Can Mark Carney win an election in Canada and a trade war with the US?

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For more than a decade, this is one of the questionable questions of Canada politics: Will Mark Carnie be the next Prime Minister?

On Sunday, members of the Liberal Party chose the former central banker to replace Justin Trudeau as their leader and answered this question.

The big unknown now hangs the Governor of the former Bank of Canada and the Bank of England: can he save the Liberal Party from electoral destruction, and he can discuss any trade war with Donald Trump?

Surveys show that the Liberals narrow the interval of 8 points with Karni with anti -conservatives. Analysts say that a part of the cause is the US president.

For more than a year, the leader of the opposition Conservative Party, Pierre Pilivre, has led the election for the top 20 points over 20 points than former Prime Minister Trudeau. However, in the face of Trump’s anti -Canadian attack, Carney has renewed the relevance of the Liberals during the renewed Canadian patriotism.

“Carnie has brought new faces to the dynamic, he can represent a kind of change in the Liberal Party that can be quite a great look at the Canadian ten -year -old government,” Dmitry Anastakis, a professor of business management professor at the University of Toronto, says.

Surveys show that Carnie Trump is the desired leader to discuss with Trump, who has repeatedly threatened to connect Canada and to build it as the 5th state and impose destructive tariffs.

However, to be the Prime Minister for more than a few months, Carnie should be explained to people not only the liberal party voters, but also to the people for this purpose. He will call for a federal election shortly after taking oath this week. Such elections must be held in any way by October this year.

Carney comes from a modest background with a strong Catholic policy, but has worked on the way to the trap of the opportunity.

Teachers’ sons, Carnie grew up in Edmonton in Alberta and graduated from Harvard and Oxford universities, as the second Rhodes Scholar. In Oxford, he met the British economist with his wife Diana Fox.

John Manley, a former finance minister of the liberal government of Prime Minister Jean Craatian, said before the appointment of Carnie as the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada in the 21st, he asked him why he wanted to be a bureaucracy in Autova after working on Wall Street.

“Carnie said he wanted his daughters to grow as Canadian, he made enough money. He also said that ‘I believe in public service,’ and I think this is the measure of his character, “Manley said.

Carney has returned to this theme in big moments during his career.

Which has become known as “Tragedy of the horizon” Speech At 28, Carney warned that climate change would lead to financial crisis and falling life unless companies did more to reduce its impact.

In his 2022 book Values: Creating a better world for everyoneCarney argued that financial markets need to be paid the maximum number for the maximum number, not the elite few.

However, Carnie’s career was not disputed.

As the first non-British born person as the Governor of the Bank of England, he described the British Labor MP Pat McFaden a “incredible boyfriend” of sending a mixed message than the interest rate to the British people.

After a warning of the economic impact of leaving the EU, he became involved in a bitter Brexit debate.

Voting propagandists criticized Carnie that they claimed they were political intervention. Conservative MP Jacob Reese-Mogh called him to resign from the central bank.

Already Carnie’s management style has been described as a conflict.

“Shouting? See, i. The The Try to maintain high quality in the organization and my style overall my style is delegated whenever possible, “Carney told the Financial Times in December 2015The He did not agree to an interview with the FT before this election.

Karni’s financial background provided some animals for his political critics.

Carney spent 13 years in the Goldman Shat of New York, London and Tokyo. However, he had time as a chair in Brookfield Asset Management, which supervised $ 1TN on the property, focusing on the conservative team to try to derail its speed.

During the new patriotism, Brookfield’s headquarters was set on fire when the decision to transfer from Canada to New York was on fire. Sunday Conservative Leader Pierre Polivrey Post A foot Investigation Brookfield’s opaque real estate portfolio should be alert to the public.

Former economic adviser to the Trudeau government, Robert Aiselin, said Carnie’s economic efficiency is beyond doubt. The question is his political appeal.

“Electrally, he still faces a significant final fight,” he said.