{"id":255675,"date":"2025-03-10T09:16:13","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T09:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/4-takeaways-from-canadas-election\/"},"modified":"2025-03-10T09:16:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T09:16:14","slug":"4-takeaways-from-canadas-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/10\/4-takeaways-from-canadas-election\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Takeaways From Canada\u2019s Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/09\/multimedia\/09canada-election-zpjh\/09canada-election-zpjh-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"4 Takeaways From Canada\u2019s Election\" title=\"4 Takeaways From Canada\u2019s Election\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mark Carney, a former central banker, swept to the leadership of Canada\u2019s Liberal Party on Sunday and will become prime minister at a critical moment for the country, which is facing threats to its economy and sovereignty from President Trump.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Carney, who has never been elected to public office, was governor of the Bank of Canada during the 2008 global financial crisis and governor of the Bank of England during Brexit. He was also a successful banker in the private sector, amassing a significant personal fortune. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/09\/world\/canada\/mark-carney-liberal-election.html\" title=\"\">dominated the Liberals\u2019 leadership race<\/a>, securing a decisive win. But because the party does not command a majority in Parliament, Mr. Carney will soon have to call a general election, in which the Liberals will face the Conservative Party, led by Pierre Poilievre. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Carney\u2019s election marks the end of Justin Trudeau\u2019s decade-long tenure as prime minister. Mr. Trudeau\u2019s popularity had soured, with many blaming him for Canada\u2019s burdensome cost of living, soaring housing costs, overstretched health system and other woes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<p><h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-12d60bce\">Trump\u2019s threats loom large.<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trump\u2019s shadow hung over the festive gathering of Liberal Party faithful in Ottawa for the Sunday leadership election. His on-again-off-again tariffs on Canadian goods are already hurting the economy, and his frequent statements about making Canada the 51st state have angered most of the public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trudeau captured the mood in his emotional farewell speech, just before Mr. Carney\u2019s victory was announced. \u201cThis is a nation-defining moment,\u201d he said. \u201cDemocracy is not a given. Freedom is not a given. Even Canada is not a given.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In his own speech, Mr. Carney identified two key antagonists as he prepares to take office and lead his party to elections: Mr. Trump and Mr. Poilievre. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cDonald Trump thinks he can weaken us with his plan to divide and conquer,\u201d Mr. Carney said. \u201cPierre Poilievre\u2019s plan will leave us divided and ready to be conquered, because a person who worships at the altar of Donald Trump will kneel before him, not stand up to him.\u201d <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-e94b59e\">Carney sees \u2018dark days.\u2019<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Carney was swept into the leadership, winning 85.9 percent of the roughly 152,000 votes cast by Liberal Party members.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In contrast to the \u201csunny ways\u201d Mr. Trudeau promised when he became prime minister in 2015, Mr. Carney pointed to clouds on the horizon, coming from the direction of Washington.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI know that these are dark days, dark days brought on by a country we can no longer trust,\u201d Mr. Carney said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Carney, who is seen as a centrist technocrat, revisited some of his main campaign promises, including the immediate elimination of Mr. Trudeau\u2019s widely criticized carbon tax and the reversal of a capital-gains tax hike. Mr. Carney\u2019s campaign focused mainly on reorienting Canada\u2019s economy, which has been weakened by inflation and low productivity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI am a pragmatist above all,\u201d he told party members. \u201cWhen I see something that\u2019s not working, I will change it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Though Mr. Carney has spent much of his career in the public eye as the head of two central banks, in Canada he is a lesser known figure than <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/07\/world\/canada\/chrystia-freeland-liberal-party-leader-candidate.html\" title=\"\">Chrystia Freeland<\/a>, the former finance minister who finished a distant second in the Liberal leadership race. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But he will soon be thrust into battle against Mr. Trump, defending Canada against the American president\u2019s caustic criticisms and the various tariffs he has threatened to impose. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<p><h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-6cd19a27\">Trudeau bids an emotional farewell. <\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When Mr. Trudeau was elected in 2015, promising to usher Canada into an optimistic era, he became the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/08\/world\/canada\/justin-trudeau-canada-prime-minister-photos.html\" title=\"\">telegenic face<\/a> of global progressivism.<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">On Sunday, in a speech seen as a bookend to his time in power, Mr. Trudeau tried to offer a hopeful message, but he also said soberly that Canada faced an \u201cexistential challenge\u201d from its neighbor. He has made clear that he sees Mr. Trump\u2019s threats to annex Canada as <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/07\/world\/canada\/trump-trudeau-canada-51st-state.html\" title=\"\">deadly serious<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the face of that challenge, Mr. Trudeau said, \u201cCanadians are showing what it is that makes us Canadians; not by defining ourselves by who we\u2019re not, but by proudly embracing who we are.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Trudeau began his remarks with tears in his eyes after an introduction from his daughter, Ella-Grace Trudeau, 16. \u201cMy brothers and I have shared our dad with you for the past 12 years,\u201d she said. \u201cNow, we\u2019re taking him back.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-70e0c75e\">The election\u2019s been transformed.<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Carney, who does not hold a seat in Parliament, is expected to be sworn in as prime minister early this week. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He will soon face off against Mr. Poilievre, a career politician who commanded a double-digit lead over the Liberals in opinion polls just a few months ago. <\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But Mr. Trump\u2019s bellicosity has upended the race. Mr. Poilievre has been hurt by a perception that he is ideologically aligned with the U.S. president, and surveys indicate that voters believe Mr. Carney is a better choice to take him on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Poilievre, who had been relentlessly accusing Liberals of having \u201cbroken\u201d Canada, has now shifted to a \u201cCanada First\u201d message as he seeks to distance himself from Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/03\/10\/world\/canada\/canada-election-takeaways.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Carney, a former central banker, swept to the leadership of Canada\u2019s Liberal Party on Sunday and will become prime minister at a critical moment for the country, which is facing threats to its economy and sovereignty from President Trump. Mr. Carney, who has never been elected to public office, was governor of the Bank [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/03\/09\/multimedia\/09canada-election-zpjh\/09canada-election-zpjh-facebookJumbo.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[740,6379,78588,165075,163575,50,67,165074,165112,57271,127669,164052,5183,52,1021,128437],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255675"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255675"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255675\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":255677,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255675\/revisions\/255677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}