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The World

Liberal Party's victory in Canada's federal election marks a shift

The World

PRX

News, Lethaldissent

4.6884 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

In Canada, election results mark a reversal of political fortunes. The Liberal Party's victory in Monday's federal election follows a long slump in popularity. But the Trump administration's trade policies and rhetoric concerning Canada have driven a shift in the country's political landscape. The election results are widely being seen as a mandate for how Canada should respond to Trump. Also, insight into the work of Russian lawyers who represent political prisoners in court. And, why Boston's Museum of Fine Arts has closed its Benin Kingdom Gallery.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Kate Laycock, host of DW's weekly European news podcast Inside Europe.

0:07.7

Our correspondence were there when the Berlin Wall fell, when the Balkans' wars broke out,

0:13.1

and when Britain voted to leave the European Union.

0:16.7

Now the continent is changing again, and we're rising to the challenge with our weekly combination of expert analysis and on-the-ground reporting.

0:26.7

Find Inside Europe wherever you get your podcasts.

0:34.9

A win in Canada for Prime Minister Mark Carney.

0:38.6

As I've been warning for months, America wants our land, our resources, our water, our country.

0:46.0

I'm Carolyn Beeler.

0:47.5

And I'm Marco Werman, also today American soft power after 100 days of President Trump.

0:52.5

The idea that the United States is the epicenter for higher education in the world,

0:55.9

that the United States is an innovation hub, that the United States, by being a dynamic

1:00.1

economy, attracts immigrants from everywhere else.

1:02.8

We're about to test whether all those things continue to be true.

1:06.4

And 50 years later, a personal reflection on the end of the Vietnam War.

1:11.4

I jump up and down and scream the war is over.

1:14.8

And I'm happy not only for Vietnamese, for American too.

1:19.1

Plus fighting climate change with puppets.

1:21.7

That's all ahead today on the world.

1:30.7

This is the world. I'm Marco Wurman.

1:44.2

And I'm Carolyn Beeler. We begin with Canada's national election. It was called last night for the liberals, making the party's Mark Carney, Canada's 24th Prime Minister. He beat out the conservative Party's Pierre Paulyev.

1:49.1

Carney campaigned heavily on a message about standing up to Canada's neighbor to the south.

1:53.9

That's why Carney is expected to play a bigger role in global politics than his predecessors.

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