The result of a modern debate is always something of a blur. But what this year's encounters underlined is that this election is primarily about both two very different candidates for prime minister and two very different ideas of what the greatest threat to the country actually is.

Carney, a Harvard-educated technocrat two months into his political career, has capitalized on his image as a steady hand at the tiller in an economic storm.

Someone managed to steal Justin Trudeau’s thunder!It’s Mark Carney. The 24th prime minister of Canada and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada since 2025, who once worked with the former Canadian PM Justin Trudeau.