Oh no, Canada. The maple smoke has floated up from the Liberal party’s headquarters, and the bad news is out: our new Prime Minister is Mark Carney, banker, Davos darling, and ruthless climate radical.
It’s not even Canadians’ fault this time. Trudeau, admittedly, was. But Carney is a Liberal party pick, which sounds reasonable until you learn that the Liberal party didn’t require its members to hold Canadian citizenship – or even be an adult – to cast a ballot to replace Trudeau as leader. The vote took place online, and while around 400,000 people registered as party members, a glitch-ridden verification process meant only around 160,000 were cleared to vote.
It’s pretty clear that Prime Minister Carney is a single-issue man. Net zero, to him, is worth almost any sacrifice
That’s right: 160,000 persons of unknown citizenship just chose the leader of Canada, a country of 40 million. What could possibly go wrong?
The right thing at this point is to call an election.
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