Carney and his cabinet were sworn in at Rideau Hall, the official residence of Governor General Mary Simon in Ottawa.(Photo: The Canadian Press)
Mark Carney has taken office as Canada’s Prime Minister today, marking the end of the Trudeau era. Carney and his cabinet were sworn in at Rideau Hall, the official residence of Governor General Mary Simon in Ottawa.
Carney has included former Trudeau cabinet ministers Kamal Khera and Anita Anand in his government, along with Dominique LeBlanc, François-Philippe Champagne, former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, and Steven Guilbeault.
Carney, an economist and former central banker, served as Governor of the Bank of Canada from 2008 to 2013 under former Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government. In 2013, he became Governor of the Bank of England, earning recognition for his efforts in helping Canada recover from the global recession.