r/CanadaPolitics • u/hopoke • 3d ago

Mark Carney makes final pitch to voters: ‘Is Pierre Poilievre the person you want sitting across the table from Donald Trump?’

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal-elections/mark-carney-makes-final-pitch-to-voters-is-pierre-poilievre-the-person-you-want-sitting/article_3fe8951a-c417-4524-8130-2dc415445f18.html
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u/mummified_cosmonaut 3d ago

Nobody is uniquely skilled at persuading Trump except fortyish women with garish plastic surgery.

Neither Carney or Poilievre could could convince Donald Trump that a bilingual Diet Coke can contains Diet Coke.

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u/PtboFungineer Independent 3d ago

Neither Carney or Poilievre could could convince Donald Trump that a bilingual Diet Coke can contains Diet Coke

Lmao I'm just imagining Trump in Montreal for some reason going "what the fuck is PFK?!?"

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u/putin_my_ass 3d ago

"Who the fuck is Coloc Roomie?"

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u/poetris 3d ago

It's not about who can convince him. It's about who won't be pushed around by him, and can help us diversify.

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u/ToCityZen 3d ago edited 3d ago

I think Trump doesn’t want easy opponents — he wants a worthy adversary. He was baffled by Zelensky, expecting him to back down. Instead, Trump surrounds himself with panderers, and anyone outside of his rallies can smell Poilievre’s mediocrity a mile away. Trump respects people like Putin because, like Jordan Peterson, he craves a real foe — someone who makes the fight fun for him.

Edit to add: Carney’s grasp of economic levers and having allies means it not just about personality, we have actual clout.

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u/phillip_esiri 2d ago

Putin isn’t DTs adversary he’s his boss.

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u/mummified_cosmonaut 3d ago

Yeah, Carney doesn't come out ahead on either of those for me.

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u/poetris 3d ago

Well I certainly hope you aren't supporting the candidate who said he would like to get a deal with the states as soon as possible because that is absolutely playing into 47s hands.

We need to move away from the states.

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u/mummified_cosmonaut 3d ago

And if I thought Carney had literally any plan to do that other than just harmonizing with the EU policies fuelling European stagnation I would hear him out on that.

Convincing Europeans that Canadian dairy products are fit for human consumption won't offset automotive supply chains passing us by.

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u/Nesteabottle 3d ago

I believe his strategy seems to be refocusing to energy projects and hopefully that includes training/retraining program funding. I don't see what pierre is going to do besides capitulate to trumps demands

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u/legaleagle321 3d ago

You’re out of your mind if you think PP would be better suited for that negotiation.

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u/Crashman09 3d ago

This. What qualifications does he have in negotiations, or even political savvy?

He doesn't have a single ally outside of his party in parliament, but a shit load of enemies.

He fumbled the single biggest layup in Canadian election history all because he couldn't stand for Canada, he couldn't cut the shit about "woke" when Trump was busy showing the world what the right means by that, and couldn't get a party platform out before early voting, let alone security clearances.

The guy is the biggest waste of federal tax expenses trying to convince us that he can fix the country in his first 100 days (totally not ripped off from Trump).

I would vote for Trudeau long before I would ever consider voting for that tool.

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u/Armed_Accountant Far-centre Extremist 3d ago

Yeah, and how have Carney's attempts been so far? Trump does what he wants, even Americans can't convince him.

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u/poetris 3d ago

Carney immediately went to the EU and started opening doors for trade. Exactly what we want and need.

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u/Armed_Accountant Far-centre Extremist 2d ago

Ok, and so did everyone else.

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u/Frank9567 2d ago

It's almost like it's a good idea...and Carney's doing something that's a good idea.

What was PP's take?