Mark Carney was asked some tough questions on Tuesday and he had no good answers for any of them. That goes against his sales pitch to voters that he’s the guy you need in a crisis, in a pinch.
The thing is the crisis can change and it often does with governments.
While governments come to power with big plans, they often end up lurching from crisis to crisis, not of their own making. They need to be nimble, they need to be able to respond to changing circumstances quickly and Carney doesn’t appear to be able to do that.
REPORTER: “Why does China like you? Why is the PRC praising you?”
CARNEY:
“Uh… I have absolutely no idea. And I, um… yeah.
I have absolutely no idea. And I think it, well… I’ll leave it at that.”That’s not the answer of someone with nothing to hide.
That’s the… pic.twitter.com/WEnDSFEO0v— Jim Ferguson (@JimFergusonUK) April 9, 2025
