The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that Mark Carney appears to be emerging as the front-runner to lead the Liberal Party. The Globe's Lawrence Martin writes that Mr. Carney is set to announce his leadership bid today in Edmonton. The 59-year-old Mr. Carney, an establishment man in anti-establishment times, may have only one major opponent: Chrystia Freeland. Despite her December split with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, she has been tightly aligned with him for a decade, the second-in-command in recent years. Canadians want change from their left-leaning politics and Liberals are likely to see the more moderate Mr. Carney as better positioned to deliver it. Donald Trump's preposterous threats have made economic expertise a most pressing priority and this naturally plays to the strength of the former governor of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England. He is a man of stature in global finance, and Liberals like how this would play against Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, a career politician and attack dog with little economic pedigree and no experience abroad. A Leger poll added to Mr. Carney's momentum, showing him leading Ms. Freeland 27 per cent to 21 per cent among Liberal voters.