Canada: Justin Trudeau wins the election, but will face his second term in minority

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau won Monday's general election, but did not reach the absolute majority, according to provisional results.

In this scenario, Trudeau will have to look for punctual supports opposition parties to follow up on their legislative proposals, since in Canada there is no coalition government.

According to the count, the Liberal Party of Trudeau (PL) will get 156 of the 338 deputies of the lower house 14 less than necessary to govern without the support of other political groups. In the 2015 election, the Liberals won 184 seats.

For its part, the Conservative Party (PC) obtained 122 deputies, against 99 in 2015. Behind was the sovereignist Block Quebeques (BQ), with 32 deputies; the New Democratic Social Democratic Party (NDP), with 24; the Green Party, at 3 and an independent.

The big winner of the evening was the separatist BQ, who went from 10 to 32 deputies. That's why, in a speech to his supporters in Montreal, Trudeau reached out to the provinces of Quebec and in Alberta, where he lost a substantial share of popular support.

"Dear Quebecers, I heard the message"said the leader after adding that the result clearly indicated that the francophone province wanted to continue to be part of Canada, despite the fact that sovereignty had tripled its support.

Trudeau explained that increased support for BQ meets the interest of Quebeckers as their voice "to be heard more in Ottawa"something he promised to do.

Without waiting for the final results, the American president, Donald Trump, greet in a tweet the "wonderful and ardent" victory of Trudeau, with whom he has a complicated relationship.

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Bigger than his rivalsTrudeau no longer has the advantage of youth or the novelty that led him to power in 2015.

Liberal leader completes first term affected by several the scandals. His popularity fell as a result of political interference in a judicial proceeding and the publication in full campaign of photos of him with black-painted faces; he was therefore identified as "racist".

Throughout the campaign, he defended his direction: a strong economy, legalization of cannabis, carbon tax, reception of thousands of Syrian refugees, free trade agreements signed with Europe, the United States and Mexico, among other policies.

In return, the young Conservative leader, Andrew Scheer, promised to restore fiscal balance and reduce taxes with the simple goal of "putting money back in the pockets of Canadians."

But the young opponent, father of five children and Catholic formation, has also not escaped controversy because of his personal hostility to abortion, the late revelation of his dual nationality Canadian and American, or suspicions that he ordered a smear campaign. rival