Cat Tunney: CBC senior reporter on the Liberal Party's Mark Carney winning the Canadian election

Canadian Liberal Party leader Mark Carney has won the election, leading his party into a fourth-consecutive term in power.

The former Bank of England boss had never held a political role before taking over from Justin Trudeau in March.

Canada Correspondent Cat Tunney joins the show to discuss the win and the elections final moments.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has called the Canadian election
for Prime Minister Marc Conney's Liberal Party. Kat Tunney is
a senior reporter at CBC's Parlab Tribureau.

Speaker 2 (00:10):
Hey, Kait, good run.

Speaker 1 (00:12):
Now this is stunning, isn't it for somebody who's just
arrived in politics to be able to pull it off
like this?

Speaker 2 (00:18):
Yeah, this is what we're seeing tonight. You could but
not be even fattable. Just a few months ago, back
when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was leaving the party, Canadians
had really soured on him after a decade. They were
upset about the carbon tax, and it was looking, you know,
as much as you know polls, if you can trust them,
it was looking like it was going to be a

(00:38):
clear slam dunk win for the Conservative Party here in
this country to get a majority government. Well, fast forward
today and fast forward to tomrk County kind of having
this whirlwind twenty rone and five where he took over
the party and then then led his party to it
to a victory. Tonight. It is quite quite a stunning,
stutting thing that we've watched. We have not yet heard

(01:00):
from him tonight. I think he's about to speak in
a few minutes. There's only a little bit of a guess,
a tempered uh you know, mood here because it's not
acts clear yet if you'll have a majority or minority government.
We're kind of waiting to see that. You know, I
think he, like like any leader, he was, he was
hoping for a strong mandate and a majority to you know,
be able to do what he would like to do

(01:21):
and have some comments. So now he might have to
figure out who his dance partners are and perhaps reach
across the aisle and not something that he perhaps one
wants to do. But again, you know, taking that aside, yeah,
you know, it is quite a stunning win.

Speaker 1 (01:34):
How much of this has got to do with his
own personal attributes and how much of it has got
to do with Trump giving him the opportunity.

Speaker 2 (01:43):
Well, I think there's there's a mix here, and part
of it clearly Trump has shaped this election, not just
his re election come November, but you know, the trade,
the global trade war that that he's kicked off. And
then on top of that these kind of thought were
first jokes about making Canada the fifty first Day, which
have come you know, persistent and have grown and really
kind of rejuvenated kind of Canadian patriotism in face of

(02:07):
those comments, so clearly that I think has shaped the election.
There's also how Mark Karney was able to pitch himself
to voters to to respond to that. You know, he
Canadians would know him as, you know, the former governor
of the Bank of Canada here then he left to
lead the Bank of England, so he has those credentials,

(02:28):
you know, and he made the pitch that you know,
I'm an outsider, but I'm a mature, steady hand will
be able to take on Trump in this kind of
global uncertainty as we had into economic uncertainty at the
same time. So it's a bit a bit of both.
He was able to use his kind of resume, if
you will, to address Canadians real fears about you know,
Donald Trump being re elected just south of us.

Speaker 1 (02:50):
Yeah, brilliant stuff. Hey, thanks very much, Kat really appreciated.
Kat Tunny, Senior reporter at CBC's Parliamentary Bureau. For more
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