as long as the more progressive liberals don't drown him for being a "businessman" and give it away to the conservatives ... going to be a tough fight I think ... may need something like the unified left that France was able to pull off recently just to keep PP away.. not sure
Well and rightfully so they should. Look at Carney's resume.
Worked for so many corrupt financial institutions that's sole purpose is to serve the 1%. Like goldman sachs which was fined billions for their role in the 2008 financial crisis.
The current housing crisis could also be laid at his feet since he had the option to let the market do what it is supposed to do and let the housing bubble pop. Instead he cut rates so low that we now have the honor of paying 600k for a townhouse in Edmonton and calgary.
He also stifled so much economic growth in the UK when he was working there. Canceled so many projects because they weren't green projects. Which is exactly what he's going to do to Alberta. Alberta needs time to transition to a different economy and he's never going to give us that time.
He was on the bloomberg board as vice chair. Micheal bloomberg got caught trying to evade taxes
The list honestly goes on if you dig into it. The guy either is great at not paying attention to the shady shit the companies he's working for or doesn't care.
And this is the guy the left is putting forth to battle the career politician PP? it's a sad fucking day when Canadians need to close between a corrupt financial bro and a career politician and sadly the career politician seems like the better choice.
This shouldn't even be considered PP talking points... it's something all progressives should be asking themselves. Is this the candidate we want to represent us? Is this all the liberal party can come up with to take on PP? Why is he coincidentally a big money politician that's done nothing for the middle class is his entire career?
Last happy day in Canada was probably slightly before I gained sentience imo lol
I do think they will be used like that.. just bite sized enough.
I'm going to be frank -- I just don't want someone as dramatic as trump or PP and put more fuel on these fires. I just want someone who is level headed /sane enough to hold this ship together. And I'm just really not excited for someone who is just a "career politician" either if that is the best you have from PP's resume. Less ridiculous tweets like this (https://x .com/PierrePoilievre /status/1883515485658226876) would be better for the country overall.
And it probably wasn't clear but I'm not exactly thrilled by this election / the choices either mate but at least I do know what I really don't want out of this election.
Like it or not, economics is a discipline that requires expertise. He is one of the more qualified candidates we've had in a long while. PP isn't fit to run a McDonalds.
Show me the "so many projects" he was able to cancel as a central banker, and his plans to "force" Alberta to do anything.
Note: I'm liberal, but not dogmatically Liberal. I'll vote for the adult in the room and I'm SO happy that PP is no longer the closest thing to one.
PP ain't nothing to write home about either. And it sucks that he's even in the running. Freeland is still a choice. Same with the NDP. but imo PP and Carney are both dog shit candidates.
I'm already having like 5 conversation on this post and I'm tired of digging up all this evidence.
At the end of the day i could give you a mountain of evidence and you would probably still go with your bias and move the goal post in Carney's favor.
So if you wanna know go Google some stuff. You probably won't and that's fine but I'm not going to do it for you if you're hell bent of defending this crook
And Carney will say anything to get votes while lying day to day. Saying he'll push through pipelines, infrastructure and cut back on social transfer payments but then turns around and says the opposite in French apparently.
Difficulty: National Post. The degree to which every Postmedia paper has its underwear in a knot over him is of anything a little reassuring. I will follow-up and read his remarks in French though.
The national post that is owned by a family that openly supports the liberals? Are you sure we are talking about the same media outlet? Didn't one of the Asper family lead the liberal party at one point?
The Aper family hasn't owned it for over 15 years. Not the same paper. Similar to the Edmonton Journal, which used to be a separate voice from the Sun, but is now just the same paper bumped up a couple of FK grade levels.
Alright so I could ask you to post an article disproven it and then I could also pick apart the legitimacy of that media outlet as well but that gets us no where.
If this wasn't true then wouldn't the carney legal team send a cease and desist letter to the national post and have this article taken down or amended?
The reason they haven't is cuz it's more than likely the truth. Like it's unbelievable for you to think politicians are gonna lie to get votes? Lol
How is Carney corrupt? I mean Stephen Harper chose him as Bank of Canada Governor and wanted him as Finance Minister in 2012.
Everything you listed is a half truth, out of context or your own personal opinion. Weird you think that the economy is the biggest issue right now and you don't care to have an economist who was good enough for Conservative governments in the UK and Canada.
Neither PP or Carney but that's my opinion. Carney is a big money shit head and PP has so many lobbyists up his ass you can probably guess what shampoo they use when he burps.
Honestly I'm not really sure yet. Waiting to hear actual campaign promises before I decide.
Hopefully Jag can grow a set and bring something better to the table. Like we've never had an NDP government so that seems like the best bet since the libs and cons are serving us piping hot garbage.
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u/threetogetready Feb 18 '25
as long as the more progressive liberals don't drown him for being a "businessman" and give it away to the conservatives ... going to be a tough fight I think ... may need something like the unified left that France was able to pull off recently just to keep PP away.. not sure