Mark Carney has won the Liberal leadership race, and will soon become Canada’s next prime minister once Justin Trudeau steps down from the role.
Carney, a former central banker, won the leadership race on March 9 on the first ballot with 85.9 percent of the nearly 152,000 votes.
Coming in second was former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland with 8.0 percent of the votes, followed by former cabinet minister Karina Gould with 3.2 percent of the votes and former Liberal MP Frank Baylis with 3.0 percent.
Trudeau announced his plan to resign on Jan. 6, saying he would step down once a new leader has been selected by the party….