Carney sworn in as prime minister with a reworked cabinet filled with new faces
18 ministers are not returning to the cabinet as the new PM puts his stamp on government
Poilievre to speak after Carney sworn in as prime ministerPrime Minister Mark Carney made his first major move as the country's head of government on Friday by appointing a cabinet filled with some new faces and old hands in new roles, as he tries to put his own stamp on the Liberal brand.
The Justin Trudeau era is officially over after nine-plus years; the Carney one has just begun, and the new prime minister's cabinet picks reflect that transfer of power.
Eighteen Trudeau government cabinet ministers are not returning to cabinet, either because they have decided not to run in the next election or because Carney replaced them with someone else as he put together a much smaller cabinet.
Carney dropped some Trudeau stalwarts altogether from this new 24-member transition cabinet, including Jean-Yves Duclos, Karina Gould, Mark Holland, Ahmed Hussen, Marc Miller and Diane Lebouthillier, while others, like new Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland, have been demoted to arguably more junior roles.
He's also dropped Freeland's old job, deputy prime minister, altogether — there won't be one in this ministry.
Prime Minister Mark Carney looks on during a swearing in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Friday, March 14, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
There's still considerable overlap with Trudeau's last cabinet. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly stays where she is, as does Jonathan Wilkinson at Natural Resources, and Dominic LeBlanc will retain the Canada-U.S. file as Carney's new international trade minister.
Carney's team says that's because he wants some continuity in key files as the country grapples with a series of acute challenges.
Promotions, demotions
François-Philippe Champagne, who has also been active on Canada's plan to fight back against U.S. President Donald Trump, gets a promotion and will become Carney's finance minister. Anita Anand takes over Champagne's old job as minister of Innovation, Science and Industry.
Steven Guilbeault, an ardent defender of the carbon tax, is out as the environment minister and will take on a different job: minister of Canadian Culture and Identity. He will also serve as Carney's Quebec lieutenant.
Some new ministers who were only sworn in late last year after Freeland's shock resignation are also staying on, including Public Safety Minister David McGuinty and Nate Erskine-Smith as Housing minister.
Three new faces are stepping into the spotlight as new cabinet ministers. London-area MP Arielle Kayabaga becomes the government House leader, Toronto MP Ali Ehsassi is the new Public Services and Procurement minister and Nova Scotia MP Kody Blois, who led the charge against some aspects of the carbon tax, will serve as the Agriculture minister.
Carney himself, of course, never sat in Trudeau's cabinet, which was part of his appeal to some Liberal voters who wanted a clean break from the past.
Prime
Minister Mark Carney, front fourth from left, poses with members of the
newly sworn-in Liberal cabinet following a ceremony at Rideau Hall in
Ottawa on Friday, March 14, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
Carney's smaller cabinet is not perfectly gender equal as it was under Trudeau — there are 13 men and 11 women, including Carney — and some provinces don't have a minister around the table, including Alberta, P.E.I. and Saskatchewan.
The cabinet rebrand is Carney's chance to show the voting public he's his own man, especially as the opposition Conservatives try to paint his team as the new face of the "Trudeau-Carney Liberals" to try and tie the new prime minister to the old one.
Chrystia
Freeland is congratulated by Prime Minister Mark Carney after being
sworn in as the Minister of Transport and Internal Trade during a
swearing in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Friday, March 14, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
Speaking to reporters after the swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall, Carney said he's assembled something of a wartime cabinet, with a smaller team of what he described as top-tier talent who can help "our nation in the midst of this crisis" as it stares down an annexationist U.S. president.
"Canada's new government is focused on things that matter most to Canadians — more higher-paying jobs, improving affordability and making Canada more secure," he said. "Canada will be action-oriented to meet the moment."
He signalled there will be a break from some Liberal policies of the recent past, saying the country should expect a formal order to dismantle the consumer carbon tax later this afternoon.
Carney said, on his watch, "the government will spend less so Canada can invest more," a reference to his campaign promise to curb the growth of government and follow fiscal prudence.
Carney said he wants to build more homes, make Canada an energy superpower, dismantle internal trade barriers and build new trade corridors to "reliable partners."
To that end, Carney said he's accepted invitations from the leaders of France and the U.K. to meet right away to discuss improving trade and security ties.
He justified the travel before an expected election as a way to urgently diversify trade, as Canada grapples with a new dynamic in the U.S. with Trump levying punishing tariffs on Canadian goods while promising even more to come.
Carney also called Trump's 51st state taunts "crazy."
"We will never, ever — in any way, shape or form — be part of the United States," he said.
Carney also took a swipe at Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, saying his opponent is negative about everything.
"We will relentlessly pursue this positive agenda because Canadians know that negativity isn't strength," he said. "Negativity won't bring down the price of groceries. Negativity won't win a trade war."
A spokesperson for Poilievre said there's nothing really different between Carney and Trudeau, given "87 per cent of Carbon Tax Carney's ministers are Trudeau's cabinet ministers," referencing the number of ministers who have now served both leaders.
The spokesperson said "100 per cent of Carbon Tax Carney's ministers are loyal Trudeau MPs."
However, at least one of Carney's picks today, Ehsassi, was vocal in caucus and in public last year about asking Trudeau to go as his popularity plummeted.
"Expecting change? All of these people helped hike carbon taxes and double the debt, housing costs, and food bank lineups. It is more of the same misery and suffering for Canadians with Carbon Tax Carney and his Trudeau ministers," the Conservative spokesperson said.
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Carney has a very narrow window before an expected federal election to convince Canadians he has the best plan for the country as it stares down Trump's 51st state taunts and tariff threats — or he risks leading one of the shortest governments in history.
Carney has touted his experience as a central banker through the Great Recession — and, after being poached by the Bank of England, Brexit — as proof he's the best choice for the tumultuous times ahead.
But he has also faced pointed questions about his business experience — Brookfield, a company he chaired, moved its head office from Toronto to New York — and whether he's serious about dumping the consumer carbon tax, a policy the Conservatives have made the centrepiece of their campaign to unseat the Liberals.
Here's the full list of cabinet ministers:
- Mark Carney: Prime Minister.
- Dominic LeBlanc: International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs and President of the King's Privy Council for Canada.
- Mélanie Joly: Foreign Affairs and International Development.
- François-Philippe Champagne: Finance.
- Anita Anand: Innovation, Science and Industry.
- Bill Blair: National Defence.
- Patty Hajdu: Indigenous Services.
- Jonathan Wilkinson: Energy and Natural Resources.
- Ginette Petitpas Taylor: President of the Treasury Board.
- Steven Guilbeault: Canadian Culture and Identity, Parks Canada and Quebec Lieutenant.
- Chrystia Freeland: Transport and Internal Trade.
- Kamal Khera: Health.
- Gary Anandasangaree: Justice and Attorney General of Canada, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada.
- Rechie Valdez: Chief Government Whip.
- Steven MacKinnon: Jobs and Families.
- David McGuinty: Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness.
- Terry Duguid: Environment and Climate Change.
- Nate Erskine-Smith: Housing, Infrastructure and Communities.
- Rachel Bendayan: Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship.
- Élisabeth Brière: Veterans Affairs and responsible for the Canada Revenue Agency.
- Joanne Thompson: Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard.
- Arielle Kayabaga: Leader of the Government in the House of Commons, Minister of Democratic Institutions.
- Kody Blois: Agriculture and Agri-Food and Rural Economic Development.
- Ali Ehsassi: Government Transformation, Public Services and Procurement.
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Who are the new faces in Carney's cabinet? Who's on their way out?
Carney's cabinet will consist of 24 members, down from the 39 members who made up Trudeau's final cabinet
Prime Minister Mark Carney is taking over from Justin Trudeau with a slimmer front bench.
Carney will have a 24-member cabinet compared to Trudeau's most recent ministry, which included 39 members.
"We have new ministers with new ideas, ready to respond to new threats and seize new opportunities," Carney said during a news conference Friday.
"Our leaner cabinet will focus on two priorities in particular. First, protecting Canadian workers and their families in the face of unjustified foreign trade actions. And second, growing this great country by putting more money in Canadians' pockets by ensuring the government spends less so Canada can invest more," the new prime minister pledged.
FULL SPEECH | PM Carney delivers first speech after being sworn in at Rideau HallA number of Carney's cabinet ministers have either kept the jobs they held under Trudeau or are taking on a new role. But the new prime minister is bringing on a few new faces as well.
To slim out his front bench, Carney also had to drop a number of MPs from cabinet — including some longtime Trudeau ministers.
Carney dropped a number of ministers who backed Liberal leadership rivals, but he cut an equal amount of ministers who endorsed his own campaign.
Here's a breakdown of the new members of cabinet and those who won't be returning.
The new faces
Kody Blois
Nova Scotia MP Kody Blois is taking on the role of agriculture minister and minister responsible for rural economic development.
Blois has been an MP since winning a seat in the 2019 election. His riding of Kings-Hants had previously been held by former cabinet minister Scott Brison.
Although he previously hadn't been in cabinet, he held some key roles in Parliament, chairing multiple committees and briefing serving as a parliamentary secretary.
Blois had also previously been the chair of the Liberal's Atlantic caucus. He had lobbied Trudeau back in 2023 to carve out a carbon tax election on home heating oil.
Kody
Blois is sworn in as the minister of agriculture and agri-food and
rural economic development during a swearing-in ceremony at Rideau Hall
in Ottawa on Friday. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)
Ali Ehsassi
Toronto MP Ali Ehsassi is the new procurement minister while taking on a newly created role of "minister of government transformation."
This is Ehsassi's first ministerial role, though he's been an MP since 2015. He has been the chair for a few House committees and had been Navdeep Bains's parliamentary secretary when he was minister of industry.
Ehsassi had been vocally calling for a caucus vote on Trudeau's leadership well before the now former prime minister stepped down.
Ali Ehsassi has been sworn in as minister of public services and procurement. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press)
Arielle Kayabaga
Arielle Kayabaga, the MP for London-West, has been named the new government House leader — a role previously held by Liberal leadership candidate Karina Gould.
Kayabaga is a relatively new MP, having only won her seat in the last federal election in 2021.
With an election looming, all ministers could potentially have a limited time in their new roles. But given that the House leader is responsible for managing legislative affairs, Kayabaga will have almost no influence in that job before Canada heads to the polls — Carney is largely expected to call an election before the House is set to return on March 24.
