Carney wastes no time tearing into Trump, but can he save Canada from becoming America's 51st state?
Donald Trump's second term has begun with him tearing up the established rules-based order in the West in pursuit of his own foreign policy. This includes wanting to take control of Greenland and the Panama Canal, and starting trade wars with once close allies.
A Climate Depot piece previously quoted in January is worth another look.
Mark Carney: The Wrongest Man at the Wrongest Time Ever – Climate-activist banker seeks Canadian leadership
Try as I might, I cannot think of anyone—save Justin Trudeau himself—whose politics and policies are less compatible with the zeitgeist in the West at the moment than Mark Carney. Throughout Western Europe, people are fed up with leaders who favor open borders, social justice politics, and the economics of decline (as dictated by Net Zero energy policies). Carney practically embodies all of the above. He is, in so many ways, the wrong man, in the wrong place, at the wrong time. And yet…
One of two things will happen in eight weeks when the Liberal Party chooses its leader. Either Carney’s candidacy will fall flat, proving that he is too out of touch even for leftist Canadians, or it will succeed, proving that leftist Canadians desperately want to corroborate Mencken’s supposition that “democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.” If it’s the former, then perhaps Canada can resuscitate its near-depression-level economy and become a global energy leader again. If the latter, then…well…maybe President Trump has the right idea.
Try as I might, I cannot think of anyone—save Justin Trudeau himself—whose politics and policies are less compatible with the zeitgeist in the West at the moment than Mark Carney. Throughout Western Europe, people are fed up with leaders who favor open borders, social justice politics, and the economics of decline (as dictated by Net Zero energy policies). Carney practically embodies all of the above. He is, in so many ways, the wrong man, in the wrong place, at the wrong time. And yet…
One of two things will happen in eight weeks when the Liberal Party chooses its leader. Either Carney’s candidacy will fall flat, proving that he is too out of touch even for leftist Canadians, or it will succeed, proving that leftist Canadians desperately want to corroborate Mencken’s supposition that “democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.” If it’s the former, then perhaps Canada can resuscitate its near-depression-level economy and become a global energy leader again. If the latter, then…well…maybe President Trump has the right idea.
4 comments:
I wish Trump would stop making these absurd pronouncements about taking over the governance of Canada and Greenland and say something useful like he wants to take over the running of the UK.
Carney famously predicted that the UK housing market would crash within 6 months of the Brexit vote, let alone the actual event. I wouldn't mind these intelligent technocratic types running things if they actually got important things right. As another unelected leader, I get the impression he was installed by the elite in order to try a last desperate throw of the dice. "If Carney can't fend them off, we might have to try democracy!"
This morning's Telegraph has an article about Albertans who want to leave Canada and join the US. Saskatchewan also gets a mention. Does the Canadian constitution, written or unwritten, allow secession?
(Many Americans thought that theirs did until Lincoln proved that might was right.)
Tammly - I agree, it would wind up Labour to bursting point.
Sam - I'm sure you are right, he is there to fend off the critics because he has a plausible demeanour for those who aren't aware that he is as bonkers as Trudeau.
dearieme - I don't know, but even if the constitution does allow secession, Albertans may also find might is right.
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