The Canadian Press: Championed by Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank, Carney was one of the 24 people in the leaders section of The 100 Most Influential People of 2026, which was released earlier this week by Time.
Aside from mentioning his frequent nickname in the banking world, “George Clooney of finance,” and calling him a “rock-star central-bank governor,” Lagarde noted his early recognition of how international co-operation is at risk of collapsing as one reason for his inclusion.
Lagarde said that after becoming prime minister in 2025, Carney was the first to identify the “breaking point of multilateralism as we have known it for decades.”…