Conrad Black/National Post: Before further escalation against the U.S., the prime minister should consider the vast differences in size between the two economies.
…Underlying it all is Carney’s contention that “a strong economy is not an end in itself, but the means to a just society.” This is consistent with his turgid and striving book: “Values, Building a Better World for All,” which is less an economic program than a field guide for polysyllabic eagle scouts. His address in Strasbourg was less a romantic escalation of Canada‘s relations with Europe than a wistful reflection on the failure of Canada and Europe to produce a superior political ethos to that of the United States while being economically uncompetitive with it…