OTTAWA — The race to replace Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is dominated by one name: Donald Trump. How to wrestle with the incoming president and his tariff threats has emerged as the defining question in the Liberal Party leadership contest.
All major U.S. banks have quit a climate initiative known as the Net-Zero Banking Alliance. Formed in 2021 as a subgroup of a Mark Carney-led climate finance group, it now faces an uncertain future, even as Canadian and European banks remain for now.
Liberal MPs said they have party unity, President Donald Trump's tariff threats and the economy top of mind as they decide on their next leader.
Mark Carney was the first non-British person to become governor of the Bank of England in its more than 300-year history when he took the job in 2013. He had previously worked at the investment bank Goldman Sachs, and served as the governor of the Bank of Canada, the country's central bank.
Mark Carney went on late night television in the U.S. Monday night to talk Trump, tariffs and carbon tax, but played coy on any plans to seek the Liberal leadership.
After months of speculation about his future, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney launched his campaign to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader on Thursday with a promise to build the fastest-growing economy in the G7 if he's elected.
The deadline for candidates to declare for liberal leader has passed with a total of people looking to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Mark J. Carney ’87 — a member of Harvard’s Board of Overseers, the University’s second-highest governing body — launched his campaign to become Canada’s next prime minister at a rally in Edmonton, Alberta Thursday afternoon.
Former central banker Mark Carney has strongly suggested he will run to be Canada’s next prime minister during an appearance on Jon Stewart’s ‘The Daily Show’.
Chrystia Freeland has called for economic retaliation if President-elect Trump follows through with his threat to impose tariffs.
The departures from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance began with Goldman Sachs' announcement on Dec. 6 and come ahead of Donald Trump's return to the White House next week. Trump has been critical of efforts by governments to prescribe climate-change policies.
As U.S. President Donald Trump toys with slapping massive tariffs on Canadian goods next week, the front-runners vying to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are both vowing to respond with dollar-for-dollar retaliation.