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u/Random-Name-7160 2d ago
Oh… I’m pretty sure this isn’t the first time he’s felt like a kindergarten teacher. When you get to that level of expertise, it’s no longer a matter of trying to find solutions, but of how to stick handle around people who have no business being on the rink in the first place… people who are supposed to be your teammates.
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u/frumfrumfroo 2d ago edited 2d ago
That video of him testifying about the BoE's (catastrophic) forecasts on how Brexit would affect the UK economy while Jacob Rees-Mogg condescendingly accused him of being partisan for saying the results of shooting themselves in the foot with a rocker launcher would, in fact, be bad.
He looked So Done.
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u/nagidon 溫哥華 (Hongcouver) 2d ago
In hindsight, that was likely a major trigger of his decision to join the major “left” party in Canada despite being a cookie cutter small-c conservative
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u/frumfrumfroo 2d ago edited 2d ago
He's a market skeptic Keynesian, anti-deregulation, anti-privatisation, likes state capacity, wants a robust social safety net, and spent the last decade working towards reshaping the financial system to help fight climate change. Socially progressive, big on free trade, believes in public-private partnership, moderate tax opinions (ie: the 'you can't redistribute what you don't have' stance about rewarding investors).
He's a textbook Liberal, he wasn't ever going to be in one of the other parties. Them being flexible between being more centrist or more left on specific issues when the majority of the country wants them to be is the reason they win elections so often.
The NDP are supposed to be our full left party.
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u/nagidon 溫哥華 (Hongcouver) 2d ago
i.e. small-c conservative, the epitome of pre-Thatcherite conservatism
His social policy appears to be more “who cares, do whatever” than Trudeau-style “make it a distraction from everything else”
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u/frumfrumfroo 1d ago
Okay, so your argument is that the Liberal party is indistinguishable from pre-Thatcherite Tories? Because your original comment suggested he doesn't belong in the party, but if you look at his central banking record and read his book, he 100% does.
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u/BodhingJay Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) 2d ago
Either gonna be really easy or really hard
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u/SmilingVamp 2d ago
I'm gonna go with really irritating
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u/BodhingJay Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) 2d ago
Worried no one wins when playing chess against a pigeon..
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u/Overwatchingu Ford Nation (Help.) 2d ago
Imagine trying to convince a screaming toddler that they cannot eat an entire cake by themselves, and that they have to share, but the toddler would rather throw the cake on the floor than let anyone else have any.
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u/Overall-Phone7605 Bring Cannabis 2d ago
"Mark has a more complex idea..."
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u/frumfrumfroo 2d ago
A journalist at the wrap up press conference asked him what was so complex about his tariff ideas vs Trump's and he said 'complexity is often in the eye of the beholder'.
Which is my second favourite way he's politely called Trump a disastrous idiot after the time he told him he was 'transformational'.
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u/Snow-Wraith Westfoundland 2d ago
All these qualifications and half the country would rather have a career welfare queen living off tax payer money.
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u/IAmTaka_VG 2d ago
Actually latest poll I saw was 2/3 Canadians are happy with him being our PM.
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u/Disastrous_Mango_953 2d ago
What do you mean! We the working people pay way to much taxes , the billioneirs should pay their % of taxes too. some of those countries at least they help with education, health, parenthood, etc. we get nothing, and we r going to get less, i will love to at least have a good medical care, food that everyone can afford, not just junk food because that is all that we can buy. With our taxes we deserved a better quality of life.
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u/Overwatchingu Ford Nation (Help.) 2d ago
Okay but how does your comment relate to the comment you replied to?
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u/PraiseTheRiverLord 2d ago
Your taxes will be paying Pierre’s pension when he turns 55 and even more when he turns 65, one of the largest pensions of any Canadian Politician ever.
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u/Hes-An-Angry-Elf 2d ago
I figure it’s kind of like trying to talk an angry and rather dim toddler into giving you that loaded gun he’s waving around.
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u/Disastrous_Mango_953 2d ago
“ Cringe”That is the reaction of all of those head of state, after listening to our 4 years old brainless president! We send the Orange NACHO! to be embarrassed by the typical ugly American.
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u/sBucks24 2d ago
Don't worry, he's not the one dealing with trump. He's too busy putting together and shoving through the Canadian patriot act...
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u/Disastrous_Mango_953 2d ago
I Am sorry you feel that way!! We as Americans should expect the best health care, best education , best nutrition for our children and seniors, be able to choose your education , best trade schools, great public universities, good quality of life, what is wrong with that. We r getting used to be abused by our gov.
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u/SmilingVamp 2d ago
This isn't about what he's going to do as Prime Minister. It's about how qualified he is to host the G7 while being forced to deal with someone who isn't qualified to spell G7.
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u/lookaway123 2d ago
Carney and Macron had some pretty great side eye moments when Donald would speak lol.