Trudeau presided over an expansion of Canada’s welfare state so enormous that it would make Senator Bernie Sanders blush, and he did it while winning three elections. When he left office last month, he was the longest-tenured progressive leader in the global North.

TORONTO (AP) — The Liberal Party has won the federal election in Canada, culminating a process marked by U.S. President Donald Trump threats on a trade war and of making the country the 51st American state.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals staged a major political comeback to retain power in parliamentary elections, fuelled by a backlash against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and comments on making Canada the 51st U.