Analysis: Much about the Conservative leadership debate — which included sound effects, props and questions about the candidates' reading and streaming habits — seemed designed to limit the space available for actual debate.
— went nearly unremarked upon until Charest finally came back to it more than an hour later.
"Mr. Poilievre's suggestion of firing the governor of the bank of Canada, his suggestion that the Bank of Canada is 'financially illiterate,' is irresponsible," Charest said, segueing from what was supposed to be a segment about the cost of living. "It creates doubt. If you're an investor looking at coming to Canada and you hear that kind of a statement, coming from a member of the House of Commons, you'd think you were in a third world country. We cannot afford to have any leader who goes out there and deliberately undermines the confidence in institutions. Conservatives do not do that.
Poilievre couldn't respond — he had used up all his turns with his paddle. He also skipped an opportunity to speak with reporters afterwards. But if he took an opportunity to respond — and he was speaking candidly — he might say that he is, in fact, running a campaign against institutions. He is running against an idea of the establishment and what he says the establishment is up to. That's what links the convoy, cryptocurrencies and the governor of the Bank of Canada — as well as Poilievre's
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