VANCOUVER: Mark Carney, the first non-Brit to run the Bank of England since it was founded in 1694 and the former head of Canada’s central bank, said Thursday he is entering the race to be

Former central banker Mark Carney has strongly suggested he will run to be Canada’s next prime minister during an appearance on Jon Stewart’s ‘The Daily Show’.

Whoever emerges from the upcoming Liberal leadership race will face a formidable Conservative challenger with a populist message and deep connections to Alberta. And this battle for the nation’s top political post has a distinctly Western Canadian flavour,

Mark J. Carney ’87 — a member of Harvard’s Board of Overseers, the University’s second-highest governing body — launched his campaign to become Canada’s next prime minister at a rally in Edmonton, Alberta Thursday afternoon.

Former central banker Mark Carney kicked off his bid to replace Justin Trudeau as the head of Canada’s Liberal Party and the country’s prime minister, saying he has the experience to manage a crisis and to deal with Donald Trump’s protectionism.

His chief competitor to be Liberal leader seems to be Chrystia Freeland, 56, an Alberta-born Rhodes scholar, former journalist and one-time finance minister who is yoked to Trudeau’s legacy in the eyes of the oilpatch, including policies deeply unpopular with the sector, such as Bill C-69 and the oil and gas emissions cap.

Mark Carney, the first non-Brit to run the Bank of England since it was founded in 1694 and the former head of Canada’s central bank, says he is entering the race to be Canada’s next prime minister fo

Will the entrance of Mark Carney into the Liberal leadership race force the Conservatives to adopt a new approach?

After months of speculation about his future, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney launched his campaign to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader on Thursday with a promise to build the fastest-growing economy in the G7 if he's elected.

Following the launch of his candidacy for the Liberal Party leadership, Mark Carney took aim at Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's political slogans and sound bites. Carney said being an outsider,

Federal Liberals are trying to choose a new leader. And former Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney is now officially in the running. As Ashley Burke explains, he says he is the person to take on Pierre Poilievre in the next federal election.