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Mark Carney ‘considering’ run to replace Justin Trudeau as Canada PM (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 2 days ago by HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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The former Bank of England governor Mark Carney, a climate-focused economist who became the first non-Briton to run the Bank, is considering entering the race to replace Justin Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister.

Trudeau announced on Monday he would step down after nearly 10 years in power once his ruling Liberal party chose a new leader, throwing open the doors to a fierce party race before a general election later this year.

Carney, 59, in a statement quoted by Bloomberg, where he is a chair of the board of directors, said he would be “considering this decision closely with my family over the coming days”. A longtime and prominent member of the Liberal party, Carney said he was “encouraged” by the support of Liberal lawmakers and people “who want us to move forward with positive change and a winning economic plan”.

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[–] avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

This highlights a problem I foresee with a Carney PM - relying on market forces to fix housing. The market has no incentive in solving the supply shortage without massive intervention. Perhaps that's what you're envisioning when you say the right incentives. In the past this problem has been successfully tackled centrally. E.g. council houses in the UK.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I think there’s only two ways out: do something massive and the government directly builds and forces hands, or the government steps in and gets developers to actually build by e.g. giving our preferred interest free loans and building bonds.

Ideally we get both so that if the market don’t play ball the gov can undercut them with no profit motive.

[–] HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago

Carney leans left so he'd likely go the government-built route.