Poilievre's attacks on the carbon tax were also misleading, but they resonated with potential voters and stuck. Ditto for the weird hE's JuSt DoInG iT fOr ThE pEnSiOn allegations about Jagmeet Singh.
There's no guarantee that these won't stick as well.
Yeah. Carney needs to define himself in the public's mind before the Conservatives do. So far he's benefited from being an unknown, since we can project positives onto him, but that period is ending.