In the midst of a generational crisis in Canada’s relationship with the United States, the Canada Liberal Party chose a technocrat that is not selected on Sunday with a deep experience in financial markets to replace Justin Trudeau as party leader and the country’s Prime Minister and to assume President Trump.
Mark Carney, 59, led by the Canada Bank through the 2008 World Financial Crisis and the Bank of England through Brexit, but has never been elected to the post, won a leadership career on Sunday against his friend and former finance minister Chrystia Freeland.
He won an impressive 85.9 percent of the votes cast by members of the Liberal Party. According to party leaders, more than 150,000 people voted.
« America is not Canada. And Canada will never be part of America in any way, form or form, « said Mr. Carney in his acceptance speech on Sunday evening to a party faithful electric crowd, directing directly to the constant threat of Mr. Trump, who wants to turn Canada into 51st state. « We have not asked for this struggle, but the Canadians are always ready when someone else leaves the gloves. »
« So the North -Americans should not make a mistake, » added Mr. Carney. « In trade, as in hockey, Canada will win. »
It is expected that it will be legally as Prime Minister, early this week, officially ending the time of Trudeau. His first and most urgent challenge will be to manage the threat of Mr. Trump in the economy and sovereignty of Canada.
But since Mr. Carney does not maintain a place in Parliament, he is expected to call in the federal elections shortly after being sworn as Prime Minister. In these elections, he will face Pierre Poilievre, the leader of the Conservative Party.
It is a crucial moment to take the wheel in Canada, a member of NATO and the group of 7 industrialized nations and the second largest country in the world for land mass.
Trump has put his thumb on Canadian politics, through his search again on the rates against Canadian goods, which threaten to paralyze the economy and their threatening comments on annexation.
Trudeau summed up the mood within his own party and much of the Canadian society, speaking at the Liberal Party Convention to a crowd worshiping Ottawa just before his successor was announced.
« This is a defining moment of the nation. Democracy is not given. Freedom is not given, « said Trudeau. » Even Canada is not a fact. «
Carney said he supported the retaliation rates adopted by Canada. « My government will keep our rates until the North -Americans show us respect, » he said.
Canadian voters have suggested opinion researchers that who could best plant with Mr. Trump has been a key question that guides the election of Mr. Carney and future decisions in the federal elections.
The federal elections must be held in October in accordance with the rules of Canada. The Conservative Party, led by Mr. PoilievreHe had long maintained a another another another on the liberals at the polls, but the gap has closed since Mr. Trudeau announced his resignation and Mr. Trump began to move against Canada.
It ultimate survey Suggests that most respondents would choose Mr. Carney about Mr. Poilievre if he led the Liberal Party in the election. The poll also shows that the Canadians would prefer Mr. Carney who negotiated with Mr. Trump on Mr. Poilievre. Mr. Poilievre has suffered a serious mishap in the surveys, as some voters see him too close to Mr. Trump.
And on Sunday night, Mr. Carney quickly turned to the federal election campaign rhetoric to attack Mr. Poilievre, who launched him as a devoid of real and too admirable experience of Mr. Trump to challenge him.
« Donald Trump believes that he can weaken us with his plan of dividing and conquering. Pierre Poilievre’s plan will leave us divided and ready to be conquered, « he said.
Mr. Carney’s experience in managing great crisis as a technocrat could also give him an advantage over Mr. Poilievre in people’s perceptions. Poilievre, 45, has been a lifelong politician without much experience outside of roughness and the fall of Canada.
The establishment of the Liberal Party gathered around the campaign of Mr. Carney against Ms. Freeland, an old superior lieutenant of Mr. Trudeau, whose resignation triggered Mr. Trudeau’s own decision to give up.
And it has been clear that the Conservative Party also sees Mr. Carney as the greatest threat: he has been posting negative ads against him, focusing on his personal wealth and investment decisions.
A key issue will be if Mr. Carney may be different from Mr. Trudeau, with whom he advised and was kind. The Canadians want to change after a decade of Mr. Trudeau and the Conservative Party emphasized the personal and ideological links between the two men.
Apart from Mr. Trump, Canada faces a large number of problems that many voters blame Mr. Trudeau, especially a crisis of accessibility, with housing and the cost of crushing life for many Canadians.
But there are also broader and more existential problems about the way Canada is pressured. One is the way to use the great natural resources of Canada, including oil, gas and coal, as well as the ingredient of potash vital fertilizers, rare minerals and uranium needed for nuclear energy.
Mr. Carney, in the years following his monetary career career, appeared as a global evangelist for green investment, and will have to decide how to use the huge natural endowments in Canada.
Immigration has been another key issue for Canadians. The country has been historically open to both economic migrants and refugees, but after the pandemic, Mr. Trudeau oversaw a rapid growth in temporary migration to Canada to help fill a shortage of work.
This has launched a reaction, with the migrants accused of moving a housing market and a dysfunctional health system.
In his acceptance speech, Mr. Carney also sought to mark his liberal credentials and convince people who, despite having made a fortune in finance, is still a progressive, adjusted to the party’s DNA.
« I know the markets have no values, people do it, » he said. « When the markets go well, they offer big jobs and a strong growth better than anything. But the markets are also indifferent to human suffering and are blind to our greatest needs, « he added.
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