"Mark Carney is competent, well-spoken, and quietly running a neoliberal playbook. Against the backdrop of Trump's chaos, Canada's prime minister looks like a statesman—and that's precisely the problem. When the bar is subterranean, clearing it can mask a lot of sins. Airport privatization, fossil fuel expansion, public service cuts, and social transfers growing below inflation aren't the hallmarks of a progressive government. They're the hallmarks of a conservative one with better branding."