Who is Mark Carney? Canada PM Justin Trudeau's potential successor, once compared Donald Trump to 'Voldemort'

Mark Carney, the leading candidate to succeed Justin Trudeau as the leader of Canada's Liberal Party, once made headlines by comparing US President Donald Trump to "Voldemort," the notorious villain from the Harry Potter series.

Mark Carney's comments came amid Trump's repeated remarks about making Canada the 51st US state. At an event, Carney expressed his concerns about Trump's comments, calling them "ridiculous" and "insulting." He stated, "When you think about what's at stake in these ridiculous, insulting comments of the president, of what we could be, I view this as the sort of Voldemort of comments."

Trump has often referred to Canada as "the 51st American state," a phrase that has sparked tensions between the two leaders.

Who is Mark Carney?

• The 59-year-old former Goldman Sachs banker is the favourite to win the Liberal leadership vote.
• Carney has gained momentum by convincing many Liberals, including much of Trudeau’s cabinet, that he’s the best choice to lead the country through its biggest crisis in decades.
• Carney has outperformed his rivals in fundraising, and the party establishment has aligned with him.
• National polls consistently show that Liberal Party voters prefer Carney over his opponents.
• If Carney wins Sunday’s vote, he will become Canada’s 24th prime minister in just a few days.
• Carney became governor of the Bank of Canada on February 1, 2008. Later that year, during the global financial crisis, he played a key role in addressing the economic turmoil.
• Amid the 2008 financial crisis, Carney cut interest rates to near zero and, as head of a G7 central bank, helped coordinate measures to stabilize the global economy.

Who was Lord Voldemort?

Lord Voldemort is the main antagonist of the Harry Potter books. A wizard driven by a desire for immortality and a dislike for Harry Potter, his journey to evil started when he was Tom Riddle, a talented student at Hogwarts, and ended when he created Horcruxes, which are items that he kept fragments of his soul in. Finally, in the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry Potter vanquished Voldemort and destroyed these Horcruxes with the assistance of numerous people.

-With agency inputs