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Yeah, so for a majority government, the liberals needed to win 172 seats, and (as of now, they have 168 seats, with a handful of places still counting) so they have nearly majority power, but not quite.

The NDP and Green Party (the two other prominent left-ish parties in Canada) have 7 and 1 seats respectively, meaning they now have a lot of power to be able to push a lot of liberal policies farther left. Being just shy of a majority also means it'll be really hard to trigger another election at a poor time for the liberals, since they'll need basically everyone but them to agree to triggering an election.

It also means if the conservatives (or anyone really) wants to pass a bill the liberals don't like, they need everyone else to vote in favour to get it passed. Not impossible, but not likely.

Basically, we have a fairly safe, looks to be somewhat-left-leaning government for like, comfortably 3-5 more years.