By Paul Vieira and Vipal Monga
Ottawa—Mark Carney won the leadership of Canada’s Liberal Party on Sunday, putting him in line to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and call an election that suddenly seems winnable for the country’s center left.
Now prime-minister designate, Carney, 59 years old, will officially become Canada’s new leader in the coming days and immediately take over his country’s response to President Trump’s trade war. The former central bank chief of both Canada and England is expected to quickly call a general election to take advantage of polling momentum against the Conservative Party of Canada, which just weeks ago seemed on the cusp of a landslide.
The political tide changed when Trump took office in January and almost immediately targeted Canada with 25% tariffs that threaten the economic model that lifted growth in Canada for decades—duty-free access to the U.S. market.
Trump’s suggestions about annexing Canada and turning it into the 51st state have alarmed Canadian officials, who say they take Trump at his word that he is prepared to crush Canada’s economy and force it to give up its sovereignty.
“The stakes are high,” said Carney on Sunday, speaking to Liberal Party members in Ottawa. “We have made this the greatest country in the world, and now our neighbor wants to take us. No way. Impossible.”
Carney’s victory was widely expected. He had a big edge in fundraising and in polls among Liberal-leaning voters since mid-January when he announced that he was running to replace Trudeau. The leadership contest began shortly after the deeply unpopular Trudeau announced in January that he would resign.
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