On Mark Carney's final day of a gruelling race to be elected PM of vast and sparsely populated Canada I was with him. It was his last push, not just to win, but also to get the majority he said he needed to stand up to the chaotic territorial and trade ambitions of his "neighbour to the south".

The party fell short of a parliamentary majority, while Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre said he would stay head of his party.