In the next few days, Mark Carney will be taking the reins as Prime Minister after winning the leadership of the governing Liberal party.
The question now is for how long?
On Sunday, March 9, the membership of the Liberal Party elected Carney as their new leader. This comes in the wake of Prime Minster Justin Trudeau announcing he would step down.
Many are predicting an election would quickly be called, spurred either by the governing party or a vote of non-confidence.
CPC leader Pierre Poilievre and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh have both indicated they would call for a vote of non-confidence.
In the short time between Trudeau's announcement and Carney’s victory, the political landscape has shifted dramatically.
Looming threats of tariffs by the United States, and changing goalposts every day are making Canadians more and more concerned.
Upon winning, Carney dialled in on the ongoing trade dispute.
“Donald Trump has put unjustified tariffs on what we build, on what we sell, on how we earn a living. He's attacking Canadian workers, families and businesses. We can't let him succeed,” he said. "I'm proud of the response of Canadians who are making their voices heard and their wallets felt. And I'm grateful for how Canadian provinces are stepping up to the fight.”
Just a few weeks ago, the Conservative Party arouds a 20 point lead in the polls and was poised to form the next government. The race has since tightened up, and Poilievre wasted no time in getting his message out and says nothing has really changed.
“The Liberal establishment has installed Justin Trudeau's economic advisor as the next Liberal leader to trick Canadians into giving them a fourth term in power. But he's just like Justin and he's more of the same,” he said. “We have the same Liberal MPs, the same Liberal advisors, the same Liberal promises that will produce the same Liberal results: doubling housing costs, doubling the debt, doubling lineups at food banks, enriching the global elites at the expense of the working class and making our economy more helpless and reliant on the Americans than ever before.”
