Mark Carney launches bid to succeed Trudeau

After nearly a decade of speculation about his political aspirations, Mark Carney has today formally declared that he wants be Canada’s next Prime Minister. The former Bank of England Governor kicked off his campaign to be the next Liberal party leader at a community centre in Alberta, promising to build the fastest-growing economy in the G7 if elected. ‘I’m doing this because Canada is the best country in the world, but it still could be even better,’ he said.

Carney was tipped as one of the first names to replace Justin Trudeau when the latter announced his resignation timetable ten days ago. He teased a bid on Tuesday when appearing on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, suggesting that for the Liberals to win an election ‘in a situation like this, you need change. You need to address the economy.’ That was the theme to which he returned this afternoon, trading on his experience in running the UK and Canada central banks.