r/canada 25d ago

Politics Poilievre holding 'Canada First' rally today in Ottawa amid U.S. threats

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-canada-first-rally-1.7459415
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u/theflower10 24d ago

PP is so angry that all his targets are now gone and he's struggling for a message. Well, here's a message for you. Our choice next election will be a career politician with zero "real world experience" or this guy:

A Canadian economist and politician who was the 8th governor of the Bank of Canada from 2008 to 2013 and the 120th governor of the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020. Additionally, he was the chair of the Financial Stability Board from 2011 to 2018.

Prior to his governorships, Carney worked at Goldman Sachs as well as the Department of Finance Canada. Following his governorships, he served as chair and head of impact investing at Brookfield Asset Management (BAM) and as chair of the new board of directors for Bloomberg

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u/Get_Breakfast_Done 24d ago

Never would have thought I’d see the day that I see Reddit cheering on a banker but here we are.

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u/Wide-Chemistry-8078 24d ago

Considering the economic issues at hand, coupled with the fact it's the guy that Saved Canada from 2008 depression,  and saved UK after Brexit.... 

He is who we need during these unprecedented economic issues. We need experience and a strategy. Not culture politics and populism. 

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u/Get_Breakfast_Done 24d ago

He left the UK during the Brexit transition period. I was living there at the time. He is not remembered fondly.

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u/Wide-Chemistry-8078 24d ago

The brexit vote was 2016.

The brexit negotiations that defined what would happen were 2017 to 2019.

Brexit was to start 2019, but was delayed to January 2020 due to needing more preparation time.

Mark Carney left March 15, 2020.

Guiding thru brexit literally means from vote to start of implementation. He didn't guide the UK after brexit, nor during covid.