Mark Carney secures four more key endorsements in race to become Liberal leader
- Mark Carney has received endorsements from four cabinet ministers: Patty Hajdu, Gary Anandasangaree, Sean Fraser, and Steven Guilbeault.
- Steven Guilbeault endorsed Carney while speaking to reporters at a Liberal cabinet retreat in Montebello, Quebec.
- Carney now has the support of at least eight cabinet ministers as he campaigns for Liberal leadership.
- There are six declared candidates in the race, including Chrystia Freeland.
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ANALYSIS | Mark Carney has answered some questions — but many more remain
It would be a true surprise now if Carney somehow did not become the 14th leader in the history of the Liberal Party of Canada on March 9. But even if Carney is on the verge of winning the first political contest he ever entered, he is still an inexperienced and largely untested politician.
PLC Leadership Races · Several Ministers Support Mark Carney
Mélanie Joly, François-Philippe Champagne, Steven Guilbeault, Steven MacKinnon: The list of influential Quebec ministers who support the former Governor of the Bank of Canada, Mark Carney, in the Liberal Party of Canada leadership race expands.
Endorsement tracker: More cabinet ministers back Carney
Over the past few days, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault, Small Business Minister Rechie Veldez, Democratic Institutions Minister Ruby Sahota, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Gary Anandasangaree and Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu have publicly thrown the support behind Carney.
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