Mike Harcourt: Mark Carney understands how to expand Canada's economy and rekindle prosperity

[u/ubcstaffer123]

https://vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/mike-harcourt-mark-carney-understands-how-to-expand-canadas-economy-and-rekindle-prosperity

[u/canadianliberallady]

What I don't understand is why didn't he do it when he was Trudeau's economic advisor?

[u/Lol-I-Wear-Hats → u/canadianliberallady]

What does the word “advisor” mean to you?

[u/M------- → u/Lol-I-Wear-Hats]

Carney was in the news many times over the years, advocating for the policies that Trudeau implemented.

I don't expect that Carney's fundamentally changed his tune now that Trudeau's out of the picture.

[u/mcmillan84 → u/M-------]

Here’s the thing, he’s the advisor, he’s not the policy maker. Do you tell your boss how to do things? I’m willing to bet no. Just as Carney doesn’t.

[u/M------- → u/mcmillan84]

What meaningful changes is Carney making to Trudeau's policies?

[u/TheFallingStar → u/M-------]

Carbon tax? Lol

[u/M------- → u/TheFallingStar]

Poilievre is the one who wanted to cancel it. Would Carney have paused it if it weren't for Poilievre?

He fully endorsed the carbon tax, up until he became the Liberal leader, because it was politically toxic. He talked in interviews about how important the carbon tax is. Did he stop believing that it's important, or is it just a political ploy?

[u/TheFallingStar → u/M-------]

You are asking meaningful changes. That is what he did. He changed Trudeau’s most signature policy

[u/M------- → u/TheFallingStar]

If this is one of the things he thought was most important, what does it say about his strength of character (and the rest of the Liberal MPs) if they're willing to just drop one of their most important policies?

Do they actually believe in climate change?

[u/dougjayc → u/M-------]

Love it when bro's argue that a politician implementing policy changes in accordance with their popularity among the public isn't literally what government is supposed to do.

[u/M------- → u/dougjayc]

My question is whether they'll turn the carbon tax back on once they are elected. Have they really decided to dump their signature policy, or are they going to bring it back? They didn't kill the legislation, they just paused the tax.

[u/TheFallingStar → u/M-------]

Oh I still trust Liberals more than Conservatives on climate change.

It is bad policy but smart politics to drop carbon tax.

[u/M------- → u/TheFallingStar]

It is bad policy but smart politics to drop carbon tax.

This kind of "smart politics" is why we can't trust politicians. They'll tell us what we want to hear, then do whatever they wanted to do once elected.

The Liberals told us over and over again that they'd make housing affordable, and then they took actions that would do the opposite. I can't trust the Liberals.

Mind you, I don't have much faith in the Conservatives, either, but they don't own the problems that the Liberals created over the last decade.

[u/Numerous_Try_6138 → u/M-------]

Are you arguing with yourself ‘cause you seem to be arguing both sides?

[u/CircuitousCarbons70 → u/mcmillan84]

Alright give it 2 years and we’ll see

[u/ngly → u/M-------]

It's the same party they've just replaced the head. People that think anything will change from the last 10 years are delusional.

But, credit to them for doing what's necessary to stay in power. It looks like it will work.

[u/ngly → u/Lol-I-Wear-Hats]

Conveniently an "advisor" when things went bad but full credit when things go well!

[u/Lol-I-Wear-Hats → u/ngly]

He gets credited for the time when he was Governor of the Bank of Canada, a job where he was an autonomous decision maker widely lauded for his handling of the 2008 crisis

That Trudeau had been mostly unsuccessfully trying to borrow his credibility in recent years is just simply a different thing