Mark Carney has been sworn in as Canada’s prime minister, succeeding Justin Trudeau, as the country faces questions about its sovereignty from US President Donald Trump and a trade war with Canada’s largest trading partner, the United States. #CNN #News
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00:00I want to go live to Canada where Mark Carney is being sworn in as Prime Minister. Let's listen in.
00:04I, Mark Carney, do swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to His Majesty
00:17King Charles III, King of Canada, his heirs and successors.
00:24I, Mark Carney, do solemnly and sincerely swear that I shall be a true and faithful servant to
00:29His Majesty King Charles III as a member of His Majesty's Privy Council for Canada.
00:35I will, in all things, to be treated, debated and resolved in Privy Council,
00:41faithfully, honestly and truly declare my mind and my opinion. I shall keep secret all matters
00:48committed and revealed to me in this capacity or that shall be secretly treated of in Council.
00:55Generally, in all things, I shall do as a faithful and true servant ought to do for His Majesty.
01:02I, Mark Carney, do solemnly and sincerely promise and swear that I will truly and faithfully
01:09and to the best of my skill and knowledge execute the powers and trust reposed in me
01:16as Prime Minister.
01:26You've talked about Trump needing to show Canada respect.
01:29President Trump.
01:29President Trump, yes. President Trump needed to show Canada respect. You said that again
01:33just now. Are you not going to speak with President Trump until he cuts out this 51st state talk?
01:40I look forward to speaking with President Trump, just to be clear.
01:44We respect the United States. We respect President Trump. President Trump
01:51has put some very important issues at the top of his agenda. We understand his agenda. We
01:56understand the importance of addressing the scourge of fentanyl, which is a challenge here in Canada
02:00as well as the United States. And I would say that the measures that have been put in place
02:06in recent weeks in Canada and Mexico, also the United States, means that we are making
02:12tremendous progress. I'll speak specifically against fentanyl. We understand the importance
02:17President Trump places on American workers and American jobs. We want him and his administration
02:25to understand the importance we put on Canadian workers and Canadian jobs. And we will look for
02:32avenues to work together so that both objectives are met in terms of both our great economies,
02:38just as we are doing, and the people behind me have led this, just as we are doing with respect
02:44to the scourge of fentanyl. Canada has officially sworn in a new prime minister.
02:49Mark Carney, a central banker turned politician, took his oath earlier today
02:54after the resignation of Canada's longtime leader Justin Trudeau. Trudeau, who spent more than nine
02:59years as prime minister, bid farewell and thanked Canadians on X, calling them the best country and
03:04the best people on earth. CNN's Paula Newton is here with more on this. So Paula, Carney's
03:09background is in finance. It's not in politics, much like Trump's when he first became U.S. president.
03:15What kind of leader is he expected to be and how can he handle this current trade crisis?
03:21Well, I think in certain levels, in terms of style, much differently than Justin Trudeau. I think right
03:28down to the dark blue suit and the gray tie that he wore today to be sworn in, Breonna,
03:33there really was a contrast. This is an economist. He is a serious man. He did, I will say, go out of
03:40his way to point out the similarities with Donald Trump, that he has cut big deals in real estate
03:45and that he did have some ties to the Trump administration in its first instance. I want
03:53you to listen now, though, to something that irks him and irks so many Canadians about the fact that
03:59the president continues to talk about the 51st state and he explains why that will never happen. Listen.
04:08I've been clear, personally I've been clear, the ministers behind me, I think, to an individual.
04:14When asked, I've been clear that we will never, ever, in any way, shape or form, be part of the
04:21United States. America is not Canada. Look at the ceremony we just had. You could not have had that
04:27ceremony. You would not have that ceremony in America. Look at the cabinet behind me. You would
04:32not have that cabinet in America. You do not have that cabinet in America. We are a very fundamentally
04:38different country.
04:43Breonna, before that, he actually said the words, in terms of Canada becoming the 51st state,
04:48it's crazy. His point is crazy. That's it. Now, part of this is obviously due to the fact that
04:56we are likely to be in an election campaign in Canada within the next few days, and this is
05:02really him standing up for nationalism, something that is definitely popular in Canada right now.
05:06But Breonna, you'll forgive the entire election campaign because some days it will seem as if
05:12everyone is campaigning against US President Donald Trump and not against each other,
05:16the politicians that will be running within just a few days.
05:20Yeah, that's certainly the case. He is now the first unelected prime minister in
05:24more than 40 years. That means he's not technically a part of parliament.
05:29For those who are not intimately familiar with the Canadian political process,
05:33how does that impact his duties and how he can carry them out as prime minister?
05:40It doesn't affect his duties at all, but we always revolve around this word mandate. What
05:44does mandate mean? It means you want the people to elect you so that you have the full power,
05:50the full backing of the Canadian people. Whether you're in the Oval Office or anywhere else,
05:55you go there knowing that Canadians elected you, and that's why we will likely have an election
06:00campaign in Canada in the next few days. As I said, his style is completely different,
06:05we did notice in the press conference, and he has been this way before.
06:08He can get a bit brittle and a bit short with questions. It'll be interesting to see
06:12how he campaigns and the pivot that he does make, as you said, from being a rookie politician.
06:18He is going to have to steady up pretty quickly.
06:21Can't be brittle in politics. Paula Newton, thank you so much for that report.