The ascendance of Carney as a climate prime minister who didn’t talk about climate is all the more striking when considered alongside last year’s election in Mexico of Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist who also avoided talking about the issue in her campaign.

President Donald Trump slammed Pierre Poilievre, the leader of Canada’s Conservative Party, after its election losses, saying, “It was the one that hated Trump, I think, the least that won.” He said Poilievre,

The incumbent Liberal Party secured a fourth term in power after a major turnaround in fortunes, aided by President Donald Trump’s trade war and threats to annex Canadian territory.