After Mike Myers politicised his "Elbows Up" into a Liberal campaign meme with his rinkside chat with Mark Carney*, Sandi Rinaldo signed off every news broadcast with it.
* - If you ever wondered why the rinkside campaign ad had the awkward closing scene where the camera zooms out with Mark Carney distant from Mike Myers and only partially included in the picture, it's because the lettering on the back of their jerseys was CARNEY NEVER.
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Can this can be considered institutional bias? --
On the first post-election Commons question period, Andrew Scheer asked how Mark Carney could pay for his campaign promises now that he had reduced the tariffs on U.S. goods.
The two national news networks that I viewed that evening showed part of the exchange, editing out of Mr. Scheer's question the reference to the reduced tariffs. I wonder how many Canadians are aware of what Mr. Carney did during the election campaign.
Well, with 20-odd billion dollars earmarked in Carney’s non-budget for consultants, there may be a very good reason why the government wants to keep its relationship with Eurasia Group on the down-low. Oddly enough, no one has asked about the flurry of contracts from the Ministry of Natural Resources to Eurasia Group just before prorogation. Funny how that works.
“so I’m really interested in how the ethics commission will advise Carney on how to manage this. Near as I can tell, though, no one else cares.”
I care.
I would also like to know if our PM has filed the paperwork regarding his private financial status as required by law. Has he completely divested himself from his Brookfield holdings or not?
Publicly available information indicates that he has fully complied with all the rules in the same way all PMs have in the past. The (valid) argument isn’t whether Carney follows the rules, it’s whether the rules are sound. It’s something that might get revisited as long as the issue doesn’t get turned into a fabricated scandal and become all about Carney. That tends to distract from the real work.
This is a good point regarding whether or not the rules we have for our leaders are, in fact, what we need them to be. My feeling is that many of them were put in place when we expected more from our political leaders, when honesty and integrity used to mean something, at least a lot more than it does today. I, for one, am skeptical especially after the way in which Carney was rather quickly installed as PM. Everything that happened was done according to the rules, or at (my opinion but shared by many) a very open interpretation of them, so there are many questions raised, none of which will ever be asked by our media, let alone answered.
Human nature has proven to be remarkably consistent over millennia. I have recently pondered the possibility that the honest politicians of the past were simply a well crafted myth. The blatant arrogance and corruption evident today reflects changing times but also a heightened sense of cynicism in the populace. Covid was a watershed moment where many of us threw off our naïve assumptions about government and our foundational institutions.
I largely agree with the sentiment. Not the choice of the word - “installed.” The way things unfolded his election as Liberal leader and then MP (and legit PM) does seem like a whirlwind now but it was the normal election period. The lead up was rushed because of how things unfolded, which the evidence suggests he was not planning for. If you look at each decision point, the decisions taken after Freeland’s resignation were each the most predictable and (I think) reasonable. Carney was expecting to be Finance Minister and PM in waiting. His plan’s got accelerated. Not his doing (or at least there is no evidence I’m aware of to suggest he had any hand in that). It seems pretty clear he was not conspiring with Freeland - given her subsequent demotion.
Good stuff. I will note that with Evan Solomon, folks in related industries are not displeased with his appointment. It is unusual to see rookie MPs, especially in the last few governments, go straight to the Cabinet table (there have been some pretty high-profile ones in the past), but his is a new Ministry and he appears to have been best suited to lead it.
I didn’t pick that up from this article at all. Even for the highly partisan anti (big L) Liberal one has to acknowledge that Canada appears to be on the move. Troubled challenging waters ahead and the rubber is barely on the road but the polls show that people are expressing confidence in this governments and Canada. It’s good to see.
After Mike Myers politicised his "Elbows Up" into a Liberal campaign meme with his rinkside chat with Mark Carney*, Sandi Rinaldo signed off every news broadcast with it.
* - If you ever wondered why the rinkside campaign ad had the awkward closing scene where the camera zooms out with Mark Carney distant from Mike Myers and only partially included in the picture, it's because the lettering on the back of their jerseys was CARNEY NEVER.
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Can this can be considered institutional bias? --
On the first post-election Commons question period, Andrew Scheer asked how Mark Carney could pay for his campaign promises now that he had reduced the tariffs on U.S. goods.
The two national news networks that I viewed that evening showed part of the exchange, editing out of Mr. Scheer's question the reference to the reduced tariffs. I wonder how many Canadians are aware of what Mr. Carney did during the election campaign.
Thanks Mr.Menzies. Keep it up!
Well, with 20-odd billion dollars earmarked in Carney’s non-budget for consultants, there may be a very good reason why the government wants to keep its relationship with Eurasia Group on the down-low. Oddly enough, no one has asked about the flurry of contracts from the Ministry of Natural Resources to Eurasia Group just before prorogation. Funny how that works.
“so I’m really interested in how the ethics commission will advise Carney on how to manage this. Near as I can tell, though, no one else cares.”
I care.
I would also like to know if our PM has filed the paperwork regarding his private financial status as required by law. Has he completely divested himself from his Brookfield holdings or not?
Publicly available information indicates that he has fully complied with all the rules in the same way all PMs have in the past. The (valid) argument isn’t whether Carney follows the rules, it’s whether the rules are sound. It’s something that might get revisited as long as the issue doesn’t get turned into a fabricated scandal and become all about Carney. That tends to distract from the real work.
This is a good point regarding whether or not the rules we have for our leaders are, in fact, what we need them to be. My feeling is that many of them were put in place when we expected more from our political leaders, when honesty and integrity used to mean something, at least a lot more than it does today. I, for one, am skeptical especially after the way in which Carney was rather quickly installed as PM. Everything that happened was done according to the rules, or at (my opinion but shared by many) a very open interpretation of them, so there are many questions raised, none of which will ever be asked by our media, let alone answered.
Human nature has proven to be remarkably consistent over millennia. I have recently pondered the possibility that the honest politicians of the past were simply a well crafted myth. The blatant arrogance and corruption evident today reflects changing times but also a heightened sense of cynicism in the populace. Covid was a watershed moment where many of us threw off our naïve assumptions about government and our foundational institutions.
I largely agree with the sentiment. Not the choice of the word - “installed.” The way things unfolded his election as Liberal leader and then MP (and legit PM) does seem like a whirlwind now but it was the normal election period. The lead up was rushed because of how things unfolded, which the evidence suggests he was not planning for. If you look at each decision point, the decisions taken after Freeland’s resignation were each the most predictable and (I think) reasonable. Carney was expecting to be Finance Minister and PM in waiting. His plan’s got accelerated. Not his doing (or at least there is no evidence I’m aware of to suggest he had any hand in that). It seems pretty clear he was not conspiring with Freeland - given her subsequent demotion.
Another excellent perspective on our government subsidized media in Canada. Keep up the great work!
Good stuff. I will note that with Evan Solomon, folks in related industries are not displeased with his appointment. It is unusual to see rookie MPs, especially in the last few governments, go straight to the Cabinet table (there have been some pretty high-profile ones in the past), but his is a new Ministry and he appears to have been best suited to lead it.
God help this country. We are going down the toilet so fast.
I didn’t pick that up from this article at all. Even for the highly partisan anti (big L) Liberal one has to acknowledge that Canada appears to be on the move. Troubled challenging waters ahead and the rubber is barely on the road but the polls show that people are expressing confidence in this governments and Canada. It’s good to see.