Canadians Praise Carney for Successfully Blaming the Economy on Literally Everything Else

Despite overseeing Canada’s weakest first-year economic growth for a prime minister in more than six decades, Mark Carney continues to enjoy strong public approval, suggesting the country’s most successful growth sector is the market for excuses.

With GDP contracting, consumer spending slowing, and housing remaining an investment strategy for everyone except people hoping to live in one, 60 per cent of Canadians still say Carney is doing a good job managing the economy.

Political observers say the numbers reflect a modern reality in which governments are increasingly judged less on measurable outcomes than on whether voters can imagine somebody else making things even worse.

“Technically we’re poorer,” admitted one respondent. “But Carney uses graphs, knows what bond yields are, and hasn’t suggested annexing Greenland. That’s leadership.”

Economists predict the Prime Minister’s approval will remain stable until Canadians make the catastrophic mistake of comparing their wages to the price of literally anything.

---

---