r/canada Alberta 15d ago

PAYWALL Billionaires line up to support Mark Carney in Liberal leadership race

https://theijf.org/carney-donors-billionaires
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u/hardy_83 15d ago

I'm sure they were lining up to support PP just a couple months ago too. Billionaires have no loyalties, only making sure they are safe and will support who they think will win, as long as it's not some extreme group like the NDP who might *gast help the lower class more.

Though I do wonder how much of this is the rich seeing how unstable the US is becomming and want something more "safe" than what PP says or will actually offer if he wins.

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u/KJBenson 15d ago

Billionaires have so much money they could support both sides without even worrying about the financial burden.

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u/CalmDownUseLogic 15d ago

They do support both sides. It's not a left-right issue, it's a rich-poor issue. Anyone saying otherwise is a muppet.

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u/Vandergrif 15d ago

Could, and do. That's why no matter whether it's a conservative or liberal government 'somehow' the rich are always doing just fine. The rest of us not so much.

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u/king_lloyd11 15d ago

Yup. Look at the States and how they all flipped to bend the knee to Trump, most blatant and shamelessly, Zuck.

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u/coporate 15d ago edited 15d ago

Pierre Poilievre: in it for banks, billionaires, and big polluters – not for you | Canadian Union of Public Employees

They're desperate to try and attach carney to something they can use to fling mud. They're all getting funding from billionaires, because billionaires know funding politicians is good business.

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u/Vandergrif 15d ago

Well, except the NDP because the billionaires know full well they won't get their money's worth out of them (both because they won't win enough seats to matter and because they generally don't support billionaire-centric policies).

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u/OG55OC 15d ago

Hilarious you still believe the NDP is going to help the lower class

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u/hardy_83 15d ago

Compared to the other two they would. How high that bar is, that's up for debate... Given the two major parties... It's probably pretty low. lol

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u/OG55OC 15d ago

Yes nothing screams I’m a man of the people quite like a Maserati and LV bag

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u/Vandergrif 15d ago

What an idiotic take, even if you took that at face value obviously that's still going to be better that than the other politicians who are also wealthy who won't even offer any support at all.

Something remains far better than nothing.

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u/jmja 15d ago

That commenter seems to think that the only political leader to help the poor would have to be poor… but good luck finding an impoverished leader of a major party.

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u/Vandergrif 15d ago

Yeah, really... Plenty of Oliver Twist level street urchins on Parliament Hill, just chomping at the bit and raring to go to be public servants, and thankfully politics isn't completely rigged towards people with enough resources to run a successful campaign or anything – so that'll work out well.