Canada’s new prime minister and Liberal Party leader, Mark Carney, snapped at reporters on Monday when they questioned his potential conflicts of financial interest, which probably cannot be resolved with full public transparency before the next general election.
Carney succeeded Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada at a party conference on March 9 and became prime minister on March 14 after Trudeau formally resigned from office.
Carney is expected to call for a new general election much sooner than October, which would be the latest date allowed by law. Many observers expect that the election will most likely be announced within a matter of days and held within a few weeks.
The Liberal Party has every reason to move quickly, since polls show that anger over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, combined with the departure of the unpopular Trudeau, has resurrected the moribund Liberal Party and closed a 20-point polling deficit against the rival Conservative Party of Canada.
However, reporters pointed out to a visibly irritated Carney during his press conference after meeting the British prime minister and king in London on Monday, the swift pace of the election means his extensive portfolio of assets probably will not be made public before votes are cast, making it difficult for voters to know if the former central banker has major conflicts of interest. […]
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