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Carney Is Proving To Be An Economic Juggernaut (www.snopes.com)
submitted 5 days ago by Thepotholeman@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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C'mon guys this is such an easy win for us as a country. Justin went a little too far with his style of governing for a lot of you and now the liberals have voted this guy to be it's leader and new PM. This is who we want to lead us into the second half of the 20th century, this guy is so fucking smart. Pierre just sings slogans and simple pretty things that sound nice but in reality he's just going to sell us off to American interests and cut the things that help working people.

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[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca -4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Carney is essentially a conservative (except for socially) by most metrics.

What metrics have you used to paint Carney in this light?

He handled Trump really well in his first month but there is legitimate risk he has private (as opposed to public) interests at heart.

What information do you have that demonstrates Carney is a legitimate risk to public interests?

I guess that’s better than the alternative (Poilievre) who will undoubtedly prioritise private interests. At least there’s a chance Carney might do some good.

Is the chance Carney does "some good" higher than the "legitimate risk to public interests", and what information are you basing this comparison on?

Hoping for a liberal minority government. Canada is very fortunate to have a third party (NDP) to keep their mainstream “progressive” party in check. We’ve seen how things have gone to shit in the US.

We have seen what happens with a Liberal Minority propped up with the NDP, which is the bare minimum.

Why do you believe it will go better a second time?

[–] Thepotholeman@lemmy.ca 17 points 4 days ago (2 children)

A liberal government propped up by the NDP saw us have one of the best COVID recoveries out of the developed world. It saw us get childcare, pharmacare, dentalcare, and the first home savings account. They made student loans interest free, gave more tax breaks to the working class and produced a school foods program.... Would you say these are not all monumental achievements that most developed nations in Europe has had for decades?

[–] turnip@sh.itjust.works -2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Here's an official source on how bad Canada is doing when adjusting for mass immigration:

https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/36-28-0001/2024004/article/00001-eng.htm

Meanwhile asset holders became filthy rich coincidentally, as the UN called us modern slavers.

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca -5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Three years and they did the bare minimum.

My wife is a diabetic and has seen 0 benefits from pharmacare, my medication isn't covered and won't be anytime soon, dental is a joke, poor people need money to save for a savings account to matter, childcare is spotty at best, tax breaks help no one because taxes fund infrastructure, the school foods program is great however it is also not universal.

They had three years and did the bare minimum, and it was barely because of the NDP.

[–] Thepotholeman@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

All these complaints about the delivery of these programs are on the provinces. They are the ones who administer it, so that's their fault but people don't seem to be getting that through their thick ass skulls and instead hear Pierre talk about how more spending on these things is what's making everything more expensive and they're buying it. Pharmacare is something that has just been getting going and being signed onto in various provinces within the last year, dental care has now been expanded to all those households that make 90K after taxes IF their province has agreed to the program.

Because that's how Canada works at its core, it is run by the provinces in almost every facet of your daily life. And the federal government is there to fund and protect them and the environment and handle indigenous relations... This is a very serious disconnect in how the people of this country think it functions.

[–] Arkouda@lemmy.ca -5 points 4 days ago

No the complaints are straight at the feds here as the programs aren't easily administered, and to be frank, you can take the Pierre talk elsewhere because I don't listen to that jerk off and think for myself. I use my own eyes to watch the circus (ourcommons.ca @parlvu) and I read the bills proposed. Assuming that because I understand the programs are basically fucking worthless and I expect far more from a Government who could have passed literally anything else and do it much better I must be listening to Pierre or ignorant of how Canadian politics work is asinine.

Then I see you are a month old account and I am not at all shocked. We are done here.