Canada’s Prime Minister-elect Mark Carney said he is looking to re-building the strained ties with India which saw deterioration during Justin Trudeau’s tenure. He is also interested in reigniting the trade relationship with New Delhi. 

Canada’s Liberal Party elected Mark Carney as its leader, and he is set to replace Justin Trudeau as the Prime Minister of Canada. 

Carney secured a win in the first ballot in a race that was triggered after Canada’s Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, announced his intention to step down in early January after a mounting caucus revolt and the resignation of Chrystia Freeland from the cabinet.

After remaining as the frontrunner in the leadership race for the past two months, the former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor Carney will become Canada’s next PM within days, according to CTV News report.

Carney defeated former cabinet minister Karina Gould, former finance minister and deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland, and Businessman and former Liberal MP Frank Baylis. All four contenders entered the room to much fanfare and addressed the crowd, thanking supporters for injecting energy into the party.

As many as 151,899 party loyalists cast a ballot in this race, and the majority decided–depending on a ranked-ballot system that saw each riding receive equal weighting–that Carney was who they wanted to see become Canada’s PM. He will also carry the party’s banner in the likely imminent federal election, which polls suggest to be an increasingly narrowing race with the Conservatives, according to CTV News report.

Mark Carney has never held elected office and is not a member of Parliament. It is not yet known in which riding Carney will run. However, he has announced that he will campaign for a seat in the House of Commons in the next election.