About Mark

60 years old

Hometown: Edmonton, Alberta

Mark Carney was born in Fort Smith and is the first person from the Northwest Territories to become Prime Minister of Canada. Mark worked in finance for most of his career, living in cities like Boston, London, New York, Tokyo, and Toronto. In 2003, he joined the Canadian government and became deputy governor of the Bank of Canada. In 2008, at the start of the financial crisis, Mark became the Governor of the Bank of Canada. In 2013, he moved to the United Kingdom to lead the Bank of England until 2020. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Mark helped the Trudeau government by advising them on economic issues. When Prime Minister Trudeau resigned in January 2025, Mark ran for leader of the Liberal Party and won. Since the Liberal Party was in power, this made Mark the 24th Prime Minister of Canada.

A Liberal government wants to speed up homebuilding to 500,000 new homes a year.^[14]

As part of their housing plan, they will create a program called Build Canada Homes to build more affordable housing, especially on public lands.^[14]

The Liberal Party has promised to expand access to its dental care program for Canadians between the ages of 18 and 64, who have a household income of less than $90,000. This will help them save around $800 a year on dental costs.^[1][2][3]

A Liberal government would aim to create one united Canadian economy by making it easier for goods to be traded between provinces and for individuals working in key industries to work across the country. They say these steps could help protect Canada’s economy from the harm caused by American tariffs.^[4][5][6]

The Liberals plan to support Canadian farmers and businesses by protecting the dairy, poultry, and egg industries, and helping them handle tough times like extreme weather or trade issues. They want to build more food processing facilities, especially in rural areas, and help farmers sell their products in new markets. They also plan to give more money to help farmers buy better equipment and offer bigger loans with longer terms.^[7][8]

The Liberals want to make Canada a top country for energy. Their plan includes investing in clean energy and important minerals that are needed for things like batteries.^[21][22]

They want to speed up clean energy projects by making the approval process faster and simpler, while still protecting the environment and working with Indigenous communities.^[21]

The Liberal Party has not yet made major announcements about immigration policy. However, Liberal leader Mark Carney has said he plans to keep the reduced cap set by the previous Liberal government until Canada has expanded housing.^[26]

A Liberal government would make a lot of investments in Canadian defence. This includes building new submarines and icebreakers to protect Canada’s North, making sure soldiers in Canada have the same quality equipment as those serving overseas, making it easier and faster for the military to buy the equipment they need, and expanding the Canadian Coast Guard’s role to fight crime at sea and protect our borders, including more patrols and new equipment. The Liberals will also work with allies to buy new aircrafts and create stronger drone technology to protect Canada’s land, sea, and Arctic.^[30][33]

A Liberal government will continue building ships through the National Shipbuilding Strategy, supporting over 21,000 jobs, including at Irving Shipbuilding.^[30]

The Liberal Party’s plan to address gun safety in Canada includes restarting a program to buy back assault-style firearms and taking away gun licenses from people convicted of violent crimes, especially those involving domestic violence. They will also make gun licensing rules stronger and improv how warning signs are enforced.^[27][28]

The Liberals will have the RCMP, not the gun industry, classify new types of guns and will give more funding to police labs to help track guns used in crimes.^[27][29]

As Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney has stated that Canada can no longer rely on the United States as a partner on trade, security and military matters. He wants to prioritize building closer relationships with ‘like-minded countries’ in Europe instead.^[34][35][36]

In February, Mark Carney reaffirmed Canada’s support for Ukraine as it continues to defend itself from Russian aggression.^[37][38]

Liberal leader Mark Carney has committed to advancing reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, especially by supporting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.^[41][42]

Mark Carney has said that his government will dedicate a portion of their housing grants to building Indigenous housing.^[43][44]

The Liberals say that they would make new laws to protect kids online from crimes like exploitation and sextortion. Carney says he wants to give more money to the Canadian Centre for Child Protection and make it a crime to share digitally altered sexual images or private images without permission.^[32]

No specific policy has been suggested in the party's current platform.