I like what he is doing with the world. I like that he is building up our armed forces. I like the bail reforms. I hate the tax cuts. I didn't need a $200 income tax cut. I don't see the need to cut taxes on new homes that builders will just suck up. I hope that he can get the 38 boil waters gone. I hate the lawful access stuff. I like the Chinese car thing. I hate that every one is whining about "spy cars" when every modern car already does that. I like his team. I wish him the best. I hope that I will be willing to vote liberal again next election.
Builders don’t just suck up tax cuts. They change the economics of the whole enterprise. That’s why it works to put heavy taxes on alcohol in order to reduce consumption. Same with housing, carbon and anything else. You get less of what you tax.
When I said that builders suck up tax cuts, I meant that they will say oh, here is another 13% that we can get people to pay for "upgrades" that cost us 1%. Or other such clever schemes to move that money into their own pockets.
I’m liking Carney. Always have. I am glad he stepped up. Can’t say I can see too many others out there that can get through this sh*t show handed to us all by the Trump administration. I think his experience and intellect is a gift for Canada right now. Read today he has more support in Alberta than Smith or Poilievre. We’ll see. My money is on him. Helps that his spouse is also brilliant.
Isn’t this the crux of it all? We don’t know what is next. Does NATO still exist in 2 years? Will the federal government in the US still be democratically elected in 5 months from now? Does Trump withdraw from CUSMA? None of these questions are unimaginable today.
So I don’t think it is time to philosophize about the great things that Carney could do in the coming years. I am not suggesting we should not be ambitious, but it is time to focus on everything we can do to become more independent from the US. Everything else can wait.
Quit your bitching. Your articles shine best when you make the case for what is best and necessary. Yes, Canada is on a war footing. My kid might be called into a draft or mandatory military service as a result. Carney has single handedly realigned Canada's defense industry and that has pissed off the US administration in a manner of 14 fucking months.
Trudeau understood the international politics but couldn't develop a reasonable, prudent response beyond the pomp of his speeches.
What I like most about Carney is that he doesn't scapegoat anyone. He does the work. If you look beyond the Power & Politics good/bad hype of the day, you'll get a better glimpse.
Carney Is Not building another Pipeline. He is simply ‘opening the Potential - and realistically, giving Danielle Smith all the Rope she needs to boast, blunder, lie & corrupt her way to Historic Infamy - as the Most Divisive & Malignant Canadian Woman In History. She will not go down ‘quietly either.. she will go down like an Apex Lamprey Eel that ‘swallowed the hook’ & is being jerked from the water. A needle nose pliers is the only way to rip such a hook out or just ‘cut the line & see if she slithers away to disappear somewhere .. perhaps to Panama or Washington ?
Do you actually believe Danielle Smith does Not Know that Mark Carney knows all about - every Move she’s made since being Tom Flanagan’s ‘teachers pet.. along with Stephen Harper, Ray Novak, Andrew Scheer, Pierre Poilievre, Ezra Levant ?
I look forward to your Sports Analogy re Danielle Smith - or perhaps she’s a Riverboat Gambler ?
But don’t you see. Carney’s magical ability to get away with doing the bare minimum is his superpower. Imagine if he actually did something big, like you want. Someone somewhere would find it controversial. They become a read-to-eat constituency for an opposition party. Far better for Carney to not rock the boat. Remember, no matter what voters say they want, they actually want the status quo and just enough symbolic pseudo change so they don’t get icky feelings about the slow rot in Canada. Whether is Carney or Doug Ford, that’s the secret sauce of Laurentian politics. To shake things up, you would need meaningful electoral competition throughout the entire country and not just the comfortable and post-material suburbs, easily satisfied with car-culture slop from Ford and anti-Trump slop from Carney. And that would require a more proportional electoral system. Sorry to say, but Avi is right about that one and you will NEVER get want you want out of Carney in the same way you won’t out of Dougie.
No answers here. Read his book, it will surprise you. Of course, it means you will actually have to read a book, and a long one at that. Some if it is very dry shit that doesn't satisfy the instant gratification you're used to. Might actually fry your algorithm shrunken brain.
Doubling the CPP would be a bold radically liberal policy move that would help remove homes from the retirement equation (making building a lot more of them politically easier).
