Carney blows the roof off inertia-bound Ottawa, but there’s no guarantee of success

Canada’s highly decentralized federation requires time, energy, and good fortune to reach consensus.

It remains to be seen whether Prime Minister Mark Carney's government can make all this work in a timeframe that complies with his refreshing, unconventional campaign to rapidly bring the country together to start building a stronger, more independent economy, writes Les Whittington.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

June 25, 2025

OTTAWA–"Action This Day” was the sticker that Winston Churchill appended to his missives to generals and cabinet ministers requiring urgent, proactive decisions as he sought to energize Britain’s defences against Adolf Hitler in the 1940s.

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