Mark Carney will become Canada’s next prime minister after winning the Liberal Party leadership with over 85% of the vote. He replaces Justin Trudeau, who announced his resignation in January.
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00:02Mark Carney will become Canada's next prime minister after winning the Liberal Party
00:06leadership with over 85% of the vote. He replaces Justin Trudeau, who announced his
00:11resignation in January. The former central banker criticized U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war
00:17and annexation threats, vowing to maintain retaliatory tariffs until Americans show
00:21respect, he said. Carney is a former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor.
00:26Raising Canadian nationalism amid U.S. tensions has bolstered liberal support,
00:31while conservatives had hoped to campaign against Trudeau.