Every July 1, fireworks illuminate the skies across Canada. This year, however, the country marks Canada Day with a revitalized sense of pride. Prime Minister Mark Carney has restored a measure of dignity, intellectual seriousness and technocratic competence to the nation¡¯s highest office.
After years in which foreign policy often appeared driven by social media trends rather than the realities of statecraft, there is a growing sense that the adults are back in the room.
Yet as the celebratory smoke clears, sobering challenges remain. A sluggish domestic economy, a fractured political landscape and the constraints of middle-power diplomacy threaten to complicate the early promise of the Carney era.
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