the anti-rock star who made a difference

Stephen Poloz first dreamed of becoming Bank of Canada governor in 1974, when he got hooked on economics as an undergrad at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont. Thirty-nine years later, it happened. How many of us can match that? Not many.

But it would have required a dark soul to design the pre-mortem to prepare Poloz for an ending to his dream-come-true story that included the deaths of more than 360,000 people worldwide and an effective lockdown on travel and human interaction.

But in the time of COVID-19, you do what you can.

Darren Brown for national post Stephen Poloz, Governor of the Bank of Canada, in July 2018. His term ends on Tuesday when he hands over the reins to Tiff Macklem.