Andrew MacDougall/Ottawa Citizen: As with most prime ministers, Carney’s strength will ultimately be what undoes him. Leave the Machiavellian pragmatism to the side; Carney has a galaxy brain and loves the world stage more than his domestic platforms. He wants to be working the room in Davos, not the government lounge in the House of Commons. He doesn’t want to have to explain himself to you, to me, or to his fellow elected representatives.
But you can’t run a country like a central bank. At least, not forever. Machiavelli was caught out by a sudden collapse of the Florentine Republic. Mark Carney needs to mind his p’s and q’s at home…