"He has the rare ability to have the firm pulse of a central banker with the reformist vision of a politician". There is nothing better to build a national sentiment than an unexpected and unjustified aggression from a powerful neighbor.

Canada’s next leader is a relative political newcomer, coming instead from a decades-long career in finance where he steered governments through major global crises and periods of upheaval – experience he’s hoping to now leverage as he prepares to take over from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.