Carney's Canada: Regressives Betraying Generations

In politics, progress ought to mean advancement toward a better future. Yet under the new stewardship of Mark Carney, Canada's so-called progressive movement has completed its transformation into a regressive machine — an apparatus of fear, debt, and gerontocratic self-interest.

It didn't begin with Carney. It started with Trudeau.

In 2015, Justin Trudeau floated to power on a tide of youthful exuberance. Young Canadians, seduced by his promises of open government, modest deficits, affordable housing, gender equality, proportional representation, and a green economy, delivered him a resounding mandate. Trudeau, a man whose policy experience was thinner than his tattoos, embodied the "new politics" of feeling over thinking.

The reality was more sordid. Trudeau botched everything except legalized pot. Deficits were neither modest nor temporary. Housing grew more expensive, not more affordable. Proportional representation was thrown under the campaign bus. Consultation became diktats to pro…