Mark Carney is a newcomer to elected politics, with decades of experience in finance. After his landslide victory, he pledged to continue tariffs on the U.S. "until the Americans show us respect."

Carney, a former Goldman Sachs executive with no experience in politics, becomes Canada's 24th prime minister.

OTTAWA—Mark Carney took over Friday as Canada’s prime minister, planting a former central banker known for navigating crises in the middle of a trade war with President Trump and likely kicking off a national election.

Two Windsor-Essex MPs have been reacting to Mark Carney's appointment to the role of Canada's prime minister with a mixture of praise and disappointment.

By Promit Mukherjee and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) -Ex-central banker Mark Carney was formally sworn in as prime minister of Canada on Friday, putting him in a position to fight tariffs from U.S.

Prime Minister Mark Carney wasted little time in removing a potent point of attack for the Conservatives in recent years: the consumer carbon tax.

The Liberal government in Canada has ended the consumer carbon price immediately. This decision was made official during Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first cabinet meeting on Friday afternoon. Carney stated that people who have been getting a rebate on the carbon price will get one final payment for the next quarter in April.