And we thought Justin Trudeau was a sanctimonious autocrat who found dealing with Parliament too tiresome.

Mark Carney has been prime minister for all of a weekend, and he already can’t be bothered with the conventions of Canadian democracy. Carney has not led his party to an election victory, nor has he even tested the confidence of the House of Commons, and yet, despite this almost comical lack of democratic legitimacy, he is behaving like a normal head of government, making policy and going on high-profile international trips. It is sheer madness that this is happening.