Not to be pedantic, but the correct transliteration is Taoist, and real Taoists try to overthrow the state like the Green Turban Rebellion when they apply it to politics.

I like Carney, yet I want to call the author’s arguments Carney Copium. However I see his point that Carney is governing for all Canadians, not just for the smart and politically informed among us. So stuff like the legislatively meaningless signing ceremony is, to an extent, the communication part of policy that leftists like myself forget as part of the strategy.

I do worry about the pitfall of policy by poll where Carney just keeps copying things that the oil-money machine keeps peddling, ratcheting his leadership further right.

However I still have the impression and confidence that Carney can pull off fiscally prudent and politically viable progressivism since he’s a lot smarter than, say, Doug Ford.