Liberal leadership: Mark Carney calls himself ‘an outsider’ [Video]

Days ahead of his expected Liberal leadership campaign launch, former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor Mark Carney says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to step down boosts the party’s chance in the next general election.

“I think it does give the Liberal party a chance,” Carney said when asked directly by host Jon Stewart in an interview with “The Daily Show” on Monday night.

After days of speculation since Trudeau’s resignation announcement last week, sources tell CTV News Edmonton that Carney is expected to kick off his campaign in Edmonton on Thursday.

Carney grew up in Edmonton where his father, Bob Carney, ran for the Liberals federally in 1980 in the riding of Edmonton-South, coming in second to Douglas Roche, a Progressive Conservative.

Asked by Stewart several times whether he is running to be the next Liberal leader, Carney would not answer directly, at one point saying, “I just started thinking about it,” with Stewart …