EXCLUSIVE: Canada’s wealthiest neighbourhoods propelled Carney to victory
Mark Carney’s road to victory in the Liberal leadership ran through Canada’s wealthiest and most elite communities.
Mark Carney’s road to victory in the Liberal leadership ran through Canada’s wealthiest and most elite communities.
A breakdown of the official Liberal Party of Canada leadership results shows that Mark Carney’s biggest backers aren’t middle or working-class Canadians struggling with the cost of living, but rather those who seem to have been immune to the economic hardships of the last decade.
The top 20 ridings that delivered the most votes for Carney in his landslide victory as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s replacement are home to multimillion-dollar estates, private schools, and well-connected insiders—people unlikely to feel the direct sting of Liberal economic policies.
Carney’s strongest support came from exclusive luxury communities like Toronto’s Rosedale, Ottawa’s Rockcliffe Park, and Canada’s wealthiest municipality, West Vancouver.