Former central banker Mark Carney won the race to become leader of Canada's ruling Liberal Party and will succeed Justin Trudeau as prime minister, official results showed on Sunday (March 9).
Carney will take over at a tumultuous time in Canada, which is in the midst of a trade war with longtime ally the United States under President Donald Trump and must hold a general election soon.
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Carney will take over at a tumultuous time in Canada, which is in the midst of a trade war with longtime ally the United States under President Donald Trump and must hold a general election soon.
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00:00In first place, the next Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, with 131,674 votes, resulting in 29,457 allocated points, representing 85.9% of the vote.
00:22My government will put into action our plan to build a stronger economy, to create new trading relationships with reliable trading partners, and to secure our borders.
00:38There's someone who's trying to do the opposite. There's someone who's trying to weaken our economy.
00:44Donald Trump. Donald Trump. And Donald Trump, as we know, has put, as the Prime Minister just said, unjustified tariffs on what we build, on what we sell, on how we make a living.
01:06He's attacking Canadian families, workers, and businesses, and we cannot let him succeed. And we won't. We won't.
01:20The Canadian government has rightly retaliated and is rightly retaliating with our own tariffs that will have maximum impact in the United States and minimum impact here in Canada.
01:33And my government will keep our tariffs on until the Americans show us respect.
01:43The Americans want our resources, our water, our land, our country. Think about it. If they succeeded, they would destroy our way of life.
01:59In America, health care is a big business. In Canada, it is a right.
02:14America is not Canada. And Canada never, ever will be part of America in any way, shape, or form.
02:39We didn't ask for this fight. We didn't ask for this fight. But Canadians are always ready when someone else drops the gloves.
02:48So the Americans, they should make no mistake. In trade, as in hockey, Canada will win.
02:57Those Americans.
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