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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney faces charges that he copied part of his 1995 PhD dissertation at Oxford University without proper credibility. The report comes as he is seeking to elect the Prime Minister next month, when Canadian voters head to the poll on April 28.
The State Post reviewed Carney’s paper “The Dynamic Advantage of Competition” with three university experts, who found at least 10 obvious thefts.
Experts told the National Post that Carney copied all quotes from four different sources, ideas of interpretation and slightly modified sentences without giving proper credibility.
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“He just repeats it directly without citations. That’s the stolen,” said Geoffrey Sigalet, a professor at the University of British Columbia.
Carney’s campaign responded to the National Post, with his former Oxford director Margaret Meyer’s statement dismissing the charges. “I didn’t see evidence of stolen in the paper,” she said. “Mark’s work was thoroughly studied and approved by the faculty committee.”
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke at a press conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on Thursday. (David Kawai/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Meyer also told the National Post that if the source is cited regularly, “typical overlapping language is typical.”
Oxford University defines plagiarism as “presenting work or ideas from other sources as your own without sufficient recognition”. Another professor said in anonymous speech at the National Post that Carney’s paper seemed to fit that definition.
Carney’s campaign spokesman Isabella Orozco-Madison called the allegation a “irresponsible mischaracterization” of his work.
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One of the main examples of the National Post report shows that Carney closely replicated economist Michael E. on page 206 of his paper, Carney wrote: “First, government intervention can hinder international competition and artificially support domestic profits.” This is almost the same as Porter’s original wording.
Liberal leader Mark Carney spoke to his supporters at a rally at the Montreal Harbour Grand Pier on Thursday. (Andrej Ivanov/Getty Images)
Carney also reportedly copied Jeremy C in the 1989 quarterly journal of Economics and HS Shin in the 1989 quarterly journal of the Rand Journal of Economics.
Throughout the paper, possible theft appears. “It’s the whole paper, not just a part,” Sigret said. Even small wording changes without proper citations are considered plagiarism.
Oxford warned that theft is a serious crime that could lead to punishment, including expulsion. “Even if you reintroduce something, you still need to cite the source,” Sigalet added.
Carney, former governor of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, has attracted much attention for his career, including top positions at Goldman Sachs and Brookfield Asset Management. He faces criticism for his elite background and globalist tendencies.
Chief of Mark Carney, Canadian Liberal Party. (Andrej Ivanov/Getty Images)
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However, theft allegations led to resignation and revoked past politicians and academics’ degrees.
Last year, Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned in a stolen claim, despite denying wrongdoing.
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The State Post has contributed to this report.
