The challenge of Carney’s triumph

Mark Carney has managed to accumulate a mountain of political capital. To my mind, that raises an interesting question. Will he decide to spend all that political capital he's amassed, or will he hoard it?

A recent Nanos poll indicates that nearly 50 per cent of Canadians support Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal Party, while a whopping 62 per cent say he is their preferred choice for prime minister.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY GERRY NICHOLLS

October 12, 2026

OAKVILLE, ONT.—If we practised the same customs as they did in Ancient Rome, I have no doubt Prime Minister Mark Carney would by now be honoured with a triumphal procession.

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