OTTAWA—Prime Minister Mark Carney enters his second year making one thing very clear for his detractors: underestimate him at your own risk. He entered the arena early last year with no formal political experience to speak of, and yet he has handily cleared every milestone in his path. Not only did he dispel the robotic banker trope, Carney has proven that he is as comfortable glad-handing in the local pub during a hockey game as he is commanding the stage at Davos.

Central to Carney’s policy agenda over the last 12 months has been undoing Justin Trudeau-era policies acting as an anchor on the Canadian economy. By pivoting on the consumer carbon tax, repealing electric vehicle mandates, and doing away with the digital services tax, the prime minister has shown that pragmatic logic so far has prevailed over ideological advocacy. In terms of his forward-facing policy agenda, trade tensions with the United States have laid the groundwork for most of Carney’s movements over the course of the last year. Since last March, Carney has traversed the globe, spending one out of every five days since taking office out of the country.

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