This is the part that bothers me so much about Canadian politics.
I read Carney's Value(s) book and I knew instantly he was an authoritarian. He believes in the large centralized power of the state and believes that he, as a technocrat, knows what's best for everyone so he wants a large government for him to dictate what is best for everyone. This is obvious in his book and it has been obvious in the way he has presented himself every step of the way.
Yet, after the BC leader, Kerry-Lynne Findlay, was elected I spoke to some leftist BCers and they told me they don't like Findlay because she's an authoritarian. I asked if they liked Carney and they said yes, they really like him. I said but he's an authoritarian and Findlary's literal first policy mentioned on her website is increasing freedoms for BCers. How is she an authoritarian? At the end of the day, the reason the BCers thought she was an authoritarian is because that's what the experts on CBC/CTV said. She was a far-right extremist and all far-right wing people are authoritarians so she's an authoritarian. But what about Carney? He's apparently a centrist and not an authoritarian because he's not right-wing.
That's the level of political understand these people I spoke to had and they were adults, boomers, precisely... According to these Canadians: Carney acts like an authoritarian but he's not one because he's not right-wing. Findlay doesn't act like an authoritarian (in fast she acts like the opposite of one) but she's an authoritarian because she's a far-right extremist.