Mark Carney wants you to know that he is the leader of “Canada’s new government.” The prime minister slipped that into a few of his very first appearances in the Commons.
This Liberal government is not entirely new, of course, but neither is the phrase. It’s how Stephen Harper branded his government when it came to power two decades ago. In Harper’s first term from 2006 to 2007, the words “Canada’s new government” were uttered more than 500 times in the Commons, and were plastered over news releases and Conservative talking points.
