New Canadian leaders balancing act: Negotiate with and fight Trump [Video]

OTTAWA, Ontario – Mr Mark Carney, Canada’s soon to be prime minister, weathered two era-defining implosions in his career as a central banker: the 2008 global financial crisis and Brexit.

He has dealt with political chaos, societal upheaval and economic meltdown.

Now he faces what is arguably the challenge of a lifetime: Mr Donald Trump.

Can Mr Carney negotiate with the US President over tariffs and other combustible issues and find room for compromise, while trying to win a federal election on a full-throated anti-Trump platform?

Mr Carney was elected on March 9 as leader of the Liberal Party and, in line with Canada’s parliamentary political system, will be sworn in as prime minister, marking the end of the Justin Trudeau era.

His acceptance speech was barely celebratory. Instead, it was more of a war cry.

“America is not Canada, and Canada never, ever, will be part of America in any way, shape or form,” he told …