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Mark Carney to replace Justin Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister (www.ft.com)

submitted 6 days ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/news@beehaw.org

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Canada’s ruling Liberal Party has elected Mark Carney as its new leader and therefore Prime Minister, setting up a face-off between the former central banker and US President Donald Trump.

On Sunday afternoon the Liberal party announced Carney had won the contest to replace Justin Trudeau, who stepped down as leader in January after months of party infighting and poor polling.

However, celebrations for Carney and his team in Ottawa will be shortlived as Canada faces a trade war with its southern neighbour. Trump has threatened to levy broad tariffs on Canada’s imports and taunted that the country should become the 51st state of the US.

Carney is expected to immediately replace Trudeau, who was at the Liberal party event on Sunday.

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[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 0 points 6 days ago (6 children)

Haha, yes, an outsider central banker! The solution to the little guy's problems! No politics experience at all, the perfect man to defeat fascism!

[–] zaperberry@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Thanks for your well rounded contribution. Yes, in the context it was written, he is a political outsider. No need to be so sensitive about it.

I'm of the opinion he will be more of the same while being quieter about things than Trudeau was, but people sort of want some financial literacy within government and Trudeau's Liberals were not that. Carney certainly wouldn't be my first choice but looking at the other options it's not rocket science to see why he was chosen.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 0 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

He's not an "outsider" he is the system.

[–] zaperberry@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

He's a political outsider. I'd love to hear about all of the political experience he has that don't make him an outsider POLITICALLY. I'll wait.

Mark Carney is 100% pro status quo, pro establishment, pro big business. We can agree on that without being so dramatic.

And if we can't avoid being dramatic, then I'll pose a dramatic question based on your response in a manner similar to your responses. If Mark Carney IS the system, then our problems go away if he's not elected, right? After all, you said he IS the system, not a part of it.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

🤡

[–] zaperberry@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Great example, exactly as expected. Life must be good up on that high horse. It's always the most sensitive snowflakes.

Have a great day anyway, dummy.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 1 points 5 days ago

Okay liberal 🤣

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