When Mark Carney was the Governor of the Bank of England, he earned the nickname the unreliable boyfriend. He earned the nickname for his habit of giving off mixed signals on interest rates — hot one day and cold the next.

The unreliable boyfriend fits when it comes to Carney and his inability to have a coherent message on Canada’s relationship with the United States.

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“I know the president, I’ve dealt with the president in the past in my previous roles when he was in his first term, and I know how to negotiate,” Carney said during the Liberal leadership race last year.

Carney’s changing message and tone

During the election, he promised to get the best deal for Canada. By the summer, he was saying we had the best deal.

Now, he’s warning us that our closeness to the United States is a weakness and holding up a little figurine of Sir Issac Brock to invoke the War of 1812 and standing up to the Americans. That might excite........

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