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Last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney staged a photo-op more evocative of an American president than a Westminster statesman. Flanked by ministers and flashing pens, he theatrically signed an order directing his government to prepare a motion for a middle-class tax cut—cameras clicking, messaging crisp. “Canadians sent a clear message: they need to see improvements in their affordability,” Carney declared...
Prime Minister Mark Carney represents a familiar archetype in the pantheon of Canadian politics, with a sparkling CV that includes prestigious universities and appointments and a technocratic, Davos-friendly orientation. But while his Liberal Party predecessor Michael Ignatieff was tarred as “just visiting” for his prestigious career abroad, Carney has an even bigger problem with his origin story: he was sworn...