Carney is not the prime minister yet. He’s the prime minister-designate. We don’t know exactly when he’ll be sworn into office, but it will very likely be in the next few days.
Transition calls to determine who will work in Carney’s Prime Minister’s Office have already been happening, sources have told CBC News.
He doesn’t have a seat in the House of Commons, so there is speculation — and Carney has hinted — that he will call an election soon, before Parliament is scheduled to return on March 24.
Before doing that, Carney will have to appoint a cabinet. Whether he keeps Trudeau’s current cabinet largely in place or installs new faces for what could be a very short time will be something to watch.
But it’s clear that Carney’s more than 85 per cent vote share gives him a powerful mandate from Liberals to set the course he chooses.
