Canada Land. Funded by you. Hey, it's Nur Azriyeh, and today we're talking serious politics. It's Tuesday, April 29th. The morning after Canada's consequential election. And today is the dawn of the fourth. liberal term. So I would like to congratulate Prime Minister Carney on leading this minority government. No, no. We'll have plenty of opportunity to debate and disagree. And my message to every Canadian is this.
no matter where you live no matter what language you speak no matter how you voted I will always do my best to represent everyone who calls Canada home. We'll take you through our night at the Canada Land election watch party. Did you guys vote? And catch up with a reporter who was there when it all happened. One woman started bursting into tears.
She said she didn't understand how the liberals could win again. A lot of people in the room do not understand how the liberals pulled this off. That's this episode after the break. This episode is brought to you by Fizz. Montreal is home to many great things, bagels, but also it's home to Fizz, a mobile carrier that is now available in Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia.
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and the greens at zero. Those numbers are going to change quite quickly throughout the night. But look, it has been a long five weeks. of this campaign from button gate to looking inside yourself and pipelines. Here's a few moments from this political roller coaster. We're happy to be here to launch our campaign to restore Canada's promise. I very much regret that I misspoke yesterday. The Liberals are asking for a fourth term in power. power we use it for you pierre paulieb's first reaction
To defend our sovereignty. The conservative that's running is stupidly no friend of mine. The president says that he doesn't like me. He doesn't think that I'm a mega guy. I am not. I think it's easier to deal, actually, with a liberal. And maybe they're going to win, but I don't really care.
It doesn't matter to me at all. This county, this country is coming together. Change and hope are both on the way. We're ready to fight! We're ready to win! You know what? I don't want to be the leader of Canada. Look inside yourself, Rosemary. Liberal is a liberal is a liberal. Your treatment of Palestinians has been frankly disgusting. The choice is about coming together and building. Coming together, being positive. Will you look at the camera in the eye and apologize to the many people?
who suffered as a result of the inflationary policies that you advised Justin Trudeau to implement. I know you want to be running against Justin Trudeau. Justin Trudeau isn't here. You are telling fairy tales. We can reverse all that. Let's go have some fun. Woo-wee! It's been a ride! Here's what some of the people at our event thought about it. I'm Matt. I want to see you. Moira.
I'm Chelsea Bennett. My name's Harry Sutton. I guess I am disappointed that there was no movement amongst either the NDP or the liberals. to stake out a more left-wing position. For one, that Polyev was somewhat successful in making sure that Trudeau stepped down.
And then the wild success of Kearney, picking up the reins. I don't know where it's going to go. I think like everybody else, I'm just really surprised by how quickly the whole nation turned from leaning conservative, not necessarily myself, to then... maybe leaning liberal. I'm not super excited about any of the candidates, to be honest. It's nice to watch the elections with a bunch of people instead of sitting at home, freaking out and eating my nails. I'm here for the drama!
8.46. What's the total at here? We have the Liberals at 21, the Conservatives at 11, and the Bloch... just picked up their first seat. Wow, look at that. Still nothing for the NDP. All right, it is 9.30. The Conservatives are overperforming, taking in some seats in Atlantic Canada. 27 Liberal, 18 Conservatives, 6 Bloc Québécois. A liberal win. We know that the Liberals will be forming the next government of Canada. It is 10-10. CTV just declared a liberal win. Liberals are at 100%.
Activatives at 90, Block at 16, NDP at 2. They put the graphic up already, saying they won? Okay, I guess all that's next is to find out if it's a majority. And we're back at the Canada Land studio. The Liberals have just been re-elected for a fourth term. I want to know. Is this a massive Polyev fuck up? or a clutch carny miracle. So to break it all down for me, this fine Tuesday morning, I'm calling up Mickey Juric. a politics reporter from Politico. She is at the conservative headquarters.
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It's already getting much better, so you're killing it right now. Okay. I think there's a table. I can put my laptop down. Thank God. Okay. Perfect. Mickey, where the hell are you right now? So I'm in downtown Ottawa, just steps from Parliament Hill at the Rogers Centre. It's a convention centre here in town. And this is where the Conservatives are having their headquarters. So I'm watching the results with party members and people who voted for Pierre Paglia.
Talk to me a little bit about what the atmosphere in the room is like. What are the vibes? There's tons of reporters here. There's probably about a couple hundred members of the public. This was an open event, but all the seats here, they're not filled at all. Earlier in the evening when CTV, they were the first to declare that it was a liberal win. The vibe was very subdued, very quiet. One woman started bursting into tears.
She said she didn't understand how the Liberals could win again. A lot of people in the room do not understand how the Liberals pulled this off. For many people here, their number one issue. was housing and affordability, and they are worried about the future of the country. Anything else of note in the room? Anything that... you know, you think is important or interesting? Yeah. Well, a lot of people do not necessarily accept
The results of the election, some people have flat out told me that they believe that the election is rigged. Other people are sharing stories that they have concerns about, you know, voting, voting boosts. counting. Someone told me that they had concerns that pencils were used. Obviously, Elections Canada has debunked some of these.
narratives and false claims that are out there. But some people don't necessarily seem to be wanting to accept the results tonight. But I should say there is a vast majority of people here that do accept the results and they also feel that in the next... Next election, Pierre Paliyev will win. And they want Pierre Paliyev to stay on as leader. OK, we'll come back to that because I think that's super interesting. But I'm curious, any notable people in the crowd, anyone you recognize?
