[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Trudeau's Liberals projected to win more seats than any other party with 158 - adding just one seat on 2019
- PM hailed result as triumph and judgment on his party's work against Covid, but he remains minority leader
- 'You are sending us back to work with a clear mandate to get Canada through this pandemic,' Trudeau said
- Trudeau's victory lap comes after a grueling campaign that saw a new photo of the PM in blackface emerge
- His nearest rivals, the Conservatives, were predicted to lose two seats with 119 - dropping two seats
- Left-wing New Democrats secured 25 seats (+1), Bloc Québécois won 34 (+2), and Greens won two seats (-1)
- Trudeau entered the election leading a stable minority that was not under threat of being toppled
- His failure to consolidate power will be seen by many as undermining his efforts to unite the country
- 'Trudeau lost his gamble ... this is a bittersweet victory,' said Prof. Daniel Béland of McGill University
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