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ICYMI: Mark Carney Is Canada's Next Prime Minister : 1A Our neighbors to the north have a new leader. On Sunday, the Liberal Party of Canada held a leadership election to replace its outgoing party leader and prime minister, Justin Trudeau.

Its members chose Mark Carney, a former bank governor who has never held elected office. The change in leadership comes in the wake of the United States launching a trade war against Canada.

We discuss how the country's next prime minister might navigate such frosty relations.

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ICYMI: Mark Carney Is Canada's Next Prime Minister

ICYMI: Mark Carney Is Canada's Next Prime Minister

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Our neighbors to the north have a new leader. On Sunday, the Liberal Party of Canada held a leadership election to replace its outgoing party leader and prime minister, Justin Trudeau.

Its members chose Mark Carney, a former bank governor who has never held elected office. The change in leadership comes in the wake of the United States launching a trade war against Canada.

How will the country's next prime minister navigate such frosty relations? How will Carney and his party fair in the general election that takes place next year?

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