I don’t care that Mark Carney is a jerk to work with and for. Growing up with an adjacency to both politics and Bay Street, everyone would tell you as much (particularly card-carrying Liberals).
I care that for all of his deal-making prowess, and some of his ability to course-correct on bad policy, we’re ignoring structural, load-bearing deficiencies, like a full immigration fix, an impossibly punitive entrepreneurial environment, giving housing to Gregor freaking Robertson, the near-total collapse in law and order and healthcare efficiency, still poking Alberta in the eye and wondering why they’re so angry.
Be a prick. But be one that materially gets the job done, beyond just the margins.