Arielle Kayabaga is sworn in as the House leader during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on Friday. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)
Who's out
Mark Holland
Serving most recently as minister of health, Mark Holland held a few cabinet positions in Trudeau's government.
Holland had been an MP prior to Trudeau taking over the leadership of the party, holding a seat for the former riding of Ajax-Pickering from 2004 until 2011. He would be re-elected in 2015.
Before taking on the health portfolio, he had been a parliamentary secretary, government whip and government House leader on Trudeau's front bench.
Former minister of health Mark Holland announced Thursday that he wouldn't be seeking re-election. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Holland had endorsed Chrystia Freeland in the leadership race. He announced Thursday evening that he wouldn't be seeking re-election.
"I have been so lucky to work with the absolute best, most wonderful people," he wrote in a social media post, announcing his decision.
"I will always be at your side; I will just now do it out of office as I will not be running in the next election. It's time to go home."
Diane Lebouthillier
Diane Lebouthillier had been a member of Trudeau's cabinet since the Liberals won their first election under the former leader in 2015.
The Quebec MP spent most of her time in cabinet as minister for national revenue. She was shuffled to the fisheries and oceans portfolio in 2023.
Lebouthillier has been an MP since 2015 and intends to run again in the next election. She endorsed Freeland in the leadership contest.
Diane Lebouthillier had been part of Trudeau's cabinet since 2015. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Marc Miller
A close personal friend of Trudeau, Marc Miller has been an MP since 2015 and has held a few different cabinet positions since 2019.
The Montreal MP had most recently been immigration minister, after serving as Crown-Indigenous relations minister and minister for Indigenous services before that.
As immigration minister, Miller was tasked with handling what has become a fairly contentious file in recent years.
Miller backed Carney in the leadership race and intends to run in the next election.
Former minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship Marc Miller is a close friend of former prime minister Justin Trudeau. (Spencer Colby/The Canadian Press)
Jean-Yves Duclos
Like Lebouthillier, Jean-Yves Duclos had been in Trudeau's cabinet from the start but has now been relegated to the back bench by Carney.
The Quebec MP held four cabinet positions since 2015: procurement, health, treasury board and families and social development.
Duclos had been one of the more vocal supporters in Trudeau's cabinet when caucus began raising questions about the latter's leadership back in the fall.
Duclos endorsed Carney's leadership bid. He is slated to run again in his Quebec City riding.
Quebec MP Jean-Yves Duclos held multiple cabinet roles in the Trudeau government. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Ahmed Hussen
Toronto MP Ahmed Hussen finds himself on the back bench after serving in Trudeau's cabinet since 2017.
Hussen held four portfolios during his time in cabinet: immigration, families and social development, housing and international development.
Hussen had endorsed Freeland in the leadership race. He is running for re-election.
Ahmed Hussen had been a cabinet minister since 2017. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)
Ya'ara Saks
Another Toronto MP, Ya'ara Saks has only been a cabinet minister (and MP) for a few years.
Saks won her seat in a 2020 byelection and was sworn in as minister of mental health and addictions during a cabinet shuffle in 2023. That is the only cabinet post she has held.
Saks endorsed Gould for the leadership following her performance in the debates. She is seeking re-election.
Ya’ara Saks was a relative newcomer to Trudeau's cabinet, having been sworn in in 2023. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)
Jenna Sudds
Like Saks, Sudds is a relative newcomer to Trudeau's cabinet who is returning to the back bench under Carney.
The Ottawa MP won her seat in the 2021 election and became minister of families, children and social development in the 2023 shuffle.
Sudds backed Carney's leadership bid and she is running again in the next election.
Ottawa MP Jenna Sudds had served as minister of families, children and social development since 2023. (Radio-Canada)
Terry Beech
Giving Terry Beech the boot from cabinet may have been a symbolic move for Carney in his attempts to trim down the Liberal front benches.
The B.C. MP was sworn into cabinet in 2023 in a newly created role of minister of citizens' services. At the time, it wasn't entirely clear what the new role would cover — though it seems possible that some of those responsibilities will now fall to Ehsassi.
Beech endorsed Freeland in the leadership campaign and is expected to seek re-election.
B.C. MP Terry Beech was tapped as the first ever minister of citizens' services in 2023. (Ethan Cairns/The Canadian Press)
Ruby Sahota
Ruby Sahota has been an MP since 2015, but her time in cabinet has been incredibly short.
The Brampton, Ont., MP was named minister of democratic institutions in December after Freeland's resignation forced Trudeau to quickly shuffle his cabinet.
Sahota endorsed Carney in the leadership race. She slated to seek re-election.
Ruby Sahota was sworn in as minister of democratic institutions on Dec.20, 2024. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)
Darren Fisher
Like Sahota, Nova Scotia MP Darren Fisher had only been a cabinet minister for a few months.
Fisher took on the role of minister of veteran affairs in Trudeau's cabinet shuffle in December.
Fisher endorsed Carney's leadership bid. He is seeking re-election this year.
Nova Scotia MP Darren Fisher had only been a cabinet minister for a few months (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)
A number of MPs who held cabinet positions up until Friday had previously indicated that they would not be seeking re-election. They are: Gudie Hutchings from Newfoundland and Labrador; Lawrence MacAulay from P.E.I.; Pascale St-Onge from Quebec; Marci Ien, Mary Ng and Arif Virani from Ontario; and Harjit Sajjan from B.C.
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Freeland to be transport minister, Guilbeault Quebec lieutenant in Carney cabinet: sources
Prime minister-designate aiming for leaner cabinet of 15 to 20 members
Public Services and Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos and former Liberal leadership candidate Karina Gould will not be in Mark Carney's cabinet, sources tell CBC News.
But sources with knowledge of the decision told CBC News that Carney has invited another former leadership rival, Chrystia Freeland, to become transport minister.
Staunch carbon tax defender and Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is also being shuffled into a new role, according to sources with knowledge of the decision.
The Montreal MP and former Greenpeace activist, who has held the environment portfolio since 2021, will get an enlarged role as Quebec lieutenant (a role formerly held by Duclos) and a new portfolio that includes biodiversity and Canadian heritage, according to a source with knowledge of the decision.
However, he will no longer be the face of the fight against climate change.
Guilbeault says it's up to Carney if he'll remain in cabinet During a news conference Thursday in his riding of Laurier-Sainte-Marie, Guilbeault called serving as environment minister "the privilege of a lifetime," but wouldn't confirm or deny if he was leaving the role.
Canada's next prime minister appears intent on marking a clear break with the Trudeau-era consumer carbon tax, a policy Guilbeault has aggressively defended. That made him a polarizing minister in parts of the country, and he often faced off against Alberta Premier Danielle Smith.
Carney, once a proponent of carbon pricing, campaigned on dropping the carbon tax and repeated in his acceptance speech Sunday to "immediately eliminate the divisive consumer carbon tax on families, farmers and small- and medium-sized businesses."
Carney, new cabinet will be sworn in FridayGuilbeault suggested earlier this year that he's open to replacing the federal scheme if candidates can propose new measures to help Canada achieve its climate targets. Guilbeault has blamed Conservative "disinformation" for making the measure toxic to Canadians.
"I continue to believe the consumer portion of carbon pricing is a sound piece of public policy," he said Thursday.
Conservative deputy leader Melissa Lantsman said keeping Guilbeault in cabinet shows "Carney is proving he is just like Justin" and will make life more unaffordable for families."
Slimmer cabinet expected
Sources with knowledge of Carney's plans have said he's aiming for a more svelte cabinet to confront the trade war launched by U.S. President Donald Trump and the ensuing economic uncertainty.
Those sources said Carney's team will be in the range of 15 to 20 ministers — paring down from the 37 members in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet. Sources also told CBC News that while Gould, a former Trudeau cabinet member, has not been offered a portfolio — she intends to run again.
Public Services and Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos will not be part of Carney's cabinet, sources tell CBC News. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is keeping her job, in addition to becoming minister of international development, according to sources with knowledge of the decision.
Other key players on the Canada-U.S. relations file, like Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne, are also expected to keep their jobs.
Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree, who also serves as minister of northern affairs, is set to become the justice minister and Canada's attorney general, while keeping his other portfolios, sources with knowledge of the decision told CBC News.
Several ministers in the Trudeau cabinet have said they won't run in the next election, including Justice Minister Arif Virani, Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge and, as of Thursday, Health Minister Mark Holland.
Carney's cabinet must be ready to face Trump threats, says labour ministerAt an event on Thursday, Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon did not say whether he's received a call about his future from Carney's team, deferring to Friday's big event.
He did suggest the team will be made up of experienced members.
"This is a group of people that needs to be ready to face the threats that we are facing from the United States on the trade front," he said.
"This is an experienced group of ministers. This is a group of people who will take with them the great pride and the great determination that Canadians are showing."
Friday's transition will begin when Trudeau meets with Governor General Mary Simon to resign and recommend that she ask the new leader to form a government and new ministry.
Carney travelling to Europe next week: source
Since winning the leadership in a blowout victory on Sunday, Carney has been in transition and security briefings and meetings, including with Canada's ambassador to the U.S., Kirsten Hillman, and RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme.
While an election is expected imminently, Carney is squeezing in an official trip overseas. A source with knowledge of the trip says Carney is expected to travel to London and Paris next week. The trip to Europe comes as a trade war plays out with the U.S.
Not only does Carney take the reins during unstable times, he has to decide whether he'll send Canadians to the polls right away. It's widely believed he'll call an election before March 24, when Parliament is scheduled to return, meaning Canadians would vote in late April or early May.
Carney does not hold a seat in the House of Commons. A source close to Carney said a decision hasn't been made yet on the riding where he'll be the Liberal candidate.
Besides building his cabinet, Carney's inner circle is coming into focus.
Sources with knowledge of Carney's transition team told CBC News Tim Krupa has been tapped as policy director, a role he held during the leadership campaign. He ran as the Liberal candidate in Kelowna-Lake Country in 2021, losing to Conservative Tracy Gray.
The Oxford grad previously worked as an adviser in the Prime Minister's Office during Trudeau's early years before working as an economist at Goldman Sachs.
Former cabinet minister Marco Mendicino, who has said he won't seek re-election, is serving as Carney's chief of staff as he transitions from leadership campaign mode to governing the country.
A spokesperson for Carney said Mendicino's appointment is a temporary one through this transition period.
Former justice minister David Lametti is also helping with Carney's transition.
Earlier this week, Radio-Canada reported that Carney's team has approached former Quebec premier Jean Charest to offer him a role.
