O’Canada: Mark Carney To Be Next PM; Ex-Bank Of England Boss Will Continue Fight With “Voldermort” Trump Over Tariffs

deadline.com:

Harry Potter-quoting Mark Carney will be the next Prime Minister of Canada. Coming out on top today in a four-way race to succeed Justin Trudeau as the head of the ruling Liberal Party, former Bank of Canada and Bank of England boss Carney is expected to take office in the next week or so.

As a digital balloting closed earlier Sunday, Carney received the overwhelming majority of the 150,000 members of the Liberal Party than any other contender in the short leadership battle.

The candidate was backed by most of the outgoing Trudeau’s cabinet, like Minister for Women Marci Ien. Long a member of the global political and financial elite, Carney is a newbie to elected politics and will be the first person in the history of the Great North to go straight into the top job without holding a seat in Parliament in Ottawa.

Carney will find himself in more unprecedented territory from the minute he officially becomes Canada’s 24th Prime Minister.