On Sunday evening in Ottawa, the results of the Liberal leadership race were announced. To no one’s surprise, Mark Carney won, receiving 85.9 per cent of the vote. But Carney didn’t just win the party’s leadership race, he won the highest seat in our government, without ever being elected by Canadians, not even as a member of Parliament.

His acceptance speech was littered with flattery for a party he’s long been friendly with, despite his claims of being an “outsider.” But what may have accidentally best revealed what Canada might be like under a Carney leadership came less from his flat speech than his daughter’s description of the man: he is “unwaveringly supportive of the things he cares about.”