I felt like I was sniffing glue, so just out of curiosity I looked up how mandate is used in Canadian media. It doesn't imply a blowout - just that they won (see below, for example). And Trump won by more the second time.
From our point of view, this is all factually correct.
ctvnews.ca
Canadians give Liberals 4th mandate as Carney leads party to minority win
Mark Carney led the Liberals to a narrow victory on Monday in an election dominated by issues like affordability, tariffs and annexation threats from U.S. President Donald Trump.
