Prime Minister Mark Meatary’s liberal party won the federal election of Canada, ending a turnaround driven by the threats of US President Donald Trump, the economy and sovereignty of Canada. The dispute opposed the prime minister to the conservative candidate Pierre Poilievre.
Led by Carry, liberals should gain more seats in the House of Common than conservatives. It is not yet defined whether liberals will lead a minority or majority government, as the votes were still counted.
Trump’s threats about tariffs and his suggestions that Canada should become the 51st US state changed the course of the dispute, as research showed Pierre Poilievre and his conservative party with comfortable leadership just a few months ago.
In Victoria’s speech against supporters in Ottawa, Carray emphasized the importance of Canadian unit in the face of Washington’s threats. “As I have been warning for months, the United States want our land, our resources, our water, our country,” he said. “These are not empty threats. President Trump is trying to destroy us so that the United States can dominate us. This will never … it will never happen,” he added.
Who is Mark Meatary?
Mark Meatary, former governor of the Canadian Central Bank, became Prime Minister of Canada following Justin Trudeau’s resignation in January this year. In March, he won with more than 85% of the votes of liberal party members to assume the function.
Carney is 60 years old. He was born in Fort Smith, in the northwestern territories of Canada, on March 16, 1965, and was created in Edmonton, Alberta. His wife, Diana, was born in the UK, and the couple has four daughters.
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Carnery led the Canada Bank from 2008 to 2013 and the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020. After helping Canada dealing with the worst impacts of the 2008 financial crisis, she was recruited to become the first non-British to head the Bank of England since its foundation in 1694.
Carney has Canadian, British and Irish citizenship. He is in the process of maintaining only Canadian citizenship – which is not required by law, but is considered a politically prudent decision.
In 2020, he began acting as a special envoy of the United Nations for climate action and finance.
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Carney is a former Goldman Sachs executive. He worked for 13 years in London, Tokyo, New York and Toronto before being appointed vice president of Banco do Canada in 2003. So far, he had no experience in politics.
Academic background
Carry has a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Harvard University (1988) and a master’s degree and doctorate in Economics from Oxford University.
