Barbara Yaffe

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Mark Carney is winning over the provinces, proving himself to be one cool cat

Mark Carney is winning over the provinces, proving himself to be one cool cat

Mark Carney has been prime minister of Canada for 20 months now and so far he has not become snarly with a single premier on any issue. Equally, no premier has stepped forward to bad-mouth the neophyte political leader. For Canada, where provinces possess significant power and always want more or, at the very least, more federal cash, this is unusual.