The nature of the position is unknown. But according to Radio-Canada sources with knowledge of the discussion, Charest has no intention of becoming a minister.
Charest, who was instrumental in setting in motion the Canada-European Union free trade agreement (CETA), is currently a member of Trudeau's Council on Canada-U.S. Relations.
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After landslide victory, Mark Carney meets with Trudeau as transition to power begins
Carney camp confirms leader has divested assets into blind trust
Prime minister-designate Mark Carney met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Monday as the new Liberal leader takes the reins of power after a landslide victory in Sunday's party election.
Carney told reporters at Parliament Hill that the meeting was long and they discussed the most pressing issues of the day: Canada-U.S. relations and other matters of national security.
He said the government handover will be "seamless" and "quick" and he said his official swearing-in will happen in short order.
"The good news is you'll be seeing probably more of me than you want," he joked. "We'll be coming back soon."
A spokesperson for Carney announced Monday evening that the prime minister-designate divested all of his assets, other than his personal real estate, into a blind trust.
The signed blind trust document was submitted to the ethics commissioner when the results of the leadership vote were announced on Sunday.
"We have been actively working with the ethics commissioner and we have delivered a full and robust conflict-of-interest management plan," said the spokesperson in a statement.
Liberal MPs say why they think Carney was elected party leaderIn addition to his sit-down with Trudeau, Carney met with Liberal MPs at a caucus meeting.
He said his message to his new team is to stay focused on solutions to Trump's trade war.
"We know this is a crucial time for our country. We're united to serve Canadians and we will build this country up," Carney said.
Carney has tapped a familiar face to serve as his chief of staff: current MP and former cabinet minister Marco Mendicino.
Sources close to the new Liberal leader told CBC News that Mendicino, who served as public safety minister under Trudeau before being shuffled out of cabinet in 2023, will serve as chief of staff as Carney shifts from leadership campaign mode to governing.
Mark Carney becomes prime minister-designateMendicino joined Carney for the meeting with Trudeau.
A spokesperson for Carney said Mendicino's appointment is a temporary one through this transition period.
Canada does not have a long history of elected politicians serving as a prime minister's chief of staff — although Jean Pelletier, a former mayor of Quebec City, did play that role for former prime minister Jean Chrétien.
Mendicino was dropped from cabinet amid a backlash over his handling of convicted murderer Paul Bernardo's move from a maximum-security prison in Ontario to a medium-security facility in Quebec.
Former justice minister David Lametti, who was left out of cabinet in the same 2023 shuffle, is also helping with Carney's transition.
Trudeau carries a chair from the House of Commons on Parliament Hill on Monday. (Carlos Osorio/Reuters)
A Reuters photographer snapped a picture of Trudeau later carrying a House of Commons chair out of the West Block chamber as he winds down his time in government.
Under parliamentary rules, an outgoing MP can purchase a replica of their chair in the chamber.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was scathing in his assessment of Carney after Sunday's vote.
"He's just like Justin. He's just the same — same advisers, same staff. That will produce the same results," he said.
Sources say many of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's staff will be replaced.
Poilievre said Carney has a "disastrous history as an economic adviser" to Trudeau.
Carney offered some advice to the government at the outset of the pandemic and was recruited last fall to Trudeau's economic advisory council.
"Trump will have a briefing on his desk of all Carney's American investments and we know Carney will sell out Canada for his personal profit as an insider," Poilievre said.
It's not known how many American investments Carney holds.
As of last April, the new leader does own shares in Brookfield Asset Management, which moved its head office from Toronto to New York last year but is still publicly trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange. Carney was the company's board chairman before resigning to run for Liberal leadership.
Poilievre compares his record to new Liberal Leader Mark CarneyLiberal MPs were jubilant Monday about Carney's landslide victory — he pulled in a stunning 86 per cent of the points, easily crushing his competitors.
"Mark Carney is what Canada needs to deal with the U.S.," said longtime Liberal MP Judy Sgro.
She said Poilievre doesn't have what it takes to stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump as Canada stares down his 51st state taunts and the threat of economic ruin.
"He's 100 miles ahead of Pierre Poilievre. He has the economic knowledge that Canada needs to build our country up. Poilievre has nowhere near that kind of knowledge — he's like a little kid compared to Carney," she said.
That message was the lips on every MP who stopped to talk to reporters ahead of the caucus meeting.
Public Services Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, himself a trained economist, said Poilievre knows nothing about the economy and would be the wrong choice at this crucial inflection point.
Poilievre served as the party's finance critic under former leaders Andrew Scheer and Erin O'Toole.
Public Safety Minister David McGuinty said the country needs an experienced person like Carney, a former central banker in both Canada and the U.K., to lead Canada through the trade war.
"Mark Carney is a very good man for this moment and I hope we can convince the Canadian people of that fact," McGuinty said.
Parties recruiting candidates
Liberal MP Kody Blois, the Atlantic caucus chair, said Carney's candidacy has been a shot in the arm for the party.
There are many more people wanting to run for the Liberals now than there were two months ago when Trudeau's popularity was at a low point, he said.
The party confirmed Sunday it already has 165 candidates lined up to run for the Liberals in the next general election.
The Conservatives, meanwhile, are well ahead in that count. A spokesperson said the party has 258 nominated candidates so far.
There are 343 ridings up for grabs — five more than the last federal vote.
Blois said Liberal "candidate recruitment is going very well" in his region in particular, with "some really strong people stepping forward."
"I really like the contrast of Carney against Pierre Poilievre who is resembling what we're seeing south of the border," he said, referring to Trump. "Carney is the mature voice we need in this moment."
"People are excited to run for us," added MP Karina Gould, who pulled about three per cent of the points in Sunday's leadership election.
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Mark Carney camp offers role to former Quebec premier Jean Charest: sources
Charest has no plans to become a minister, sources say
Prime minister-designate Mark Carney's team has approached former Quebec premier Jean Charest to offer him a role, Radio-Canada is reporting.
The nature of the position is unknown. But according to sources with knowledge of the discussion, Charest has no intention of becoming a minister.
CBC News is not identifying the source because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.
Charest, who was instrumental in setting in motion the Canada-European Union free trade agreement (CETA), is currently a member of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Council on Canada-U.S. Relations.
In 2022, Charest ran unsuccessfully against Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in the party's leadership race. The former Quebec Liberal Party premier secured only 11.65 per cent of the popular vote compared to Poilievre who won 70.7 per cent.
Charest was also a Progressive Conservative MP in the 1990s and the federal party's leader.
How prepared is Canada for potential U.S. tariffs this week?While it is important for allies of Canada to defend the country, "no one is going to stand up for us in the way that we have to stand up for ourselves," Charest said in an interview last week with CBC's Rosemary Barton Live.
"We have to come to terms with the fact that we're going to live in a very different world. And, by the way, that's true post-Trump," he said. "At the end of the day, it's about us. Our future. Set aside Mr. Trump. Set aside Mr. Starmer. What do we, as Canadians, want to build as an economy, as a society?"
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| 19th Prime Minister of Canada | |||
| In office June 25 – November 4, 1993 | |||
| Monarch | Elizabeth II | ||
| Governor General | Ray Hnatyshyn | ||
| Deputy | Jean Charest | ||
| Preceded by | Brian Mulroney | ||
| Succeeded by | Jean Chrétien | ||
| Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada | |||
| In office June 13 – December 14, 1993 | |||
| Preceded by | Brian Mulroney | ||
| Succeeded by | Jean Charest | ||
| Minister of National Defence | |||
| In office January 4 – June 25, 1993 | |||
| Prime Minister | Brian Mulroney | ||
| Preceded by | Marcel Masse | ||
| Succeeded by | Tom Siddon | ||
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| Prime Minister | Brian Mulroney | ||
| Preceded by | Gerald Merrithew | ||
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| In office February 23, 1990 – January 3, 1993 | |||
| Prime Minister | Brian Mulroney | ||
| Preceded by | Doug Lewis | ||
| Succeeded by | Pierre Blais | ||
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| In office January 30, 1989 – February 22, 1990 | |||
| Prime Minister | Brian Mulroney | ||
| Minister | Pierre Cadieux | ||
| Preceded by | Bernard Valcourt | ||
| Succeeded by | Shirley Martin | ||
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| Born | Avril Phaedra Douglas Campbell March 10, 1947 Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada | ||
| Political party | Independent (since 2003) | ||
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Avril Phaedra Douglas "Kim" Campbell PC CC OBC KC (born March 10, 1947) is a former Canadian politician, diplomat, lawyer, and writer who served as the 19th prime minister of Canada from June to November 1993. Campbell is the first and only female prime minister of Canada. Prior to becoming the final Progressive Conservative (PC) prime minister, she was also the first woman to serve as minister of justice in Canadian history and the first woman to become minister of defence in a NATO member state.[1]
Campbell was first elected to the British Columbia Legislative Assembly as a member of the British Columbia Social Credit Party in 1986 before being elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a PC in 1988. Under Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, she occupied numerous cabinet positions including minister of justice and attorney general, minister of veterans affairs and minister of national defence from 1990 to 1993. Campbell became the new prime minister in June 1993 after Mulroney resigned in the wake of declining popularity. In the 1993 Canadian federal election in October of that year, the Progressive Conservatives were decimated, losing all but two seats from a previous majority, with Campbell losing her own. Her 132-day premiership is the third-shortest in Canadian history.[a]
Campbell was also the first baby boomer to hold the office, as well as the only prime minister born in British Columbia.[2] She was the chairperson for the Canadian Supreme Court advisory board.[3][4]
Provincial politics
Campbell was the unsuccessful British Columbia Social Credit Party candidate in Vancouver Centre for a seat in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in 1983, receiving 12,740 votes (19.3% in a double-member riding). She then briefly worked in the office of Premier Bill Bennett. Campbell ran unsuccessfully for the leadership of the Social Credit party the summer of 1986 (placing last with 14 votes from delegates), but was elected in October 1986 to the British Columbia Legislative Assembly as a Social Credit member for Vancouver-Point Grey, getting 19,716 votes (23.2%, also in a double-member riding). Consigned to the backbenches, she became disenchanted with Premier Bill Vander Zalm's leadership and broke with him and Social Credit over the issue of abortion, which Vander Zalm opposed. Campbell decided to leave provincial politics and enter federal politics.[14]
Federal politics
Campbell was elected in the 1988 federal election as the member of Parliament (MP) for Vancouver Centre. She won the party nomination after the incumbent, Pat Carney, declined to stand for renomination. In 1989, Campbell was appointed to the cabinet as minister of state (Indian affairs and northern development), a junior role to the minister of Indian and northern affairs. From 1990 to 1993, she held the post of minister of justice and attorney general, overseeing notable amendments to the Criminal Code in the areas of firearms control and sexual assault. In 1990, following the Supreme Court's decision to invalidate the country's abortion law, Campbell was responsible for introducing Bill C-43 to govern abortions in Canada. Although it passed the House of Commons, it failed to pass the Senate, leaving Canada with no national law governing abortions.[15][16]
In 1993, Campbell was transferred to the posts of minister of national defence and minister of veterans affairs. Notable events during her tenure included dealing with the controversial issue of replacing shipborne helicopters for the navy and for search-and-rescue units. The actions by Canadian Airborne Regiment in the scandal known as the Somalia Affair also first emerged while Campbell was minister.[17][18] When the Liberal Party of Canada took power, the incident became the subject of a lengthy public inquiry, continuing to focus attention on Campbell and the PCs, but with significant blame being placed with the military's, not government's, leadership.[19]
David Milgaard
Upon assumption of the Justice portfolio, Campbell was handed the petition for a new trial in the case of David Milgaard, a man who had been wrongfully convicted for murder in 1970 and spent decades trying to clear his name before being exonerated in 1993. In her autobiography, Time and Chance, Campbell wrote that she came under "considerable pressure" from the public and was "bombarded with questions from the media and [from opposition MPs] in Question Period" about the case before she was even officially assigned to Milgaard's petition to direct a new trial in the case.[20] She said that her decision was delayed by Milgaard's legal team's repeated addition of new submissions to the appeal, which she was not allowed to review until all such submissions were complete.[20] In mid-January 1991, she informed Milgaard's legal team that evidence was insufficient to grant the petition.[20] When later Mulroney was confronted by Milgaard's mother, he had "saluted her courage and determination and ... show[n] his concern for her son's health", which "blindsided" and "floored" Campbell and was interpreted by media and some MPs as evidence that the prime minister had taken sides in the case.[20] Campbell says she "told the press [that] Mulroney was much too good a lawyer to intervene improperly" and "never breathed a word" to her about it, nor did anyone in his office attempt to influence her decision.[20] Despite this, she wrote, Milgaard's mother "is convinced he did, and the media accepted this view," which made it difficult for her to convince others that her officials were motivated solely by "a desire to make the right decision."[20]
Prime minister (June–November 1993)
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Mulroney entered 1993 facing a federal election. By then, his popularity had markedly declined, and polls suggested that the Tories would be heavily defeated if he led them into that year's election. In February 1993, Mulroney announced his retirement from politics, to take effect after his successor had been chosen. Campbell entered the party leadership race to succeed Mulroney. Campbell had served in four cabinet portfolios prior to running for the party leadership, including three years as minister of justice, and garnered the support of more than half the PC caucus when she declared for the leadership.
