Mark Carney

Some Canadian Catholics are eager to have a prime minister who shares their faith yet offers a contrast to Justin Trudeau. Mark Carney appears to fit the bill. However, Carney is no moderate. Nor is he a reformer.

Mark Carney will soon be sworn in as Canada’s prime minister based on 129,000 votes cast by 100 per cent Liberal party delegates who represent .322 per cent of Canadians.

More than 40 years ago a man walked unannounced into my office in Edmonton when I was the young editor of the Western Catholic Reporter.

On Jan. 16, Mark Carney launched his campaign for the leadership of the Liberal Party. If successful, the former Governor of the Bank of Canada would become the 11th Catholic prime minister of Canada.