Prime Minister Mark Carney’s “forward guidance” videos have proven adept at fostering populist tactics in the services of mainstream politics.
Voters across the western world have been drawn to conspiracy theories and demagogues because they fear that nobody is in control. In this series of videos, Carney has presented a calm, reassuring face to the world, telling Canadians that their “improbable country” will “pivot and prosper” in the face of the trade war with the Americans.
