Mark Carney clearly hasn’t learned one of the key rules of politics, and someone on his team should teach him soon, you need to under sell and over deliver. Doing the opposite, when you promise more than you can deliver, is a recipe for disaster.

Last week, Carney’s office leaked to CTV that they were “ cautiously optimistic ” about getting movement on steel and aluminum tariffs.

Carney didn’t speak to the media after leaving the White House on Tuesday, he left that up to his deputy on the cross-border file. Standing atop the roof of the Canadian Embassy in Washington with the American Capitol Building behind him, Dominic LeBlanc tried to put the best spin on things.

“We talked about the importance of reaching an agreement soon and quickly on steel, aluminum and energy matters, and wi

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