Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly will endorse Mark Carney in the race for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, Radio-Canada has learned.

Later, as governor of the Bank of England, he dealt with the threat of ... Earlier on Friday, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said it is out of a “deep sense of duty” to her country ...

Joly's endorsement comes as ex-finance minister Chrystia Freeland begins her campaign Sunday to replace Justin Trudeau, who remains prime minister until a new Liberal Party leader is chosen on March 9.

Sources in the camps of Chrystia Freeland and Mark Carney say they each have more than 30 MPs supporting their candidacy after Mélanie Joly and Dominic LeBlanc exit the leadership race

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly leaves during a break in a Liberal caucus meeting in Ottawa on Wednesday, Jan.8, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick OTTAWA — Former Bank of Canada ...

The source said Joly believes 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, is the best candidate to deal with ...

Joly believes the former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England is best suited to deal with the threat of a trade dispute with the United States. The source pointed to Carney's experience managing the 2008 financial crisis and the economic ...

He also helped the U.K. to manage the after effects of Brexit during his 7-year tenure as governor of the Bank of England. “Mark brings unparalleled economic experience,” Joly said in a statement.

Melanie Joly said she believes Carney is best positioned to defeat opposition Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre in the coming general election,

Two years after Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly declared she was taking the unprecedented step of moving to confiscate millions of dollars from a sanctioned Russian oligarch with assets in Canada,

Liberal leadership hopeful Mark Carney has secured the endorsements of four more current and former cabinet ministers.

Former central banker Mark Carney picked up a handful of endorsements on Tuesday, including from the government's most vocal climate champion, as the Liberal leadership race whizzes ahead on a tight timeline.