She defeated Jean Charest at the Progressive Conservative leadership convention that June, and Governor General Ray Hnatyshyn appointed her prime minister on June 25. As a concession to Charest, Campbell appointed him to the posts of deputy prime minister and minister of industry, science, and technology—the first largely symbolic, and the second a significant cabinet portfolio position.
After becoming party leader and prime minister, Campbell set about reorganizing the cabinet. She cut it from 35 to 23 ministers; she consolidated ministries by creating three new ministries: Health, Canadian Heritage, and Public Security. Campbell extensively campaigned during the summer, touring the nation and attending barbecues and other events. In August 1993, a Gallup Canada poll showed Campbell as having a 51% approval rating, which placed her as Canada's most popular prime minister in 30 years.[21][22] By the end of the summer, her personal popularity had increased greatly, far surpassing that of Liberal Party leader Jean Chrétien.[23] Support for the Progressive Conservative Party had also increased to within a few points of the Liberals, while the Reform Party had been reduced to single digits.
Campbell was the first Canadian prime minister not to have resided at 24 Sussex Drive since that address became the official home of the prime minister of Canada in 1951. Mulroney remained at 24 Sussex while renovations on his new home in Montreal were being completed. Campbell instead took up residence at Harrington Lake, the PM's summer and weekend retreat, located in rural Quebec, north of Ottawa, and she did not move into 24 Sussex after Mulroney left. Like Charles Tupper and John Turner, Campbell never faced a Parliament during her brief tenure, as her term was filled by the summer break and the election campaign.
1993 election
Campbell waited as long as she could before asking Hnatyshyn to dissolve Parliament on September 8, only weeks before Parliament was due to expire. The election was scheduled for October 25, the latest date it could be legally held under Section 4 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
The Progressive Conservatives (PCs) were optimistic that they would be able to remain in power, and if not, would at least be a strong opposition to a Liberal minority government.
Campaign
Campbell's initial popularity declined after the election was called. When she was running for the party leadership, Campbell's frank honesty was seen as an important asset and a sharp contrast from Mulroney's highly polished style. However, this backfired when she told reporters at a Rideau Hall event that the deficit or unemployment was unlikely to be much reduced before the "end of the century". During the election campaign, she further stated that discussing a complete overhaul of Canada's social policies in all their complexities could not be done in just 47 days; this statement was reduced to her having stated that an election is no time to discuss important issues.
The PCs' support tailed off as the campaign progressed. By October, polls showed the Liberals were well on their way to at least a minority government, and would probably win a majority without dramatic measures. Even at this point, Campbell was still considerably more popular than Liberal leader Jean Chrétien. In hopes of stemming the tide, the PC campaign team put together a series of ads attacking the Liberal leader. The second ad appeared to mock Chrétien's Bell's palsy facial paralysis and generated a severe backlash from the media,[24] with some PC candidates calling for the ad to be pulled from broadcasts. Campbell disavowed direct responsibility for the ad and claimed to have ordered it off the air over her staff's objections.[25]
During the campaign, the PC support plummeted into the tens, while the Liberals, the Reform Party, and the Bloc Québécois gained in the polls. This assured that the Liberals would win a majority government.
Election defeat
On election night, October 25, the PCs were swept from power in a Liberal landslide. Campbell herself was defeated in Vancouver Centre by rookie Liberal Hedy Fry. She conceded defeat with the remark, "Gee, I'm glad I didn't sell my car."[26]
It was only the third time in Canadian history that a prime minister lost his or her local riding at the same time that his or her party lost an election (the first two times both happened to Arthur Meighen, who lost his seat in 1921 and then again in 1926). The PC caucus was reduced to two seats. All PC Members of Parliament running for re-election lost their seats, with the lone exception of Jean Charest, who was also the only surviving member of Campbell's cabinet. Charest was joined by the newly elected Elsie Wayne. The PCs' previous support largely bled to the Liberals in Atlantic Canada and Ontario, while Reform inherited virtually all of the former Tory support in the West. The Bloc Québécois inherited most soft-nationalist Tory support in Quebec, and in some cases pushed cabinet ministers from Quebec into third place.
The PCs still finished with over two million votes, taking third place in the popular vote, and falling only two percentage points short of Reform for second place. However, as a consequence of the first-past-the-post voting system, PC support was not concentrated in enough areas to translate into victories in individual ridings. As a result, the Tories won only two seats, compared to Reform's 52 and the Bloc's 54. It was the worst defeat in party history, and the worst defeat ever suffered by a Canadian governing party at the federal level.
Some have pointed to gender inequality as a major contributing factor to her historic loss. University of New Brunswick professor Joanna Everitt writes that while the media simply reported the facts about rival male leaders such as Jean Chrétien, Campbell's actions were usually interpreted as having some motive (drawing up support, appealing to a group, etc.)[27]
Additionally, Mulroney left office as one of the most (and according to Campbell, the most)[28] unpopular prime ministers since opinion polling began in the 1940s. He considerably hampered his own party's campaign effort by staging a very lavish international farewell tour at taxpayer expense, and by delaying his retirement until only 2+1⁄2 months were left in the Tories' five-year mandate.
Canadian humourist Will Ferguson suggested that Campbell should receive "some of the blame" for her party's losses, but that "taking over the party leadership from Brian (Mulroney) was a lot like taking over the controls of a 747 just before it plunges into the Rockies".[29]
On December 13, 1993, Campbell resigned as party leader; Jean Charest succeeded her. Due to the brevity of her tenure as both prime minister (less than four months) and federal MP (less than six years), Campbell did not qualify for a prime ministerial or even a federal parliamentary pension.[30][31][32]
Post-political career
Despite her dramatic loss in the election, Canadian women's magazine Chatelaine named Campbell as its Woman of the Year for 1993.[33] She published an autobiography, Time and Chance, (ISBN 0-770-42738-3) in 1996. The book became a Canadian bestseller and is in its third edition from the University of Alberta Bookstore Press (ISBN 000010132X).
She was briefly rumoured to be sent to Moscow as the ambassador to Russia,[34] but in 1996, Campbell was appointed consul general to Los Angeles by the Chrétien government, a post in which she remained until 2000. While she was there, she collaborated with her husband, composer, playwright, and actor Hershey Felder, on the production of a musical, Noah's Ark.
From 1999 to 2003, she chaired the Council of Women World Leaders, a network of women who hold or have held the office of president or prime minister. She was succeeded by former Irish president Mary Robinson. From 2003 until 2005, she served as president of the International Women's Forum, a global organization of women of prominent achievement, with headquarters in Washington, DC. From 2001 to 2004, she was with the Center for Public Leadership and lectured at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She has served as a director of several publicly traded companies in high technology and biotechnology and currently sits on the board of Athenex, a biopharmaceutical company that had its initial public offering on June 14, 2017, and trades under the ticker symbol ATNX.
Campbell chaired the steering committee of the World Movement for Democracy from 2008 to 2015. She served on the board of the International Crisis Group, a non-government organization (NGO) that aims to prevent and resolve deadly conflicts. She served on the board of the Forum of Federations, the EastWest Institute, and is a founding trustee of The International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation and Political Violence at King's College London. She was a founding member of the Club de Madrid, an independent organization whose main purpose is to strengthen democracy in the world. Its membership is by invitation only and consists of former heads of state and government. At different times, Campbell has served as its interim president, vice president, and from 2004 to 2006, its secretary general. Campbell was the founding chair of the International Advisory Board of the Ukrainian Foundation for Effective Governance, an NGO formed in September 2007 with the aid of businessman Rinat Akhmetov.[35]
During the 2006 election campaign, Campbell endorsed the candidacy of Tony Fogarassy, the Conservative candidate in Campbell's former riding of Vancouver Centre; Fogarassy went on to lose the election, placing a distant third. At that time, Campbell also clarified to reporters that she was a supporter of the new Conservative Party (formed in 2003 as a result of a merger of the Canadian Alliance with the party that Campbell had formerly led, the Progressive Conservatives); however, she later clarified in 2019 that she had, in fact, never joined the Conservative Party as an official member.[36]
While testifying in April 2009 at the Mulroney–Schreiber Airbus inquiry, Campbell said she still followed Canadian politics "intermittently".[37]
In April 2014, Campbell was appointed the founding principal of the new Peter Lougheed Leadership College at the University of Alberta.[38]
She has appeared on the CBC Television program Canada's Next Great Prime Minister, a show that profiles and selects young prospective leaders, and has also been an occasional panellist on Real Time with Bill Maher.
