There have been concerns about the “presidentialization” of the Canadian prime ministership for years — worries that have been exacerbated by Mark Carney’s tendency to sign Trump-style legislative orders to grant tax cuts.
Academics have suggested that the cabinet has become nothing more than a focus group for the prime minister, who instead of being primus inter pares (first among equals) is now merely primus .
On the evidence of the new cabinet’s first day in office, that may be no bad thing.
