In less than a year, Canada has gone from a bold leader in the effort to change the way the global economy is governed, to a quiet enabler of the status quo.
The World Bank’s 25 executive directors, including Canada’s Marie-Lucie Morin, are expected to select a new leader on Monday in Washington.
Ms. Morin already has received her orders from Ottawa: The Harper government is backing the U.S. nominee, Dartmouth College president Jim Yong Kim, putting Canada’s stamp on the continuation of American dominance of an institution that represents 187 countries.