It's the same old, same old. Close ranks and plug your ears. We've seen every party do this with members who pulled crap at some point. Carney may be an outsider to party politics but is clearly not enough of one. Or he's listening too closely to advisors who are not outsiders. And, sadly, I doubt enough Canadians outside the Chinese community will care enough for it to make a difference on April 28. In fact, I imagine that even the media will forget about it as soon as some other "hot new story" pops up. I might even argue that it only got attention because it's basically been a slow campaign so far given the parties are largely united in their anti-Trump stances.