Typically Canada is a cycle or two behind the US, but it seems that time gap is getting tighter and tighter. With Canada being fairly prominent in the American news cycle these days, I'd say that was pretty smart for Carney to go on the Daily show. It begs the question of, if he's not going to run, whats the point? He's not even an elected official at this point.
What I don't know or understand is if a loss in a federal election is too much of a stain on a party leader. The conservatives are a scary runaway freight train at this point, so if you see yourself as the future of the liberal party, why throw your hat in the ring for an eventual loss?
But at a time when the liberal party is pretty rotten to the core, bringing in a bit of an outsider is probably a smart move.
Anything to limit the damage of the Temu Trump.
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