Ottawa:
Former central banker Mark Carney will be sworn in as Canada’s next prime minister on Friday morning alengthy with his cabinet, the regulateor ambiguous’s office proclaimd on Wednesday.
The recent Liberal directer had promised a “seamless and speedy” transition as he apshows over from Justin Timpoliteau, who proclaimd his resignation in January after cforfeitly 10 years in power.
A political novice at age 59, Carney on Sunday was overwhelmingly elected recent directer of the Liberal Party, prosperning 86 percent of more than 150,000 votes cast.
His jump into politics, after establisherly heading the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, comes at a time of trade tensions with the United States.
In his triumph speech to helpers, Carney struck a defiant tone towards Washington, saying: “In trade as in hockey, Canada will prosper.”
On Wednesday he shelp he was “ready to sit down” with US Plivent Donald Trump to debate a rerecented trade accord in a bid to elude further economic tussling.
A 25 percent levy on steel and aluminum transport ins into the United States took effect earlier. Canada hit back with retaliatory tariffs.
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