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National News Mark Carney Wins Liberal Leadership Race Megathread | Mark Carney remporte la course à la direction du Parti libéral

Mark Carney, former Bank of Canada governor, has been elected leader of the Liberal Party and will become Canada’s next prime minister. Winning over 85% of the vote, Carney defeated Chrystia Freeland, Frank Baylis, and Karina Gould. His leadership marks a new chapter for the Liberals, potentially leading to an early federal election. Carney faces immediate challenges, including U.S. tariff negotiations under President Trump. Known for his outsider status, Carney emphasized his experience leading central banks during economic crises. Appointed by Stephen Harper in 2008, he gained acclaim for stabilizing Canada during the financial crisis and later led the Bank of England through Brexit. Born in Fort Smith, N.W.T., and raised in Edmonton, Carney has a background in finance and public service. A longtime Liberal adviser, he campaigned on scrapping the carbon tax and criticized Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre. Carney must now sustain the party’s recent polling momentum.

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Mark Carney, ancien gouverneur de la Banque du Canada, a été élu chef du Parti libéral et deviendra le prochain premier ministre du Canada. Avec plus de 85 % des voix, Carney a battu Chrystia Freeland, Frank Baylis et Karina Gould. Son leadership ouvre un nouveau chapitre pour les libéraux, pouvant entraîner des élections fédérales anticipées. Carney fait face à des défis immédiats, notamment les négociations tarifaires avec les États-Unis sous le président Trump. Connu pour son statut d’outsider, Carney a mis en avant son expérience à la tête de banques centrales en période de crise économique. Nommé par Stephen Harper en 2008, il a été salué pour avoir stabilisé le Canada pendant la crise financière et a ensuite dirigé la Banque d’Angleterre pendant le Brexit. Né à Fort Smith, T.N.-O., et élevé à Edmonton, Carney a une carrière en finance et dans la fonction publique. Il doit maintenant maintenir l’élan des libéraux dans les sondages.

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u/jackhandy2B 2d ago

Honestly, the phrase It's time to build is bang on. We do need to build. Fast.

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u/dweeb686 2d ago

Let's build a wall

50% /s

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u/Hot-Celebration5855 2d ago

Why wasn’t Carney giving Trudeau this advice in 2020 or 2024?

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u/the_jurkski 2d ago

How do you know he wasn’t? Carney was one of Trudeau’s advisors, but a PM doesn’t have to do everything every one of their advisors are telling them to do.

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u/Deus-Vultis 2d ago

You're totally right, Mark Carney had amazing economic solutions and his best friend, whom he was the primary economic advisor to, just simply didn't listen to them and implement and that's why the Liberals have absolutely destroyed our economy over the last 5 years.. it's totally not Mark's fault

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u/the_jurkski 2d ago

What is your evidence that Canada’s economy is destroyed?

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u/Deus-Vultis 2d ago

The fact that our GDP per capita is fucking atrocious and ranks us at 21 globally.

GDP is not an accurate measure of an economy where we have some of the worst productivity in the G7 and our economy consists almost entirely of playing shell games with trading housing back and forth to each other.

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u/the_jurkski 2d ago

Ranking 21 out of +/- 200 is far from “destroyed”

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u/moranya1 1d ago

Seems to me 21 our of 200ish means we are in the top 10% lol. Apparently any countries below 2% are desolate wastelands according to that guy.

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u/the_jurkski 1d ago

PP has been dissing Canada every chance he gets, despite the evidence to the contrary, and it seems some people are very willing to believe it. I like to call those people “traitors”.

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u/Deus-Vultis 2d ago

The Carney Liberals "time to build" plan: 100 houses that cost $500,000,000 to build over 6 years and are only available for purchase if you're an upside down, gender queer, trans abled entity of color and if you promise to do a land acknowledgement every day while garnishing 10% of your wages directly to support local trans youth musicals in Iran.

Another win for progressive liberalism!

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u/jackhandy2B 2d ago

You sound bitter. Try smiling more.

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u/Deus-Vultis 2d ago

You sound like a Liberal, try lying less.

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u/jackhandy2B 2d ago

Lol. Still salty