The new Canadian PM is intimately familiar with Britain’s Left-wing elites. He may seek to exploit that to his country’s advantage
Mark Carney’s crushing victory in the Liberal Party leadership race means he will become Canada’s next prime minister. The former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor won 85.9 per cent of the vote, with former deputy prime minister and finance minister Chrystia Freeland finishing a distant second on 8 per cent.
Carney will become the first Canadian PM to have never held elected office. His political inexperience could be a disaster of epic proportions, rivalling that of the inept Justin Trudeau. Yet, as fate would have it, this political novice is in a unique position to resolve one pressing problem.
