Bye, bye showboats, we’re all adults now

Voters are fed up with performative politics in this moment of global and economic disruption. So, out with the Bibles-as-props, dog whistles, personal slurs and red-faced rants; in with respectful, fact-based debate, and intelligent compromise.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured on April 14, 2026, is a surprisingly agile politician, but a showboat he is not.

CHELSEA, QUE.—One of the most enticing promises Prime Minister Mark Carney made in the immediate aftermath of his ascension to majority government last week was to dial back political “show-boating.” As he said: “We’re going to have less of that; we’re going to h...

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