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Liberal Leader Mark Carney will be be sworn in as Canada’s new prime minister on Friday, Gov. Gen. Mary Simon’s office confirmed Wednesday. A statement said a swearing-in ceremony for Carney and his cabinet will be held at Rideau Hall at 11 a.m. Eastern. Carney will replace outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau after winning a…
Mark Carney, Canada’s next PM and US President Donald Trump (AP Image, File Image) Mark Carney, who has been selected as Canada‘s next prime minister after Justin Trudeau announced his resignation, said that US President Donald Trump is attacking Canadian workers, and families, and Ottawa cannot let him succeed.Responding to Trump’s trade war and his…
He wasn’t on the stage but U.S. President Donald Trump’s shadow towered over the Liberal leadership race during Monday night’s French-language debate. The candidates — former central banker Mark Carney, former finance minister Chrystia Freeland, former government House leader Karina Gould and former MP Frank Baylis — spent much of the debate talking about the…
The federal body established to protect Canada’s electoral process will be monitoring the Liberal Party of Canada’s leadership campaign for possible foreign interference as the race to replace Justin Trudeau gets underway. The Security and Intelligence Threats to Election Task Force (SITE) was established in 2019 and includes representatives of CSIS, the RCMP, Global Affairs Canada…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 13, 2025 7:37 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size As a race to elect a new Liberal leader quickly approaches, a high-profile candidate appears set to throw their hat into the ring. Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney is expected to…
A majority of Canadians support Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to step down, yet his announcement this week has not changed the Liberal party’s fortunes, new polling suggests. Eight in 10 (81 per cent) Canadians said they are in favour of Trudeau’s resignation, with more than half saying they “strongly approve” of it, according to…
Chrystia Freeland, now a member of the Liberal backbench, is the pick of several of her backbench peers to succeed Justin Trudeau as leader and as prime minister of Canada. But her popularity is not universal, some MPs have told Global News. In fact, some of Trudeau’s ministers resent the method and timing of her…
The Liberal government was thrown into disarray this week when Chrystia Freeland stepped down from cabinet as finance minister, reviving calls for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down or call an election. Way down in the polls with 2025 set as an election year and no signs of a Liberal recovery on the horizon,…
