Ottawa

When two Canadian political powerhouses left their jobs

Twitter was stunned.

Mark Carney (left): AP/Lefteris Pitarakis; Rob Ford: CP/Christopher Drost

Just like that, arguably the most trusted and least trusted Canadian political figures left jobs that thrust them onto the national stage. Almost at the same time, Rob Ford was booted from the mayor’s office in Toronto and news broke that Mark Carney took a job as Governor of the Bank of England. The internet reacted with seeming disbelief, either to Ford, or Carney, or both. We’ll have much more of that reaction shortly, but suffice to say, the news rocked many of our Twitter feeds.

When two political powerhouses left their jobs

Storified by Nick Taylor-Vaisey · Mon, Nov 26 2012 08:06:56

Woah.Matt Hartley
Holy shit.Tabatha Southey
Whoa.Karen K. Ho

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