Mark Karnie replace Justina Trudu as Prime Minister Canada

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Canada’s ruling Liberal Party has chosen Mark Karnie with its new leader and thus prime minister, creating a collision between former Central banker and US President Donald Trump.

On Sunday afternoon, the Liberal Party announced that Carney won the competition for Justin Truda, which in January left the position of leader after monthly party and bad surveys.

However, Carnie’s celebrations and his teams in Ottawa will be short when Canada face a trade war with his southern neighbor. Trump threatened to recover wide tariffs for Canada and mocked that the country should become 51st US state.

Carney is expected to replace the trudan immediately at the Liberal Party event on Sunday.

During the campaign, Karni said he would call the polls shortly after defeating the first place to provide a mandate from the Canadian people to fight Trump’s tariffs.

“Karni has an international profile and indisputable gravity when it comes to economic issues, although he has no electoral experience,” said Dimitr Anastakis, Professor of the Rothman School of Management in Toronto.

Karni, a graduate of the University of Oxford, who holds in the UK, Irish and Canadian passports, won the former finance minister Chrystia Freeland Which was perceived by the main competitor in the race.

Regular attacks by President Trump on Canada – threatening her belonging and place tariffs on his lumber, dairy and steel – has intensify The Liberal Party that faced the almost corrected election defeat.

Trudu went on stage on Sunday to continue applause. He said the Canadians faced a “existential problem on the part of our neighbors”, citing President Trump’s attacks and tariff threats.

“We are a country that is diplomatic when we can, but we are fighting when needed.”

Karni agitated that he was a veteran of the crisis control, which is most suitable for Trump’s military operations, emphasizing his time as the Governor of the Central Bank of Canada during the 2008 Financial Crisis, the UK Governor of the Central Bank all over Brexit.

Surveys show a liberal party, in particular, from Karnya to the steering wheel, may win in the next election.

“Two months ago, when a liberal leader looked like a deadlock,” said David Calett, CEO of Abacus Data, based in Ottawa.

“Thanks to Trump, Mark Carney will appear as the next Prime Minister with almost a chance to toss the coin incredible, leading to liberals to the fourth victory in the elections,” he said.

For several years conservative party and opposition leader Pierre Pulieu The majority of governments are expected to win in the next election. But Trump and Karni as Canada’s Prime Minister changed this trajectory.

On Wednesday, a poll of the Angus Institute Raid reported about 43 percent of the Canadians who believed that Carney would face Trump compared to 34 percent who chose Puliver.

Karni, a 59-year-old father of four daughters, pledged to “build the strongest economy in the G7” and “reform the government and the tax system” with new incentives to build and invest.

Rumors about Karny’s interest become Prime Minister -the end of last year, when the government launched the policy on immigration policies, the cost of life and the availability of housing.

Karni recently resigned as chairman Brookfield Asset Management This is approaching $ 1tn in assets that are under the guidance. He was also the chairman of the Bloomberg Council and the UN Special Envoy on Climate and Finance and spent more than ten years in Goldman Sachs.

He promised to interrupt all his corporate ties and put his important asset portfolios when he became prime minister.

Trudu’s exit occurs during the updated Canadian patriotism and the unity of the Trump’s regular attacks and the tariff threats.

The Angus Rida Institute said on Friday that their poll showed that Truda would be remembered by the legalization of marijuana, his successful COVID-19 reaction and expansion of the social security network through help in Canada and dental assistance.

“On the other hand, the spectrum they consider the immigration policy, the processing of inflation/cost of life, as well as the federal carbon emission tax as the largest failures,” the statement said.