As the kids say these days, here's the "truth nuke". With aging populations, low birth rates, and low economic growth, the great challenge for social democracies for the next few decades is to continue offering basic benefits like universal healthcare without drowning in pension debt, being conquered or dominated by Russia, China or the United States, or being taken over by communists or fascists. The biggest dangers are all downstream of "drowning in pension debt". Achieving 2.4% economic growth rather than 1.5% is not the sort of thing they build statues of a prime minister for, but it could be the difference between preservation of the system and collapse. Canada has the particular danger that we are vulnerable to brain drain to the US, where salaries are higher and taxes lower, and if we grow slower than the US this can become a self-perpetuating cycle where the best taxpayers leave.
Yes this is kind of antithetical to "Values". Values was written at a time when it seemed like climate might be some great crusade, but since then 1) elite consensus seems to realize that the dangers of climate change to human welfare were somewhat exaggerated. Climate change is very bad but there will be no global starvation, billions of people dying in some apocalypse or whatever 2) climate change will be solved by advances in green tech, not by grand political projects or massive shared sacrifice and 3) it turns out voters REALLY hate higher energy costs and any effort to impose them on purpose will result in the fascists in the first paragraph taking over. Hence it has become a less important political issue.
it’s entirely plausible Carney himself doesn’t have perfect command of every clause in a “one-page, straightforward” side-pact negotiated under duress against a moving target — that’s a real, sympathetic possibility, and different from “he’s lying.” Grace for the negotiating position and accountability for the communication aren’t in tension — you can hold both at once, and I don’t think holding the second one is unfair to a PM dealing with genuinely bad-faith pressure. If anything, being straight about “here’s exactly what we gave up and why” would be the stronger, more sympathetic position for Carney to occupy, not a weaker one
I like what he is doing with the world. I like that he is building up our armed forces. I like the bail reforms. I hate the tax cuts. I didn't need a $200 income tax cut. I don't see the need to cut taxes on new homes that builders will just suck up. I hope that he can get the 38 boil waters gone. I hate the lawful access stuff. I like the Chinese car thing. I hate that every one is whining about "spy cars" when every modern car already does that. I like his team. I wish him the best. I hope that I will be willing to vote liberal again next election.
Builders don’t just suck up tax cuts. They change the economics of the whole enterprise. That’s why it works to put heavy taxes on alcohol in order to reduce consumption. Same with housing, carbon and anything else. You get less of what you tax.
When I said that builders suck up tax cuts, I meant that they will say oh, here is another 13% that we can get people to pay for "upgrades" that cost us 1%. Or other such clever schemes to move that money into their own pockets.
I’m liking Carney. Always have. I am glad he stepped up. Can’t say I can see too many others out there that can get through this sh*t show handed to us all by the Trump administration. I think his experience and intellect is a gift for Canada right now. Read today he has more support in Alberta than Smith or Poilievre. We’ll see. My money is on him. Helps that his spouse is also brilliant.
“But I am unsure what comes next.”
Isn’t this the crux of it all? We don’t know what is next. Does NATO still exist in 2 years? Will the federal government in the US still be democratically elected in 5 months from now? Does Trump withdraw from CUSMA? None of these questions are unimaginable today.
So I don’t think it is time to philosophize about the great things that Carney could do in the coming years. I am not suggesting we should not be ambitious, but it is time to focus on everything we can do to become more independent from the US. Everything else can wait.
We are not in peace time yet. Let's get through the crisis first, then deal with the aftermath and vision later.
The only other possible, "electible" choice is Poilievre. Whether you hate him or not, Carney is as good as it gets for now.
I don’t think it gets much better than Carney at all for the time.
Quit your bitching. Your articles shine best when you make the case for what is best and necessary. Yes, Canada is on a war footing. My kid might be called into a draft or mandatory military service as a result. Carney has single handedly realigned Canada's defense industry and that has pissed off the US administration in a manner of 14 fucking months.
Trudeau understood the international politics but couldn't develop a reasonable, prudent response beyond the pomp of his speeches.
What I like most about Carney is that he doesn't scapegoat anyone. He does the work. If you look beyond the Power & Politics good/bad hype of the day, you'll get a better glimpse.
Well Said ‼️
Carney Is Not building another Pipeline. He is simply ‘opening the Potential - and realistically, giving Danielle Smith all the Rope she needs to boast, blunder, lie & corrupt her way to Historic Infamy - as the Most Divisive & Malignant Canadian Woman In History. She will not go down ‘quietly either.. she will go down like an Apex Lamprey Eel that ‘swallowed the hook’ & is being jerked from the water. A needle nose pliers is the only way to rip such a hook out or just ‘cut the line & see if she slithers away to disappear somewhere .. perhaps to Panama or Washington ?
