Challenges, hopes, and reality: can Carney reinvent Canada’s economy?

The U.S. president is forcing change in this country, and the real question is whether Canadians can respond with what’s needed to limit the destructive impact.

The job taken on by Prime Minister Mark Carney and his government is nothing less than developing a new top-to-bottom approach to Canadians’ productive business capacity across the entire economic landscape, writes Les Whittington. The Hill Times photograph by Aidan Raynor

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

July 22, 2026

OTTAWA—Ensuring the go-ahead of a new Windsor-Detroit bridge that will bring significant trade benefits to Canada is only the latest in Prime Minister Mark Carney’s efforts to re-invent this country’s economy.

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