AD___1:30 a.m.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians rejected division and negativity and elected a progressive agenda. ___1 a.m.Opposition New Democrat leader Jagmeet Singh says he has congratulated Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and will be a constructive participant in the new Parliament. Trudeau’s Liberal party was projected to win the most seats in the 338-seat Parliament in Monday’s national elections. Polls in Atlantic Canada are closing in a federal election that could topple Justin Trudeau and his Liberal party from power. Not in 84 years has a first-term Canadian prime minister with a parliamentary majority lost a bid for re-election.

Source: Washington Post October 22, 2019 01:32 UTC