The unlikely election of Prime Minister Mark Carney
From banker to ballot box, the rookie politician’s rise in Canada was made possible by Trump and a nation weary of chaos.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/29/the-unlikely-election-of-prime-minister-mark-carney-00314555
Carney doesn’t ooze charisma. But that is exactly the point, says the first Liberal lawmaker to back Carney’s party leadership bid following Trudeau’s stunning exit announcement.
“We’re not looking for charisma, we’re looking for competence and someone who’s real and someone who’s authentic,” MP Ali Ehsassi told POLITICO in his Toronto campaign office on the final weekend before Election Day.
Ehsassi met Carney about a year and a half ago. He was also in the room last April, when Carney delivered a keynote at a think tank event in a Toronto hotel ballroom.
What he saw was an explainer, not a campaigner.