for many decades in canada, the liberals have credibly run elections on their superior economic management, and attacked the opposition as economically incompetent, largely by criticizing them for being too pro-market.

the liberals have been repeatedly elected to fix or save the economy, while "tory times are tough times". it's been a consistent vote driver for decades.

by embracing neo-liberal ideology at a level that the liberals never have previously, and by holding to these foolish counter-tariffs, carney is severely damaging the economic credibility of the liberal party by aligning himself and the party with free market tory economic policy, which has historically had terrible outcomes.

carney times are tough times, indeed. and we're shooting ourselves in the hip. much of this harm that's coming will be self-inflicted. we will have nobody to blame but ourselves.