Omar KHAN

Let's be clear. Justin Trudeau wanted a majority government and didn't get one. Yet he remains prime minister, having won a third consecutive election victory just a decade after many pundits declared the Liberal Party of Canada dead.

More importantly, Canadians have elected a Parliament that clearly backs the Liberal vision of universal access to affordable child care. A Conservative victory would have rendered this dream stillborn. Given the size of the Liberal win in Ontario, it will also be difficult for the Doug Ford government, one the few provincial governments yet to sign on to a childcare deal with Ottawa, to continue holding out. That is a win for families.

Despite having a popular leader, the federal NDP will likely not win more than a half-dozen seats in Ontario. This does not bode well for their provincial cousins heading into next June's Ontario election.

While the Ontario PCS made a strategic decision to remain low key during the campaign, they must be concerned with the continued weakness of the Conservative brand outside of rural Ontario.

On the other hand, the resilience of the Liberal brand will benefit provincial candidates in the months to come.

In Ontario, it's one election down with another coming up fast.

Omar Khan is a Liberal strategist who's worked with the Liberal Party of Canada and the Ontario Liberal Party as a staffer and volunteer for over two decades and currently is a senior vice-president for a retail-focused cannabis company.