Tony Clement, he's a former MP, is here. Pierre Polyev, he's watching the election results from a hotel nearby. Don't know when he's going to show up, but he's also going to be arriving with his campaign manager, Jenny Byrne. But mostly it's just campaign staff and members of the public who showed up to watch. I'm curious, any big surprises tonight? It's 11.53 right now. We don't know if it's going to be a minority or a majority. We see Bruce Fanjoy ahead in the polls.
in his riding of Carlton ahead of Pierre Polyev, but then, you know, not all those polls are reporting. So at this stage in the game, I think there's still a lot of unknowns. There's still a lot of... to-be-determined moments ahead of us tonight. You know, I want to get back to something you mentioned earlier about folks talking about them wanting Pierre Polyev to stay on as leader for the next election. What happens if Pierre loses, do you think?
Well, a lot of people in this room, they want him to stay because they felt inspired by him. I spoke to one person who considers himself an independent. He he sways from voting liberal to conservative. He's not. a complete partisan. And he said that when it comes to Pierre Polyette,
He's finally speaking the language that he's wanted to hear from a conservative leader for so many years. And that's around the need to fix the affordability issues that we're facing in this country, the need to fix the housing crisis. And so this populist messaging that we have seen from Pierre Polyev of giving power back to the people has really resonated with many people in this room. I spoke to another guy who's in his late 50s. He's never voted in his entire life.
And this election, he voted for the first time for Pierre Polyev. So Pierre Polyev has really motivated. the conservative base, but it seems like that he's also brought in. new people to the party and people feel inspired by him still, they feel hopeful and they don't want to see him leave, that might be more difficult if he does end up losing his seatbelt. That might be a harder decision for him to make.
talk about his seat for a second. I cannot believe we're here. We're here in a moment where Pierre Polyev's seat is... up for grabs. Talk to me a little bit about that as well. So I actually interviewed Bruce Fanjoy. He's the liberal candidate in the writing.
A few months ago, and he's been really working the ground in that area for quite a long time. He had some time at Deloitte, but he's been mostly a stay-at-home dad. So this essentially has been his hobby. He has had... the hours it's his nine to five to door knock and what he told me at the time is that uh you know every time he would go to a door he would say you know you're really door knocking in a very blue riding but you know what
sure I'll give you my vote to you and then he says I'll go to the next door and then the same person will say that so he's been convinced all this time that if he just knocks on enough doors and convinces enough people to vote for him than he will. And the Liberal Party actually put in a lot of resources into this rioting. So I guess we'll find out tonight how that actually shakes out.
How's the NDP doing? They kept their one seat in Quebec. They're hoping to hold on to a lot more. They have some seats in Ontario that are at risk. The narrative that the new Democrats have started to take on in the last few days is that... It was so important to stop Pierre Polyev that it was essentially worth not helping. trigger the fall of the Liberal government months ago, because they argue that would have led to a Conservative majority. So they're really trying to frame this narrative as
on behalf of progressives, made this effort to essentially sacrifice themselves and help the Liberal Party. And we've seen the New Democrats help the Liberals for the past two years through the Confidence and Supply Agreement. And I think they're paying the price for that a little bit tonight because... they are having to atone a little bit for past liberal policies. How are things lining up with the polls that we've been reading for the past few weeks?
Yeah, they're pretty close. The polls were kind of leaning toward a liberal majority, and it's too early to tell at this moment. I think also what's interesting, too. is seeing the seats that potentially the Conservatives could be picking up in the 905 area. And I think that's also something that people didn't necessarily predict. And that could ultimately determine whether the Liberals get their majority or not.
Do we know anything about voter turnout right now? How many people have been showing up to the polls? The advanced polling was 7.3 million. more than we've seen in a long time. It's a new record and pollsters were projecting before tonight that we would hit voting levels that we haven't seen since 1993 or the early 90s. Have you heard anything from your colleagues at the Liberal headquarters? Yeah, I'm hearing lots of excitement.
over at the Liberal headquarters. They view this as a remarkable turnaround. It was just in December. where they were trailing by the conservatives double digits in the polls. I mean, it is remarkable. It's honestly kind of astonishing seeing the numbers come in. Yeah, just lots of excitement, lots of happiness that they pulled this off. We'll see how it all shakes up. Before I let you go...
