The Canadian Press: “Obviously, I did not offer him the post of minister of finance, as it was then not available. However, I indicated that, if he chose to join the government, he would be the leading candidate should the post come open,” Harper writes.
…In his book, released Tuesday, Harper says while Carney was “highly effective” as bank governor, his finance minister Jim Flaherty was “increasingly” worried in the wake of the 2011 election that Carney was nurturing political ambitions and might wish to seek the Liberal party leadership — something widely rumoured at the time.
“This was a serious concern for us,” Harper writes…