Ottawa (TDI): Canada’s Liberal Party overwhelmingly elected Mark Carney as the country’s next prime minister on Sunday, as the former central banker warned of “dark days” brought on by the United States under President Donald Trump.
Carney lost no time taking a defiant stance against the US president he accused of “attacking Canadian workers, families, and businesses.”
“We cannot let him succeed,” said Mark Carney, who will take over from outgoing Liberal leader, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in the coming days.
Carney may not have the job for long as the country must hold elections by October but could well see a snap poll within weeks.
Current polls put the opposition Conservatives as slight favorites.
In his victory speech to a crowd of party supporters in Ottawa, Carney warned the United States under Trump was seeking to seize control of Canada.
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He said, “The Americans want our resources, our land, our water, our country.”
“These are dark days, dark days brought on by a nation we can no longer trust.” Carney said.
Carney won 85.9% of the about 152,000 votes cast. Freeland took just 8% of the vote.
Carney campaigned on a promise to stand up to Donald Trump.
The US president has repeatedly spoken about annexing Canada and thrown bilateral trade, the backbone of the Canadian economy, into chaos with massive tariff actions that have veered in different directions since he took office.
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Carney has argued that his experience makes him the ideal counter to Trump, portraying himself as a seasoned economic crisis manager who led the Bank of Canada (BoC) through the 2008-2009 financial crisis and the Bank of England (BoE) through the turbulence that followed the 2016 Brexit vote.
