A former Canadian central banker has been selected in a landslide victory to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced his resignation from the position earlier this year.
Thank you to all of our amazing candidates for an incredible race that brought Liberals across the country together. pic.twitter.com/uPuTxv2vyz
— Liberal Party (@liberal_party) March 9, 2025
Describing Mark Carney as a “globalist technocrat” in its headline, here’s how Breitbart covered the developing story on Sunday evening:
The leadership contest sparked by Prime Minister Trudeau’s resignation in January came to a close on Sunday evening, with former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney winning the internal party election. Having won 85.9 per cent of the vote, Carney bested former finance minister and deputy PM Chrystia Freeland at 8 per cent, former cabinet minister Karina Gould at 3.2 per cent, and businessman and former MP Frank Baylis at 3 per cent, CBC reports.
Perhaps demonstrating a lack of enthusiasm, of the approximate 400,000 Liberal Party members who registered to vote in the leadership contest, CTV reports that just 151,899 votes were actually cast.
Under Canada’s parliamentary system, Carney does not automatically become prime minister but will have to wait for Trudeau to officially tender his resignation to the governor-general. After that, Carney will be invited to form a new government. This process is expected to be carried out within the next week.
News of the vote quickly spread across social media amid an ongoing trade dispute between Canada and the U.S.:
Governor Trudeau is officially out, and was replaced by ANOTHER leftist, Mark Carney, as PM of Canada – receiving 85.9% of the vote.
What is wrong with you Canadians
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— Sara Rose
(@saras76) March 9, 2025
Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse for Canada
— wcsmythe.eth (@w0rdsmythe) March 9, 2025
Today we say goodbye to the WORST Prime Minister in the history of Canada
Justin Trudeau, you will NOT be missed. pic.twitter.com/RzYPnns8Yp
— The Pleb
Reporter (@truckdriverpleb) March 9, 2025
Fox News provided some additional context to the story:
In December, outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reportedly approached Carney to serve as Canadian finance minister, which caused the incumbent, Chrystia Freeland, to leave the Cabinet and publicly release her resignation letter in which she wrote that she and the prime minister had “found [themselves] at odds about the best path forward for Canada.”
Less than a month later, Trudeau announced his intention to step down as Liberal leader and prime minister, saying that if he’s “having to fight internal battles, [he] cannot be the best option” in a general election scheduled to be held no later than Oct. 20.
But opposition parties have vowed to force an earlier national vote through a non-confidence motion in the House of Commons against the Liberal minority government when Parliament is recalled on March 24.
On Saturday, Canada’s Globe and Mail newspaper reported that Carney will likely call a snap election the week before the March 24 resumption of Parliament, with voting day on either April 28 or May 5.
Here’s some additional coverage of the news:
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