fall in love? not me. he has hurt me by removing the carbon tax
omnipotentsandwich on
Submission statement: Relevant because it discusses the influence US policy can have on world events. An antagonistic US can have ripple effects on the kinds of leaders our allies elect and that can come back to bite us.
This article does end on a harrowing line for Carney. He needs a plan for 2029 when Trump is out of office and (hopefully) President Pritzker or Shapiro or whoever is fixing everything Trump broke. A big part of his appeal and strength is Trump’s threat. What happens when the threat isn’t there?
Rivolver on
> Some left-leaning Liberals worry he is making the tent too big by inviting in so many Tory floor crossers, but it is hard to find a Canadian who thinks anybody else is better equipped to handle the moment. The Liberal Party of Canada has a long history of centrist brokerage politics, shifting left and right with the political winds, paying careful attention to regional coalition politics and rallying around the Maple Leaf when necessary. Carney’s first year as Prime Minister perfectly encapsulates this legacy.
>So long as the United States looks like an unreliable economic and security partner, Carney’s formula for political success is as stable as could be.
The 2025 minority was in no doubt a Trump effect combined with Poilievre. I would caution against a view that Carney is *just* an anti-Trump PM whose fortunes are tied to the Trump admin.
Of course my predictions are generally wrong, but I think dragging the LPC back to the centre, centre-right sets the LPC up for future success is ways that the Trudeau LPC wasn’t geared for. Of course, I’ve no idea what the hell is going to happen to the CPC, but an NDP shifting further to the left will ensconce the LPC in the centre, centre-right where most Canadians find themselves and want moderation.*
*for a paper I’m working on, I’ve run through about 90,000 survey observations and found median political ideology in Canada is 5.2 on the 0-10 scale.
zanpancan on
I’m gonna bet that this is the high water mark of approval for Carney and I suspect we are in for a sustained, and potentially rapid descent.
I have no hope for democracies lol. I’d love to be wrong but now that he has a majority, I suspect every move he makes will turn into a vicious attack where no party will vote alongside him.
Then there’s the inter-party coalitional challenges.
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fall in love? not me. he has hurt me by removing the carbon tax
Submission statement: Relevant because it discusses the influence US policy can have on world events. An antagonistic US can have ripple effects on the kinds of leaders our allies elect and that can come back to bite us.
This article does end on a harrowing line for Carney. He needs a plan for 2029 when Trump is out of office and (hopefully) President Pritzker or Shapiro or whoever is fixing everything Trump broke. A big part of his appeal and strength is Trump’s threat. What happens when the threat isn’t there?
> Some left-leaning Liberals worry he is making the tent too big by inviting in so many Tory floor crossers, but it is hard to find a Canadian who thinks anybody else is better equipped to handle the moment. The Liberal Party of Canada has a long history of centrist brokerage politics, shifting left and right with the political winds, paying careful attention to regional coalition politics and rallying around the Maple Leaf when necessary. Carney’s first year as Prime Minister perfectly encapsulates this legacy.
>So long as the United States looks like an unreliable economic and security partner, Carney’s formula for political success is as stable as could be.
The 2025 minority was in no doubt a Trump effect combined with Poilievre. I would caution against a view that Carney is *just* an anti-Trump PM whose fortunes are tied to the Trump admin.
Of course my predictions are generally wrong, but I think dragging the LPC back to the centre, centre-right sets the LPC up for future success is ways that the Trudeau LPC wasn’t geared for. Of course, I’ve no idea what the hell is going to happen to the CPC, but an NDP shifting further to the left will ensconce the LPC in the centre, centre-right where most Canadians find themselves and want moderation.*
*for a paper I’m working on, I’ve run through about 90,000 survey observations and found median political ideology in Canada is 5.2 on the 0-10 scale.
I’m gonna bet that this is the high water mark of approval for Carney and I suspect we are in for a sustained, and potentially rapid descent.
I have no hope for democracies lol. I’d love to be wrong but now that he has a majority, I suspect every move he makes will turn into a vicious attack where no party will vote alongside him.
Then there’s the inter-party coalitional challenges.