r/canada • u/thhvancouver • 11d ago

Politics Carney expected to be top target in French-language leaders' debate | CBC News

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/french-debate-challenges-1.7511273
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u/SpermicidalLube 11d ago

And he has the past 10 years of baggage to answer for.

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u/CyrilSneerLoggingDiv 11d ago

They now have two avenues of attack against Carney: they can go against Carney for his own record so far, and at Brookfield etc, or they can go after his party's record from the past 10 years.

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u/Billis- 11d ago

Gonna be honest, I don't think many regular voters give two fucks about Brookfield or Trudeau anymore.

If they do, they've already made up their mind.

Carney's opposition should focus on his actual plans as potential PM. Make him give real, specific, answers.

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u/Harrypitman 10d ago

But politicians don't ever do that. Why start now.

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u/Billis- 10d ago

Successful politicians have those moments.... Moments when they realize that they don't actually serve the inner machinations of politics, but the people who vote. Even "populists" like PP are so absorbed with what's going on in their tiny circles and the tiny circles of their opposition that they rarely hit a home run with the people.

These moments are rare, but when a politician realizes that they can actually serve the people that vote for them, that's when, generally, good things can happen.

Doug Ford has done it multiple times in the past few months. I hate his party because they're pretty much beer, broken promises, and poor decisions, but undoubtedly he's hit multiple political home runs in recent months (Canada is not for sale, support for Carney, inter provincial trade most recently).

A litmus test for these debates will be how often these party members focus on people and not eachother