US EditionMark Carney’s First Year Sees Economic Shift and Political Realignment
Carney’s government shifted focus from social equity to economic growth, infrastructure, and military spending with high poll numbers and upcoming byelections possibly delivering a majority.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney marked his first year on March 14, 2026, with polls showing his Liberals soaring in the high 40s—majority government territory—a stark pivot from his predecessor Justin Trudeau's approach.
- The Liberals have done a full 180, pivoting from social equity to infrastructure and Cold War–level military spending while Carney ended the consumer carbon tax and scrapped the digital services tax to ease U.S. trade friction.
- His government appointed private-sector figures Doug Guzman and Dawn Farrell to priority roles, named Mark Wiseman ambassador to the U.S., and has passed nine government bills including the One Canadian Economy Act central to his industrial project push.
- Three April byelections in the coming weeks could decide a majority; winning two seats would technically deliver one for Carney, prompting Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to face questions about his leadership's viability.
- NDP interim leader Don Davies said he is "increasingly concerned" by efforts to stitch together a majority through "backroom deals," while Green Party Leader Elizabeth May warned Thursday that a Carney majority would be "extremely top-down and bulldozing.
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The Toronto Star
‘One elbow up, one down’: The Carney government after its first year
OTTAWA - If one thing is clear a year into his tenure, it's that Mark Carney is running the federal government very differently from the way Justin Trudeau did it.
Winnipeg Free Press
'One elbow up, one down': The Carney government after its first year
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
After one year in office, Carney's grades are mixed with a lot of 'waiting for results'
OTTAWA — In a federal election last spring that was widely viewed as a watershed in Canadian politics, Mark Carney’s Liberals came back from the political dead to upend a Conservative lead of more than 20 percentage points. Although a political neophyte, many voters seemed to see Carney as a figure of experience and competence at a time when Canada’s economy was under attack from Washington. Rightly or wrongly, the former central banker was seen…
The French President Emmanuel Macron was delighted at the Palais de l'Elysée in Paris, where Mark Carney was honoured with his first official visit abroad.
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