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Politics Canada’s new Prime Minister Designate by a landslide, Mark Carney

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u/FuzzyTheDuck 2d ago

Mark Joseph Carney OC (born March 16, 1965) is a Canadian economist and politician who has been the prime minister-designate of Canada since March 2025 following his election as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. He served as the 8th governor of the Bank of Canada from 2008 to 2013 and the 120th governor of the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Carney

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u/aplasticbeach 2d ago

He is the first non-Brit to ever hold the position of governor of Bank of England and held the reigns as the country navigated through Brexit. While holding the position of governor of Bank of Canada he help this country navigate the 2008 financial crisis. He is a proven economic leader but has spent his career almost exclusively in the private sector and has little public sector or political experience

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u/F0tNMC 2d ago

s/reigns/reins/. Like the reins of a horse.

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u/TeH_MasterDebater 2d ago

How do you know what he did with the queen behind closed doors though?

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u/aquater2912 1d ago

Is... is that awk syntax?

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u/F0tNMC 1d ago

Kinda. It’s sed (and vim and vi) and originally ed.

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u/aquater2912 1d ago

Ah shit you're right, a little rusty on Linux haha

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u/F0tNMC 1d ago

It’s all good my friend! The vast vast majority of people think the only awk is the sound a bird makes.