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Mark Carney has been elected as the new Liberal Party leader in Canada with a commanding 85.9% of votes, following Justin Trudeau’s resignation.

The former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor will become Canada’s 24th prime minister within days.

In his victory speech, Carney took aim at both Donald Trump and Canadian Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, vowing to maintain Canada’s tariffs until Americans “show us respect.”

Carney, despite never holding elected office, enters leadership as Canada faces trade tensions with the U.S. and a potential early election. He must secure a parliamentary seat and finalize the transition with Trudeau.

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    No, he pushed mass immigration

    When? as the head of the Bank of Canada under Harper?!

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        No he hasn’t. He was hired in Sept 2024 to advise Trudeau.

        Your link is about a Globe & Mail event that Carney was speaking at.

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            1. Carney was briefly a consultant during Covid. Not a decision maker, not constantly advising Trudeau
            2. Population growth greatly stalled during and after covid. Immigration actually helped cover for that.
            3. The state of the housing market has nothing to do with immigration and those who want you to believe it has wants you to be mad at a scapegoat so that you won’t look at the real issues.

            You keep posting links that you think prove your point but they really don’t.

            Do I think Carney is the best Canada deserves? Absolutely not

            Do I think he’s the man that’s gonna keep our country afloat during this trade war and stand up to the orange buffoon? Absolutely.

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              1. The state of the housing market has nothing to do with immigration and those who want you to believe it has wants you to be mad at a scapegoat so that you won’t look at the real issues.

              Alright well, that’s just silly. Even the Bank of Canada admits its inflated housing.

              Carney never said a single thing against mass immigration until Trudeau did, and it was only after the polls turned deeply negative for the Liberals. The Liberals didn’t care at all until their polls suffered, even though they ran on fixing housing every single election.

              It was done to invert the Phillips curve and prevent a wage price spiral, at the expense of the poor and renters, so I actually assume Carney told him to do it.

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        where does it say that in the link you posted? looks like just another think tank