With federal election looming, Liberal Canadian PM accused of plagiarism while studying at Oxford: report

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is facing allegations that helium copied parts of his 1995 doctoral thesis astatine Oxford University without due credit. The study comes arsenic he's seeking predetermination to stay the country's PM adjacent month, erstwhile Canadian voters caput to the polls connected April 28.

The National Post reviewed Carney’s thesis, "The Dynamic Advantage of Competition," with 3 assemblage experts, who recovered astatine slightest 10 instances of evident plagiarism. 

The experts told the National Post that Carney copied afloat quotes, paraphrased ideas, and somewhat modified sentences from 4 antithetic sources without giving due credit.

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"He's conscionable straight repeating without quotations. That’s plagiarism," said Geoffrey Sigalet, a prof astatine the University of British Columbia who helps grip world misconduct cases, told the National Post.

Carney’s run responded to the National Post with a connection from his erstwhile Oxford supervisor, Margaret Meyer, who dismissed the allegations. "I spot nary grounds of plagiarism successful the thesis," she said. "Mark’s enactment was thoroughly researched and approved by a module committee."

Mark Carney, Canada's premier minister, speaks during a quality league successful Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, connected Thursday. (David Kawai/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Meyer besides told the National Post that "it is emblematic that overlapping connection appears" if sources are regularly referenced.

Oxford University defines plagiarism arsenic "presenting enactment oregon ideas from different root arsenic your ain without afloat acknowledgment." Another professor, speaking anonymously to the National Post, said Carney’s thesis appears to conscionable that definition.

Carney’s run spokesperson, Isabella Orozco-Madison, called the accusations an "irresponsible mischaracterization" of his work.

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One of the cardinal examples from the National Post’s study shows Carney intimately copying a transition from economist Michael E. Porter’s 1990 book, "The Competitive Advantage of Nations." On leafage 206 of his thesis, Carney wrote: "First, authorities involution tin impede planetary contention and artificially enactment home profits." This is astir identical to Porter’s archetypal wording.

Liberal Party person Mark Carney gives a code to his supporters during a rally astatine the Grand Quay of the Port of Montreal connected Thursday. (Andrej Ivanov/Getty Images)

Carney besides reportedly copied sections from Jeremy C. Stein’s 1989 nonfiction successful The Quarterly Journal of Economics and H.S. Shin’s 1994 nonfiction successful The RAND Journal of Economics, with lone insignificant wording changes.

The imaginable plagiarism appears passim the thesis. "It’s each implicit the dissertation, not conscionable 1 part," said Sigalet. Even tiny wording changes without due citation are inactive considered plagiarism.

Oxford University warns that plagiarism is simply a superior discourtesy that tin pb to penalties, including expulsion. "Even erstwhile you reword something, you inactive request to mention the source," Sigalet added.

Carney, a erstwhile Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor, has had a high-profile career, including apical roles astatine Goldman Sachs and Brookfield Asset Management. He has faced disapproval for his elite inheritance and globalist tendencies.

Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada Mark Carney. (Andrej Ivanov/Getty Images)

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However, plagiarism allegations person led to resignations and revoked degrees for politicians and academics successful the past.

Last year, Harvard University’s president Claudine Gay stepped down amid plagiarism claims, though she denied wrongdoing.

Carney is an outspoken professional of President Trump amid ongoing tariff battles betwixt Canada and the U.S.

The National Post contributed to this report.