Mark Carney has run two central banks and championed the green transition. Now he wants to lead Canada’s Liberal Party.

Mark Carney is ready to launch his campaign to replace Justin Trudeau as Liberal leader and prime minister of Canada. Carney, a banker comfortable with the Davos set, showed up on “The Daily Show ” Monday night, casting himself as an “outsider.”

Canada's ruling Liberal Party is looking for a new leader to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced on Jan. 6 he intended to step down. The Liberal Party will pick a new chief on March 9.

Former central banker Mark Carney kicked off his bid to replace Justin Trudeau as the head of Canada’s Liberal Party and the country’s prime minister, saying he has the experience to manage a crisis and to deal with Donald Trump’s protectionism.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau defended his government's decision to create a consumer price on carbon as a way of fighting climate change. The top contenders to replace Trudeau as Liberal leader appear to be ready to abandon the policy,