Mark Carney, crisis-fighting central banker, to lead Canada through US trade war


Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney attends an event at the Liberal Party election night headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada April 29, 2025. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier

OTTAWA (Reuters) -Prime Minister Mark Carney, whose Liberal Party won Canada's election on Monday, is a two-time central banker and crisis fighter who now faces his biggest challenge of all: steering Canada through U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs.

Carney's ruling Liberals completed their comeback win over Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives, but secured a minority government that fell short of the strong mandate that the former central banker had sought.

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