Canadian Liberal Party leader Mark Carney has been announced as the next Prime Minister of Canada. He will be sworn in as the 24th Prime Minister, replacing Justin Trudeau. Mark Carney won the race of Liberal Party leadership with a total of 131,674 votes, about 85.9 per cent of the ballots. Amongst his competitors, Chrystia Freeland got 11,134 votes, Karina Gould secured 4,785 votes and Frank Baylis bagged a total of 4,038 votes. Before his address to the Liberal Party Convention, Mr. Carney was introduced onto the stage by his daughter Cleo Carney. She described her father as a “man of commitment” to his core, adding further that he is “unflinchingly dedicated to what matters, focused and principled”.
In his opening remarks, Mark Carney described Canada as “strong”. He said, “This room is strong, this room is Canada strong.” He also said, “You (Chretien) inspired me over the years and now to have an opportunity to continue your tradition of fiscal responsibility, social justice and international leadership.” Jean Chetien was a former prime minister, inspired his family to become liberals, further adding that his father had decided to run as a liberal candidate in Alberta in the 1980s.
Mr. Carney’s Personal Life-
He is married to a British economist, Diana Fox, and an author who has expertise in developing the countries. She has been associated with various causes related to the environment and social justice. Mr. Carney and Diana met at the University of Oxford, England, and got married in 1994. They have four daughters named Sophia, Amelia, Tess, and Cleo. None of their daughters were involved in his political campaign. However, one of his daughters, Cleo Carney, introduced him after he won the Liberal Party’s leadership election.
Mr. Carney’s Career-
Mr. Carney has been a Central Bank Governor. He will be the first Canadian Prime Minister without any kind of previous legislative or cabinet experience. Carney was born in Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. He was at Harvard before spending 13 years at Goldman Sachs, joined the Bank of Canada as Deputy Governor in 2003. He left for a position in the Ministry of Finance in 2004, and returned in 2008 as Governor. He also led the Central Bank through the 2008-09 financial crisis.
In 2013, Mr. Carney became the first non-British Governor of the Bank of England in its three-century history. He was also the first person to lead two G7 Central Banks. His tenure included the political uncertainty of Brexit. After leaving the Bank of England in 2020, he also served as a United Nations envoy on Finance and Climate change.
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His Political Career-
The 59-year-old Mr. Carney is a political outsider, he has never held any political office. This has also been a fact, which in normal circumstances would have played against him in the race of leadership. He was the only one who dared to openly speak against the anti-Canada threats and policies of Trump. In his leadership debate last month, Mr. Carney said, “I know how to manage crises …. in a situation like this, you need experience in terms of crisis management, you need negotiating skills.” According to his arguments, Canada will fight against Trump’s tariff threats.
