"They won't break us' Canadians decide Carney is the man for a unique crisis

Mark Carney issued a rallying cry to Canadians under threat from Donald Trump, after a remarkable landmark triumph in the country's federal election on Monday.

- By Leyland Cecco OTTAWA

Carney used his victory speech to claim Trump wanted to "break us, so that America can own us".

"That will never, ever happen," he said to shouts from the crowd.

Canada's Liberal party won a fourth term in office, capping a miraculous political resurrection and marking a landmark victory for Carney, a former central banker and political novice.

He gave a stark assessment of a world order once defined by an integrated global trading system with the US at the centre, saying such a system was over, and he pledged to reshape Canada's relationships with other nations.

"We are over the shock over American betrayal. But we will never forget the lessons," he said.

Carney praised party leaders for campaigns that he said had strengthened the country's democracy. "Let's put an end to the division and anger of the past. We are all Canadian and my government will work for and with everyone," he said.

At the beginning of the year, Canada's Conservatives had a 25-point lead over the Liberal government, and their leader, Pierre Poilievre, looked certain to be the country's next prime minister.

As results came in on Monday and Tuesday, it was unclear whether the Liberals would govern with a majority, or be the leading party in a hung parliament, as in the last two elections.

After a narrow victory in the previous federal election, the Liberals relied on the leftwing New Democratic party (NDP) to help pass legislation.