Canada

  • Carney to be Canada PM

    The Liberal Party of Canada has elected a new leader. Mark Carney won 85.9% of the leadership vote. It means he will become Prime Minister before this year’s election.

  • Canada looks to build back better

    The triumph of Donald Trump has pulled Canada into close quarters and into a new sort of limelight. He keeps mentioning it as a 51st state. It’s an awkard request for a country that knows it still owes itself to the Crown. Yet the overtures are flattering in a time when being noticed gets you to places anyway.

    However, it’s the sort of popularity that puts some people on edge. If a rebound from Canada is on the cards it might do it for Trump too. It has already started to make sure plans. The stepping down of Justin Trudeau has come at a shaky time. If a rocky start is ahead for a new incumbent it will include outreach.

    It looks like Canada already has a new drive behind it that’s epitomised in part by a bunch of business people getting together. The new Apprentice-looking type of formation, called ‘Build Canada’, is an enterprising initiative with an optimistic goal in mind: to make it the richest country in the world.

    It’s led by a top team. It’s worth taking a look if you’re Canadian. The rest of us will have to wait. They’ve got a lot of experience. It’s also a Canada-first project that draws swords early. The priorities listed so far are in the trending category of popular culture. If it can pack a punch in a competitive arena isn’t yet clear.

  • Carney seeks to be Canada PM

    Mark Carney, a former governor of both the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, has said he will seek to win the office of Prime Minister of Canada later this year.

    Mark Carney at his launch event

    He declared his candidacy at a campaign event, held yesterday to launch his run for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada. It’s the first time he’s tried to do so.

  • Canada PM Trudeau resigns

    In Canada Justin Trudeau has resigned as Prime Minister. He’s stepping down after first getting elected back in 2015.

    He’s won reelection twice since. His popularity is said to be low at present, on the back of a resurgent Conservative party led by Pierre Poilievre.