Stephen Maher: Hear those rumours of election call? Here’s what’s really happening

Stephen Maher/Toronto Star: But the people from whom Carney would be seeking advice if he was really planning on an election tell me he is not talking to them about it, and the key constituency — small-c conservatives who reluctantly approve of Carney — would be alienated if he looks opportunistic, as he would.

What is really happening is that a lot of senior Conservatives are impressed by Carney’s economic skills and sang froid, and they want him to run the country until the crisis ends or he demonstrates that he is not doing a good job. They are constraining Poilievre…