After months of speculation about his future, former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney launched his campaign to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader on Thursday with a promise to build the fastest-growing economy in the G7 if he's elected.

Mark J. Carney ’87 — a member of Harvard’s Board of Overseers, the University’s second-highest governing body — launched his campaign to become Canada’s next prime minister at a rally in Edmonton, Alberta Thursday afternoon.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is endorsing Mark Carney for Liberal leader, the first major endorsement from Quebec in the race.

Carney didn’t even choose to make this soft-pitch for leadership in Canada. No. Carney chose to have the tough questions put to him by American comedian Jon Stewart, who was woefully unprepared to negate most of Carney’s claims, including his “outsider” status. So I will.

It’s no surprise that the former central banker is running on economic management, but his launch made it clear that he intends to lean heavily into Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s central issu

Freeland has vowed to fight for Canada, including using counter-tariffs to exert economic pressure on the US, where Trump will take office as US president on Monday. He has threat

The former central banker for the UK and Canada pitched himself as a someone who can help a country navigate economic challenges.

Chrystia Freeland has called for economic retaliation if President-elect Trump follows through with his threat to impose tariffs.

The departures from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance began with Goldman Sachs' announcement on Dec. 6 and come ahead of Donald Trump's return to the White House next week. Trump has been critical of efforts by governments to prescribe climate-change policies.

OTTAWA—Mark Carney, the former Canadian and U.K. central banker, formally declared his interest in succeeding Justin Trudeau as leader of Canada’s Liberal Party and the country’s prime minister, promising an economic agenda focused on lifting it from a period of stagnant growth.

Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said she will endorse former central banker Mark Carney to be Liberal Party leader and Canada’s next prime minister