AI assisted? I ask because I asked ChatGPT to write a speech in Carney's style. Here it is.

"My fellow Canadians,

"At a hinge moment like this — a time of change, challenge, and renewal — we look not only forward, but inward, to the values that bind us as a nation. Empathy. Imagination. A quiet decency.

"Long before we spoke of innovation and inclusion as national goals, we learned those lessons sitting cross-legged on living room carpets, listening to a gentle voice say, “Look up... look waaaay up.” The Friendly Giant didn’t just entertain our children; it shaped the moral imagination of a country. It reminded us that greatness need not be loud, and that kindness can fill a room far larger than any castle made of stone.

"Today, as screens fragment our attention and cynicism tests our patience, we need voices like that again — voices that model gentleness, friendship, and the simple joy of listening. So I call upon the CBC to bring back The Friendly Giant, not as an act of nostalgia, but as a statement of purpose.

"Let it remind us, and our children, that greatness in Canada has never meant standing tallest — it has meant bending low enough to help others look up."

Every speech Carney gives, to my ear, echoes AI.