Mark Carney wins race to become Canada’s PM, vows to stand up to Trump

Mark Carney has won the race to succeed Justin Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister and Liberal Party leader – he will be sworn in as PM in the coming days

In his acceptance speech, the former head of the UK’s and Canada’s central banks says his nation faces “dark, dark days, brought on by a country we can no longer trust”

In a message to US President Donald Trump, Carney pledges to keep retaliatory tariffs on US goods until “Americans show us respect.”

Earlier, outgoing PM Justin Trudeau said Canada was facing “an existential threat from our neighbour” in reference to Trump’s tariffs and threats to make Canada “the 51st state”

Carney, who easily won the leadership race against three rivals, will lead the Liberals into the next general election – it must be held by 20 October but could be triggered later this month

Trudeau, who announced his resignation in January after a nine-year stretch in the role, had been facing growing pressure from within his own party to resign