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Canada’s Liberal Party has a New Leader
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Former central banker Mark Carney won a landslide to replace Justin Trudeau as head of the federal Liberal Party on Sunday. Raking in nearly eighty-six percent of the 150,000 votes cast, Carney appears to have benefitted from considerable distance from the outgoing Trudeau government along with his experience as governor of national banks during times of crisis. He is expected to succeed Trudeau sometime this week.
In his acceptance speech, Carney addressed his nation’s contentions with its southern neighbor:
The Canadian government is rightly retaliating with our own tariffs that will have maximum impact in the United States and minimum impact here in Canada. And my government will keep our tariffs on until the Americans show us respect… America is not Canada, and Canada never, ever will be part of America in any way, shape or form… Look, we didn’t ask for this fight. We didn’t ask for this fight, but Canadians are always ready when someone else drops the gloves. Make no mistake, Canada will win.
In an effort to head off the Conservative Party’s Pierre Poilievre, Carney is expected to call for elections within weeks, hoping to capitalize on the Liberals’ boost in the polls following the tariff enactment by the United States. Carney’s experience as Governor of the Bank of Canada during the 2008 financial crisis and at the head of the Bank of England through the Brexit transition are expected to help bolster confidence in the Liberal Party’s ability to cool Canada’s economic dependence on America.
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Doesn’t seem to be the most charismatic speaker (clip is only 52 seconds)
Alas probably doesn’t need to be given the current political climate.
Still hoping the Conservative Pierre Poilievre wins the next election there. Canada and the US will both be better off.
Too bad Trump couldn’t meet at a rally with Pierre P. and discuss Pierre’s vision for how to save Canada. Trump could compliment the truckers’ protest, and admire all of Pierre’s good common sense, and hint broadly that all this tariff stuff would never be necessary between two great countries of the West, as long as one of them stops insisting on descending into socialist woke madness.
Might be election tampering, but it would be a nice rally.
Just fair turnabout/tit-for-tat, considering what Trudeau has said and done.
Maybe in the past but given the events of last month, I don’t think there is any Canadian politician that would currently be looking for a Trump endorsement.
A lot of American politicians thought they didn’t want Trump’s endorsement either, until they did.