Toronto Star: Finance ministers, more so than most, have to master the art of saying “no.” I ask Champagne whether he ever finds himself having to say “no” to Carney.
“We discuss things,” he says. “I would say we often come to the same conclusions, but then it’s shades of grey.” I take that to mean Carney always wins. Champagne talks about the “prerogative of the prime minister,” adding however that they are “aligned.”
“I would not have wanted to serve as finance minister under any other prime minister,” he declares…