It’s all grist for criticism, objections, red tape and the debilitating Canadian resistance to big ideas that both Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre blame for Canada’s economic constipation. “In the middle of a massive price hike for oil, our industry is not expanding, it’s retreating,” Poilievre asserted as the Iran war affected global supplies. Carney takes regular flak for jetting around the world signing trade deals and investment agreements, rather than spending his days taking questions in Parliament.