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Prime Minister Carney Owes his Job to President Trump
Another fickle outcome in today’s politics
This article is not about how Canada’s Election 2025 created several Westminster possibilities to keep political pundits talking for weeks. Rather, it is about how Mark Carney might become prime minister of Canada.
This rise is quite fickle.
Fickleness #1
A few months ago, the former central banker seemed to be launching a political career on a sinking ship: the Liberal Party. This party has been governing Canada for a decade and has grown tired. It was doomed to be replaced. The Conservatives, led by Pierre Poilievre, were waiting for an easy take over.
Then the United States foiled the Conservative plan. Accompanying the executive orders that were flying around the White House after Inauguration Day were some rather direct threats about annexing Canada into the United States. It seemed the plan was to cripple the Canadian economy so bad that Canadians would beg to join the USA as the 51st state.
Well, we Canadians did not like that idea. We started looking to see which political leader would better stand up to President Trump and his annexation plans. Many Canadians were seeing Mr. Poilievre’s rhetoric as too similar to Mr. Trump’s rhetoric. Some…
