Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly will endorse Mark Carney in the race for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Canada, Radio-Canada has learned.

Carney is set to announce his leadership campaign at an event in Edmonton on Thursday, according to a press release from Calgary Liberal MP George Chahal.

Mark Carney is a known commodity in Liberal circles. Party organizers have tried to convince the former central banker to run under the big red banner for the

Less than five weeks after she resigned her cabinet seat over a dispute with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Chrystia Freeland has launched her campaign to replace him as the leader of the Liberal party.

Mark Carney, the former governor of Canada's central bank, on Thursday launched his bid to succeed Justin Trudeau as Liberal Party leader and prime minister, immediately becoming a frontrunner in the race.

Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney says he’s ready to replace Justin Trudeau and lead the Liberal party into the next election.

Mark J. Carney ’87 — a member of Harvard’s Board of Overseers, the University’s second-highest governing body — launched his campaign to become Canada’s next prime minister at a rally in Edmonton, Alberta Thursday afternoon.

Mark Carney during his Liberal leadership campaign launch in Edmonton, Alta. (Credit: Jason Franson/The Canadian Press) Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney’s decision to throw his hat in the ring in the race to become leader of the federal Liberal party has led to a shakeup at the top of Brookfield Asset Management.

Fresh out of the gate from launching her Liberal leadership bid, Karina Gould suggested her two main opponents' backgrounds would do little to gain the favour of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump."I'm not sure that journalists and central bankers are the kind of people that Donald Trump listens to,

The experienced hand who can fix the economy. The tough negotiator who can take on a Donald Trump White House. The millennial long-hauler who can rebuild the party.

This week saw former central banker Mark Carney officially announce his candidacy for leader of the Liberal Party and thus the prime minister’s office. In a speech in Edmonton defined by long pauses, he promised a “plan,” not a “slogan,” taking care to pronounce each word so that they rhymed.