Although he is on the short list of possible replacements for Justin Trudeau, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney is joining his party as chair of a “Leader’s Task Force on Economic Growth.”
The news, which was leaked to several media outlets on Monday, was announced in an email in the middle of the afternoon. The announcement was signed not by the government or the office of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, but by the Liberal Party of Canada.
” [Mark Carney] will help the Liberal Party of Canada develop and refine ideas for the next phase of Canada’s strategy for economic growth and productivity in the short and longer term,” the statement said.
The 59-year-old banker’s political ambitions have been the subject of much speculation in recent years. Observers of federal politics regularly put Mr. Carney at the top of the list of possible candidates for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, should Justin Trudeau step down.
Mark Carney was notably Governor of the Bank of Canada from 2008 to 2013, then Governor of the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020. He considered running for the Liberals in the last general election, but decided against it. He has no real political experience.
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