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Canada election: Trudeau hails Liberal win as Harper steps down as leader | Updated |
CTV lists the high-profile politicians who lost their seats in the election. Among the casualties in Stephen Harper’s cabinet were the finance minister Joe Oliver, the citizenship and immigration minister Chris Alexander and Bernard Valcourt, the minister minister of aboriginal affairs and Northern development.
‘Sunny ways’: Justin Trudeau celebrates historic Liberal victory plus video acceptance speech
After a stunning election night victory, Justin Trudeau said his majority Liberal government is proof that “positive, optimistic” politics are not just a “naive dream.”
Trudeau said Canadians chose “real change” when they elected Liberal MPs across the nation, pushing out the Conservative government after nearly 10 years and forcing Stephen Harper to resign as party leader.
“Sunny ways my friends, sunny ways,” Trudeau told a jubilant crowd in his Montreal riding of Papineau, invoking the philosophy of former prime minister Wilfrid Laurier.
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Justin Trudeau elected new Canadian prime minister as Liberals sweep board○ Canada election: Trudeau promises change after Liberals rout Conservatives | The Guardian |
Although he decided not to mention it in his speech earlier, outgoing prime minister Stephen Harper is stepping down as leader of the Conservatives.
Speaking to supporters in Calgary after it became apparent that Liberal leader Justin Trudeau had ousted him, Harper conceded: “The people are never wrong.”
