Economist Mark Carney ' leader of Canada's centre-left Liberal party ' will retain the title of Canadian prime minister following the country's election on Monday. As Nature published this story, it was unclear by how much the Liberals had won, but the victory is being seen as a vote of confidence that Carney can fend off economic and other threats to Canada posed by US President Donald Trump. Scientists are cautiously hopeful that Carney will be good news for the future of research in Canada ' especially because of a fund proposed by the Liberal party to attract talent to Canadian universities and to help replace US science funding that has been cut by Trump. 'We've seen a strong commitment from the Liberal party in the past to science, and I hope that continues,' says Sarah Laframboise, executive director of the non-profit Evidence for Democracy advocacy group in Ottawa. But, she adds, the future of Canadian science and research is a bit unclear because the run-up to this election...
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