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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Jillian Kestler-D'Amours

Canada’s Liberals made Carney their new leader: What happens next?

Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney was selected as the new Liberal Party leader on March 9 [Evan Buhler/Reuters]

Montreal, Canada – Canada’s governing Liberal Party has chosen Mark Carney to replace outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as its leader.

The former governor of the Bank of Canada won the Liberal leadership vote on Sunday, about two months after Trudeau announced plans to resign amid pressure over an affordability crisis and threats of a trade war with the United States.

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