{"id":468894,"date":"2025-03-10T11:03:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T11:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/?p=468894"},"modified":"2025-03-10T11:03:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T11:03:56","slug":"pro-cbdc-mark-carney-takes-helm-as-canadian-prime-minister-amid-crypto-skepticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/pro-cbdc-mark-carney-takes-helm-as-canadian-prime-minister-amid-crypto-skepticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro-CBDC Mark Carney takes helm as Canadian prime minister amid crypto skepticism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Carney has emerged as Canada's new Prime Minister, replacing Justin Trudeau after a decisive victory in the Liberal Party's leadership race.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/liberal_party\/status\/1898864551551959478\">announcement<\/a>, made on March 9, confirmed Carney's rise to power with an overwhelming 85.9% of the vote, defeating his closest rival, former Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland.<\/p>\n<p>Carney's appointment follows <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/bitcoin-advocate-pierre-poilievre-leads-as-canadas-next-pm-on-polymarket-but-lags-on-kalshi\/\">Trudeau's resignation in January<\/a> after nearly a decade in office. 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His monetary policy and economic strategy background positions him as a leader focused on financial and technological reforms.<\/p>\n<h2>Carney's crypto stance<\/h2>\n<p data-start=\"1034\" data-end=\"1319\">Carney has been a vocal critic of <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/coins\/bitcoin\/\">Bitcoin<\/a> and other cryptocurrencies, often questioning their long-term viability.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1034\" data-end=\"1319\">As Bank of England Governor, he dismissed Bitcoin as a reliable store of value, citing concerns about its fixed supply and potential deflationary economic impact.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1034\" data-end=\"1319\">He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bankofengland.co.uk\/-\/media\/boe\/files\/speech\/2018\/the-future-of-money-speech-by-mark-carney\">argued<\/a> that:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1034\" data-end=\"1319\">&#8220;Far from being strengths, the fixed supply rules of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin are serious deficiencies. Fundamentally, they would impart a deflationary bias on the economy if such currencies were to be widely adopted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1321\" data-end=\"1720\">In another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bis.org\/events\/acrockett_2021_speech.pdf\">speech<\/a>, Carney expressed skepticism about stablecoins, arguing that they concentrate too much power in the hands of major technology firms. Instead, he promoted central bank digital currencies (<a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/powell-guarantees-no-cbdc-as-long-as-he-leads-the-federal-reserve\/\">CBDCs<\/a>) as a more secure and efficient alternative.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1321\" data-end=\"1720\">He stated:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"1321\" data-end=\"1720\">&#8220;The potential superiority of CBDCs from a public interest perspective is reinforced by the undesirability of currency competition at heart of the system. 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