Former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor sworn in and expected to call election soon

Summary

Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada’s 24th prime minister on March 14, declaring “We will never, in any shape or form, be part of the US,” rejecting Donald Trump’s annexation threats.

Carney won the Liberal leadership with 85.9% of the vote despite having no elected experience.

He called US Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s suggestion that Canada would be better as “the 51st state” simply “crazy.”

Carney is expected to call an election soon as he faces the challenge of managing Trump’s trade war that threatens to push Canada into recession.

  • null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    17 hours ago

    Probably a stupid question but how would conservatives differentiate from the liberals on the question of US annexation?

    I’m so used to seeing conservatives play opposites with liberal positions just to be contrarian, the natural assumption is that if liberals are vehemently opposed to US encroachment then the conservatives will be more receptive… but in this case that seems antithetical to a sovereign government?

    Presumably… their message would be something along the lines of strengthening the relationship with US govt while retaining sovereignty and reducing the impact of tariffs.

    • Godort@lemm.eeEnglish
      10·
      16 hours ago

      That’s one issue where they both agree. The conservatives want to be more like the US with lower taxes and fewer regulations, but they still want to be Canadian.

    • vividspecter@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      14 hours ago

      There’s also an election coming up in Australia and the position of the conservative opposition is to give Trump whatever he wants. So contarianism is alive and well there.