No one is expecting Carney, or anyone else, to serve as an unelected PM.
It seems like JT is handling the situation just about as well as could be expected.
No one is expecting Carney, or anyone else, to serve as an unelected PM.
It seems like JT is handling the situation just about as well as could be expected.
The likely scenario is that, immediately upon Parliament resuming next month, the Liberals will immediately lose a confidence vote, triggering a snap election. The opposition parties have all stated that they will initiate a confidence vote at the earliest opportunity.
In the unlikely event that doesn't happen, I imagine JT would remain on as PM until the mandatory election this fall. Were he to step down, he would probably appoint a sitting MP as interim PM.
As a fun(?) aside, Canada has had two PMs who served while members of the (unelected) Senate, and MacKenzie King and John Turner both briefly governed without a ministerial seat.