Kim Severson

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On Sunday, Canada's resurgent Liberal Party chose a new leader, Mark Carney, to succeed Justin Trudeau and to take over the country's response to an ugly trade war with the United States. Carney's a business executive who's never held elected office. In his acceptance speech, he took direct aim at President Trump by rejecting Trump's call for Canada to become America's 51st state.

On Sunday, Canada's resurgent Liberal Party chose a new leader, Mark Carney, to succeed Justin Trudeau and to take over the country's response to an ugly trade war with the United States. Carney's a business executive who's never held elected office. In his acceptance speech, he took direct aim at President Trump by rejecting Trump's call for Canada to become America's 51st state.

And by declaring that Canada would not shrink from a fight over tariffs.

And by declaring that Canada would not shrink from a fight over tariffs.

Carney will become prime minister in the coming days and is expected to quickly call for an election to ride the wave of anti-Trump sentiment that's energized the Liberal Party in recent days. The race against Canada's Conservative Party is expected to be close. Today's episode was produced by Eric Krupke, Sydney Harper, and Nina Feldman. It was edited by Devin Taylor.

Carney will become prime minister in the coming days and is expected to quickly call for an election to ride the wave of anti-Trump sentiment that's energized the Liberal Party in recent days. The race against Canada's Conservative Party is expected to be close. Today's episode was produced by Eric Krupke, Sydney Harper, and Nina Feldman. It was edited by Devin Taylor.

Research assistance by Susan Lee. Contains original music by Pat McCusker, Diane Wong, Alicia Baitup, and Marion Lozano, and was engineered by Alyssa Moxley. Our theme music is by Jim Brownberg and Ben Landsberg of Wonderly. That's it for The Daily. I'm Kim Severson. See you tomorrow.

Research assistance by Susan Lee. Contains original music by Pat McCusker, Diane Wong, Alicia Baitup, and Marion Lozano, and was engineered by Alyssa Moxley. Our theme music is by Jim Brownberg and Ben Landsberg of Wonderly. That's it for The Daily. I'm Kim Severson. See you tomorrow.