OTTAWA — Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney used an interview on U.S. late-night television on Monday to attack Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and make his case for the Liberal leadership.
The former governor of the Canadian and British central banks announced he was running to become head of the Liberal Party and prime minister.
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,
Mark J. Carney ’87 — a member of Harvard’s Board of Overseers, the University’s second-highest governing body — launched his campaign to become Canada’s next prime minister at a rally in Edmonton, Alberta Thursday afternoon.
Mark Carney announced his bid to become leader of the Liberal Party of Canada surrounded by dozens of supporters in Edmonton on Thursday.
Former central banker Mark Carney has strongly suggested he will run to be Canada’s next prime minister during an appearance on Jon Stewart’s ‘The Daily Show’.
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 Member of Parliament says he is enthusiastic about Mark Carney moving the Liberal Party back towards its centrist roots
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.
After months of speculation about his future, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney launched his campaign to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader on Thursday with a promise to build the fastest-growing economy in the G7 if he's elected.
North Vancouver MP Jonathan Wilkinson has dropped his bid to lead the Liberal Party of Canada.