Liberal Party members have chosen former central banker Mark Carney to be their new leader and the next prime minister of Canada.
Carney secured enough votes in the first round of voting to win the job, party president Sachit Mehra announced.
Liberal Party members have chosen former central banker Mark Carney to be their new leader and the next prime minister of Canada.
Carney secured enough votes in the first round of voting to win the job, party president Sachit Mehra announced.
Too bad for Chrystia Freeland. I think she would have been a great PM. I watched her speak a few times, and she is well-spoken, smart, and has that little edge like she’d really destroy you if you forced her to.
I would have voted for either, though, and I’m happy for Mark Carney. He’ll do a great job.
I think she’s kinda like Harris in the US. She probably would have done a good job, but is too similar to (and tainted by) the person before. It’s not worth the risk right now to choose her and lose to the cons.
Politics is harsh. You have to have the personality to communicate effectively to the people. Chrystia just doesn’t have that politician’s personality. She isn’t engaging at all.
Not nearly as bad as PP. Every time I hear the guy speak, it’s like he’d rather be doing something else.
It’s just not the time for her. I respect her deeply and thought she was great in the debate, and she did a great job last time Trump was in power.
I just think she couldn’t win the next fight (the general election), and frankly I think a PM who Trump completely loathes would become his punching bag instead of his foil. Freeland could take a punch for sure – don’t mean to imply she’s weak, but I think it wouldn’t help.
I worry about Carney not being an outspoken and charismatic leader against Trump. Between Pollievre and Trump I think he’s going to get dumped on, but I trust that he won’t care because he’ll be heads down enough on the technical sides of leadership it doesn’t matter. We’re already united, he can be a general and tactician.
I’m actually not worried about Carney being thoughtful and considered while Trump is a loud mouth moronic idiot with no coherent plan. Let Trunp be who he’s gonna be and we’ll do our thing, separate from the US clownshow. I mean we’ll have to deal with them a bit but it’s like a toxic ex who you have to deal with because you have kids together but other then that, you lead a completely separate life.
She’s too closely associated with Trudeau. I think Trudeau’s popularity turned around partially because he was leaving - his replacement wouldn’t be able to use that.
She will be invaluable to the country going forward.
She negotiated the USMCA with Trump in his 1st term.
I expect (if she runs again) she’ll be a minister.
She will be in cabinet for sure.
The only thing is, she showed how she supported JT for years then stabbed him in the back and wrote a treacherous letter ultimately taking JT down. If I was considering her as a minister I’d have to those actions into account. She’d be useful in some role against trump 2.0 but not so sure she wouldn’t try something similar again like what she did to JT.
I’m sure it was all planned between JT and Freeland. JT had decided to step down weeks before that. She did the letter to separate her from JT and be able to run for the leadership. It wasn’t enough for her to break the stigma though.
I am not that cynical. JT did not want to step down IMO. He’s young, essentially retiring at 53, and would have lead the liberals into the next election - which he may very well have lost. But with the Trunp stuff towards the end of his term, there’s a small chance he also could have eeked out a win. We’ll never know.