OTTAWA - Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney officially kicked off his bid to replace Justin Trudeau on Thursday by launching barbs at Pierre Poilievre and describing the Conservative
Mark Carney, the first non-Brit to run the Bank of England since it was founded in 1694 and the former head of Canada’s central bank, said Thursday he is entering the race to be Canada’s next prime minister following the resignation of Justin Trudeau.
OTTAWA — Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney officially kicked off his bid to replace Justin Trudeau on Thursday by launching barbs at Pierre Poilievre and describing the Conservative ...
Whoever emerges from the upcoming Liberal leadership race will face a formidable Conservative challenger with a populist message and deep connections to Alberta. And this battle for the nation’s top political post has a distinctly Western Canadian flavour,
His chief competitor to be Liberal leader seems to be Chrystia Freeland, 56, an Alberta-born Rhodes scholar, former journalist and one-time finance minister who is yoked to Trudeau’s legacy in the eyes of the oilpatch, including policies deeply unpopular with the sector, such as Bill C-69 and the oil and gas emissions cap.
The experienced hand who can fix the economy. The tough negotiator who can take on a Donald Trump White House. The millennial long-hauler who can rebuild the party.
North Vancouver MP Jonathan Wilkinson has dropped his bid to lead the Liberal Party of Canada.
The former finance minister is seeking to distance herself from unpopular measures introduced while in Trudeau’s cabinet
He was the ultimate celebrity politician who needed technocrats around him to govern well, only for him to alienate nearly all his brightest and best. With Trudeau planning to resign, his closest advisers Gerald Butts and Katie Telford are moving on to another celebrity in Mark Carney.
Mark Carney, the former central banker known for his tenure as Governor of both the Bank of England and the Bank of Canada, has officially resigned from his position as Chairman of Brookfield