Mark Carney to Replace Justin Trudeau as Canada Prime Minister Amid Ongoing Tariff War with US? What We Know So Far- wna24

Toronto: Canada is witnessing an internal political turmoil as it continues to fight tariff threats from US President Donald Trump amid the ongoing tariff war between the two countries. Canada PM Justin Trudeau is all set to be replaced in a leadership vote this Sunday and all eyes are on Mark Carney, who is the likely candidate.

The governing Liberal Party of Canada will be choosing Justin Trudeau’s replacement as the Prime Minister of Canada in a leadership vote on Sunday, and it may be former central banker Mark Carney. The Conservative opposition aimed to center the election around Trudeau, whose popularity declined due to rising food and housing costs and increased immigration. Although Trudeau announced his resignation in January, he remains in office until a successor is selected. 

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While election laws require a vote by October, it is expected to take place sooner. Trump’s trade war and his rhetoric about making Canada the 51st state have angered Canadians, with many booing the American anthem at NHL and NBA games. The growing wave of Canadian nationalism has strengthened the Liberal Party’s prospects in the upcoming Parliamentary elections; Liberal support has been rising in opinion polls, and with decades of stable relations with the US now disrupted, the upcoming election is set to focus on which leader is best suited to manage relations with the United States.

A banker by profession, Mark Carney was head of Canada’s Central Bank and had navigated several crises successfully; he was the first non-citizen to run the Bank of England since its foundation in 1694. Mark Carney has often been appreciated and credited for cutting interest rates to the lowest – up to 1 per cent, to keep the money flowing through the Canadian economy. He was praised after Canada had one of the quickest recoveries from the 2008 financial crisis, as compared to many other countries.

59-years-old Mark Carney declared his candidacy in January and has been picking up endorsements from the Cabinet Ministers and the Members of Parliament ever since. 

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Apart from Mark Carney, another name that has been floating for the position of the Canada PM, is that of the former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, Chrystia Freeland, who resigned in December last year, after releasing a scathing letter about the government. Freeland’s resignation was a major blow to Trudeau amid the already-fickle political circumstances.

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A lot has been going on in Canada for the past year; following the blasphemous allegations made by Trudeau on India over the Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar’s killing, the relations between the two countries were severely strained. Trudeau also lost popularity and soon, due to internal pressure, had to resign from his post. While he continued to remain in power till the next Prime Minister was elected, a tariff war with the US began, with Canada now announcing retaliatory tariffs. 

Amid the ongoing US-Canada tariff war, about 1,40,000 members of the Liberal Party will be picking a new leader in a secret vote, which will be announced tomorrow, on Sunday. The announcement of Trudeau’s replacement is likely to trigger an election; the new Liberal Party leader will then call a no-confidence vote or it could be forced by the Opposition parties in the Parliament, this month.