Mark Carney's first day as Prime Minister saw Chrystia Freeland back in cabinet, Steven Guilbeault out at Environment and Climate Change Canada, and the consumer facing carbon price killed. But for climate voters, there's much to read between the lines.
Mark Carney will be sworn in officially as prime minister and reveal the makeup of his first cabinet on Friday morning — a team one government source said will not include Jean-Yves Duclos.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that freedom, democracy and Canada "are not a given" in his farewell speech to Liberals just before former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney was announced as the new Liberal leader.
It's not clear when Carney will be sworn in as prime minister. After the Liberal event, hundreds of his supporters attended a victory party at an Ottawa venue, where Carney encouraged the crowd to party tonight, then get to work tomorrow.
Liberal MPs are gathering on Parliament Hill this afternoon to huddle after the party selected its new leader, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney.
Carney is the presumed front-runner for the party's leadership and could become prime minister as early as next week — which would make Trump's growing trade war with Canada his problem to sort out.
In a series of press conferences in recent weeks, the federal Conservatives have demanded that Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney comply with the conflict of interest rules that apply to members of Parliament and cabinet ministers.
With the debates now done, Liberal party members can start casting advance ballots today to select their next leader a little under two weeks from now.
Presumed front-runner and former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney and former finance minister Chrystia Freeland clashed over the Liberal government's record of economic management
Liberal leadership contenders will take the stage again on Tuesday night for the English-language debate in Montreal — their last shot to confront each other in person and shake up the race.
The candidates — former central banker Mark Carney, former finance minister Chrystia Freeland, former government House leader Karina Gould and former MP Frank Baylis — spent much of the debate talking about the threat Trump poses to Canada's economy and sovereignty.
Carney vowed at a press conference in Toronto on Wednesday to split the budget into two streams — capital and operating spending — and to balance the operating side while running small capital deficits.