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KINSELLA: Mark Carney not fulfilling his one job requirement Back to video

In mainstream culture, the first known use of the phrase happened 25 years ago, in a remake of the comedy heist film Ocean’s Eleven.

The character played by Don Cheadle and his team of robbers set off some explosives to open a big safe. The door pops open, and a delighted Cheadle dances into the vault. As he does so, an alarm goes off. Says an irritated Cheadle to his colleagues: “You tossers! You had one job to do!”

That, or “you had one job,” entered the popular consciousness after that. The Internet is now awash in memes of people doing dumb things, or failing spectacularly, followed by the “you had one job” line. Like in Cheadle’s movie, it’s funny.

It’s not particularly amusing in the case of Mark Carney, however.

The Prime Minister had one job, too.  He was the one who told us what it was. In his very first speech as leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, he said: “I pledge to you, and to all Canadians, that I will work day and night with one purpose: to build a........

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