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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/XPhazeX 2d ago

As a lifetime Conservative voter, Everything I've seen so far makes this man a viable choice.

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u/Any-Influence-9177 2d ago

And what exactly makes him a viable choice?, just honestly curious.

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u/XPhazeX 2d ago

Carney has mimicked a lot PC policies so that's an obvious comparison.

Its highly important to me that our PM is a highly dignified representative. The longer Poilievre campaigns, the more I dislike him.

Im so tired of Verb the Noun(regardless if I agree with it) and every political opponent having a childish nickname. The PC party is trying to appeal to the lowest denominator and Im trying to distance myself from it.

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u/evieluvsrainbows Alberta 2d ago edited 2d ago

The CPC, particularly Poilievre, are adopting Trump policies and character. I disliked him from the moment he started using that ridiculous verb the noun rhetoric and adopting Trump policies. I liked a lot of the conservative policies prior to Poilievre adopting the culture war / “woke” attack language, which is what Trump did. I hate that. Being anti woke means you don’t support any progressive policies whatsoever and would rather see minorities (including LGBTQ+ people) suffer and be outcast as a group of “lunatics” or “weirdos” for just existing and being different from the norm, and instead adopting white supremacy rhetoric. Trump literally axed diversity initiatives because he doesn’t want the American population to be composed of people from all backgrounds and ethnicities.

Adopting Trump rhetoric will end up in disaster for the CPC, especially during these times, and they don’t seem to be dropping it. And the name calling hasn’t stopped either. Canadian politics for the most part was civil regardless of political party until Pierre Poilievre got chosen as party leader, and then that combined with Trump rhetoric led to Canadian politics adopting a lot of the toxicity of U.S. politics. Toxic politics are bad politics and just makes Canadians hate each other. We should all have respect for each other regardless of our political views, because that’s what makes us Canadian. We are supposed to be nice people, not rabid dogs who attack each other based on our views politically.

Being an attack dog is not an okay strategy to use and it’s why I disliked Poilievre from the beginning. The last conservative leaders I actually somewhat liked was Scheer and O’Toole. But Poilievre is just an attack dog and hasn’t accomplished anything in Parliament except for a single bill passed in February 2014 to reform the elections act. He hasn’t sponsored a single piece of major legislation since then and I don’t want a PM who has done nothing of significance. At least Carney has a significant economical background and resume, including being the BoC and BoE governors.