An experienced and pragmatic economist to succeed Trudeau (and take on Trump)
Mark Carney, former governor of the central banks of Canada and England who will be sworn in as Canadian prime minister in a few days, promises firmness in the face of US protectionist attacks
Among the many unexpected consequences of Donald Trump’s return to the White House, perhaps few are more surprising than the fact that ice hockey, a passion in Canada, has become a symbol of the renewed nationalism of a country not given to expressing such feelings, as well as a central argument in its political debate. The change at the head of the Liberal Party, staged this Sunday with a vote in which the economist and former governor of two central banks, Mark Carney, obtained 89.6% of support to succeed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, was another great symbol. Once the succession was confirmed, Carney, with no political experience and a steep road ahead of him, used the simile of sport. “Americans should make no mistake,” he said, “In trade, as in hockey, Canada will win.”
