mark carney simply isn't qualified to do parliamentary work, and he probably was doing very little work in parliament, and would continue to do very little work while in parliament. he has no legal education and no experience as a politician. this work was being done by other people around him, and he likely had minimal influence into it.

what mark carney is qualified to do is a part of the political system that has no basis in democracy, but is required for it to function, so long as we live in capitalism, which is fundamentally incompatible with democracy, and that is to talk to autocratic leaders in the business world and sign backroom deals in smoke filled rooms. this behaviour is not democratic, but it is capitalist, and is the foundation of our political/economic system.

as such, i actually think that carney would have been better used as a foreign minister or as a diplomat than as a prime minister. if the choices are that he can sit in the house of commons and watch his staffers do the work for him or go out and talk to people and try to generate investment, he should do the latter.

i don't like any of this, but it's real life.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/rci/en/news/2195079/carney-heads-to-u-k-in-search-of-investment-and-partners-as-pressure-mounts-to-show-results