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But it all reminded us of a key Carney weakness – he over-promises and under-delivers. He is positively Justin Trudeau-esque in his fondness for sizzle over steak, and it is getting increasingly difficult to ignore. On trade, on tariffs, on Trump – the things Carney promised, back in the Spring, simply haven’t happened. He’s under-delivered. Could that change after a budget the PMO is promising will be historic? It could. “This moment has revealed the limits to our economic independence,” Carney said, presumably referring to Trump. So, he said, “we must change how we do some things.” Sure. Yes. Of course. But will he? To be fair, Mark Carney hasn’t been a politician for a long time – but he’s a quick learner. The Liberal Prime Minister, like many prime ministers, is hard to pin down – he recalls the proverbial Jello on the wall. His speech was chockablock with such fuzziness. Reading it, listening to it, you can’t tell if he’s for or against deficits, immigration, workers, pipelines, or a raft of other things. You can’t tell if he wants to cudgel Trump, or cuddle him. His speech was a masterpiece of fuzziness, then, with (um) liberal helpings of arrogance, contradictions and failed promises. One can only hope that his big budget will do a lot better. Because he, and we, need to.
