Prime Minister Mark Carney sworn in at Rideau Hall

History made: Carney sworn successful arsenic premier minister

So begins the Mark Carney epoch of Canadian politics. But it’s uncertain however agelong it volition last.

Carney was conscionable present sworn successful arsenic Canada’s 24th premier curate astatine Rideau Hall.

He is expected to telephone an predetermination successful the coming days.

Former governors wide successful attendance

As we mentioned earlier, erstwhile premier curate Jean Chrétien is present today.

He’s the lone erstwhile PM astatine Rideau Hall, but determination are 3 erstwhile governors wide there.

Adrienne Clarkson, David Johnston and Michaëlle Jean are each determination with their spouses. Chrétien has been amiably chatting with Johnston, Clarkson and Clarkson’s hubby John Ralston Saul.

There are ever notable exclusions, but I deliberation the speech astir who didn’t get into furniture volition apt statesman with Gould. Her showing successful the Liberal enactment contention didn’t suggest she represents a large constituency successful the party, but I deliberation it’s just to accidental she’s considered a fashionable and talented figure.

She held aggregate files nether Trudeau, astir precocious serving arsenic House leader. At 37 years old, she besides brings immoderate generational representation.

I don’t ideate this is going to rip the Liberal Party apart, but it volition beryllium absorbing to spot whether she is added to furniture if the Carney authorities carries connected past the adjacent election.

Gould congratulates Carney and furniture from afar

Unlike Chrystia Freeland, chap Liberal enactment hostile Karina Gould was not invited to beryllium successful Carney’s cabinet. But the erstwhile House person offered lukewarm words from the sidelines, congratulating Carney and the furniture connected their historical day.

“Our state finds itself astatine a captious infinitesimal successful history, and I cognize this is the enactment squad that is close for the challenges we look ahead,” she wrote successful a societal media post.

“I americium committed to supporting our authorities arsenic we support Canada from Donald Trump and his ill-conceived and unjustified commercialized war. I volition proceed to basal up for my constituents successful Burlington and combat for a fairer, much inclusive, much prosperous Canada successful Ottawa.”

Gould resigned from furniture to tally for leadership, wherever she finished 3rd with lone 3.2 per cent of the disposable points.

Freeland didn’t fare each that good either, coming successful 2nd with 8 per cent of the points.

Will Trump and Carney talk soon?

Possibly. Trump’s property secretary, Karoline Leavitt, said arsenic overmuch earlier this week erstwhile asked whether helium planned to speech to Carney.

“Certainly his telephone is ever unfastened to leaders who privation to talk with him,” Leavitt said.

Whether Trump volition dainty Carney, and Canada, immoderate otherwise present is different unfastened question. Trump has continued to marque demeaning comments astir Canada being a leech connected the United States and continued insisting it should beryllium a state.

But a de-escalation is not impossible.

There’s immoderate governmental inducement for Trump to bash truthful — and an economical incentive. Public sentiment polls amusement Americans are souring connected the economy, they don’t similar Trump’s tariffs connected Canada and 1 survey this week from Quinnipiac showed Trump’s handling of Canada was wherever helium got his lowest support retired of immoderate contented successful the poll.

Also, Ontario Premier Doug Ford emerged from a gathering with Trump’s commerce caput raving astir the constructive code yesterday. The written connection from the U.S. broadside was much circumspect, but said the countries had talked astir Canada’s imaginable relation successful advancing Trump’s extremity of just trade, and acknowledged the spot and past of the Canada-U.S. relationship.

Former PM Chrétien offers Carney immoderate proposal

Former Liberal premier curate Jean Chrétien had immoderate succinct words for the soon-to-be PM: Do your best.

Chrétien, 91, besides spoke to reporters connected his mode into Rideau Hall for the ceremony.

“I deliberation that helium volition bash precise well,” Chrétien said of Carney. “He is respected internationally.”

N.S. MP Kody Blois seen walking into Rideau Hall

A batch of the faces we saw walking up the grounds of Rideau Hall already served successful cabinet. But Nova Scotia MP Kody Blois is simply a caller face.

He has represented the riding of Kings-Hants since 2019.

While he’s agelong been a backbencher, Blois has made headlines. As seat of the Liberal Atlantic caucus, helium led the complaint for a c taxation carve-out connected location heating oil.

The incoming premier curate is here

Carney walked into Rideau Hall connected his ain and spoke to reporters concisely earlier going inside.

“We’re a precise focused government, focused connected enactment … we’re going to get consecutive to work,” helium said.

Carney is not an MP — and ne'er has been. He says helium volition tally successful the adjacent election, but the question is wherever that would be.

An Ottawa-area riding would marque sense. The erstwhile cardinal banker lives successful the tony Rockcliffe neighbourhood. However, immoderate of those ridings already person incumbents, meaning idiosyncratic would either person to graciously bow retired — oregon beryllium pushed out. Given that Nepean MP Chandra Arya was barred from moving for enactment leadership, determination are questions astir whether he’ll beryllium cleared by the enactment to tally again.

Carney was calved successful Fort Smith, a tiny municipality successful the Northwest Territories. The territory’s Liberal MP Michael McLeod is not running. But if helium wants to beryllium seen arsenic genuinely campaigning for the seat, he’d person to marque aggregate trips to the North during an predetermination — thing Carney apt can’t bash fixed the choky race.

He was raised successful Edmonton and launched his run there, leaning heavy connected those roots. Alberta is mostly a Conservative stronghold, making for a pugnacious fight. The Liberals presently clasp the riding of Edmonton Centre with MP Randy Boissonnault, who resigned from furniture amid allegations astir his concern dealings and disapproval of his shifting claims astir his Indigenous ancestry.

Given Carney’s inheritance with Goldman Sachs, helium could marque the lawsuit to tally successful a safe, cardinal Toronto seat.