The publishers of Liberal Leader Mark Carney’s forthcoming book are refusing to comment on why the release of the title has been delayed from its original release date of May 15. With the new release date set for July 1, it remains unclear whether the book will be published as advertised.
Carney’s book held the working title The Hinge: Time to Build an Even Better Canada but it was mysteriously shelved with no official explanation from the publisher McLelland & Stewart, with all presale and order links leading to a dead end.
True North reached out to the publisher’s official media office to ask why the book was delayed and when Canadians could expect to read the book but did not receive a response.
The book, which has been advertised as a follow-up to Carney’s previous book Value(s), published in 2021, promises to lay out the Liberal leader’s plan for Canada.
Upon calling the publisher’s customer service line, True North was told by personnel that while shifting release dates was not abnormal, having all information removed in the process was “very strange” and to have no explanation to offer to readers was “kind of odd.”
The Prime Minister’s Office and the Liberal Party of Canada also declined True North’s request for comment.
Carney posted a link to pre-order a copy of his book on X as early as last October.
“Excited that my new book, The Hinge, will be published by Signal in May 2025. It’s all about how we can to build an even better Canada in an increasingly dangerous and divided world. Pre-order it here: @McClellandBooks,” wrote Carney.
However, the link leads to a dead-end, offering no information with the book’s title, cover and description now gone.
All that remains is the price of $35.00 and a new release date of July 1, 2025, long after Canadians have cast their ballots.
“Information about this exciting publication from Penguin Random House Canada is coming soon,” it says.
Publisher McClelland & Stewart congratulated Carney on his coronation as prime minister in a Facebook post from March, which also failed to make any mention of the forthcoming book they hope to publish.
The book had been promoted for months by Penguin Random House Canada before Carney’s foray into politics and prior to it being scrubbed from the internet.
It was once marketed as offering an “urgent path forward for Canada and the world as we collectively face a multitude of existential threats to our long-standing democratic traditions.”
Critics speculate that the real reason for the book’s removal is that it would reveal too much about what a long-term Carney government would look like and the policies promoted within may not be advantageous to the Liberal leader’s election prospects.
His last book Value(s) has been heavily scrutinized for its steadfast commitment to Diversity Equity and Inclusion policies as well as his climate alarmist agenda.
The latter of which, Carney has done a complete reversal since winning the Liberal leadership.
He went from saying that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre “would let our planet burn” in the “existential threat” that is the fossil fuel industry, to endorsing the notion of building pipelines in Canada.
Previously, Carney had been a fierce opponent of Canada’s energy sector, despite chairing a company that invests in pipelines overseas.
His book also included the promotion of using the immense manipulation of markets through government policies to control investment in corporations and financial institutions in sectors like energy, housing and trade.
Among other things, Carney’s last book endorsed the implementation of a central bank digital currency or CBDC and even pontificated whether people should have the “right to have children.”