
From Fort Smith to global finance and back, Carney’s not your usual politician
OTTAWA — Even when Mark Carney was still in high school, his friends bugged him about whether he would become prime minister one day.
His answer was one fit for a future politician: to never confirm nor deny.
Carney, a devout catholic who hails from Fort Smith, N.W.T. and turns 60 next week, cleared his first major political test on Sunday, winning the Liberal leadership by wowing party faithful.
The globe-trotting, two-time central banker who navigated the Canada and UK economies during times of crisis comes otherwise untested at the ballot box and will become Canada’s next prime minister over the coming days.