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First, I printed a snippet from this one in my post last night, but I think it deserves more:
The Frank ConversNation
Mark Carney and the Canadian Malaise: The Grown-Up Enters the Room
The Dichotomy of the Political Establishment and the Media World vs People
We are entering hunting season — and this year, the prey is political.
It’s that predictable Canadian ritual where journalists, pundits, and partisan warriors load their rhetorical rifles and take aim at whoever happens to sit in the Prime Minister’s chair. It’s entertainment disguised as accountability, the old Trudeau Syndrome: the persistence of disbelief that any leader could act with competence or restraint.
...Carney’s critics come in two noisy varieties.
First, the Twitter revolutionaries, who treat compromise as heresy and policy as theatre. For them, moderation is cowardice, and incrementalism is a sin.
Then, the Maple MAGA crowd — the low-intellectual populists who shout “freedom” while living off the very public systems they denounce. They demand lower taxes, better services, and zero trade-offs — a fantasy menu no serious adult believes in.
They won’t like Carney because he embodies what they resent most: discipline, intellect, and calm authority....
Carney doesn’t need to charm; he needs to endure. The test of leadership today isn’t charisma — it’s competence. He will be mocked by the press, derided by populists, and misunderstood by both. Let them talk.
Because while they scream, Carney works.
And in today’s Canada, that’s the most radical act of all.
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