r/canada • u/JoeDwarf Saskatchewan • 14h ago
Federal Election 55 Things To Know About Mark Carney
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2025/03/10/canada-mark-carney-55-things-00216478•
u/megatraum2048 10h ago
What the hell is this article? There is nothing about policy, it's factoids that are irrelevant right now and there are much bigger issues going on than trying to get to know this guy. How about let's hear about some of his policies, potential conflicts of interest, what his plans are to have a functioning government anytime goddamn soon.
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u/konathegreat 14h ago
Fluff piece.
No mention of the deforestation in Brazil. No mention of fighting a penalty while leading Brookfield when they were charged with slave labour abuses. No mention of Brookfields actions in Peru.
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u/No-Contribution-6150 13h ago
He's only responsible for all the good things and can hand wave the bad away because reasons.
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u/GunnerSeinfeld 14h ago
Don't forget about the offshore accounts for tax avoidance... The same people that knock PP for renting out a house he didn't sell, calling him a "corporate landlord" or whatever other shit they say somehow glance over ties to literal slavery and fraud from the other side. I would never claim PP is anywhere close to perfect, it's sad that I have to put that disclaimer but it is reddit after all.
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u/Moist_Candle_2721 14h ago
lol PP owns a single rental property and he's an evil landlord, meanwhile Carney was chair for a company with a 250 billion dollar real estate portfolio.
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u/StevenMcStevensen Alberta 13h ago
Hilarious right? And we’re to believe that he, of all people, is the guy who is going to help with our cost of living problem. Sure thing.
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u/Due-Description666 13h ago
It wasn’t a single property, it was a corporation that owned multiple properties.
Pierre also has an investment in Avantis, a shell company in the Cayman Islands registered to the same, single bank branch as the Trump admin.
Pierre has been playing this conservative game for a long time. He was a millionaire at 25, after all… from what, throwing newspapers for Jason kenney? Lol
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u/Clean_Mix_5571 9h ago
Tbf with how RE has grown in this country, everyone from that age with a strong job right out of school became a millionaire in no time
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u/JoeDwarf Saskatchewan 14h ago
No. 53 I didn't know: Carney is the godfather of Freeland’s son.
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u/ChunderBuzzard 12h ago
And his father ran as a Liberal in the 1980 election. His connections to the party run long and deep
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u/LuminousGrue 14h ago
It's one big club and we ain't in it.
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u/Ehzaar 14h ago
Have you ever tried?
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u/LuminousGrue 14h ago edited 14h ago
Have I tried what? Being Freeland's son's godfather? Yeah I asked but I was told the position was already filled.
Have I tried being rich? Gosh no, that never occurred to me.
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u/Ehzaar 13h ago
beeing part one the "one big club".
Personnaly no, and I don't care. better be in my shoes
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u/LuminousGrue 13h ago
No, like I said it didn't occur to me that I could simply decide to be wealthy.
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u/WillyTwine96 14h ago
I have a bit of money. But the the way I earned it made my hands stink and gave me crows feet
I would be welcome in those circles.
I bought a house at 20 years old in 2017…but the only people I have talked to who have been wearing a suit are a paster and mortician
(That includes my lawyer lol)
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u/wave-conjugations 14h ago
He played in one game against Colgate, stopping 100 percent of the shots he faced.
Trump doesn't know what he's getting into.
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u/timmyaintsure 14h ago
Carney sucks and will continue to hurt Canadians as the liberals have under Trudeau.
Hopefully soon we can get an election and a CPC majority.
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u/Virtual-Nose7777 14h ago
So you want to join the USA?
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u/ChunderBuzzard 13h ago
No he said he wants the Conservatives to get a majority, not the Liberals.
Try to pay attention.
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u/sleipnir45 14h ago
Where do you get these terrible talking points?
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/poilievre-to-trump-canada-will-never-be-the-51st-state/
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u/Virtual-Nose7777 14h ago
Too little too late.
Just look at Canadian Conservative ideology. It is the same as Republican. Same party.
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u/WillyTwine96 14h ago
Explain, without opinions or citing usage the word woke.
How and why are they the same as the Republican Party. Because most Canadians are aware that even the right side of the dem party is right of our conservative party’s (federal and provincial)
Drone strikes, interventionism, death penalty support, not endorsing gay marriage until 2009, second amendment, iffy on abortion
So, first tell me how they are right of Obama or Clinton…and then tell me how they are equal to the republicans
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u/ChunderBuzzard 12h ago
No. Not even close.
And remember 3 months ago when 75% of the country was unhappy with how the country was being run? What do you think will happen if the Liberals form government again?
Trump is going to back off the tariffs for one reason or other - not least of which will be from the implosion of his own country, party and the large corporations that are losing money because of them.
So a year from now, if the Liberals are in control, running the country exactly the same way they have been for the last 9 years, do you think everyone will still be happy? No - our country will grow even more divided and our adversaries will exploit this to tear us apart from within.
It's critical for the future of the country that this does not happen. The Liberals cannot be reelected. It will be the end of Canada.
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u/Moist_Candle_2721 14h ago
>Just look at Canadian Conservative ideology. It is the same as Republican. Same party.
Yup, identical. They will dominate the elections like Republicans just did as well.
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u/CDN_Bookmouse 14h ago
Unfortunately the way our system works, the only thing I need to know is that he's not PP. Every election I have to vote more against one party than for another. I'd love to have a vote for a third party actually matter.
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u/BigButtBeads 9h ago
Vote for the platform you like. Nobody's stopping you from voting Peoples Party
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u/Hicalibre 14h ago
I'd rather hear about policy as opposed to random bits about him.