# Premiership of Mark Carney

Mark Carney's tenure as the Prime Minister of Canada began on March 14, 2025 after he was sworn in by Mary Simon, the Governor General of Canada, following his win in the 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election on March 9, 2025. He succeeded Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, after he announced his resignation on January 6, 2025 as party leader. He is the 24th Prime Minister of Canada.
Shortly after Carney was sworn in as Prime Minister, he, through an Order in Council, moved to remove the consumer portion of the carbon pricing policy implemented in 2018 via the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act beginning on April 1, 2025, citing that the policy had become too divisive among the Canadian public.

## Background
### 2025 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election

On January 6, 2025, Trudeau announced his resignation as Prime Minister and leader of the Liberal Party. On January 16, 2025, Carney formally announced his intent to run in the leadership election and become Liberal Party leader. On March 9, 2025, he won the leadership election with 85.9% of the overall vote, becoming the next leader of the party and Prime Minister, succeeding Trudeau. Trudeau stayed on as Prime Minister until his formal resignation in the early morning of March 14, 2025 prior to Carney's swearing in later that morning.
Carney does not hold a seat in the House of Commons, similar to the previous premierships of Charles Tupper, Arthur Meighen, and John Turner; all three individuals lacked seats in the House of Commons at the time of their appointment as Prime Minister. Carney intends to run in a yet to be determined riding in the 2025 federal election. Upon taking the oath of office, he became the first Canadian prime minister born in any of the territories and the third born west of Ontario (after Joe Clark and Kim Campbell). He is the second prime minister to have earned a PhD, after William Lyon Mackenzie King. Additionally, he is the first to have never served in prior elected office, and the first since John Turner not to be sitting in the House of Commons at time of appointment.

## Domestic policy
### Removal of the consumer portion of the carbon pricing policy

Shortly after being sworn in as Prime Minister, Carney signed a prime ministerial directive that directed the Governor General to sign an order in council to immediately reduce the consumer price of carbon to $0 starting on April 1, 2025, thereby effectively terminating the consumer portion of Canada's carbon pricing policy, but allowing the final carbon rebate payment to go to individuals as scheduled. Carney stated the policy had become too 'divisive' among the Canadian public, resulting in the necessity for it to be removed. The policy was originally implemented in 2018 through the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act, which was passed during Trudeau's first term. The industrial levy on carbon remains in place.

## International trips

He has made 1 trip to 2 countries, France and the United Kingdom, during his premiership.
| # | Country | Location | Date | Details | Image |
| 1 | France | Paris | March 17 | Carney travelled to Paris to meet with President Emmanuel Macron. | |
| 1 | United Kingdom | London | March 17 | Carney travelled to London to meet with Prime Minister Keir Starmer and King Charles III. | |