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Mark Carney is fumbling on ‘job-killing technologies,’ Avi Lewis charges (www.thestar.com)
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[–] 5 points 3 months ago* (2 children)

I think there are as many people who placed false hope in him as there were clear eyed people who saw him for what he was.

100% agreed. I don't hold any negative feelings towards people who voted for Carney and now feel betrayed because I've always maintained that Carney seriously misrepresented himself before and during the election. Really, right up until he secured his majority. I remember when "Build Canada Homes" was first announced and people thought it was going to be a government run home builder building public housing rather than a public bank feeding money to private developers, for example.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    I've always maintained that Carney seriously misrepresented himself before and during the election.

    He conveniently used language with double meaning depending on your level of financial literacy . Carney has always been a capitalist and IMO he was clear about using capitalism to create a more sustainable capitalism in his book.

    Which needs to be differentiated from the unsustainable Crony Capitalism of MAGA/PP. The appeal to the rich is less volatility leading to more predictable returns.

    edit: and not to say Canadians are "financially illiterate" but there is a big difference between Rich Dad Poor Dad level knowledge and working in finance.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago*

    building public housing rather than a public bank feeding money to private developers, for example.

    Yea.... same with his Sovereign Wealth Fund. At best my hope is he's planting a seed conceptually and getting the ball rolling physically for a future NDP to come in and deprivatize.

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