Mark Carney is trying to flex in the Doug Ford-Donald Trump ad controversy but instead of looking strong, he’s looking weak. Now, in addition to saying he apologized to Trump over the ad, he’s also saying he saw the ad and told Ford not to run it but didn’t do anything to stop the premier.

After a week of staying silent on the controversy, Carney commented on Saturday from Korea.

“I did apologize to the president,” Carney said. “The president was offended by the ad, and it’s not something I would have done, which is to put in place that advertisement, and so I apologized to him.”

Carney then tried to exert his prime ministerial power.

“I’m the one who is responsible, in my role as prime minister, for the relationship with........

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