The former Bank of England and Bank of Canada governor says he is considering running for leader of Canada’s Liberal Party and prime minister.

Carney disclosed his intentions to a crowd in Edmonton, Alberta, the western Canadian city where he spent the bulk of his youth, promising an economic agenda focused on lifting the country from a period of stagnant growth.

Former central banker Mark Carney has strongly suggested he will run to be Canada’s next prime minister during an appearance on Jon Stewart’s ‘The Daily Show’

Former Canadian and UK central banker Mark Carney has declared his interest in succeeding Justin Trudeau as leader of Canada’s Liberal Party and the country’s prime minister, promising an economic agenda focused on lifting it from a period of stagnant growth.

The Liberal leadership race is now shaping up as a contest between Chrystia Freeland and Mark Carney. Freeland represents the tradition of the senior colleague of the outgoing leader seeking the succession: Louis St.

Mark Carney, the first non-Brit to run the Bank of England since it was founded in 1694 and the former head of Canada’s central bank, said Thursday he is entering the race to be Canada’s next prime minister following the resignation of Justin Trudeau.

PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) — Former central banker Mark Carney all but said he is running to be Canada’s next prime minister during an appearance on Jon Stewart's ‘The Daily Show’ on Monday night.

During an appearance on The Daily Show, Mark Carney called himself an ‘outsider’, and said Canada needs change to address economic challenges and rising costs.

(AP) — Former central banker Mark Carney all but said he is running ... Carney, 59, is a highly educated economist with Wall Street experience, widely credited with helping Canada dodge the ...

(AP) — Former central banker Mark Carney all but said he is running ... Carney, 59, is a highly educated economist with Wall Street experience, widely credited with helping Canada dodge the ...

Hard-working, photogenic Goldman Sachs alumnus with more than a decade’s experience running two G7 central banks seeks new (short-lived?) role at the top of Canadian politics.

There’s about as much truth to Mark Carney being an outsider as there is to Christy Clark having never signed up for the Conservative party. Like Clark, who left a trail of evidence of her deceit, Carney’s now undeniable long-time interests in Liberal leadership and associations with members of the party have left a fluorescent trail of breadcrumbs,