Canada’s new PM and Trump critic Mark Carney accused of being out of touch with the 'common man’

OTTAWA-Canada’s self-described ‘globalist’ caller Prime Minister Mark Carney instantly aimed occurrence astatine President Donald Trump upon winning his party’s enactment contention past week. 

Carney criticized President Trump during his acceptance code erstwhile helium won the Liberal enactment past Sunday, saying that Canada’s tariffs against the United States volition stay until the Americans "show america respect" and added that Canadians "are ever acceptable erstwhile idiosyncratic other drops the gloves."

He besides tried to necktie Trump to his main challenger. "Donald Trump thinks helium tin weaken america with his program to disagreement and conquer," portion "Pierre Poilievre’s program volition permission america divided and acceptable to beryllium conquered."

"Because a idiosyncratic who worships astatine the altar of Donald Trump volition kneel earlier him, not basal up to him." 

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FILE - Mark Carney, who has served arsenic the politician of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, speaks astatine the Sustainable Finance conference, Nov. 28, 2024.  (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

Having served arsenic politician of 2 cardinal banks – of Canada and the United Kingdom - helium was besides a elder enforcement astatine Goldman Sachs and served arsenic the United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance. Never elected to immoderate bureau before, Carney was sworn successful connected Friday to go Canada’s 24th premier minister. 

He is expected to telephone an predetermination this week successful a bid to support the Liberals successful power, and for him, to triumph a spot successful the House of Commons.

Count connected the authoritative absorption Conservatives, successful a dormant vigor with the Liberals astatine 37% according to a caller Leger poll, to represent Carney arsenic idiosyncratic "not connected to the communal man" and who has spent a just magnitude of clip extracurricular Canada, Laura Kurkimaki told Fox News Digital. Kurkimaki served arsenic lawman nationalist run manager for the Conservative Party during the past national predetermination successful 2021.

"Over the past 5 years, portion Canadians person been lining up astatine foodbanks and experiencing a important cost-of-living increase, helium has not been successful Canada," Kurkimaki said.

Seen by detractors arsenic retired of touch, Carney, during a caller enactment debate, did not supply an reply erstwhile the moderator asked the candidates whether they knew the mean outgo of a week’s worthy of groceries. 

In an quality connected "The Rest is Politics" podcast past period featuring Alastair Campbell, erstwhile British premier curate Tony Blair’s property secretary, and past Goldman Sachs enforcement Anthony Scaramucci, Carney said that his "weakness is radical volition complaint maine arsenic being elitist oregon globalist."

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Mark Carney, past the vice seat and caput of modulation investing for Brookfield Asset Management Inc., speaks during the United Nations Climate Action: Race to Zero and Resilience Forum successful New York, US, connected Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022.  (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

"Well, that happens to beryllium precisely what we need," helium said, adding that he’s besides "a pragmatist" and "a person successful crisis."

When Scaramucci asked Carney however helium would respond to attacks that helium is "out of interaction with the mainstream, communal national successful Canada," the caller premier curate said that astir of his beingness successful Canada "has been successful work of Canadians."

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre besides targeted Carney, who played hockey astatine Harvard and Oxford, aft helium was photographed playing goalie reportedly wearing high-end sneakers.

Leader of Canada's Conservative Party, Pierre Poilievre, speaks during a 'Spike the Hike - Axe the Tax' rally successful Edmonton, connected March 27, 2024, successful Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. On April 1st, substance prices volition emergence owed to the Federal Carbon Tax increase. Canadians expect paying much for gasoline, diesel, and propane starting April 1st. All provincial premiers are acrophobic astir the interaction connected those already grappling with the outgo of living.  (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

"Trying to beryllium a mean feline playing hockey successful $2000 shoes," Poilievre posted connected X.

Kurkimaki said the upcoming national predetermination run with Carney astatine the Liberal helm could beryllium a replay of the 1 successful 2011 erstwhile different "out-of-touch" Liberal person – historiographer Michael Ignatieff, who came from the satellite of academia – mislaid his House seat, and his enactment recorded its worst-ever effect successful a wide predetermination that the Conservatives won.

Canada’s caller premier curate earned a bachelor’s grade successful economics astatine Harvard University and went connected to person master’s and doctoral degrees successful economics astatine the University of Oxford.

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Mark Carney, the erstwhile politician of the Bank of Canada, officially announced his bid for the national Liberal Party enactment astatine Laurier Heights Community League successful Edmonton, Canada, connected January 16, 2025.  (Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Carney, who lived successful the tony Ottawa vicinity of Rockcliffe Park earlier becoming premier minister, besides holds British and Irish citizenship. Earlier this month, helium said that helium had begun the process of renouncing both.

Along the way, the antheral whose looks were erstwhile compared to those of histrion George Clooney made a luck astatine England’s cardinal slope alone. Carney earned $1.3 million, including pay, allowances and lodging costs – the highest for the caput of immoderate national reserve astatine the time.

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However, his existent nett worthy mightiness not beryllium revealed immoderate clip soon. Before becoming premier minister, Carney divested his assets, "other than his idiosyncratic existent estate, into a unsighted trust," a subordinate of his squad told CBC News. Under Canadian law, public-office holders request to divest their assets, specified arsenic banal options, either by selling them oregon having a trustee negociate oregon merchantability them without, successful this case, consulting Carney.

Carney's spokesperson did not instrumentality Fox News Digital's petition for comment.