Liberal (Minority/Majority) Government 2025 - ???

[mariomike]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mary-simon-mark-carney-alberta-unity-canada-9.7225389

78? Wow. Ya, i can see that. Good thing carney went with someone younger for her replacement...

checks louise arbours age

Oh good grief...

Louise was born six months before Mary. < facepalm emoji

 

[Maxman1]

So Harper following Carney’s advice for leveraging Chretien/Martin stabilization of the economy and reduction of net debt to succeed in the 2005-2015 window doesn’t get counted as a W for Carney, just that he isn’t nearly as capable dealing with Trumps economic circus as Poilievre would be?

No, he was governor of the Bank of Canada during Harper's tenure. That's not at all the same as being Trudeau's economic advisor. The Bank of Canada deals with monetary policy only, not fiscal policy.

The governor of the Bank of Canada is also appointed by the board of directors, not the Prime Minister (the deputy finance minister is on the board, but does not get a vote in this matter). Cabinet can theoretically veto an appointment if they really wanted to, but in practice never does.

 

[Good2Golf]

No, he was governor of the Bank of Canada during Harper's tenure. That's not at all the same as being Trudeau's economic advisor. The Bank of Canada deals with monetary policy only, not fiscal policy.

The governor of the Bank of Canada is also appointed by the board of directors, not the Prime Minister (the deputy finance minister is on the board, but does not get a vote in this matter). Cabinet can theoretically veto an appointment if they really wanted to, but in practice never does.

Accurate to the stated policy. No link to Harper, sure. Then none to Trudeau either, right?

Folks of course are tempted to bend things to suit their own perspectives…

 

[Maxman1]

Accurate to the stated policy. No link to Harper, sure. Then none to Trudeau either, right?

No, he was actually an advisor to Trudeau starting in 2020, at first for the COVID recovery strategy, then staying on afterwards.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mark-carney-adviser-coronavirus-response-1.5680765

Folks of course are tempted to bend things to suit their own perspectives…

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black.

 

[Altair]

I remember being a broke ass private struggling to afford stuff.

I remember going to SISIP and having a financial advisor tell me and my wife to get rid of our dog and move into a basement apartment.

I remember telling said financial advisor that we would be doing no such thing.

Financial advisors, it turns out, can be ignored.

The stuff Carney is doing as boss is probably along the lines of what Carney told Trudeau to do as boss, to which Trudeau probably told him he would do no such thing.

 

[The Bread Guy]

It's a four decade long problem, and some 'big giant heads' have been trying to figure out how to fix it for quite some time - e.g.,

The Importance of New Ideas in Determining Canada’s Long-Term Productivity Growth

Economists view productivity growth as the main long-term determinant of improvements in the average standard of living, as measured by the growth in gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. Researchers and policy makers note that a decline in productivity growth over the past few decades is one of Canada’s most important economic challenges. This decline is a concern for parliamentarians and the federal government because, if it is not reversed, Canadians’ average standard of living will grow less rapidly, if not decline, in the future.

The aim of this publication is to explain what productivity growth is and why it matters for improving Canada’s average standard of living. It explores the importance of “new ideas” – a concept coined by the Nobel Laureate Paul M. Romer – in determining Canada’s long-term productivity growth and emphasizes that the long term growth of an advanced economy like Canada depends largely on the extent to which new ideas are generated and those ideas become innovations that increase productivity. The basic insight emerging from the economic literature is that the long run growth rate of an advanced economy is primarily the product of the number of researchers, entrepreneurs and scientists and their respective productivity.

Recent research suggests that significant, ground-breaking ideas are becoming more difficult to find and that investments in research and development need to be significantly enhanced in Canada and globally in order to continue to find those ideas.

The Importance of New Ideas in Determining Canada’s Long-Term Productivity Growth

Too nuanced and complete for a bumper sticker or meme, I’m afraid.

 

[MilEME09]

No, he was actually an advisor to Trudeau starting in 2020, at first for the COVID recovery strategy, then staying on afterwards.

He was later appointed to the economic advisor council, however that council never met before Trudeau resigned. So after being covid economic advisor he realistically didnt actually do anything