Canadian economy ‘expected to strengthen’ after technical recession: OECD

Nothing in politics is ever inevitable, but once a particular dynamic has solidified, it can be tempting to see it as permanent. Such has been the case since Mark Carney’s election victory a little over a year ago, and in poll after poll, Liberal fortunes have only seemed to rise further: the Conservatives gradually losing ground and the New Democratic Party mostly treading water. In short order, both in the sense of public psychology and the Liberal Party’s seat count in Parliament, the Carney era has seemed to consolidate itself as the new norm. On a personal level, Carney himself...