Anything that just kind of stood out to you tonight? I think that the liberals are going to have a huge, huge task ahead of them of uniting this country. There's a lot of people in this room who... feel like they have had to hide their conservative opinion. who have felt like their voices aren't valued in this country. And for them, 10 years of a liberal government has been a lot already, and they are worried about...
you know, what they can say out loud, you know, if they will be accepted by their fellow Canadians for their conservative views. So a lot of people want to see. this country remain united. I've heard it from a couple people too that they are a little concerned about Alberta and the succession movement. possibly expanding out there. I've also talked to a couple of people who are even considering.
moving out of the country because they want to be someplace where they feel like their conservative voices are heard, but also valued. Okay, Mickey, thank you so much. You've been a gem to us tonight. We really appreciate it. Yeah, absolutely. Hey, we are still doing our part here giving away ad space to excellent Canadian companies with excellent products and services.
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Jagmeet Singh resigning. I've worked really hard to be worthy of this trust, to live up to the legacy of our movement. Hold on a sec here guys. Thank you. One more sec. One more sec. Tonight, I've informed a party leader that I'll be stepping down as party leader as soon as an interim leader can be appointed. He was choking out.
Throughout it, he thanked his wife and his family. He thanked volunteers. He thanked basically everyone. It was just sad to see. He ended up losing his own seat, seeing his party reduced to possibly a single-digit seat count. We're still waiting on it. Yeah, I mean, like, this is a guy who's dedicated almost, I think it's eight years of his life to public service.
representing Canadians. And again, whether or not you support him when you head to the polls, I think it's always important to just recognize just how much time and effort he's dedicated to. public service and representing people in this country. What comes next? for the NDP, Sam. I think only time will tell. Yeah. Let's talk Pierre. Let's talk Pierre. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. It's with profound gratitude. at the moment of this historic election he came out smiling
putting on a brave face. I'm sure they were waiting for a long time to try and get their shit together. But you know what? The supporters seemed bitter, like Mickey said, when he was giving his speech and he talked about Carney, the crowd booed. But Polyev told them not to. So I would like to congratulate. Prime Minister Carney on leading this minority government. No, no. We'll have plenty of opportunity to debate and disagree, but tonight we come together as Canadians.
And what was interesting is that he gave no sign that he was leaving. He was pointing to all the reasons he should stay. He pointed to the seats that the conservatives gained this election and the ground they gained on the liberals. So I guess... he was trying to point it as not a total failure. We have much to celebrate tonight. We've gained well over 20 seats. We got the highest share of vote. Our party has received...
We denied the NDP and Liberals enough seats to form a coalition government, meaning... And we did all of this in a very difficult environment. But you can't ignore the fact that... He's someone who's on the brink of losing his seat. Yeah. Yeah, as of right now, it looks like Polyev will be losing the Carlton riding to Bruce Fanjoy, who...
I was at his riding a couple of weekends ago and people were optimistic, but there wasn't much hope. So it'll be interesting to check back with them and see the aftermath of this. Even if Pierre might be on track to losing his seat, this actually is the best result for the Conservative Party in 14 years since Stephen Harper's majority. He can still be party leader without a seat, I'll remind our listeners.
And he can run again in a by-election. So it's not over for him, but him and Jenny Byrne, it's going to be really interesting to see what heads fall after this. And finally, last but not least, the man of the hour, Mark Carney. It happened Who's ready? Who's ready? Who's ready to stand up for Canada with me? It happened. His speech wasn't particularly rousing. It wasn't a politician's victory speech. You could say that. There was also...
For me, as I stand before you this evening, humility in recognizing that, well, many have chosen to place your trust in me, trust in the Liberal Party. Millions of our fellow citizens preferred a different outcome. And my message to every Canadian is this. No matter where you live, no matter what language you speak, no matter how you voted, I will always do my best. to represent everyone who calls Canada home.
He talked about big changes with maintaining Canadian values, and he talked a lot about Donald Trump looking out for ourselves, taking care of each other. Kind of the stuff that he's ran on this whole time. But I was interested to see how much Trump was a part of that speech. As I've been warning for months. America wants our land, our resources, our water, our country. Never. But these are not idle threats.
so that America can own us. That will never, that will never ever happen. But we, but we also must recognize The reality that our world has fundamentally changed. It's hard to say that this was... An unexpected victory. A lot of the polls were indicating that Mark Carney was going to be winning the election. It's not clear whether it's a minority or majority government as of yet, but... Collectively, the Liberals and the NDP have enough seats. to have a majority voice in the House of Commons.
With the Liberals and the NDP, it gives them exactly 172 seats, which would be a one-seat combined majority government. So if they do work together, they can maintain that majority status. I mean, Sam, it's been five weeks. We've been covering this. like no other for the past five weeks. Any last thoughts, words?
as we close this chapter. I just wanted to say thank you to all the people across Canada that we talked to that were willing to open up to us. I feel like our coverage really tried to put Canadians at the forefront. I want to thank you to all of our supporters that listen, all the people that came out tonight to our party. It was really fun to put some faces to the names of the people I see on the Google spreadsheet.
All the supporters. So yeah, just thank you, everybody. And thank you for voting. And thank you for voting. And we'll see you again next week. Good night, everybody. Sweet dreams. This week in Canadian politics. I'll see you next time. team and I set out to do with our election coverage was something pretty simple. Center you. To all the people I talked to last night at the Canada Land, Political era is here and I want to hear from you. What is keeping you up at night?
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