The race to replace Justin Trudeau has been not so much a contest, as a coronation. Mark Carney, the former Governor of the Bank of England, won the Liberal leadership in a landslide last night, obtaining 85 per cent of the vote and crushing rival Chrystia Freeland. He will now be sworn in as Prime Minister in the coming days, with a general election expected to be called within weeks.
Speaking after his victory in the two-month-long contest, Carney says his nation faces 'dark, dark days, brought on by a country we can no longer trust'. That is a reference to the single issue which has dominated his leadership campaign: Donald Trump's tariff threats. The American president's bombast has played perfectly for Carney, who has traded constantly on his experience in steering Canada through the Great Recession as head of Ottawa's central bank from 2008 to 2013.
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