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Mark Carney is the new leader of the Liberal Party of Canada

by empressplay on 3/10/25, 2:27 AM with 49 comments

  • by rayiner on 3/10/25, 2:57 AM

    Note that he’s only Prime Minister temporarily. He’s replacing Trudeau and will call elections soon (must be before October) and will go up against Poilievre.

    EDIT: Didn’t mean to suggest he won’t win the election. But he’ll have to defend the seat.

  • by jasoneckert on 3/10/25, 2:46 AM

    The speeches tonight by Chrétien and Carney were quite powerful and succinct. There were a lot of gems in there that will likely go viral on US and Canada news networks.

    But what struck me the most from the speeches was the strong sense of certainty that Carney is the right person to take Canada into the next decade.

  • by karaokeyoga on 3/10/25, 3:12 AM

  • by from-nibly on 3/10/25, 3:30 AM

    > Mark Carney steps into an unprecedented moment

    Allow me to be obtuse, and correct me if I'm wrong here, but isn't every moment unprecedented? Like, isn't that how time works?

  • by abe94 on 3/10/25, 2:44 AM

    I keep forgetting this is the same Mark Carney that ran the bank of England

  • by ghssds on 3/10/25, 2:52 AM

    "Les canadiens et les canadiens sont inquiets du cul de la vie!" --Mark Carney.

    The next few years will be delightful.

  • by Freedom2 on 3/10/25, 3:51 AM

    Interesting to read the perspective of Americans who don't understand that different countries have different election systems, and that Canada doesn't directly elect their PMs.

  • by nayuki on 3/10/25, 3:17 AM

    > On that note, he announced the carbon tax would soon be cancelled.

    I'm super-disappointed. The carbon tax is the most effective market-based mechanism for controlling carbon dioxide emissions. The majority of economists support it, while political support trails behind significantly.

    Also, it's disingenuous to only focus on axing the carbon tax without mentioning that the quarterly refund to every resident of Canada will also be axed. The carbon tax is designed as a revenue-neutral program.

  • by GypsyKing716 on 3/10/25, 3:12 AM

    Sorry to hear this news. I don't want to spoil the party, but the bucking heads between both countries, especially as a border town dual-citizen, its only going to make living in the Canada that much more difficult for me. The US economy is 9x bigger and with a population of 45M vs. 325M+ - its crazy. Ontario dominates the political spectrum (just a point of fact, not of affiliation) it doesn't allow for collaboration across the provinces. BC and AB are booming, and Ontario just keeps stagnating their innovation trains and economic prosperity and we're likely to see this continue into the future as Toronto and Ottawa just dictate the population as a whole from a central "neck of the woods" thinking.

    God save the King, but at what cost?!

    Love you Americans. I'm sorry, we're assholes when it comes to nationalism sometimes, but its just going to be difficult for a few years for us.