Horgan: Carney thinks he can make govt work again. Good luck with that

Colin Horgan: The task for the Carney Liberals is therefore architectural. Some parts of the budget still lean on the familiar nudging-the-markets playbook. Tax incentives for private capital in housing and clean tech, credit guarantees meant to mobilize corporate investment, and public–private partnerships for infrastructure delivery. But take other things: the new housing agency, the military-industrial strategy, the Buy Canadian Policy, the Critical Minerals Sovereign Fund, and the Arctic infrastructure project funding. These could all be considered a return to big government…