Carney’s informal advisory role on recovery could pose ‘unusual’ dynamic, but some say it’s ‘complementary’ match with Freeland

One political expert, who studies gender and politics, says the optics of bringing Mr. Carney onboard as a new finance minister takes charge 'raises questions about the extent to which she’s got the whole portfolio.'

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured Aug. 18 following her appointment to the job, is poised to shape the government's 'green' recovery, with help from former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney, who is serving as an informal adviser to the government.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

August 24, 2020

Chrystia Freeland’s elevation to the plum post of finance minister while Mark Carney is advising the government on the pandemic recovery has created an “unusual” dynamic in the political centre, says one Liberal MP, but he joined others in saying

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