On August 2, 2016, Liberal prime minister Justin Trudeau announced that Campbell had agreed to chair a seven-person committee to prepare a short list of candidates to succeed Thomas Cromwell on the Supreme Court of Canada.[39] In mid-October 2016, the committee announced that it would recommend the appointment of Malcolm Rowe to the court, and he was sworn in on October 31 as the first Supreme Court justice to hail from Newfoundland and Labrador.[40]
In August 2019, Campbell faced controversy when she said that she hoped that Hurricane Dorian would directly hit U.S. president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. The President's son Eric responded to Campbell, saying that his family was "rooting for the safety" of those impacted by the hurricane. Campbell soon deleted the tweet and apologized for the remarks.[41][42]
Campbell courted controversy on Twitter by claiming that female newscasters who expose their "arms" on TV are taken less seriously,[43] despite having once posed with bare shoulders herself in a famously suggestive photograph.[44]
Campbell revealed to Maclean's in 2019 that she could not survive in the Conservative Party. She said: "It's too intolerant; it's too right-wing."[45] She later argued after the 2019 federal election that Conservative leader Andrew Scheer was untrustworthy, stating "He's hard to trust, and that's really it."[46]
In September 2022, Campbell attended Elizabeth II's state funeral, along with other former Canadian prime ministers.[47]
On the eve of International Women's Day in March 2024, Campbell revealed on the "Beyond a Ballot" podcast that while she believes that there are good people in the Conservative Party, she could not support current leader, Pierre Poilievre, because she believes that he is a "liar and a hate-monger"FULL SPEECH: Former PM Jean Chrétien addresses tariff war during Liberal leadership speech
In landslide win, Mark Carney chosen as new Liberal Party leader and next PM
Campaign largely a referendum on who is best to take on U.S. president
In a blowout win, Liberal Party members have chosen former central bank governor Mark Carney as their new leader and the next prime minister of Canada.
Carney, who does not hold a seat in the House of Commons and has never been elected, secured more than 85 per cent of the points — handily winning on the first count. He also dominated in all 343 ridings, showing he has Liberal support across the country.
While Carney was long perceived as the front-runner, even members of his camp said they were surprised by the resounding results Sunday evening.
Former finance minister and current MP Chrystia Freeland finished in a distant second, with eight per cent of the points, in a result that elicited gasps in the room. According to the riding-by-riding breakdown, Carney even swept her Toronto riding of University-Rosedale.
Former House leader and current MP Karina Gould came third with 3.2 per cent of the points, and Montreal business leader and former MP Frank Baylis finished slightly behind in fourth.
FULL SPEECH | Carney addresses Canadians as new Liberal leader and PM-designate'I felt we needed big changes'
Walking on stage to the song Crier tout bas by Montreal artist Coeur de Pirate, Carney told a crowd of cheering supporters that "everything in my life has prepared me for this moment."
"Two months ago, I put my hand up to run for leader because I felt we needed big changes, guided by strong Canadian values," said the prime minister-designate.
"My parents were teachers, and they stressed the importance of hard work, of community and of tolerance," he said.
"My coaches were dedicated volunteers who taught me the importance of teamwork, ambition — and because it's Canada — humility."
The former Bank of Canada governor's win not only represents a new chapter for the Liberals but could signal an imminent federal election.
Carney
and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau embrace Sunday in Ottawa after Carney
was announced as the winner. Carney will succeed Trudeau as Canada's
next prime minister. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)
Carney will become prime minister after being sworn in by the Governor General. Earlier this week, outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he expects the transition to happen "in the coming days or week."
Carney, 59, pitched himself as an outsider seeking the top job, happily telling supporters he'd meet throughout the campaign that he is proudly not a politician.
That has now changed.
His first few days in office are bound to be defined by chaos. Carney takes over during ongoing negotiations with the United States to lift tariffs on goods. U.S. President Donald Trump has cast uncertainty over the Canadian economy as he enacts, then walks back, steep tariffs on some Canadian goods.
Mark Carney is the new Liberal Party leaderIn his acceptance speech, Carney promised his government will keep Canada's tariffs on "until the Americans show us respect." All proceeds raised through tariffs will be used to help workers, he said.
"We didn't ask for this fight, but Canadians are always ready when someone else drops the gloves," he said. "So Americans should make no mistake. In trade, as in hockey, Canada will win."
Central to Carney's pitch to Liberal voters was his time leading not one but two central banks in the G7 during economic uncertainty
He was appointed as Bank of Canada governor in 2008 by former Conservative leader Stephen Harper's government at the onset of the financial crisis. During the global economic calamity, Carney aggressively dropped interest rates, took steps to ensure Canadian banks had enough liquidity to operate and called for widespread reforms to the world's financial system.
Who is Mark Carney, Canada's next prime minister?Those actions won him international acclaim for playing a key role in helping Canada weather the crisis, although Harper — as part of a recent Conservative fundraising push — suggested Carney has taken too much credit.
Carney went on to lead the Bank of England and stayed on during a tumultuous time for the U.K. as it navigated Brexit and the resulting economic fallout. Carney was the first non-Briton to hold the position since the United Kingdom's central bank was established in 1694.
Born in Fort Smith, N.W.T., and raised in Edmonton, Harvard-educated Carney had a 13-year career with Goldman Sachs in its London, Tokyo, New York and Toronto offices before joining the federal public service.
More recently he served as a United Nations special envoy on climate action and worked for the investment firm Brookfield Asset Management.
Carney says Poilievre 'would let our planet burn'
Leaning on that background, Carney dedicated a chunk of his speech to attacking the man he will soon face off against in a general election campaign: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.
"He's that type of lifelong politician — and I have seen them around the world — who worships at the altar of the free market, despite never having made a payroll," Carney said, as he set the stage for future attacks against his political rival.
"Pierre Poilievre would let our planet burn. That's not leadership, it's ideology," he said. "Poilievre's plan will leave us divided and ready to be conquered. Because a person who worships at the altar of Donald Trump will kneel before him, not stand up to him."
Poilievre hosted his own rally in London, Ont., earlier Sunday, and used the opportunity to throw a few punches.
"Carney made the United States richer and stronger," he said of his business background.
"Make no mistake: Donald Trump will have a big smile on his face as he exploits all of Carney's many conflicts to attack Canadian workers and Canadian jobs."
In a statement after Carney's win, the Opposition leader said the Liberals "think they can trick Canadians into re-electing them for a fourth term by replacing Justin Trudeau with Mark Carney."
In a social media post, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh congratulated Carney on his win.
"Canadians are counting on their political leaders to fight for them in these challenging times. To stand up for a Canada where we take care of each other," he said.
"We will disagree on many ideas, priorities and policies — but we should always stand united in protecting our country from the threat posed by Donald Trump."
Front-runner from the start
Even before he put his name in the running, Carney was seen as the one to beat. Throughout the campaign, he secured the most caucus support, raised the most money and was the clear target of attack from the Conservatives.
Once a proponent of carbon pricing, Carney has since campaigned on scrapping the consumer carbon tax, Trudeau's marquee environmental policy.
Mark
Carney greets supporters in Ottawa on Sunday. The former central banker
won the Liberal leadership race to replace Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)
The relatively short leadership race was triggered when Trudeau announced in early January his intention to step down. The decision came following a growing caucus revolt and the resignation of Freeland from cabinet.
At the time, the party was in a deep polling slump, trailing Poilievre's Conservatives by more than 20 points. Recent polling suggests the Liberals are bouncing back. Carney will be under pressure to sustain that trend.
Speeches from Trudeau, Chrétien
That momentum had the Liberal convention buzzing Sunday, well before Carney was announced the winner.
In one of his final speeches as prime minister, a sometimes emotional Trudeau told the crowd he is "damn proud" of what the party has accomplished over the last decade.
As the Liberals enter a new era, "this is a nation-defining moment," Trudeau told the cheering crowd.
"Your country needs you now more than ever," he told the crowd. "Liberals will meet this moment."
Trudeau's teenage daughter Ella-Grace, introduced her father, telling the crowd she's looking forward to his retirement from politics and seeing him more at home — and less on her social media.
FULL SPEECH | Trudeau makes last major address as Liberal leaderTrudeau was followed by Liberal elder statesman and former prime minister Jean Chrétien, who took the crowd back to 1776, when Benjamin Franklin travelled to Montreal to try to drum up support for the American Revolution.
"He was told by the francophone, 'non merci,'" Chrétien said.
Chrétien, 91, said his Liberal Party gave Canada the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the two official languages, tough gun control and gay marriage.
"It is the Liberal Party that gave us the red Maple Leaf flag 60 years ago, which flew so proudly in homes across our country," he said.
What happens now?
Because Carney does not have a seat in the House of Commons, there's speculation he will trigger an early election to see if he can secure a mandate from the Canadian public.
After Trudeau formally resigns and Carney is sworn in at Rideau Hall, the new leader will need to name a cabinet.
Carney will also need to hire his inner circle, including a chief of staff and key advisers. A source with knowledge of the Carney team's plans who was not authorized to speak publicly said work is also underway to transition the Prime Minister's Office.
Speaking to reporters on the floor of the convention, Freeland said Carney, who is her son's godfather, has her support and the new Liberal leader "has a very clear mandate" to helm the party.
Freeland told reporters in French that she will run in the next federal election. Asked about a potential future in Carney's cabinet, Freeland said it's up to him to decide.
Though her run was unsuccessful, Freeland told reporters she had expected an uphill battle and that "it's been an opportunity for me to really talk about and lay out plans on the issues that are most important."
Gould, who has also committed to running again, called for the party to come together now that the race is over.
