kEiThZ
Superstar
I'm genuinely curious what you think a centrist would look like and what policies you think a centrist politician would have today.
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I'm genuinely curious what you think a centrist would look like and what policies you think a centrist politician would have today.
thettctransitfanatic
Senior Member
I'm not saying I approved of it. Honestly it makes sense because of the context we are in, its no longer a priority anymore. So I don't blame him for doing it. And honestly it never really made sense to begin with as it lacked a clear definition on what it was.
Mihairokov
Senior Member
CTV really got everyone with that clickbait, huh?
In my view, Carney is looking like an old school East Coast Progressice Conservative more than anything else: supportive of social programs whilst simultaneously boosting military spending. Social good if it comes with economic benefit. If its what is currently required, which I believe it is, it's good governing. It's tough not to look back on Trudeau's governments with 20/20 vision but he was governing under different circumstances to say the least.
In my view, Carney is looking like an old school East Coast Progressice Conservative more than anything else: supportive of social programs whilst simultaneously boosting military spending. Social good if it comes with economic benefit. If its what is currently required, which I believe it is, it's good governing. It's tough not to look back on Trudeau's governments with 20/20 vision but he was governing under different circumstances to say the least.
zang
Senior Member
Considering the Conservative Party leads by (often hypocritical) grievance, they only exist to be contrarian these days. If Pierre Poilievre's twin brother showed up as a Liberal candidate, but cribbing Maxime Bernier's position, they'd call him a leftist, too.
UtakataNoAnnex
Superstar
I guess my issue with "feminist foreign policy" is that one doesn't really need to say that if the goal is being more inclusive in trade if that's what they mean by that. And to me, it's more about are they actually doing that opposed to just paying lip service to it. And low and behold...
...pretty much indicating same thing right off bat at beginning of the article in question. So at least socially he seems to want to further inclusion here and not roll back on it. It remains to be seen how that will pan out though.
...pretty much indicating same thing right off bat at beginning of the article in question. So at least socially he seems to want to further inclusion here and not roll back on it. It remains to be seen how that will pan out though.
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afransen
Senior Member
This is encouraging to hear. We're not seeing a lot of outward evidence of things happening, so it's not clear if it is because the government is mired in analysis paralysis or if the duck is furiously paddling under the water.
adma
Superstar
My mother used to get the National Enquirer. I "learned stuff"--actual stuff, not just disinfo--perusing its pages (even if it was filler amidst the tabloid junk). It doesn't mean I'd cite it/link it as a source.
kEiThZ
Superstar
You can see some of this in the proposed Alto legislation. In my day job, we've been canvassed on how much we can accelerate. First time in my career. But government is big and it'll take some time for the change to reach the public.
I will say too that there's some institutional resistance as government is restructured. For example, the creation of the Defence Investment Agency bypassing the traditional approval process with the Treasury Board has obviously ruffled a lot of feathers with people use to having god like power on multi-billion projects.
And broadly, there's simply people who have spent a career pushing paper slowly who are now managers being asked to deliver in tight timelines. So they are not as comfortable. Like any change in corporate culture, it will take a bit to filter through.
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kEiThZ
Superstar
The fundamental problem with a lot of things Trudeau did was that they simply declared stuff and put no effort or thought into operationalizing it. This lead to a lot of disappointing outcomes. Somebody should have taught him about SMART goals.
thettctransitfanatic
Senior Member
The Prime Minister says that saying ''who cares'' over the weekend in response to a reporters question about not talking to Trump, was a ''poor choice of words''.
www.ctvnews.ca
Carney says his comment about speaking with Trump was a ‘poor choice of words’
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his recent reply to a question about the state of trade talks with the U.S. — “Who cares?” — amounted to “a poor choice of words.”
www.ctvnews.ca
afransen
Senior Member
This is almost worth supporting Carney regardless of policy agenda.
kEiThZ
Superstar
I have a long maintained that Carney has a very unique perspective. He was a senior public servant in two countries. One of which was a major global power. He knows what government does well and what it does poorly. He also knows what it takes to be a major power. And how that interacts with the economy.
picard102
Senior Member
He couldn't help himself, it was a woman reporter who asked the question.The Prime Minister says that saying ''who cares'' over the weekend in response to a reporters question about not talking to Trump, was a ''poor choice of words''.
Carney says his comment about speaking with Trump was a ‘poor choice of words’
Prime Minister Mark Carney says his recent reply to a question about the state of trade talks with the U.S. — “Who cares?” — amounted to “a poor choice of words.”
thettctransitfanatic
Senior Member
PM Carney and Premier Smith signed their energy deal MOU on pipelines an hour or so ago. It gives Alberta special exemptions from federal environmental laws and offers political support for a new oil pipeline to the B.C. coast. The deal ties approval of “one or more” privately financed pipelines to a carbon capture, utilization and storage project in northeast Alberta. The pipeline proposal will be submitted to the Major Projects Office by Canada Day, and there are several references to supporting Indigenous “co-ownership” of the pipeline.
picard102
Senior Member
Do they have BC and Indigenous groups on board? Or is this another nothing announcement?