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Justin Trudeau's Liberals will win election: CBC news projection
The center-left Liberals, who entered the race with a big lead in opinion polls, were ahead in 139 of the 338 seats in Canada's House of Commons, the country's elected chamber of parliament. Many votes remained still to be counted.
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In this file photo taken on Aug.18, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned China on Tuesday, that its (AFP/Dave Chan)
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span class="highlight" data-qa-component="highlight-text">Canada's ruling Liberals will form the country's next government, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp projected on Monday, but said it was too early to say whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had won a majority.
The center-left Liberals, who entered the race with a big lead in opinion polls, were ahead in 139 of the 338 seats in Canada's House of Commons, the country's elected chamber of parliament. Many votes remained still to be counted.
Other TV stations also projected incumbent Prime Minister Trudeau will return to power Monday in a hotly contested election against the rookie Conservative leader Erin O'Toole.
Canadians packed into long queues Monday to cast ballots in elections that are headed for a photo finish, with Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's bid for a third term threatened by rookie Conservative leader Erin O'Toole's strong challenge.
Because the race is so close, and due to a significant number of mail-in ballots, the final result may not be known until Tuesday morning.
Trudeau called the snap election last month, hoping to parlay a smooth Covid-19 vaccine rollout -- among the best in the world -- into a new mandate to steer the nation's pandemic exit, without having to rely on opposition party support to pass his agenda.
But the contest, after a bumpy five weeks of campaigning, appears set for a repeat of the close 2019 general election that resulted in the one-time golden boy of Canadian politics clinging to power after losing his majority in parliament.
A sudden surge in Covid-19 cases led by the Delta variant late in the campaign -- after the lifting of most public health measures this summer -- has also muddied the waters.
Voting across Canada's six time zones started early in the Atlantic island province of Newfoundland and was to wrap up in westernmost British Columbia at 7:00 pm local time (0200 GMT).
Trudeau said he felt "serene" after casting a ballot in Montreal.
"We worked very hard during this campaign, and Canadians are making an important choice," he told AFP, flanked by his wife Sophie Gregoire and their children.
O'Toole, meanwhile, tweeted: "Proud to cast our ballots today, make sure you do the same! #SecureTheFuture."
