The Justin Trudeau era is coming to a close in Canada, with the governing Liberal Party selecting former central banker Mark Carney as its new leader and eventual prime minister on Sunday.
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
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