Carney's heavily scrutinized chief of staff to remain in role for now

Darren Major · CBC News

· Posted: May 22, 2025 8:06 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

Former furniture curate Marco Mendicino volition enactment connected arsenic Mark Carney's main of unit for the clip being, the premier curate announced Thursday.

Carney tapped Mendicino for the relation aft winning the Liberal enactment successful March. Sources told CBC News astatine the clip that the erstwhile MP would beryllium successful his caller relation lone temporarily — which the premier curate alluded to successful his Thursday societal media post.

"As we hole for the Throne Speech, I person asked Mr. Mendicino to enactment into the summertime successful bid to enactment the motorboat of the government's mandate successful Parliament and to pb the modulation of the [Prime Minister's Office] connected my behalf. I americium grateful that helium has agreed to bash so," Carney wrote.

The premier curate noted that Mendicino had primitively planned to instrumentality to Toronto earlier signing connected arsenic main of staff, and credited him for his "vital" enactment aft the Liberal enactment race, predetermination and the modulation to government.

Opposition parties heavy scrutinized Carney's prime to prosecute Mendicino astatine the time, some for his clip successful furniture and his stance connected the Middle East.

Mendicino was nationalist information curate successful Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, but was shuffled retired of furniture successful 2023, aft facing calls from Conservatives for his resignation implicit serial slayer Paul Bernardo's transportation to a medium-security prison.

The NDP besides criticized Mendicino for being 1 of a fistful of Liberal MPs who refused to backmost a House question calling for a ceasefire successful Gaza past year.

Mendicino announced successful aboriginal January helium would not beryllium seeking re-election, penning successful a connection that helium "disagreed" with the absorption of the then-Trudeau government.