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Mark Carney is no ally of the oilpatch, says Alberta Premier Danielle Smith as she calls for election
'He's been on a warpath against the energy industry for his entire career'
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith wants the new leader of the federal Liberal Party to change its approach toward the oil and gas industry and its environmental policies.
Mark Carney won the Liberal leadership on Sunday evening with an overwhelming majority of the vote of party members.
On Monday, Smith re-iterated her calls for an election to be called so a prime minister is in place with a mandate from voters across the country.
Despite Carney's background as a central banker, Smith said she doesn't think the new Liberal leader will change the federal government's approach to the oilpatch.
Smith and her cabinet colleagues regularly criticise the federal Liberals for their policies toward the sector, including the proposed oil and gas emissions cap.
"Mark Carney is responsible for net zero banking. He's been on a warpath against the energy industry for his entire career," Smith said at CERAWeek, an international energy conference in Houston.
"I don't think he's changed his tune," Smith added.
After becoming the UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance in 2019, Carney advocated for the global financial sector to invest in net-zero emissions.
As part of his platform in the recent leadership campaign, Carney vowed to expand and modernize "our energy infrastructure so that we are less dependent both on foreign suppliers and the United States as our main customer."
Former Alberta energy minister Sonya Savage is keen to see if Carney puts less of a priority on environmental policies compared to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
"It'll be interesting to see if Mr. Carney pivots from any of that, as we're looking at affordability and inflation and energy reliability and looking down south to the United States, who's put energy dominance at the top of the agenda," said Savage in an interview with CBC News on the sidelines of the CERAWeek conference.
Born in Fort Smith, N.W.T., Carney spent his first six years there, before his family moved to Edmonton.
In 2007, he was appointed Bank of Canada governor under former Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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Ontario slaps 25% levy on U.S.-bound electricity in latest trade war volley
Surcharge will generate up to $400K per day to be used for worker, business supports: province
Ontario is imposing a 25 per cent surcharge on all U.S.-bound electricity as part of its retaliatory measures against U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods.
The new levy took effect Monday and will add about $10 per megawatt-hour to the cost of power heading south, the province says. It will generate an estimated $300,000 to $400,000 per day, money that will be used to support workers and businesses hit by U.S. tariffs.
"Believe me when I say I do not want to do this," Ontario Premier Doug Ford said at a news conference Monday.
"I feel terrible for the American people, because it's not the American people who started this trade war. It's one person who's responsible, that's President Trump," he said.
Ontario provides electricity to roughly 1.5 million customers in the northern border states of New York, Michigan and Minnesota. Ford said the surcharge will cost the average household or business in these states an additional $100 per month on their power bills.
He added the magnitude of the levy could be increased if the Trump administration continues to escalate its trade war against Canada.
"Until these tariffs are off the table, until these tariffs are gone for good, Ontario will not relent. We will not back down," Ford said alongside Ontario Energy Minister Stephen Lecce.
The province has also taken American booze off LCBO shelves and banned U.S. companies from government procurement contracts, in addition to the federal government's initial round of retaliatory tariffs on $30 billion worth of U.S. goods.
The electricity surcharge is being imposed by a directive from Lecce to the province's electricity system operator, which will require any generator selling electricity to the U.S. to add what's being called a Tariff Response Charge.
The system operator will then collect the money generated by the surcharge on behalf of the government on a monthly basis.
Last week, Trump temporarily paused implementation of 25 per cent tariffs on Canadians exports "compliant" with the terms of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) until April 2. But both Ford and Ottawa have said retaliatory measures will move ahead until the tariffs are lifted.
"Pausing some tariffs, making last-minute exemptions — it will not cut it. We need to end the chaos once and for all," Ford said Monday.
He also reiterated his previous threat to stop flows of electricity from Ontario to the U.S. altogether if the trade war lingers on.
Asked about a specific threshold that may compel him to take that step, Ford declined to be specific.
"If necessary, if the United States escalates, I will not hesitate to cut the electricity off completely," Ford said. "Let's just see how this rolls out. [Trump] changes his mind almost every single day."
Ford urged other provinces — in particular Alberta, which sends more than four million barrels of oil per day south of the border — to look at similar moves.
"A message to Premier (Danielle) Smith: one day, I think you might have to use that trump card and give approval for an export tax," he said.
"You want to talk about a trump card? That will instantly change the game, instantly, when the Americans — and I know the Americans — all of a sudden their gas prices go up 90 (cents) to $1 a gallon, they will lose their minds. So we need to at least put that in the window."
Smith has said Alberta needs to take action, but she won't curtail or impose counter-tariffs on oil and gas shipments. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, who leads a province that exports vital uranium and potash to the U.S., has similarly expressed a reluctance to impose export tariffs.
Ontario won't need to buy U.S. electricity this summer: Lecce
During the news conference, Lecce noted that most of the year, Ontario sells many times more electricity from the U.S. than it purchases.
Depending on energy demands in New York, Michigan and Minnesota, those states will sometimes then re-sell surplus electricity that originated in Ontario to other states, particularly along the I-95 corridor down the eastern seaboard.
When Ontario does buy U.S.-generated electricity, it is most often in the peak summer months.
Asked if Ontario could face reciprocal surcharges come the warmer season, Lecce said the province's electricity system operator is "fully confident in its ability to keep the lights on" with power generated in Ontario and Quebec.
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Ontario suspending 25% surcharge on provincially generated electricity purchased by U.S. states
After threats from Trump, Ford says U.S. secretary of commerce has extended 'olive branch'
Ontario is suspending its promise to add a 25 per cent surcharge on exports of electricity to some U.S. states, Premier Doug Ford said Tuesday afternoon.
The move comes after Ford and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick had a "productive conversation about the economic relationship between the United States and Canada," Ford said in a joint statement posted on social media.
Speaking to reporters at Queen's Park Tuesday, Ford said Lutnick had "sent out an olive branch" for provincial and federal Canadian officials to meet in Washington to "discuss the future" in the wake of repeated tariff threats from U.S. President Donald Trump. They are set to meet on Thursday, Ford said — and in return, Ontario agreed to suspend its 25 per cent surcharge on exports of electricity to Michigan, New York and Minnesota.
"With any negotiation that we have, there's a point that both parties are heated, and the temperature needs to come down," Ford said.
"They understand how serious we are about the electricity and the tariffs, and rather than going back and forth and having threats to each other, we have both agreed that cooler heads prevail. We need to sit down and move this forward."
Doug Ford pauses surcharge on U.S.-bound electricityFord previously announced on Monday plans to have the province impose a 25 per cent surcharge on Ontario-generated electricity purchased by American states in response to a series of tariff threats from Trump. Ontario provides power to roughly 1.5 million U.S.-based customers.
The premier also said Tuesday that the energy surcharge is still a tool the province could use in the future, should talks break down.
Trump says he respects decision to suspend surcharge
Trump, meanwhile, told reporters about Ford's decision on Tuesday not to apply the surcharge on electricity to some U.S. states.
"As you know, there's a very strong man in Canada who said he was going to charge a surcharge or tariff on electricity coming into our country. He has called and said he's not going to do that. And it would have been a very bad thing if he did. And he's not going to do that. So I respect that," Trump said.
"We've been treated very unfairly by Canada. We've been treated very unfairly by Mexico," he added.
Asked if he will drop tariffs on Canada following Ford's decision to drop the surcharge, Trump said: "Probably so, yeah. He was a gentleman."
Following that question, when asked specifically if the U.S. will still impose 50 per cent tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum products entering the U.S. on Wednesday, Trump said: "I'll let you know about it, but I appreciated his call. I thought it was nice."
The White House confirmed later Tuesday those tariffs would be scaled back to 25 per cent.
Earlier, on Tuesday morning, Trump issued numerous threats aimed at Ontario and Canada after the province initially imposed the surcharge.
In a series of meandering posts to his Truth Social platform, Trump said Ontario "will pay a financial price for this so big that it will be read about in History Books for many years to come!"
He went on to accuse Canada of "stooping so low as to use ELECTRICITY, that so affects the life of innocent people, as a bargaining chip and threat" in the trade war his administration started.
Tariff questions remain
Those comments came shortly after an earlier post in which Trump said he'll double tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum starting Wednesday in response to Ontario's electricity levy.
"Based on Ontario, Canada, placing a 25% Tariff on 'Electricity' coming into the United States, I have instructed my Secretary of Commerce to add an ADDITIONAL 25% Tariff, to 50%, on all STEEL and ALUMINUM COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM CANADA," Trump wrote.
Trump hasn't yet spoken to Carney, but his phone is 'always open,' White House rep saysHe also said he would declare a "National Emergency on Electricity" within the American regions impacted by Ontario's electricity levy, presumably referring to New York, Michigan and Minnesota.
Trump then launched into a lengthy rant about the U.S. annexing Canada to make it "our cherished Fifty First State."
He also threatened to "substantially increase" tariffs on auto imports on April 2, which Trump predicted would "permanently shut down the automobile manufacturing business in Canada."
When asked Tuesday afternoon if he believes the U.S. will back off on Trump's latest threats in light of this week's meeting, Ford said Lutnick "has to bounce it off the president, but I'm pretty confident he will pull back" — though Ford also was quick to caution he could not speak for American officials.
Volleys in trade war continue
Bill Slater, president of United Steelworkers Local 2724 in Sault Ste. Marie, told CBC News that the uncertainty around Trump's demands is leading to a demoralized workforce.
"It's the blue-collar workers now at the bottom that will be looking at both sides of the border to see where their next meal may come from," he said. "People like Mr. Trump, their portfolio might get a little bit smaller, but I'm pretty sure he's going to eat the same things for supper."
Trump initiated a trade war against Canada shortly after taking office, despite a longstanding economic, cultural and military alliance between the neighbouring nations. His administration has said it will impose 25 per cent tariffs on most Canadian goods and 10 per cent on energy, while offering shifting justifications for doing so.
Amid intensely negative stock market reaction, Trump temporarily paused implementation of the tariffs on Canadian exports "compliant" with the terms of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) until April 2.
The Trump administration's policy targeting Canadian goods comes despite CUSMA being a free trade agreement that Trump himself spearheaded and, a few years ago, called "the best and most important trade deal ever made by the USA."
Both Ontario and the federal government have said they will move ahead with retaliatory measures until the tariffs are entirely off the table.
In addition to the surcharge, Ontario has taken American booze off LCBO shelves and banned U.S. companies from government procurement contracts, while the federal government has imposed an initial round of retaliatory tariffs on $30 billion worth of U.S. goods.
