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Marty York: Mark Carney is a failed economic wizard

Reality doesn't come close to matching the promise

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The consensus in Canada is clear to most of us — even irrefutable — that Prime Minister Mark Carney has done very little if anything to make Jewish people in this country feel safer or more content. His contributions to rising antisemitism and divisive behaviour haven’t bothered most of his supporters, however, judging by the popularity polls. 

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These supporters don’t seem to care a great deal about the violence and hate aimed at Canadian Jews during Carney’s administration. Sure, some are not wild about the documented attacks on Jewish schools, businesses, and communities and synagogues because they know these acts of vile violence tear at the very fabric of society in general. And some are  aware that history has demonstrated repeatedly that mass chaos and turmoil starting with Jew-hate eventually tend to spread to other groups.

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Yet many of Carney’s supporters stand by him because they have a perception,........

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