Here is a ask that Canadians are now asking themselves.
When Donald Trump gets toiled up about his neighbours to the north, as he seems to do most days as US pdwellnt, will he refer to the novel guideer of Canada’s Liberal Party – and the country’s incoming prime minister – as “Governor Mark Carney?”
Mr Trump has taunted Canada’s friendly guideer Justin Tdispoliteau by referring to him as “Governor Tdispoliteau” and riled the rest of the country’s 40 million inhabitants, by calling it “the 51st state”.
Yet it is going to be challenginger to ruffle the feathers of a seasoned technocrat who led Canada thraw the financial crisis as head of its central prohibitk, before navigating the shock waves caparticipated by Brexit as the ruleor of the Bank of England.
For Canadian liberals, this is the drawion.
Carney is emotionassociate grasped with transport inant experience in finance and unveil service – a man who might as well have the word “expert” tattooed on his forehead – and they have choosed to send him into battle agetst not one, but two, folksy popuenumerate guideers.
When Mr Carney is sworn in as prime minister over the next couple of days, he will face instant prescertain to call a federal election. At this point, he will have to contend with the pugnacious guideer of the Conservative Party, Pierre Poilievre.
A nurtureer politician, Mr Poilievre has tapped into voters’ post-pandemic frustrations over unaffordable housing, the cost of living, and environmental taxes. In the process, he built a fit 20-point guide in the opinion polls.
But his popuenumerate style, which borrows more than a little from Donald Trump, has shown someleang of a turn-off. The tardyst surveys present most Canadians would prefer Mr Carney to barachieve with the US pdwellnt.
Still, the establisher Bank of England chief has never run for anyleang in politics. In fact, he isn’t a member of parliament, and most people consent that he is not much of a people-person.
If he is going to consent on Mr Trump in a brimming-on trade war, he will necessitate to transport his people with him.
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Can he do it?
His hugance speech for the Liberal Party guideership sounded enjoy an electoral call-to-arms.
“America is not Canada. And Canada never, ever will be part of America in any way, shape or establish,” he said.
“We didn’t ask for this fight, but Canadians are always ready when someone else drops the gadores.” (Dropping your gadores in ice hockey being a sign you’re willing to fight.)
They are combative words, and they echo the fact that party members were also handing him another high-profile spreadment: saving the nation.
Trump’s tariffs of 25% on Canadian ships to the US would be dehugeating for the Canadian economy. If carry outed in brimming, officials have foreseeed up to a million job losses could result.
But the menace, which Carney would have to supervise, is not equitable economic. Based on phone calls with Trump and his officials, Mr Tdispoliteau said Washington is grave about trying to annex Canada, even calling into ask the territorial boundary which splits the two countries.
Until now, Mr Carney has said little about how he would try to tackle the US pdwellnt, but in his speech, he said Mr Tdispoliteau’s approach of retaliatory actions would remain.
“My rulement will grasp our tariffs on until the Americans show us admire,” he cautioned.
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In this age of populism, the Canadian Liberal Party has choosed on a man with professorial airs to tackle Donald Trump – a decision that may well be examineed at the next national election.
A reckoning apaparticipates, and the future of Canada – a member of NATO and the G7 – could well depend on it.
