In Mark Carney’s first month as Liberal leader and prime minister, a picture has emerged of who he is: a technocratic version of Justin Trudeau, without the charisma, great hair or ability to communicate comfortably in French, but with many of his banished predecessor’s other personality characteristics and policy propensities.
Like Trudeau, Carney is a left-leaning, climate-obsessed globalist — a Laurentian elitist who sees big government as the solution to most problems, whether real, imagined or self-imposed. He appears ambitious and narcissistic, is often casual with the truth, is compromised by conflicts of interest and seems beholden to the “basic Chinese dictatorship.” He is advised by Trudeau’s coterie of political operatives , led by Gerald Butts, and presides over a reshuffled Trudeau cabinet. The fourth Liberal term he seeks would, with one or two exceptions, pursue the same dysfunctional policies that inflicted a lost decade on our long-suffering yet credulous electorate. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me four times? Seriously?
