said there is.

Tuesday marks the first time Americans have voted since November 2020, just before a pro-Trump mob stormed Washington, D.C.’s Capitol Hill on Jan. 6.

But with the seemingly close race, it may be days before the United States, and the world, knows the results of the midterm elections. Election campaigns and political commentators have warned that the final results are likely not known by the end of the week.

— Using files from The Canadian Press

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