Mark Carney is the freshly anointed Prime Minister of Canada. He has stepped before the press, hyper-guarded, unpolished, and—perhaps most revealingly—unprepared for actual scrutiny. A man who has spent decades basking in the adulation of elite banking circles, Vatican and United Nations gatherings now faces a different beast: democratic accountability.
One of his first press interactions as PM tells us more about the man than a dozen policy speeches ever could. The small details and reactions that have not yet been well rehearsed tell us much about a person. In just three minutes in the video clip below, Carney unwittingly laid bare his instincts—his self-regard, his condescension for women journalists, and his utter unfamiliarity with being challenged.
Be sure to watch before we unpack the moment. It is remarkable to see how Carney reveals he knows one female journalist's mind and the other's heart.
