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if you're in the UK you might remember
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Mark Carney from his time as governor of
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the bank of England he steered the
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Central Bank through brexit and the
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stars of the covid pandemic now the
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former Goldman Sachs Banker is about to
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become Canada's new prime minister and
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it's the first time that he's held
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elected political office he's just won
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86% of the vote in the race to succeed
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current prime minister Justin Trudeau as
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Liberal Party leader Carney takes over
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at a crucial moment in Canadian politics
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and is positioned to become a sort of
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anti-trump just over the border from the
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US he's not mincing his words about the
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new Trump Administration in his first
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speech as a new Liberal Party leader
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Cary told the crowd that Trump is
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destroying the Canadian way of life the
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new Canadian PM says that the US is a
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country which we can no longer trust and
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that the Americans want our resources
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our land our water our country carne
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told the BBC in February that Canada
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needs to stand up to a bully when it
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comes to Trump's tariffs the US
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president imposed 25% levies on Canada
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and Mexico back in February Canada
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responded with retaliatory tariffs on
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goods from the US and current PM Trudeau
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told journalists that a fully-fledged
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trade war is likely for the foreseeable
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future con takes over from Trudeau who's
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been in power for nearly a decade after
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winning three general election results
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in a row Trudeau resigned in January
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when dire poll ratings convinced him
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that he couldn't win this year's vote
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since then liberal party opposition to
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unpopular Trump tariffs has caused a
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strong polling bounceback now Mark
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Carney becomes PM with poll ratings
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roughly tied with those of the
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conservative opposition leader Pierre
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poer in early polling Canadians narrowly
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favor car to polyer on the question of
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who would make the best Canadian Prime
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Minister and the same polling has shown
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that Canadians roughly trust Carie to
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take on Trump few can doubt his economic
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knowhow but kannie is a political newbie
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he's fighting a battle on multiple
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fronts firstly to keep control of Canada
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later this year in their elections but
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more importantly to take on Trump on the
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international stage the former bank of
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England Governor wants to forge stronger
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links with the UK and the EU as Canada
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continues to clash with the US this week
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Mark Carney will formally become
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Canada's pm and if you want to stay up
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