Former central bank boss becomes Canada's next leader

前央行行长将出任加拿大下一任领导人

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2025-03-10

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Canada's next PM, former central bank governor Mark Carney, has swapped his former persona as a central bank governor for fighting talk against the US administration led by Donald Trump and the tariffs its seeking to impose on trade partners. Mr Carney has very little political experience - he has never been elected as an MP, let alone served in a cabinet post. But as Governor of the Bank of Canada during the global financial crisis and Governor of the Bank of England during the Brexit negotiations, he has a long track record in global finance during times of economic turbulence. Can he face down the Trump administration's tariffs? Also in the programme: Syria's defence ministry says it's ended military operations in a stronghold of its former president, with hundreds reported dead; the West's last Museum of Lenin has a name change; and we investigate North Korea's booming crypto heist industry. (Photo shows Mark Carney smiling as he speaks after winning the race to become leader of Canada's ruling Liberal Party, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on 9 March 2025. Credit: Blair Gable/Reuters)
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  • We're about to play you excerpts from the acceptance speech of the man who's just been elected

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  • He's Mark Carney, and he's expected to take over from Justin Trudeau in the coming days.

  • Mark Carney is a former central bank governor,

  • both in Canada and in Britain, So a sober, technocratic type.

  • But listen to some of what he has had to say about Canada's closest ally,

  • the United States, with whom they are embroiled in a battle over tariffs,