The Globe and Mail reports in its Wednesday edition that during his appearance on The Daily Show, Mark Carney told host Jon Stewart, "I am an outsider." The Globe's Campbell Clark writes that laying a claim to some kind of outsider-ness seems to be critical to running for the Liberal leadership. Just what Mr. Carney is outside takes some defining. He is not a stranger to the circles of power, after an investment banking career at Goldman Sachs, as a mandarin in the Finance Department, as governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, and chairman of Brookfield. His only real claim to outsider status comes from remaining outside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet, and in the race for the Liberal leadership, that matters. It appears that the only member of Mr. Trudeau's cabinet mounting a bid will be government House leader Karina Gould, who can run as the only millennial, next-generation candidate against 50-something contenders with phones full of bankers. Even former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland has seen her bid fuelled by an outsider moment, finally forcing Mr. Trudeau's hand with her resignation. Mr. Trudeau's former strategist Gerald Butts is a key figure in Mr. Carney's campaign.