“We can’t ally with just one party,” Rabbi Ilana Krygier Lapides, who is part of the clergy at a Calgary Conservative synagogue, told JNS. “I don’t think the sky is falling,” a Canadian Jewish podcaster added
Mark Carney, the Canadian prime minister whose views on Israel and Jew-hatred have left Canadian Jewish leaders in the dark, won the Canadian election on Monday, although his Liberal Party failed to secure a majority of seats in Parliament.
Pierre Poilievre, the opposition leader, lost his seat after a 20-year run, but the pro-Israel politician’s Conservative Party gained seats overall in the federal election. Analysts have suggested that Poilievre, who seemed poised to win by a long shot at times, lost ground due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff war on Canada and talk of making the country the 51st U.S. state.
“The United States extends its congratulations to Prime Minister Mark Carney and his party on their win in Canada’s recent federal elections. The U.S.-Canada relationship remains one of the most extensive in the world,” Tammy Bruce, the U.S. State Department spokeswoman, stated at the department’s press briefing on Tuesday.