A letter writer, Don Mustill, after denigrating the reputation and character of Mark Carney, exhorts us to “make an informed decision” in the next federal election (“Letter: The Carney coronation — what now?” March 13).

Unfortunately, Mr. Mustill fails to provide us with the choice we have in electing our next prime minister.

For me, the main ballot question will be: “Who would be best equipped as prime minister in the next four years to deal with the potentially turbulent times, with respect to relations with the U.S. and the economy?”

Realistically, there are two candidates.

On the one hand is Mark Carney who, as governor of the Bank of Canada, played a key role in guiding us through the 2008 financial crisis, and as the governor of the Bank of England won praise for his handling of Brexit.

He has served as chair of two large financial organizations and has been special envoy to the United Nations. He has the gravitas and reputation to be extremely well respected (by most) and he is very well-connected nationally and internationally.

He appears to have revived and redirected what was becoming a moribund Liberal party, although he has little experience in retail politics; but he appears to be a quick learner.

On the other hand is Pierre Poilievre, who has been involved in Canadian politics his whole working life. He is a consummate Canadian retail politician, but he has no other work experience and no real international experience.

Early in his parliamentary years, he was the Conservative’s “attack dog,” and after becoming Conservative leader, he favoured three-word, bumper-sticker slogans (“Canada is broken,” “Axe the tax,” “Cut the crime”) with nothing by way of proposing policy solutions.

He supported truckers in their illegal occupation of Ottawa. He is the leader of a party a fair-sized minority of whose voters support Mr. Donald Trump, and a minority of whom would welcome annexation by the U.S.

I agree with Mr. Mustill on one point: Make an informed decision!