Carney government has two duties to younger Canadians, and one is to offer real hope

First, it must closely monitor employment and housing trends for younger Canadians as it sets economic policy, and second, it must show that the system works for them, too, and they can have their own Canadian Dream.
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney scrums with reporters before the Prime Minister’s First Nations summit on Bill C-5 in Gatineau, Que., on July 17, 2025.

TORONTO—The Carney government has big plans for a new and, it says, a more prosperous Canadian economy—but much of what it hopes to accomplish will take years before we see a material difference. In the meantime, support for big change may whither unless immediate thre...

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