OTTAWA—Liberal leadership contender Mark Carney is not ruling out calling a general election if he wins the party’s leadership and replaces Justin Trudeau as prime minister on March 9.
At a press conference in Vancouver on Thursday, the former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor said he “will do” what is best for the country as it faces punishing trade tariffs from the United States.
Mark Ramzy is a federal politics reporter in theToronto Star’s Parliament Hill Bureau. Reach him via email:[email protected]
Alex Ballingall is the Deputy Ottawa Bureau Chief for the Star.Follow him on Twitter: @aballinga.
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