What Pierre Poilievre did in answering trick media questions about how to deal with Donald Trump is teach a seminar in how it’s done. “I think the first thing that president Trump should do when he gets into the Oval Office is to send a big bouquet of flowers to the Liberal government in Ottawa,

Whoever emerges from the upcoming Liberal leadership race will face a formidable Conservative challenger with a populist message and deep connections to Alberta. And this battle for the nation’s top political post has a distinctly Western Canadian flavour,

Mark Carney has appeared on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to talk about what kind of a Liberal leadership candidate he would make, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and the economic threat Canada faces from the incoming Trump administration.

Former central banker Mark Carney has strongly suggested he will run to be Canada’s next prime minister during an appearance on Jon Stewart’s ‘The Daily Show’.

Former central banker Mark Carney kicked off his bid to replace Justin Trudeau as the head of Canada’s Liberal Party and the country’s prime minister, saying he has the experience to manage a crisis and to deal with Donald Trump’s protectionism.

Mark Carney announced his bid to become leader of the Liberal Party of Canada surrounded by dozens of supporters in Edmonton on Thursday.

His chief competitor to be Liberal leader seems to be Chrystia Freeland, 56, an Alberta-born Rhodes scholar, former journalist and one-time finance minister who is yoked to Trudeau’s legacy in the eyes of the oilpatch, including policies deeply unpopular with the sector, such as Bill C-69 and the oil and gas emissions cap.

Former central banker Mark Carney kicked off his bid to replace Justin Trudeau as the head of Canada’s Liberal Party and the country’s prime minister, saying he has the experience to manage a crisis and to deal with Donald Trump’s protectionism.

Carney, a former governor of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, made his announcement in a community centre in Edmonton on Thursday. He was joined by Calgary Liberal MP George Chahal, one of the two members of caucus in Alberta.