The Mark Carney era will officially start in Canada on Friday, March 14. A sworn ceremony for the future Prime Minister and his government will take place at 11 a.m. in Ottawa (4 p.m., in Paris) before the Governor General, the offices of this representative of King Charles III, reigning head of state, announced on Wednesday March 12 on Wednesday March 12.
The former 59 -year -old central banker, a novice in politics, was largely elected leader of the Liberal Party on Sunday. In the middle of a political chaos and under pressure, Justin Trudeau had announced his resignation as Prime Minister in early January, after almost ten years in power.
Mr. Carney may however not stay in office very long since Canada must organize elections, at the latest, in October and analysts are even counting on a ballot triggered in the coming weeks. In the immediate future, the conservatives of Pierre Poilievre are in the lead in the voting intentions.
Unprecedented crisis
The transition between MM. Trudeau and Carney will be done while the country lives an unprecedented crisis in its history: the American president, Donald Trump, launched a trade war by imposing customs duties on Canadian products and never ceases to say that he wants Canada to become the “51e US State “.
From his victory, Mark Carney went up to the niche against Donald Trump, warning that the Americans represented a “Existential danger” for Canada. He had assured, in an offensive speech that his country “Win” And “Will never be part of the United States, in any way”.
“That the Americans are not mistaken. In trade as in hockey, Canada will win ”he also launched, in reference to the sports rivalry between the two countries, recently instrumentalized by Donald Trump.
Canada’s sovereignty is “not negotiable”
While the G7 countries meet in Quebec from Wednesday, 12 to Thursday, March 14 to discuss in particular the situation in Ukraine, the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, admitted that he could not avoid the subject of trade tensions during his meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs Canadian, Mélanie Joly, Thursday morning.
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But “Our obligation is to try to prevent the things on which we are working together be negatively affected by the things we are disagreeing on at the moment”told Mr. Rubio to the press. “This is not a meeting on how we are going to take control of Canada”he added.
This question will not be addressed because the sovereignty of Canada is not “Not negotiable”replied Mélanie Joly. The latter, who has hardened the tone, in recent days, faced with Donald Trump’s attacks, also intends to warn European leaders not to ignore the American threats believing that Canada could only be the first on the list. “If the United States can do this to us, its closest friend and ally, then no one is safe”she warned.