New Delhi, March 9 -- Mark Carney, the leading candidate to succeed Justin Trudeau as the leader of Canada's Liberal Party, once made headlines by comparing US President Donald Trump to "Voldemort," the notorious villain from the Harry Potter series.

Mark Carney's comments came amid Trump's repeated remarks about making Canada the 51st US state. At an event, Carney expressed his concerns about Trump's comments, calling them "ridiculous" and "insulting." He stated, "When you think about what's at stake in these ridiculous, insulting comments of the president, of what we could be, I view this as the sort of Voldemort of comments."

Trump has often referred to Canada as "the 51st American state," a phrase that has sparked tensions between t...