Mark Carney

• De Canadese premier stelt dat Europa niet voorbestemd is om zich over te geven aan een meer 'transactionele, isolationistische en brutale wereld'. • Europa zal zich niet overgeven aan een meer "brutale wereld", maar kan juist de basis vormen van waaruit een nieuwe internationale orde kan worden herbouwd, aldus Mark Carney, de Canadese premier. • Carney sprak als de eerste niet-Europese leider tijdens een bijeenkomst van de European Political Community, die maandag werd geopend te midden van hoge spanningen in de straat van Hormuz en hernieuwde twijfels over de Amerikaanse betrokkenheid bij de Nato. Lees verder...

By-election wins and defections push Canada’s Liberals into majority government under the prime ministerMark Carney has said he will govern with “humility, determination and a clear understanding of what this moment demands” after his Liberals swept three by-elections Monday evening, forging a parliamentary majority just more than a year after he took power.Carney has achieved only the third majority government in two decades – and has done so in a highly unusual fashion, cobbling together both ballot box wins and defections from rival parties. Continue reading...

Carney’s Liberals will now be able to pass legislation without the support of opposition parties – and govern until 2029The Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, has secured a parliamentary majority for his Liberal government, CBC News reported. The victory will help him push through a legislative agenda he says is needed for an increasingly divided geopolitical world.Three special elections were held on Monday in Ontario and Quebec, with two in districts – known as ridings – that have long voted Liberal. Continue reading...

The prime minister says the condolence video after the fatal LaGuardia crash revived anger over linguistic rightsCanada’s prime minister, Mark Carney, has said a decision by Air Canada’s top executive to post an English-only message of condolence after a deadly crash in New York showed a “lack of judgment, a lack of compassion”.Amid growing calls for his resignation, the airline chief’s misstep has once again revived frustrations and fears over linguistic rights protections in the province of Quebec, where French is the only official language. Continue reading...