Former head of UK central bank enters race to take over from Justin Trudeau as leader of Liberal Party and Canada

Mark Carney, the chair of Brookfield Asset Management’s board of governors, is leaving the firm to chase a role as the head of Canada’s government.

Canada 2020 ... Governor of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England Mark Carney speaks during the Canada 2020 Net-Zero Leadership Summit in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP, File) Minister of Finance and ...

Melanie Joly said she believes Carney is best positioned to defeat opposition Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre in the coming general election,

Trudeau will remain prime minister until a new Liberal Party ... Mark Carney, who has served as the governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, speaks at the Sustainable Finance ...

Chrystia Freeland, whose abrupt resignation as finance minister last month forced Justin Trudeau’s exit as prime minister, said she is running to be the next leader of the

It was Freeland’s abrupt resignation as finance minister last month that forced Justin Trudeau’s exit as prime minister ... tenure as governor of the Bank of England. “Mark brings ...

OTTAWA--Former Canadian finance minister Chrystia Freeland, who's vying to be the next leader of the Liberal Party and the country's prime minister, plans to repeal an increase in the capital-gains tax, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Liam Olsen, who has led the Young Liberals of Canada since 2023, says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau showed he took young people and their issues seriously, from appointing himself to be the minister of youth and establishing youth councils, to prioritize fighting climate change and ending interest on federal student loans.

OTTAWA--Former Canadian finance minister Chrystia Freeland, who's vying to be the next leader of the Liberal Party and the country's prime minister, plans to repeal an increase in the capital-gains tax, according to a person familiar with the matter.

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are running their first leadership race in more than a decade to replace the departing Justin Trudeau.