On Wednesday 15 March 2023, the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee spoke to Mark Carney, former Governor of the Bank of England and UN Special Envoy for Climate Action. © House of Lords 2023 / photography by Roger Harris
Canada’s newly installed Prime Minister, Mark Carney, is taking aim at President Donald Trump over the trade war. Foreign Policy’s Justin Ling reports:
Former central bank governor Mark Carney has been selected as the successor to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the Liberal Party leader. He’s now slated to become the next prime minister—and likely preparing to launch an early general election campaign as Canada faces an onslaught of threats and tariffs from U.S. President Donald Trump.
After winning an overwhelming victory with support from more than 130,000 members of the Liberal Party, Carney is set to become prime minister at a time when Ottawa says the White House is violating its free trade agreement with Ottawa, threatening to redraw the border, and demanding that Canada give up its sovereignty and become the United States’ 51st state.
Amid these threats, Carney has positioned himself as the captain of “Team Canada,” an emerging movement of Canadians who are boycotting U.S. goods, forgoing vacations in the United States, and donning increasingly popular “Canada is not for sale” hats.
While his predecessor once proclaimed that Canada was the world’s “first post-national state,” Carney is leaning heavily into nationalism as he readies to seek a fresh mandate. And his supporters, many of whom convened in Ottawa on Sunday afternoon to learn the results of the party election, seemed eager for it.
“The Americans, they should make no mistake,” Carney told hundreds of supporters after the results were released. “In trade, as in hockey, Canada will win,” he said. That line earned some of the most enthusiastic cheers of the day.
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