OTTAWA — With a successful election and a high-stakes trip to Washington behind him, Prime Minister Mark Carney is grappling with a tangle of considerations and big decisions as he launches his first governing mandate for Canada’s incoming minority Parliament.
In the coming days, the Liberal prime minister is expected to name a chief of staff and choose key players in his office, shuffle his cabinet on Tuesday, and try to advance a series of governing priorities under the shadow of Donald Trump’s trade war. Having won a seat for the first time in the April 28 federal election, Carney will also enter the House of Commons later this month as a parliamentary novice whose party — with 169 seats at the latest count — is just shy of a majority, prompting speculation the Liberals might convince opposition MPs to cross the floor and strengthen the government’s hand.
