The victory ensures that Trudeau will be prime minister for a second term. Trudeau gave a speech with a voice full of joy to a crowd in Montreal about his victory.
“From coast to coast to coast, tonight the Canadians rejected division and negativity. They rejected the cuts and austerity. They voted in favor of a progressive agenda and strong action on climate change,” he said. "We will make life more affordable; we will continue to fight against climate change, we will get our weapons out of our streets."
Trudeau, liberal, and Andrew Scheer, conservative, were the two main contenders in Monday's general election. More than 300 parliamentary seats were available. According to reports, medical care, the climate crisis and the cost of living are the main problems that concern voters.
Trudeau, 47, gained key support last week from former President Barack Obama, but the prime minister has faced a difficult campaign after revelations he disguised himself with brown makeup on his face in the past. He said he didn't know how many times he put on racist makeup. This all pointing to a picture publishes last month by Time magazine, the picture was taken in 2001 when Trudeau was seen with a brown painted face for a them party where he was a school teacher. Trudeau did comment on the picture and mentioned that it was a racist photo, but thought it only as a joke at the time the picture was taken.
Scheer tried and failed to capitalize on the scandal and criticism of Trudeau. But neither its negative emphasis nor its policies have involved voters. Scheer is fiscally and socially conservative, offering the promise of a stable government with balanced tax cuts and budgets.
Some disenchanted voters left Trudeau and decided on the leader of the New Democratic Party, Jagmeet Singh, as an option. Singh has advocated climate action and a government-funded drug program. He is a practicing Sikh whose colorful turbans illustrate the changing complexion of the country.
Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party, and the leader of the Bloc party, Yves-François Blanchet, a separatist from Quebec, were also on the ballot.