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Mark Carney won, but there will be no honeymoon

Mark Carney won, but there will be no honeymoon

The newly elected PM told Canadians he was the right person to stand up to Donald Trump and, with his economics expertise, boost the country’s lacklustre economy. Now he has to actually do it.

Canada’s banker-turned-prime-minister pulled off a political miracle, leading his party from polling abyss to a rare fourth term in power, and securing the top government job after entering electoral politics just three months ago.

Mark Carney, the country’s new leader, told Canadians that he was the right person to stand up to President Donald Trump and that, with his economics expertise, he knew how to boost the country’s lacklustre economy and fortify it in turbulent times.

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