Carney Davos speech: Reaction from BBC, NYT, Rolling Stone
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It was quite honestly a moving speech. Not in that I felt “feelings”. But it certainly recentered the lens I’ve seen Canada, and the world’s, challenges through.
As a progressive and a leftist, I don’t necessarily agree with Carney on many things. But a few things are clear:
– he is the person to lead in this moment in time.
– he is working on behalf of the country.
– he is smart, thoughtful, and collaborative
Given what he’s up against, I cannot think of a more appropriate person in the driver’s seat. And despite my opposition to many of his policies or would be policies, I trust him right now.
As an American, I’m happy our friends to the north have a strong, moral, and principled leader who will not let our insane and corrupt occupant in the White House bully and coerce Canada. Canada is leading the way to a new world order based on integrity.
The liberals chances of winning a majority or more or less is a direct reflection of how often Carney speaks versus how often his more incompetent ministers end up in front of a microphone.
We picked the right guy. That speech is one for the history books and marks the end of the post-WW2 era and the beginning of the next one.
It was a great speech, and it’s also great that Carney wrote it himself. My concern is more at the reactions, where it’s apparently a shock to many people Pax Americana is no more and therefore, their general unpreparedness in dealing with overt American aggression.
That includes us, even as we’re more aware of the threat posed by the US. Here we are still preferring to talk politics on an American site, probably on American social media or messaging services, with our economy and pensions relying on American markets, our military closely interlinked with the US and our sensitive data already in the hands of countless US-owned or US-located companies.
Saying all these nice words don’t amount to a whole lot if at the end of the day, the Trump administration’s Darwinist take of the world remains true. These people only respect power and the benefits:cost ratio to themselves. Carney needs to think not just in terms of de-coupling Canada from the US, but in making it as difficult to the US as possible in worst-case scenarios. For instance, if he insists on gun control instead of arming the population for national self-defense, that’s obviously going to make it a whole lot easier for Trump’s or whatever US administration comes after Trump croaks, to threaten annexation.
This speech seems to be one that will be remembered by history. I was bitching the other day about some of the particulars of the StatsCan layoffs (which I still disagree with) but it seems pretty obvious we picked the right guy for this moment.
It’s not just the speech, it’s the big swings he’s taken on his world tour…slugging for the fences at the riskiest of times. I can’t imagine another Canadian politician that would (or could) step up to lead the ‘middle powers’ out of this.
Two of the biggest things a politician can do to gain support is to be heard and or seen. The next is the message being on point, and a reflection of your populations needs and wants. And Carney achieved both here. Well done. Makes Canadians proud of our elected official, and points to action and not complicity.
Bravo, Carney.
I hope his next speech is to Canadians and sets out some concrete actions as well as sacrifices we all may need to make.
Yet Justin Ling from the Toronto Star writes: “On Greenland, Mark Carney’s cautious approach to Donald Trump is starting to look like appeasement.” The article is paywalled and I don’t want to give them any clicks or money.
The Star is such rubbish.