Ford has also urged other provinces — in particular Alberta, which sends more than four million barrels of oil per day south of the border, and Saskatchewan, which provides potash critical to U.S. agriculture — to look at imposing export taxes on those commodities.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe have thus far refused to consider the move.
With files from The Canadian Press
Stocks close out volatile day as investors say market is ‘sick and tired’ of Trump’s tariff chaos
US markets seesawed Tuesday amid another tariff roller coaster ride.
All three major indexes dropped after President Donald Trump doubled down early Tuesday on his threat to levy a new round of hefty tariffs on Canada. Yet by the afternoon, markets had pared some losses as officials from both the US and Canada said they would meet this week to deescalate tensions and renegotiate trade policy.
The Dow closed lower by 478 points, or 1.14%, after tumbling more than 700 points earlier. The broader S&P 500 fell 0.76% and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.18%.
The S&P 500 flirted with correction territory and closed down 9.3% from its record high in February, nearing a correction. The Nasdaq, which has been in correction territory, closed down 13.6% from its record high in December.
Trump did not appear to be concerned by the market’s decline.
“Markets are going to go up and they’re going to go down but, you know what, we have to rebuild our country,” he told reporters at the White House.
“This market is just blatantly sick and tired of the back and forth on trade policy,” Art Hogan, chief market strategist at B. Riley Wealth Management, told CNN’s Matt Egan.
“It feels as though the administration continues to move the goal posts. With that much uncertainty, it’s impossible for investors to have any confidence,” Hogan said.
Wall Street’s fear gauge, the Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, fell after climbing earlier Tuesday. The index on Monday had an intraday surge of 19% and closed at its highest level since December.
The decline in the three major indexes extends a market rout that has rattled Wall Street and raised concerns about when the bleeding will stop.
Trump has cautioned that tariffs could cause “a little disturbance,” and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said last week that “the fact that the stock market goes down half a percent or percent, it goes up half a percent or percent, that is not the driving force of our outcomes.”
“There’s a tolerance for pain that maybe some investors hadn’t priced in,” said Ross Mayfield, an investment strategist at Baird.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt in a press briefing Tuesday reiterated comments by Trump that the US is in “a period of economic transition.” Asked about the declines in the market, Leavitt said they are a “snapshot of a moment in time.”
“The president will look out for Wall Street and for Main Street just like he did in his first term, and people on Wall Street and Main Street should bet on this president. He’s doing what’s right for this country,” Leavitt said.
“The American people gave the president a tremendous opportunity to restore American greatness and restore our manufacturing dominance, and he’s intent on doing just that,” she added.
Wall Street’s volatility comes on the heels of a steep selloff on Monday that saw the Dow tumble 890 points and the S&P 500 shed 2.7%.
Trump in an interview with Fox News on Sunday had declined to rule out the possibility of a recession, contributing to investor anxiety. Trump told reporters Tuesday that the market selloff does not “concern” him and that he “doesn’t see” a recession.
Among the stocks dragging markets lower on Monday were airlines. Delta Airlines (DAL) slid 7.25% after the company on Monday slashed its earnings forecast for the year. American Airlines (AAL) fell 8.3% and United Airlines (UAL) fell 2%.
Elsewhere, Ford (F), one of the most actively traded stocks Tuesday, slid 2.7%.
“Extreme fear” has been the sentiment driving investors for the past two weeks, according to CNN’s Fear and Greed Index, stoked by the uncertainty caused by Trump’s back-and-forth tariff announcements.
European stocks slumped as the anxiety around Trump’s tariffs spread to global markets. The pan-European STOXX Europe 600 index fell 1.7%. Germany’s DAX and France’s CAC indexes were each 1.3% lower on the day, while London’s FTSE 100 was down 1.2%.
CNN’s Matt Egan and Sam Waldenberg contributed reporting.
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This was sent to me recently. I certainly was not aware of all this info.
I thought you might be interested in reading it. 
An article posted in the Buffalo News by Gerry Boley.
Misconceptions in the United States about Canada are quite common. They include: there is always snow in Canada; Canadians are boring, socialists and pacifists; their border is porous and allowed the Sept. 11 terrorists through; or, as the U.S. Ottawa embassy staff suggested to Washington, the country suffers from an inferiority complex. This is a great time to clarify some of these misconceptions and better appreciate a neighbour that the United States at times takes for granted.
With the exception of the occasional glacier, skiing in Canada in the summer just isn't happening. Frigid northern winters, however, have shaped the tough, fun-loving Canadian character. When it is 30-below, the Canucks get their sticks, shovel off the local pond and have a game of shinny hockey.
The harsh winters have also shaped Canadians' sense of humour. Canada has some of the world's greatest comedians, from early Wayne and Shuster, to Rich Little, Jim Carrey, Russel Peters, Seth Rogan, Mike Myers, Leslie Nielsen, John Candy, Martin Short, Eugene Levy and "Saturday Night Live" creator and movie producer Lorne Michaels.
The suggestion that Canadians are soft on terrorism is a myth. The 9/11 Commission reported that terrorists arrived in the United States from outside North America with documents issued to them by the U.S. government, but Canada was initially linked to allowing the terrorists into the U.S. because of laxed border control. The Canadians in Gander countered despicable terrorist acts with love and caring to their U.S. neighbours when planes were diverted there.
Americans glorify war with movies, but it is the Canadians who are often the real "Rambo." The Canadians are anything but pacifists and their history is certainly not dull. Be it on the ice or battlefield, this warrior nation has never lost a war that it fought in... - War of 1812 (versus the United States), World War I, World War II, Korea and Afghanistan. During the '72 Summit Series, Soviet goalie Vladislav Tretiak said, "'The Canadians have great skills and fight to the very end.'"
In hunting the Taliban in Afghanistan, U.S. Commander and Navy SEAL Capt. Robert Harward stated that the Canadian Joint Task Force 2 team was "his first choice for any direct-action mission."
Contrary to Thomas Jefferson's 1812 comment that, "The acquisition of Canada will be a mere matter of marching," the wily Native American leader Tecumseh and Maj. Gen. Isaac Brock captured Brig. Gen. William Hull's Fort Detroit without firing a shot. The Americans never took Quebec and when they burned the Canadian Parliament Buildings at York, the White House was torched in retaliation.
Canada consolidated its status as a warrior nation during World War I battles at Vimy Ridge, Passchendaele, Somme and the Second Battle of Ypres, where soldiers were gassed twice by the Germans but refused to break the line. By the end of the war, the Canadians were the Allies' shock troops.
In the air, four of the top seven World War I aces were Canadians. Crack shots, the names William "Billy" Bishop, Raymond Collishaw, Donald MacLaren and William Barker, with 72, 60, 54 and 53 victories, respectively, were legendary. These were the original Crazy Canucks, who regularly dropped leaflets over enemy airfields advising German pilots that they were coming over at such and such a time, and to come on up. Bishop and Barker won the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry.
The pilot who is credited with shooting down the Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen, with a little help from the Australian down under, was not Snoopy but Roy Brown from Carleton Place, Ont.
During World War II, Winnipeg native and air ace Sir William Stephenson, the "Quiet Canadian," ran the undercover British Security Coordination under the code name Intrepid. From Rockefeller Center in New York, as a liaison between Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. Stephenson invented the machine that transferred photos over the wire for the Daily Mail newspaper in 1922. Americans were not aware that the BSC was there or that it was stocked with Canadians secretly working to preserve North American freedom from the Nazis.
Also little known is that Intrepid trained Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond series, at Camp X, the secret spy school near Whitby, Ont. Five future directors of the CIA also received special training there. It is suggested that Fleming's reference to Bond's 007 license to kill status, his gadgetry and the "shaken not stirred" martinis, rumored to be the strongest in North America, came from Stephenson.
When Wild Bill Donovan, head of the U.S. OSS, forerunner of the CIA, presented Intrepid with the Presidential Medal of Merit in 1946, he said, "William Stephenson taught us everything we knew about espionage."
American military writer Max Boot wrote recently in Commentary magazine that Canada is a country that most Americans consider a "dull but slavishly friendly neighbour, sort of like a great St. Bernard." Boot needs to come to Canada, have a Molson Canadian and chat about Canadian history. He owes his freedom to Canucks such as Stephenson and the courageous soldiers and fliers of the world wars who held off the Germans while America struggled with isolationism.
Canadian inventions such as the oxygen mask Martin Baker ejection system, and anti-gravity suit, the forerunner of the astronaut suit, allowed U.S. and other Allied fighter pilots to fly higher, turn tighter and not black out with the resulting G-force. The 32 Canadians from the Avro Arrow team helped build the American space program and were, according to NASA, brilliant to a man. The most brilliant, Jim Chamberlin, chief designer of the Jetliner and Arrow, was responsible for the design and implementation of the Gemini and Apollo space programs.
Although Canadians have had a free, workable medical system for 50 years, they are not socialists and there are not long lineups, as some politicians opposed to Obama care suggest. This writer has had a ruptured appendix, hip replacement, pinned shoulder, blood clot, twist fracture of the fibula and broken foot, and in every case, there was zero cost to me. Canadians have and value a medical system for all Canadians that is free with minimal waits. That is not socialism; that is caring about fellow Canadians.
Americans may be surprised by the Canadian content in their life. Superman - "truth, justice and the American way" - was co-created by Canadian Joe Shuster, the Daily Planet is based on a Toronto newspaper, and the 1978 film's Lois Lane, Margot Kidder, and Superman's father, Glenn Ford, were both Canadians. The captain of the starship Enterprise was Montreal-born William Shatner. Torontonian Raymond Massey played Abraham Lincoln in 1956. And as American as apple pie? Ah, no. The McIntosh apple was developed in Dundela, Ont., in 1811 by John McIntosh.
Many of the sports that Americans excel at are Canadian in origin. James Naismith from Almonte, Ont., invented basketball. The tackling and ball carrying in football were introduced by the Canucks in games between Harvard and McGill in the 1870s. Five-pin bowling is also a Canadian game. Lacrosse is officially Canada's national sport, and hockey - well, Canadians are hockey. And Jackie Robinson called Montreal "the city that enabled me to go to the major leagues."
To make everyone's life easier, Canadians invented Pablum, the electric oven, the telephone, Marquis wheat, standard time, the rotary snowplow, the snowmobile, Plexiglas, oven cleaner, the jolly jumper, the pacemaker, the alkaline battery, the caulking gun, the gas mask, the goalie mask, the zipper, Tetra Packs, IMAX movies and many more.
