After one year in office, Carney's grades are mixed with a lot of 'waiting for results'

OTTAWA — In a federal election last spring that was widely viewed as a watershed in Canadian politics, Mark Carney’s Liberals came back from the political dead to upend a Conservative lead of more than 20 percentage points.

Although a political neophyte, many voters seemed to see Carney as a figure of experience and competence at a time when Canada’s economy was under attack from Washington. Rightly or wrongly, the former central banker was seen as a one-person antidote: to Justin Trudeau...