The Americas| From banker to brawler
Mark Carney must keep an expansionist America at bay
Canada’s new prime minister has momentum. Will that be enough to win him a general election?
Canada's Liberal Party gather to choose a successor to PM Trudeau, in Ottawa
Photograph: Reuters
As Mark Carney celebrated his crushing win in the race to succeed Justin Trudeau as leader of Canada’s Liberal Party—and thus soon the country’s 24th prime minister—Canadians would be forgiven for wondering which version of their former central banker they will get.