‘He’s not changing capes’: Philippe Lagassé on the caretaker convention and Carney’s dual role as Liberal leader and prime minister

Philippe Lagassé, associate professor at Carleton University, discusses the “caretaker convention,” a set of rules that dictate what a Prime Minister should or shouldn’t be allowed to do during a partisan election campaign.

While critics say Mark Carney is all too happy to don the PM cape as often as possible to his electoral advantage, supporters say the unprecedented Trump trade war calls for a leader who takes to the Prime Minister’s podium regularly.