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Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Canada’s Liberals on course for political resurrection amid trade war, polls show

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Canada's prime minister, Mark Carney, waves after speaking to the media during a press conference at Canada House in London on Monday. Photograph: Sean Kilpatrick/AP

In January, Canadian pollsters and political pundits struggled to find fresh ways to describe the bleak prospects of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party, musing whether it would be a wipeout of existential proportions, or merely a catastrophic blowout.

But fresh polling released by three companies this week shows a stunning reversal of fortunes for the party: newly minted prime minister Mark Carney’s Liberals are projected to secure a majority government.

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