Canadian inferiority complex? That is another myth. Never pick a fight with a quiet kid in the schoolyard. Never mistake quiet confidence for weakness. Many a bully has learned that the hard way.
Canadians are self-effacing and do not brag. That does not mean we do not know who we are. We are caring but tough, fun-loving but polite and creative, and we share with each other and the world. Our history is exciting but we don't toot our horn. The world does that for us. This is the third year in a row that Canada has been voted the most respected country in the world by the Reputation Institute global survey.
Perhaps once a year around our collective birthdays, Americans can raise a toast to their friendly, confident neighbour in the Great White North.
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Jordan Gill · CBC News · Posted: Jan 31, 2025 3:19 PM ASTPresident Donald Trump has threatened to put a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian exports. (Mark Schiefelbein/The Associated Press)
When it comes to the impact New Brunswickers may feel from U.S. President Donald Trump's promised 25 per cent tariff on Canadian exports, Ron Marcolin, Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters' divisional vice president for New Brunswick, said prepare for the worst.
"I think it is going to definitely hurt," said Marcolin.
"Consumers in this province have to realize that they may have sticker shock and ... feel some short term pain."
Marcolin said while some industries, such as oil and gas, forestry and agriculture, will be particularly impacted, no industry is immune.
While tariffs were an issue during the last Trump presidency, specifically on steel and aluminum, their target nature meant some industries were spared the worst.
Ron Marcolin of the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters Association says people should prepare for the worst. (CBC)
That won't be the case this time around.
"We'll feel the pain — we'll feel it immediately," said Marcolin
Marcolin said while manufacturers can adjust somewhat and sell more goods domestically, in many cases that's not possible.
He said a lot of the manufactured goods in New Brunswick are bespoke to the needs of a particular company, often an American one, so they can't just be sent to other markets.
Many companies have also linked themselves heavily with the U.S. market because of its geographic closeness and appetite for Canadian goods, but manufacturers are exploring other markets.
"This type of threat of tariff, though, allows the business owner in New Brunswick to say, 'OK, let's at least look at other markets and other options," he said.
Marcolin said manufacturers are looking more closely at markets in Mexico, Europe and Asia.
And it's not just manufacturers that will have to deal with tariffs, exporters will also be affected.
Craig Estabrooks, the president and CEO of Port Saint John, said most of export business at the port doesn't go to the United States. (CBC)
Craig Estabrooks, CEO of Port Saint John, said they're working with the province to understand the effect of potential tariffs and what can be done to mitigate the damage.
When it comes to the port, the biggest loser may be the oil businesses.
"The liquid bulk business that is owned and operated by Irving Oil would be a very large exporter to the United States. So that's something we think about a lot," said Estabrooks.
However, it appears the port's growing container business may avoid the brunt of tariffs.
"Our container services today do not export to the United States," said Estabrooks.
"The five container services we have today are north-south to the Caribbean and Latin America and then a lot of trade to Northern Europe and the Mediterranean."
While Canadians will no doubt suffer from any tariffs, so will U.S. consumers, according to Michelle Robichaud, president of the Atlantica Centre for Energy. (Rachel Cave/CBC)
While Canadians will no doubt suffer from any tariffs, so will U.S. consumers, Michelle Robichaud, president of the Atlantica Centre for Energy, said.
Robichaud said a lot of products used in the New England region are produced or finished in the Maritimes, and any increase in price will impact our neighbours to the south.
One place New Englanders are likely to feel the pinch in their pockets is when they gas up.
"Eight out of 10 cars in the northeast U.S. are fuelled by the refined petroleum products that come from Saint John," said Robichaud.
"Ninety per cent of the jet fuel that goes into some extremely busy airports — Boston, Portland — that jet fuel comes from New Brunswick."
Information Morning - Fredericton 13:37Tariff pressuresPresident Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian imports might be just a few days away. Jeanne Armstrong spoke to Ron Marcolin, the New Brunswick head of Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters, as they brace themselves for what's to come.Robichaud said businesses would likely have tried to move as much product into the U.S. as possible before any tariff goes into effect.
"They have been doing that since Trump was elected, stockpiling as they can," said Robichaud.
"They are preparing for reduced orders out of the U.S. They are preparing for an increase in price."
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jordan GillReporter
Jordan Gill is a CBC reporter based out of Fredericton. He can be reached at jordan.gill@cbc.ca.
With files from Rachel Cave, Information Morning Fredericton and Saint John
484 Comments
David Amos
Legions of people know that on Valentines Day 2017 I discussed NAFTA etc with President Donald J. Trump's lawyer Mr CohenTrump thinks New Brunswick is a town in New Jersey
David Amos
Chantal LeBouthi
Reply to David Amos
lol absolutely
Sam Smithmoose
Reply to David Amos
Hilarious.
Denis van humbeck
Reply to David Amos
Trump thinks Ontario is in California.
Bob Leeson
Reply to David Amos
That explains why he's so angry at Ontario! lol
David Amos
Reply to Bob Leeson
Of that I have no doubt
David Amos
Reply to Denis van humbeck
Methinks Trudeau the Younger should agree that Donald and Dougy deserve each other N'esy Pas?
Chantal LeBouthi
Poor trump ha well good luck
David Amos
Reply to Chantal LeBouthi
Surely you jest
Sam Smithmoose
Can we get a different photo without 47? We know who he is.
Duncan MacLeod
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The back end of a mule would do
David Amos
Reply to Duncan MacLeod
True
Sam Smithmoose
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Anne Wallenberg
Survey: 96% of Alberta business leaders say Canada must retaliate on U.S. tariffs, 92% want united front between premiers and Ottawa.
https://discoverairdrie.com/articles/survey-96-of-alberta- business-leaders-say-canada- must-retaliate-on-us-tariffs
David Amos
Reply to Anne Wallenberg
Oh My My
Sam Smithmoose
Reply to Anne Wallenberg
Awesome info. Thank you for the assurance!
Denis van humbeck
Things were much better with Chretien, Clinton and Bush. And better with Harper and Obama. The last good leader in the U.S.A was Obama.
Sam Smithmoose
Reply to Denis van humbeck
Obama was outstanding.
David Amos
Reply to Denis van humbeck
I Disagree
Bob Leeson
Reply to David Amos
Yeah I disagree on the Bush and Harper part too.
Bob Leeson
Reply to Sam Smithmoose
Bush and Harper, not so much. lol
Sam Smithmoose
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Chris Jones
Trump said there’s nothing we can do about it. His excuses for the tariffs seemed pretty thin so all the attempts to placate him seemed to play to his riff but he wasn’t really serious about a lot of it, imo. He was pulling our chain. I mean, what does fentanyl or immigration really have to do with tariffs? Maybe he was surprised we went for it? The fact that he loves even the word tariffs so much indicates he likes the idea.
The only thing that I see tariffs as good for is to stimulate local industry to expand and create a domestic supply independent of foreign suppliers. That may be his reasoning but he doesn’t like many of us. He has friends here he says, but we call him a bully and we were never very nice or polite to him, especially our media.
And a lot of our rancour was in lock step with the partisans against him in his own country. It was organized and profitable for his opposition, and I mean money. Now he has power again, this is one way to use it to become more independent.
Bob Leeson
Reply to Chris Jones
Being friendly and bowing helps. Pence did, and it worked well for him. Except of course for the noose waiting for him at the end. Condolences to the families of the Capitol Police who lost their lives :(
Chris Jones
Reply to Bob Leeson
Being nice has a lot to do with reason, in my opinion. It’s a word that has changed significantly over the centuries to mean the opposite of its original meaning. There’s a cut off sometimes but it doesn’t have to be us that forsakes reason and Christian charity, if we actually believe in that. There’s nothing wrong with trying to reason with Trump but trying to run a play around him is foolish imo. We should simply accept what he’s doing and we can become more independent of them when they do it to us. I don’t think reprisals are the answer but it takes all kinds to make a Canada and an America.
I think it’s reasonable to say Jan. 6 was an attempt at a semi hard coup. But so was the convoy in Canada. That’s what we really have to watch out for.
Bob Leeson
Reply to Chris Jones
Recent history (well since Trump has been alive), has shown anyone/anything gets thrown under the bridge when those he uses begin to fail in executing his agenda. Let's not cave into furthering his questionable agenda. It will not work out for us in the end. Canada isn't any more special to him than any other entity he's used to further his goals.
Chris Jones
Reply to Bob Leeson
I agree that we can’t stop the tariffs but maybe states and provinces can work out independent agreements. But to do it federally is more risky. And USA control of our information space means we are still very vulnerable to more soft coups. It took a lot of denigration and calumny and slander but oil and gas, and a USA deep state never loved Trudeau anyway. He had his faults and I’m shut down about them also but they got rid of him, imo, and he was the best of a bad lot, and not too bad. Sometimes that’s all we get.
Bob Leeson
Reply to Chris Jones
Yes, I'm certain your leader would gladly retain her position as governor of her state by making an independent "agreement" with the US. Unlike you, I stand for our nation however, along with the other provinces of our great country.
You guys do you. Good luck!
David Amos
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Reply to Chris Jones
IMHO this nonsense is just another case of Dumb versus Dumber
Chris Jones
Reply to Bob Leeson
Defending my province of origin in this venue is likely fruitless. Like I said, there’s a cut off point for reason and you reached it.
Bob Leeson
Reply to Chris Jones
Bye-bye then. Hopefully you still have Obamacare next year.
Chris Jones
Reply to Bob Leeson
It may not be reasonable but I love Obama.
We are reminded that, in the fleeting time we have on this Earth, what matters is not wealth, or status, or power, or fame, but rather how well we have loved and what small part we have played in making the lives of other people better.
Barack Obama
Well actually it is reasonable to tell you that. It’s the one thing that might be. lol.
When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk.
Barack Obama
Here I’m advertising his wisdom, not my own.
Robert Audobon
Reply to Bob Leeson
Dani can do the bowing. She seems to have the lips for it..
Anne Wallenberg
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lovely, thank you!Thursday, 15 February 2024
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RE FATCA, NAFTA & TPP etc ATTN President Donald J. Trump I just got
off the phone with your lawyer Mr Cohen (646-853-0114) Why does he lie
to me after all this time???
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Subject: RE FATCA, NAFTA & TPP etc ATTN President Donald J. Trump I
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Subject: RE: Yo President Trump RE the Federal Court of Canada File No
T-1557-15 lets see how the media people do with news that is NOT FAKE
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