This video gave me much to contemplate on regarding Canada's ongoing leadership crisis.
One of the common refrains I hear in Carney's defense is that he's a Harvard and Oxford-educated economist who was governor of both the Banks of Canada and England (not to mention whatever credentials he stuffed his CV with) therefore he is most qualified to lead the country. The biggest problem with many intellectuals is that they view the world through a rigid scientific/economic/social model that they stake their reputations on. In Carney's case, it's the climate "crisis" so a command economy overseen by unelected technocrats. There is the axiom, "battle plans rarely survive contact with the enemy"--well, I would claim that scientific, economic, and social models rarely survive contact with reality. Assuming that he is a true believer in his cause like Paul R. Ehrlich, Carney and the Parliament Hill-billies in his cabinet to double down on the dogma as he believes that his education and career entitles him to the reins power. Someone has to save the unwashed masses from themselves.
Leadership requires adaptability and practicality, neither of which are qualities he possesses since he spent his adult life sequestered in the halls of power whether they be in government or the corporate world. I imagine that is the reason why he can lie so brazenly and act in other unethical ways. He lives in a world free from consequences and failing upward is the norm.
As for his supporters, they are likewise programmed to see the world through a rigid model so they suffer from the same narrow lens.