Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberal Party still appears poised to win, pollsters say, even as its lead over the Conservative Party has shrunk.

Canadians will vote for a new government in an election that has been upended by U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and threats to make Canada the 51st state.

Canadians head to the polls April 28 to decide whether Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party maintains the reins or whether the Conservatives return to power for the first time in nearly a decade.

Liberal Leader Mark Carney said Thursday he did not mischaracterize his first conversation with Donald Trump when he neglected to report that the U.S. president had again brought up his idea of making Canada a U.