Canada elections live: Trump says ‘nice gentleman’ Mark Carney to visit White House amid tariff row

US president Donald Trump said prime minister Mark Carney will visit the White House “within the next week or less” after during a phone call the pair “agreed on the importance of Canada and the United States working together”.

Mr Trump congratulated the Canadian prime minister-elect at the same time a White House spokesperson said the election “does not affect President Trump’s plan to make Canada America’s cherished 51st state”.

“I think we’re going to have a great relationship,” Mr Trump said yesterday. “He called me up yesterday and said, ‘Let’s make a deal’,” the US president added.

The US president said both Canadians running for office “hated Trump”. “

And it was the one that hated Trump, I think the least, that won. I actually think the Conservative hated me much more than the so-called Liberal,” Mr Trump said.

He added that Mr Carney “couldn’t have been nicer” and called him “a very nice gentleman”.

Green Party co-leader Jonathan Pedneault has announced that he is stepping down from his post after failing to secure a seat in the House of Commons.

“While I remain proud of the program the party built and the values we brought forward during this campaign, I recognise that we were not able to break through in a way that could shift the course of our country — and that is a responsibility I must carry,” he said in a letter posted online.

“Twice now, I have failed to convince my fellow citizens to send me to Ottawa. I therefore hereby submit my resignation as co-Leader of the Green Party of Canada, effective immediately,” he added.

Canada’s prime minister-elect Mark Carney spoke with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and underscored Canada’s commitment to supporting Ukraine in achieving lasting peace and security, Mr Carney’s office said.

Mr Zelensky congratulated Mr Carney on his election in Monday’s vote, and the two leaders agreed that a durable peace can only be achieved with Ukraine at the table, the Canadian prime minister’s office said in a statement.

Here’s everything Mark Carney has had to say about his American counterpart since succeeding Justin Trudeau earlier this year.

With the election victory of Mark Carney’s Liberal Party, Canada now stands out as a liberal anchor in a fractured West, write Katerina Sviderska and Leandre Benoit.

On Monday night, Canada delivered a resounding rebuke of the United States and Donald Trump’s trade agenda.

As John Bowden writes, Trump and his aides are now facing pressure to prove that any positive outcomes are developing from his protectionist stance.

Even though his support was the kiss of death to Canada’s conservatives, Donald Trump himself apparently couldn’t help taking credit, Io Dodds reports:

Mark Carney vowed to take a tougher approach to tariffs in his victory speech, but warned the country will need to spend billions to reduce its dependence on its southern neighbour.

“We can give ourselves far more than the Americans can ever take away,” Carney said. “The coming days and months will be challenging and will require some sacrifices, but we will share those sacrifices by supporting our workers and our businesses.”

He continued: “We can give ourselves far more than the Americans can ever take away,” Carney said. “The coming days and months will be challenging and will require some sacrifices, but we will share those sacrifices by supporting our workers and our businesses.”