Mark Kearney will become Canada's next prime minister

Amid a generational crisis in relations between Canada and the US, the Canadian Liberal Party on Sunday chose an unelected technocrat with deep experience in the financial markets to replace Justin Trudeau as leader and country's prime minister and take on President Trump.

Mark Carney, 59, who piloted the Bank of Canada through the Bank of England through the global financial crisis and Brexit in 2008, but has never been elected to be appointed, won a leadership race against his friend and former finance minister Krishstia Freeland on Sunday.

He won 85.9% of the votes voted by members of the Liberal Party. More than 150,000 people voted, according to party leaders.

“The United States is not Canada. Carney deals directly with Trump's constant threat to make Canada a 51st state, and in his acceptance speech to the merciless party crowd on Sunday evening, Canada will never become part of America in any way, shape, form. “We didn't ask for this fight, but when someone else drops their gloves, Canadians are always ready.”

“So Americans shouldn't make a mistake,” Carney added. “In trade, like hockey, Canada wins.”

He is expected to be sworn as prime minister earlier this week as soon as prime minister, and officially end the Trudeau era. His first and most pressing challenge is managing the threat to Canada's economy and sovereignty from Trump.

However, because Mr. Carney does not hold a seat in Congress, he is expected to call a federal election shortly after being sworn in as prime minister. In these elections he will face off against Pierre Polyeive, the leader of the Conservative Party.

A member of Canada, NATO, taking the wheel on the land of seven developed countries and the second largest country in the world is a key moment.

Trump has left his thumb to Canadian politics through his repeated pursuit of tariffs on Canadian goods that threaten to crippling the economy and his horrifying comments about annexation.

Trudeau spoke to a large crowd in Ottawa at the Liberal Congress just before his successor was announced, summarizing the moods of his own party and many of the Canadian society.

“This is a state-defined moment. No democracy is given, no freedom is given,” Trudeau said. “Even Canada isn't given it.”

Carney said he supported the retaliatory tariffs adopted by Canada. “My government will maintain tariffs until Americans show respect for us,” he said.

Canadian voters have suggested to opinion researchers that the person who best endures Trump is the key question that will guide Carney's choice and future decisions in the federal election.

Federal elections must be held in accordance with Canadian regulations by October. The Poilierbre-led Conservative Party has long maintained the Liberal Party's point lead of over 20 in polls, but the gap has ended since Trudeau announced his resignation and Trump began moving towards Canada.

The latest vote suggests that most respondents would choose Carney over Poirierle if they led the liberals to the election. Poling also shows Canadians prefer Carney to negotiate with Trump over Polyavel. Poilievre has been suffering from serious set-ups in opinion polls. Because some voters see him as too ideologically ideologically close to Trump.

And on Sunday night, Carney quickly attacked Poirier for the rhetoric of the federal campaign, casting him as lacking real-world experience, and Trump praised him too much to challenge him.

“Donald Trump believes we can weaken us with plans to divide and conquer. Pierre Poilievre's plans are ready to separate and conquer us,” he said. “Because the worshiper at Donald Trump's altar will kneel before him, so we won't stand up to him.”

Mr. Carney's experience treating major crisis as a technocrat could benefit him more than Mr. Poilliable in people's perceptions. Poilliebre, 45, was a lifelong politician with little experience outside of the raging and falls of Canadian parliament.

The establishment of the Liberal Party centered around Carney's campaign against Freeland, Trudeau's former top aide whose resignation in December sparked the decision to resign.

And it was clear that the Conservatives viewed Kearney as a greater threat. He runs negative ads against him, focusing on his personal wealth and investment decisions.

The key question is whether Mr. Carney can adequately differentiate himself from Mr. Trudeau, whom he advised and was friendly. Canadians want change after Trudeau a decade, and the Conservatives have emphasized the personal and ideological connections between the two men.

Apart from Trump, Canada faces many issues that many voters blame Trudeau. This is an affordable crisis as housing and living costs are being crushed for many Canadians.

But there is also a more broader, more existential question about how Canada operates. One is the use of the vast Canadian natural resources, such as oil, gas and coal, as well as the important fertilizer ingredients, rare minerals and uranium needed for nuclear power.

A few years after his financial policy-making career, Carney will emerge as a global evangelist of green investment and need to decide how to use Canada's incredible natural funds.

Immigration is another important issue for Canadians. The country has historically been open to both economic migrants and refugees, but after the pandemic, Trudeau oversaw the rapid growth of temporary immigrants to Canada to fill the labor shortage.

It has sparked a backlash, and immigrants have been accused of putting an additional strain on the dysfunctional housing market and health care systems.

In his acceptance speech, Mr. Carney also tried to convince people that despite shaking his liberal qualifications and building up his fortunes in finance, he is still progressive and adapting to the party's DNA.

“I know there's no value in the market,” he said. “When the market is properly managed, they bring great work and strong growth above all. However, the market is also indifferent to human suffering and blind to our greatest needs,” he added.