Bono’s man crush on Mark Carney is the good news we need

At last, Bono has found what he’s looking for: Prime Minister Mark Carney. In an interview with Global News, the U2 frontman and Irish activist extraordinaire said that the whole world was “in awe” of Canadians based on our recent election results.

He thanked us (at least most of us) for “putting politics aside and not electing a populist.” He may have been wearing literal rose-tinted glasses at the time (a change from his signature blue tint), but his appreciation for Canada seemed legit. “I was always a fan of your mosaic,” he added. (It’s unclear whether he meant our cultural diversity or that resto bar in the Hilton airport hotel.)

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This isn’t the first time Bono has expressed his love for the north. In 2016, he remarked that “the world needs more Canada” while attending a global health summit in Montreal. And the love goes both ways: who could forget Justin Trudeau’s seemingly innocuous quip that his then-wife Sophie Grégoire was “a bigger fan of Bono than she is of me.” (Foreshadowing much?) Now we wait and see if Carney is ready to dump those Down With Webster dudes and hitch his wagon to a real rock star.

That said, on the iconic-frontman front, the PM has options. During a show at Massey Hall earlier this week, Paul Simon expressed how the “real” America (the one he goes searching for in his iconic song) is here in Canada: “You really are a beacon of hope in the darkness.” And, of course, homegrown hero Neil Young has made no secret of his place on Team Carney. (See: his election endorsement by way of a passionate mash note.)

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But let’s not make this another one of those unbalanced liberal-media love fests. When it comes to rich aging white guys without any discernible musical talent, Pierre Poilievre has locked in a VIP fanbase that includes Conrad Black, Alex Jones and Elon Musk.