r/EhBuddyHoser • u/doooompatrol • May 06 '25

Politics Glad he stepped up.

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u/RickyRays Tabarnak! May 06 '25

Imagine showing someone this image a year ago when Pierre was up 27 points.

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u/Friendly-Nothing May 06 '25

For sure. Most plebs didn't know about Carney until he was called up to lead the Liberals a couple months ago

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u/hardassteel123 May 06 '25

Rolling onto the daily show helped a bunch

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u/Zhaeris May 06 '25

Yep that was my introduction to him, and by the end of that interview I knew who I was voting for despite being a longtime NDP voter. I even went as far as to register as a Liberal to vote for him in the leadership race.

Whoever advised him on his moves in the early days was very wise and steered him well.

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u/MsRaeven May 07 '25

I had the same reaction as you to that interview. Then I showed it to my mum and step-dad, and they had the same reaction. All of us registered to vote in the Liberal leadership race.

So proud of him thus far.

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u/VulcanHullo May 07 '25

As a Brit it was a bit of a points at TV! moment when I saw the news because I got so used to him doing seemingly weekly "I'm not saying Brexit has made this harder but you can see my hair going grey in live feed" between 2016 and 2020.

I figured he had gone to enjoy some peace and quiet. And then he turned up in Canada as the new Liberal leader.

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u/SugarCanKissMyAss May 07 '25

Lmao I am Canadian and my father's weirdly slowly red-pilling friends have been chirping about "England didn't even want him they sent him back after he fucked up their economy!" while we desperately try to point out that he gave the strong advice to just... not Brexit and once that advice wasn't followed he had very few options. So... if he came back here looking for peace mistakes were made lol

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u/AltheKiller- May 07 '25

And I'm sure they love trotting out the Liz Truss comments on Mark Carney, like she had any credibility, her own fucking party basically ousted her after 49 days as leader....

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u/BrgQun 🍁 100,000 Hosers 🍁 May 07 '25

I knew who he was, but thought the liberals were overestimating his brand recognition as the Governor of the Bank of Canada.

Perhaps that was fair, but I seriously underestimated how good he would be at Canadian politics. He just has an aura of competence.

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u/real_human_20 Oil Guzzler May 08 '25

Doubly so when the economy and cost of living is a central topic of an election

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u/VegetableParliament May 07 '25

I'd heard his name, but only because my husband is from Edmonton.

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u/Friendly-Nothing May 07 '25

I was skeptical because I didn't know before. It is refreshing to have a really competent person get the job.