Do you actually believe Danielle Smith does Not Know that Mark Carney knows all about - every Move she’s made since being Tom Flanagan’s ‘teachers pet.. along with Stephen Harper, Ray Novak, Andrew Scheer, Pierre Poilievre, Ezra Levant ?
I look forward to your Sports Analogy re Danielle Smith - or perhaps she’s a Riverboat Gambler ?
But don’t you see. Carney’s magical ability to get away with doing the bare minimum is his superpower. Imagine if he actually did something big, like you want. Someone somewhere would find it controversial. They become a read-to-eat constituency for an opposition party. Far better for Carney to not rock the boat. Remember, no matter what voters say they want, they actually want the status quo and just enough symbolic pseudo change so they don’t get icky feelings about the slow rot in Canada. Whether is Carney or Doug Ford, that’s the secret sauce of Laurentian politics. To shake things up, you would need meaningful electoral competition throughout the entire country and not just the comfortable and post-material suburbs, easily satisfied with car-culture slop from Ford and anti-Trump slop from Carney. And that would require a more proportional electoral system. Sorry to say, but Avi is right about that one and you will NEVER get want you want out of Carney in the same way you won’t out of Dougie.
lmao citing Lewis for anything remotely serious is hilarious.
I read Carney's book years ago. Value(s).
Have you?
No answers here. Read his book, it will surprise you. Of course, it means you will actually have to read a book, and a long one at that. Some if it is very dry shit that doesn't satisfy the instant gratification you're used to. Might actually fry your algorithm shrunken brain.
Beware! LOL
If a person is not an armchair golfer, your comparisons are meaningless.
Fuck the sports. More politics please.
Fk is this empty writing. OMG
Hes a conservative in all but name. I voted Liberal to keep the Cons out of office only to get a red conservative.
Thats not what I wanted, I hate Carney
I think you're full of shit frankly. Carney isn't a Con, Pierre Poilievre is.
Tell me again how dissatisfied you are. 🙄
Doubling the CPP would be a bold radically liberal policy move that would help remove homes from the retirement equation (making building a lot more of them politically easier).
By 2031, Carney will have replaced Ursula von der Leyen as EU President. His subsequent gig will be UN Scty-Gen. Canadian PM is just a stepping stone.
As the case of a predecessor, he's "just passing through".
Heard PP is on tap to manage some of his and his caucus’s rental properties when he leaves politics.
As the kids say these days, here's the "truth nuke". With aging populations, low birth rates, and low economic growth, the great challenge for social democracies for the next few decades is to continue offering basic benefits like universal healthcare without drowning in pension debt, being conquered or dominated by Russia, China or the United States, or being taken over by communists or fascists. The biggest dangers are all downstream of "drowning in pension debt". Achieving 2.4% economic growth rather than 1.5% is not the sort of thing they build statues of a prime minister for, but it could be the difference between preservation of the system and collapse. Canada has the particular danger that we are vulnerable to brain drain to the US, where salaries are higher and taxes lower, and if we grow slower than the US this can become a self-perpetuating cycle where the best taxpayers leave.
Yes this is kind of antithetical to "Values". Values was written at a time when it seemed like climate might be some great crusade, but since then 1) elite consensus seems to realize that the dangers of climate change to human welfare were somewhat exaggerated. Climate change is very bad but there will be no global starvation, billions of people dying in some apocalypse or whatever 2) climate change will be solved by advances in green tech, not by grand political projects or massive shared sacrifice and 3) it turns out voters REALLY hate higher energy costs and any effort to impose them on purpose will result in the fascists in the first paragraph taking over. Hence it has become a less important political issue.
it’s entirely plausible Carney himself doesn’t have perfect command of every clause in a “one-page, straightforward” side-pact negotiated under duress against a moving target — that’s a real, sympathetic possibility, and different from “he’s lying.” Grace for the negotiating position and accountability for the communication aren’t in tension — you can hold both at once, and I don’t think holding the second one is unfair to a PM dealing with genuinely bad-faith pressure. If anything, being straight about “here’s exactly what we gave up and why” would be the stronger, more sympathetic position for Carney to occupy, not a weaker one