Prime Minister Mark Carney sworn-in as party leaders gear up for campaign

Now that the Carney government is in place and Poilievre has finished his remarks, we’re closing this live page for now.

We’ll still have plenty of coverage on the new prime minister, Canada-U.S. relations and the strong possibility of an early federal election at cbcnews.ca.

For many prime ministers, swearing-in day comes at the end of a long campaign. For Carney, it’s just the beginning.

While Carney has signalled he plans to get some things done first (including dumping the consumer carbon tax) the big question is when he’ll trigger an election.

Carney is unelected and therefore will likely look for a mandate from the people — and try to win a seat — soon. He has not said where he’ll run.

The buzz in Ottawa is he’ll do so next week. That means Canadians would cast their ballots in late April or early May, and Parliament wouldn’t resume before then.

He’s getting at least one official trip in before that — to France and the U.K. to improve trade and security ties.

Carney said he has no plans to go to the U.S. in the near future, but will speak to Trump “at the appropriate moment” as the two countries remain locked in a trade war.

We’re getting this question a lot today. Prime ministers have typically been members of Parliament, but it hasn’t always been the case and it’s not required under the Constitution.

Our colleague Darren Major wrote a story about this when Carney entered the race in January. It also talks about the previous times someone who was not an MP became prime minister. There are also recent comparisons to be made at the provincial level.

You can read it here.

In closing, Poilievre said he wanted to remind Canadians the choice in the next election will be between a change or electing “Liberals for a fourth term.”

In his remarks, Poilievre said Carney has “no mandate” as an unelected official chosen by the “Liberal establishment.”

He was responding to a reporter questioning the legitimacy of the leadership race.

The party said 163,836 people successfully went through the authentication process and of those, 151,899 voted.

Earlier this year, the party said it had signed up 400,000 registered Liberals.

Poilievre suggested the turnout was either “just pathetically low” or "they show something more suspicious.”

It’s a serious accusation.

It can be tough to navigate the office when you start a new job.

Instead of walking down the hallway into the cabinet room about an hour ago, the prime minister took a wrong turn and headed up the stairs. Staffers had to beckon to him to come back.

“I want to go up here. What’s up here?” he said. “I’m lost.”

He then said his first priority is to “deal with the carbon tax” before heading into the meeting.

Watch the video above.

In a campaign-like speech, Poilievre is arguing why Liberals shouldn't be given another shot at governing.

His French remarks alone were more than 10 minutes of listing all the reasons he believes Canadians shouldn’t vote for the Liberals — like the introduction of the carbon tax.

To make his point, he printed out the law and showed it to the camera.

(Carney suggested the tax will be dead by the end of the day.)

With many returning faces, Poilievre suggested Carney’s cabinet is Trudeau’s with "cosmetic surgery.”

He begins by wishing Trudeau well in his “retirement” and congratulating Carney on his first political office, referring to the new prime minister as “Trudeau’s economic adviser.”

Carney’s new government appears to be moving fast. Industry Minister Anita Anand says she’s already met with her deputy minister, the department’s top bureaucrat.

“I have instructed him to prepare a letter that will be going to our suppliers to buy Canadian, to ensure they are utilizing Canadian steel and aluminum in the products the Government of Canada is purchasing,” she said.

The U.S. imposed 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports earlier this week — and Canada is their biggest source.

Singh also said Karina Gould not being in cabinet sends a message to progressive Liberals that there’s no place for them in the party.

He characterized the next election as “a race to the right” between Carney and Poilievre, which means “workers lose.”

The NDP has been bleeding support in the polls to the Liberals recently.