In between ignoring Parliament after walking away from trade negotiations with the U.S. and ignoring Parliament to speak to the European Union, Prime Minister Mark Carney ignored Parliament to announce a suite of new economic policies, while hosting his “investor’s summit” in Toronto this week.
Previous prime ministers certainly viewed the House of Commons as inconvenient. What makes Carney unique is that he doesn’t seem to consider it at all, not even as an obstacle to overcome or a tedious obligation of his office. It would be too much to say he wished Parliament didn’t exist, because in his mind it is not clear that it does, unless he is physically in the building.
