Liberal leadership hopeful Chrystia Freeland says she’s running against the “Ottawa establishment” as more federal cabinet ministers rally around her top rival Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of Canada.
“It’s central to my campaign to see this not about Liberal elites deciding. This is about the grassroots,” Freeland said in an interview on CBC’s The House that will air on Saturday.
I see.
Carney is remarkably good at presenting himself as a competent manager of the status quo economic system. A competent manager may not be what we need, but I guess it’s better than what we’ve got.