Liberal Minority Government 2025 - ???

[Mick]

The government messages Canadians should invest domestically while its policies and contracts often favour foreign markets. That's separate from any individual politician’s personal investments, but I think can still be relatable in terms of optics.

I think the message is more to buy Canadian. Changing government procurement policy to favour Canadian companies is a step in the right direction isn't it? Even if done incrementally? Too bad it wasn't official policy much sooner (like decades ago).

Do you disagree that the governments initial messaging about Canadian suppliers were being prioritized in all spending was misleading?

To be honest, I'm not sure if I remember the government indicating ALL spending would be immediately only in Canada. I don't believe that's possible.

I do remember a stated goal of becoming less reliant on US companies, but not to the point of excluding them completelyz

It sounds like I could add some clarity. Could you remind me exactly where I said his pre-politics investments are hypocritical?

I think this is what led to my initial question:

I bet if Carney vacationed to the US he'd still have quite a few defenders. Probably many of the same ones defending him having US stocks while he says Canadians should invest in Canada more.

 

[Kirkhill]

“I think the question you always ask yourself is, ‘What’s the bigger game plan here?’” Hampson said.
“And I think Carney believes that the China deal is a valuable bargaining chip in the upcoming CUSMA renewal negotiations.”

Trump says it’s a ‘good thing’ Carney signed a deal with China

Canada reached a deal with Beijing earlier Friday to slash tariffs on a set number of Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for China cutting duties on agriculture products, including canola.

www.thestar.com

 

[Maxman1]

I'm firmly team Gripen.

The Gripen is a terrible choice for Canada.

See the fighter jet replacement thread for more information, I'd rather not derail this thread rehashing the same arguments.

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Thread 'The RCAF's Next Generation Fighter (CF-188 Replacement)'

19 Oct 2015

So I thought I'd start this thread to get the debate rolling....

My vote goes to the SLAM Eagle.  I've stated the reasons previously.

Here's a question to ponder; could a competition be held that would exclude the F-35 as mentioned by the Liberals?

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[Jarnhamar]

I think the message is more to buy Canadian. Changing government procurement policy to favour Canadian companies is a step in the right direction isn't it? Even if done incrementally? Too bad it wasn't official policy much sooner (like decades ago).

Buying Canadian is a great policy and definitely a great step. I trust Carney to handle it well. The down side would be if it's applied stupidly like our boot fiasco. My complaint was the messaging was disingenuous in my opinion (due to it being election time)

I think this is what led to my initial question:

That was a matter of optics and the unique position politicians are by default in.

We had a party leader explaining to us how important investing in Canada was (true). That was at odds with his own personal portfolio which was manifestly pro-American. It suggested he didn't have much faith in investing in Canada (at least stock wise) leading up to the election. It raised the question how hard he would fight for Canadian companies when he stood to gain financially by Americans getting contracts.




Now what I'm more curious about is how China can go from "the biggest threat to Canada's security" in Aptil 2025 to our partner in the new world order in January 2026.

What did China do between then and now to not be such a threat to Canada?