Newly minted Liberal leader Mark Carney is promising a “seamless” and “quick” transition as he takes the reins from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Carney spoke today — a day after his resounding victory in the leadership race — following a meeting with Trudeau and a separate gathering with the Liberal caucus on Parliament Hill.
In the coming days, Carney will need to be sworn in as prime minister, choose a new cabinet and sort out his plans for the coming federal election.
An early election call is widely expected to follow in the coming days or weeks after Carney is installed as prime minister, as the Liberal party looks to take advantage of the burst of momentum it gained over the past two months.
But the timeline for all of this remains unclear — and even Liberal MPs say they have no idea when the federal election will happen.
They say that’s ultimately up to Carney or the opposition parties in the current minority Parliament.
Like Prime Minister Justin Trudeau before him and even Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, Carney won a resounding mandate from the party base — ultimately capturing 86 per cent of the vote.
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Carney’s main rival Chrystia Freeland came in a distant second and said after the event that she always knew it would be an uphill battle, since the party establishment rallied around Carney’s candidacy.
The Conservatives slammed the result as a coronation and Poilievre called it a “sneaky” move to swap Trudeau with Carney so that the Liberals can try to win a fourth mandate.
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