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Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Carney says it’s Canada’s ‘time to come together’ after Liberals secure majority

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Canada's prime minister, Mark Carney, delivers remarks during Vaisakhi and Sikh Heritage Month celebrations at the Canadian War Museum, in Ottawa, Ontario, on 13 April 2026. Photograph: Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press via AP

Mark Carney has said he will govern with “humility, determination and a clear understanding of what this moment demands” after his Liberals swept three byelections Monday evening, forging a parliamentary majority just more than a year after he took power.

Carney has achieved only the third majority government in two decades – and has done so in a highly unusual fashion, cobbling together both ballot box wins and defections from rival parties.

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