The latest spat between Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump gives the impression that North America is being run by schoolchildren.

Trump often strikes me as an older, more powerful version of my kids. Like them, he has a habit of making things up and confidently stating them as fact; he’s prone to emotional outbursts whenever he doesn’t get his way; and he thinks he’s the best at just about everything.

Carney is a little more measured, reminiscent of a nerdy student who hopes to be an accountant when he grows up but bought into the left-wing narrative pushed by the school system and intends on using his talents to expand the role of government and pressure businesses to prioritize climate over profit.

While Carney has a lot of the right ideas, he consistently goe

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