If Mark Carney becomes Canada's next PM, it will be Trudeau 2.0

Many Canadians were pleased to hear that
Ah, but wishes don't always come true. A second political nightmare is already brewing: Mark Carney has become the leading candidate to replace Trudeau.
The former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor is a preposterous choice. He has no political experience. He's never held or run for a federal seat. He doesn't know how to lead a party, country or survive in the dog-eat-dog world of politics.
Yet, Carney could very well claim Canada's top political prize. Not by facing the electorate, but through the decision of Liberal insiders and grassroots supporters to hand it to him on a silver platter. That probably suits his silver spoon approach to politics just fine.
Many Canadians and Britons know that Carney, although more educated and intelligent than Trudeau, has mediocre and ineffective ideas up his sleeve, too. He
Carney is also the same bank governor for both our countries – who was far from the gold standard and had plenty of copper in his mouth – who
Canada's liberal elites think otherwise. They see him as one of them. He's a technocrat who will sip champagne and eat caviar with world leaders, but stand with the little people and claim to feel their pain. He has a massive sense of entitlement,
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, but is an insider through and through. He was an
Hence, the liberal elites can't fathom that Carney could lose an election to Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre. Poilievre's too right-wing for progressive-thinking Canadians, they believe. Conservative figures across the globe
Oh, the horror! How will Canadians survive?
They will, and without too much trouble. Poilievre has been
The Liberals believe that switching Trudeau for Carney will stop the bleeding and save their political hides. They're wrong. All it's going to result in is Justin Trudeau 2.0 with the same lousy cast of Liberal MPs and cabinet ministers in tow.
Michael Taube was a speechwriter for former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper

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