98 m. ago Looking back at Mark Carney's Bank of England career as he takes over from Justin Trudeau

Mark Carney will take over at a tumultuous time in Canada, which is in the midst of a trade war with the US

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2 h. ago Trump refuses to rule out recession and new Canadian PM Mark Carney vows to win trade war: Live updates

President’s remarks follow turbulent week as markets rattled by series of chaotic tariff announcements and immediate walkbacks

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2 h. ago Canadians believe that Mark Carney is the man to stand up to Donald Trump | Colin Horgan

The newly appointed Liberal leader is likely to call a federal election to bolster his mandate, but Canadians seem to see him as the best bet to counter US tariffsWhen Mark Carney took the job as governor of the Bank of England in 2013, he negotiated a five-year term rather than the traditional eight-year tenure. The sense was that he was eager to get back to Canada to run for office in the next federal election. But that election came and went in 2019, and Carney instead extended his tenure at the Bank, ultimately leaving it in 2020. A year later, the Guardian asked him whether he’d be prime minister of Canada some day. Carney was deliberately coy. “Er, look at the time!” he laughed, with a raised eyebrow.No need to be cute any more. On Sunday evening, Carney won the Liberal leadership race in a landslide, capturing 85.9% of the overall riding points on the first count. The party allocates 100 possible points to each constituency (or ridings, as they’re known), and those points are...

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2 h. ago The rise and fall of Justin Trudeau – with Mark Carney to become Canada’s next prime minister

The leader was once a poster boy for liberalism but will be replaced after nearly 10 years in office

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5 h. ago Canada's next PM Mark Carney takes aim at Donald Trump as ex

Mark Carney replaces Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced his resignation in January but remains in post until his successor is sworn in

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5 h. ago Canada's next prime minister Mark Carney demands Trump and US 'show us respect' after being elected to replace Trudeau

Former central banker Mark Carney was today chosen to take over Trudeau as the Liberal party leader and Prime Minister of Canada.

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6 h. ago Mark Carney: Canada’s new PM calls Trump tariffs ‘the greatest crisis of our lifetime’

Mark Carney, the former Bank of England governor, has been named as Canada’s new prime minister succeeding Justin Trudeau ahead of the country's general election.

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11 h. ago Who is Mark Carney, former central banker replacing Justin Trudeau as prime minister of Canada?

Carney has promised to stand up for Canada amid brewing trade war with Trump and speed up sluggish growth in national economy

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11 h. ago Justin Trudeau weeps as he gives emotional farewell speech in front of his family and makes one FINAL dig at Donald Trump

A weeping Justin Trudeau has taken one last swipe at Donald Trump during his final speech as Prime Minister of Canada. 

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12 h. ago New Canadian PM Mark Carney vows to fight US trade war ‘until Trump shows respect’

Mark Carney hit out at Donald Trump for trying to ‘destroy the Canadian way of life’ as he vowed to ‘fight’ and win the US trade war

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12 h. ago Justin Trudeau sheds tears in farewell speech as departing Canadian prime minister takes ANOTHER swipe at Donald Trump

A weeping Justin Trudeau has taken one last swipe at Donald Trump during his final speech as Prime Minister of Canada. 

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12 h. ago Canada will never be part of America, Mark Carney says after winning PM race

Former Bank of England governor Mark Carney has won the race to succeed Justin Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister.

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13 h. ago Watch: Former Bank of England governor succeeds Justin Trudeau as Canada’s next prime minister

Watch the moment former Bank of England governor Mark Carney was announced as Canada’s next prime minister, succeeding Justin Trudeau after nine years in power.

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13 h. ago Mark Carney to replace Justin Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister

Former head of the central banks of Canada and England must now try to ease trade tensions with Donald Trump

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13 h. ago Can Mark Carney win an election in Canada and a trade war with the US?

The former central banker has strong economic credentials but is untested politically

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13 h. ago Who is the man who will become the next prime minister of Canada?

Former central banker Mark Carney will become Canada’s next prime minister after he won Liberal Party leadership vote in a landslide

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13 h. ago Justin Trudeau says Canada faces 'existential challenge' from 'neighbour' US

Former Bank of England boss Mark Carney has won the Liberal leadership race in Canada to become the country's new Prime Minister, replacing Justin Trudeau

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13 h. ago Mark Carney to be next Canada PM after winning Liberal leadership race

Former central banker will be only second prime minister in Canadian history without a seat in parliamentMark Carney, the former central banker who oversaw the response to financial crises in North America and the UK, will become the next prime minister of Canada after winning the race to lead the country’s federal Liberal party.“America is not Canada. And Canada never, ever, will be part of America in any way, shape or form,” Carney told supporters, laying bare the existential crisis that has outraged Canadians, riven the longstanding relationship with the US, and promises to be the overarching theme in his tenure as prime minister. Continue reading...

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27 h. ago Still uncertain about Trump? Let Boris Johnson guide you on this ‘very compassionate man’ | Catherine Bennett

Some of the president’s Tory fans seem to find the grim reality of the president’s actions invigorating rather than terrifyingShort of emigration, what is the best option for Britain’s dazzled Trump followers now their hero confirms he is not Europe’s ally but Vladimir Putin’s? That’s assuming what we can’t in the case of Nigel Farage MP: that they do not share the US president’s well-documented weakness for a genocidal invader. Even his more respectable British acolytes have until recently finessed, quite successfully, their love of Trump with his long history of Putin-pleasing. No one more so than Boris Johnson, former prime minister, self-styled saviour of Ukraine and still Trump’s most dependable British idiot.To Johnson’s way of thinking, detailed in numerous Daily Mail columns, it is Trump-doubters who are always the ridiculous, panicking, hysterical, whingeing headless chickens. When Trump looked likely to win the US election, Johnson likened the reaction of the “western libe...

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49 h. ago How Trump’s dizzying jerks and jolts on tariffs are ‘freezing’ US business

As the US president warns of a ‘a little short-term interruption’, businesses are struggling to make decisions amid heightened uncertaintyDonald Trump declared there to be “no room left” for a deal with Canada and Mexico this week, launching a trade war against his nation’s closest allies that he presented as an effort to protect America’s soul.Then he pulled back. It wasn’t his first feint and retreat. It probably won’t be the last. Continue reading...

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