The flurry of support shows the party’s top brass coalescing around an outside candidate rather than one of their own – former finance minister Chrystia Freeland

Transport Minister Anita Anand, Defence Minister Bill Blair and Housing Minister Nathaniel Erskine-Smith all announced Saturday they’re endorsing Mark Carney for federal Liberal leader as more of Justin Trudeau’s cabinet coalesces around the former Bank of Canada governor.

The former governor of the Canadian and British central banks announced he was running to become head of the Liberal Party and prime minister.

One of the seven Liberal leadership hopefuls says the party is not allowing him to run, as another high-profile cabinet minister endorsed Mark Carney on Sunday. Ontario member of Parliament Chandra Arya said the Liberal party informed him he's out of the running to be its next leader.

Former central banker Mark Carney has strongly suggested he will run to be Canada’s next prime minister during an appearance on Jon Stewart’s ‘The Daily Show’.

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

MP for Kingston and The Islands Mark Gerretsen is endorsing Mark Carney for the next Liberal leader. On March 9, 2025, the Liberal Party of Canada will announce the next leader of their party. Currently there are five candidates vying for the role. Chandra Arya, Jaime Battiste, Frank Baylis, Mark Carney and Chrystia Freeland.

The three cabinet ministers are the latest to turn away from contender Chrystia Freeland, who is the former finance minister

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.

Mark Carney, the first non-Brit to run the Bank of England since it was founded in 1694 and the former head of Canada's central bank, says he is entering the race to be Canada's next prime minister following the resignation of Justin Trudeau.

Northern Ontario Liberal MPs were set to endorse Carney for leader at a news conference on Friday. Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu, who is backing Carney, said it was cancelled because of a scheduling conflict and the event likely will be moved to somewhere in northern Ontario.

Mark Carney, the former governor of Canada's central bank, on Thursday launched his bid to succeed Justin Trudeau as Liberal Party leader and prime minister, immediately becoming a frontrunner in the race. The 59-year-old Harvard- and Oxford-educated ...