Carney’s riding high right now, but his real tests are yet to come

Canadians will need clear evidence that there is a strategy to deliver real change and the political stamina to withstand a process that will also be highly disruptive.

European Council President Antonio Costa, front left, Japan’s PM Shigeru Ishiba, Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni, France’s President Emmanuel Macron, Canada’s PM Mark Carney, U.S. President Donald Trump, U.K. PM Keir Starmer, Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich Merz, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, on June 16, 2025.Photograph courtesy of the Government of Canada

Opinion

BY DAVID CRANE

June 23, 2025

TORONTO—Prime Minister Mark Carney, with the G7 summit behind him, appears to have won recognition from Canadians that he is the right person for the job. Whether he eventually delivers rather than disappoints remains to be seen. But even my favourite Canadian Substac...

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