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The Liberals will form a minority government. We'll get into that — and look ahead to the futures of Mark Carney, Pierre Poilievre and Jagmeet Singh.

ELECTION UPDATE

The Liberals form a minority government and Poilievre's political future remains uncertain

Mark Carney arrives to address supporters at his campaign headquarters on election night in Ottawa. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press)

The next Liberal government will be a minority — not quite the strong mandate they had desired but still a historic comeback for the party. 

More details: The party also won the popular vote, at 54.4 per cent, in an election with the highest voter turnout since 2015. As a minority government — falling just three seats short of the 172 needed for a majority — the Liberals will need the support of other parties to move their agenda forward. 

Some friction, already: In a readout, the Prime Minister's Office said U.S. President Donald Trump congratulated Carney and the two agreed to work together as "independent, sovereign nations." That contradicts a White House statement that the result doesn't change Trump's plan to make Canada "America's cherished 51st state." Still, the Canadian statement said the two leaders planned to meet in person "in the near future."

Uncertainty ahead: Results were mixed for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Despite delivering a strong showing for the Conservatives — outperforming in some areas like Ontario's York Region — he failed to oust the Liberals and lost his own seat in Carleton, which he'd held since 2004.

Logistical issues: That last part represents a particular challenge. To stay in the House of Commons, he'd need one of his MPs to step down so he could run in a byelection. But until then, he may need to appoint an interim replacement as Opposition leader. And there's also the matter of housing — Poilievre and his family live at Stornoway, the Opposition leader's official residence. (Though any interim leader presumably wouldn't evict Poilievre et al. once they take the job.) 

• Read more: What Poilievre is now facing, and why the minority government took so long to call
• Watch: The election night in three minutes

Now comes the hard part for Mark Carney

Carney arrives at the Office of the Prime Minister and Privy Council, the morning after the Liberal Party won the Canadian federal election, in Ottawa on Tuesday. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)

Already, the clock has begun ticking on Carney's election promises. The former central banker and first-time politician campaigned as a steady, calm hand with experience in navigating a crisis. But his pledges to decrease our reliance on the U.S. and turn Canada into an energy superpower may be easier said than done. 

The upside: There are many ways to grow an economy, and many economists mention the fact that there's already something of a consensus on what needs to be done — like increasing defence spending and developing resources and housing. 

Some tensions: A minority government will make law-making difficult, though it helps that the Liberals and Conservatives already have some policy overlap. And simmering in the background is Western Canada's anger and dissatisfaction with the Liberal Party, with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith threatening a "national unity crisis" should the prime minister not meet her province's demands. Of course, the political problems may well be solved with the economic ones — but if Carney fails to deliver, the cascading series of crises could compound.

• Read more: What Alberta will be looking for from the prime minister
• And further: Skepticism within the oil industry of Carney's support for the sector

Is the federal NDP over? Not quite, experts say

The NDP, which held 24 seats at dissolution, now holds just over six per cent of the popular vote and seven seats — resulting in the worst showing of the party's history. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press)

The New Democratic Party was all but wiped out in the election in the worst showing of its history. Its 24 seats were whittled down to seven, causing it to lose official party status and Leader Jagmeet Singh to resign. And while experts say it still has a future, it'll require significant structural changes.

More than a Trump thing: Though the U.S. trade war was the clear issue, it wasn't the only factor, experts say. New Democrats have repeatedly shed vote share and seat count since the so-called Orange Wave in 2011, under the late Jack Layton, when they received just over 30 per cent of the vote. It's thought that this wave was more about Layton's personality than any policy, and the party has since struggled to clarify what it really offers voters.

Loss of key support: The NDP lost much of the private sector union vote to the Conservatives. This is the true existential crisis for the NDP, as it indicates the average working-class voter doesn't believe the party can advocate for them. It erred in catering more broadly to socially progressive voters, but they weren't a strong enough coalition to uphold the party, said Andrea Lawlor, associate professor at McMaster University; rebuilding will require re-engaging the young, working-class voter base.

• Further reading: Here are some more star MPs who won't be returning to Parliament after the election

In case you missed it

• Trump has signed a pair of executive orders meant to provide some relief to the tariff-impacted auto industry. 
   
• Alejandro Samper's sister, father and mother were all killed in the deadly Lapu-Lapu Day festival attack in Vancouver. The family came to Canada in the early 2000s, in part to escape violence in Colombia. Read more about them here.
   
• Electricity had been restored to nearly all of Spain and Portugal as of Tuesday morning, but the cause of the blackouts remains a mystery. 
   
• Amazon has launched the first batch of its internet satellites, which are meant to compete with SpaceX's Starlink.

And, more good news for Lego fans...

Clarenville, N.L., has a new church, and it's made of Lego bricks

The replica of St. Mary's Anglican Church in Clarenville, N.L. (St. Mary's Anglican Church - Clarenville/Facebook)

Rev. James Spencer has spent almost a year building a replica of St. Mary's Anglican Church in Clarenville, N.L., out of Lego bricks. He says the inspiration came to him when he first started working at the church.

"I thought, 'You know what, this is a beautiful building. I'd love to try and see if I could actually put it together,'" Spencer told CBC Radio's Newfoundland Morning.

Rev. James Spencer has a passion for Legos, and he built an exact replica of his church from them. He's also made a replica of the church's location in Burgoyne's Cove, seen on the right. (St. Mary's Anglican Church - Clarenville/Facebook)

It's a true, one-to-one model of the real building, made by painstakingly measuring every surface of the church and printing tiny stickers of its artwork to stick onto the bricks.

A look at the inside of the replica church. (St. Mary's Anglican Church - Clarenville/Facebook)

At the large St. Mary's, Spencer also hosts a Lego club on Thursday afternoons. And as for the little one, Spencer is due to take it to the Blocks on the Rock conference in St. John's in a few months. Until then, it rests near the real church's altar.