Mark Carney is now the country’s 24th prime minister, and announced his new cabinet at Rideau Hall. St. John’s East MP Joanne Thompson has been named federal fisheries minister. Welcoming Mark Carney, Canada’s 24th Prime Minister. pic.twitter.com/SOVEN6eYlg

To win the next election, the new prime minister must quickly prove he is Canada’s best hope of managing relations with the White House.

Prime Minister Mark Carney has named a 24-member cabinet, a team of ministers who will lead during the coming federal election campaign.

Until the Americans "show us respect" Carney said his government would keep tariffs on US imports. "I know these are dark days," Carney said. "Dark days brought on by a country we

Mark Carney was sworn in as Canada's prime minister on Friday, taking charge of a country rattled by a breakdown in US relations since President Donald Trump's return to power.