A rumor claims the current and former Canadian prime ministers were connected through Trudeau’s mother’s second marriage.

Carney, who argues that he is the only person prepared to handle Donald Trump, benefitted in the race because of his distance from Justin Trudeau and his high-profile banking career.

The race against Conservative Pierre Poilievre is set to revolve around who is best placed to fend off President Trump.

Carney, 59, a Harvard grad, will oversee his country at a time when it is locked in a trade war with the United States, its largest trading partner.

Mark Carney is a newcomer to elected politics, with decades of experience in finance. After his landslide victory, he pledged ...

Canada’s next leader is a relative political newcomer, coming instead from a decades-long career in finance where he steered ...

Carney delivered a televised address to reassure markets that the bank would turn on the liquidity taps if needed. "Mark has a rare ability to combine a central banker's steady hand, with a ...

Recommended Mark Carney sworn in as Canadian prime minister ... Carney eventually returned to Canada and ran the country’s central bank from 2008 to 2013 during the depths of the financial ...

Video below: Mark Carney addresses Trump ... By 2008, he was serving as governor of Canada’s central bank, stepping into the job as the world plunged into the Great Recession.