I mean, they admit that they only have "considerable independence", but not "total independence":
"The Bank of Canada is a special type of Crown corporation, owned by the federal government, but with considerable independence to carry out its responsibilities."
They also add: "The Governor and Senior Deputy Governor are appointed by the Bank's Board of Directors (with the approval of Cabinet), not by the federal government."
... and the BoD are appointed by cabinet.
Does the political branch make the decisions? No. But they choose the people that do!
Does the political branch make the decisions? No. But they choose the people that do!
This by no means implies any control over interest rates. At all.
People are appointed, and that's where political input ends. And those appointed stay appointed, are not chosen lightly, markets do not react well to poor choice.
By your metric, you'd think our Supreme court judges were puppets too. They aren't.
People may have political leanings, but understand, that is not the same as allowing input where it is not allowed.
The government cannot interfere with the judicial branch, nor with fiscal policy. To do so, renders it a banana republic, or dictatorship, any attempts would be disaster, for those appointed take this very seriously.
A core part of the job is to ignore ministers, the PMO, and so on.
You say that as if that's relevant, when discussing Canada.
And you're confusing political leanings, with influence. Political leanings which can, and have changed over careers. Not to mention, some of them outlive everyone who appointed them.
The governor and deputy are 7 years, appointed by directors. They control fiscal policy.
Look, I know it's fashionable to claim that everyone just ignores their roles via legislation (such as the bank of canada act), ignores change and what's happening in the world around them, to instead act as puppets, but that's just not how it works.
"The Bank of Canada is a special type of Crown corporation, owned by the federal government, but with considerable independence to carry out its responsibilities."
https://www.bankofcanada.ca/about
They also add: "The Governor and Senior Deputy Governor are appointed by the Bank's Board of Directors (with the approval of Cabinet), not by the federal government."
... and the BoD are appointed by cabinet.
Does the political branch make the decisions? No. But they choose the people that do!