Mark Carney says it's 'no time for politics as usual' as he launches campaign to replace Trudeau
Mark Carney says it's 'no time for politics as usual' as he launches campaign to replace Trudeau
Carney, 59, kicked off his campaign to take the reins of the governing party at the Edmonton-area hockey rink where he learned to skate as a boy while growing up on the Prairies.
"I'm doing this because Canada is the best country in the world, but it still could be even better," Carney said.
The Harvard-educated Carney said he has the economic bona fides needed to steer Canada through a period of uncertainty as the country stares down president-elect Donald Trump and the threat of punishing tariffs on all our goods.
Carney said Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is the "worst possible" choice to put on the other side of the negotiating table with Trump.
An election where Carney roasts Pollievre on his tenure as finance critic is perfect.
I have only voted Liberal once and that was to get Harper out of the way.
But Carney would be my choice next election (if he makes it in as leader).
Register to vote in the leadership election if you want him to be the leader to against PP. I'm waiting to hear what the other candidates would have to say but I'm definitely voting in this one and every leadership election of every party that'll allow me to vote. No more bullshit like letting NDP elect Jagmeet instead of Charlie Angus or CPC elect PP.
Thanks for the info. Went looking for more data and found this hellishness instead.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10946614/liberal-party-new-leader-who-gets-to-vote/
“Unlike Australia and the United Kingdom, Canada does not criminalize interfering in nominations, leadership races, or any other political party process,” the report said.
The report said foreign actors have tried to target leadership races in the past, and “allegedly interfered in the leadership races of the Conservative Party of Canada.”
(Dennis Molinaro, a professor at Ontario Tech University and former security analyst with the government of Canada), said the Liberal Party’s mechanism to elect a leader was “terrible” since it left the door open for foreign agents who might try to influence the leadership race with the least resistance.
The question is does he support mixed member proportional representation or he is going to be a typical rich guy trying to keep everyone else down.
Has he ever said anything on that? I can't find anything obvious. I'm guessing he's not gonna broach the subject unless he's ready to actually execute. I don't think he'll say anything about it during the campaign as it'll trigger people's 2015 election reform grief.
Carney only connects with millionaires. He has never been concerned about paying bills. If you think the cost of food and rent is too high, Carney can't understand you or relate to you. He wants to raises all taxes for living in Canada. Similiar to how Trudeau has never paid a bill in his entire life.
None of the politicians live lives that are relatable to me. But at least Carney is intelligent and competent, unlike PP and Singh
On a personal level this is likely true. However he said that the average Canadian pays more taxes than they should and that wages are lower than they should be. Both of those statements go against that. What would the concrete policy would be? We don't know yet. He's yet to unveil anything specific. Would he follow through on anything he proposes? Won't know unless we elect him a PM and see. I'm skeptical, but I'm triply so of PP.
Got proof?
'Cause when Carney was in charge of the BoC during the 2008-09 meltdown Canada didn't do so bad. Zero banks went under and hundreds of thousands of people didn't lose their homes.