Canadian politics can be a bore.
That's why I used to only follow the American political landscape. An absolute clusterfuck circus of egos, intrigue, crime and Justice. But now I'm hyper-focused on Canadian issues and I have one man to think for that. Dr. Mark Carney. Our Prime Minister. Now the leader of a Majority Government. He has made Canada relevant and he has made us proud.
And he's one smart and savvy son of a bitch. Who can skate and play hockey. The ultimate Canadian! (and admittedly, as an Oilers fan, seeing him wear the Orange and Blue was pretty damn sick 🧡💙🏒)
The following article was written by an articulate Canadian who comes in hard spittin' facts.
I only wish I had the memory to recall these facts when I need the most!
Liberals and all decent Canadians will love/be impressed by the following commentary and, I'm happy to say, it'll give Conservatives the shits...
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You hate Mark Carney.
Cool. I don't care. But I need you to explain something to me.
Because I keep hearing "he's done nothing" from people who can't name a single policy he's passed.
So let's play a game. I'm going to list what the man has actually done in 12 months and you tell me which part you disagree with.
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1) He killed the carbon tax.
Gone. Day one. The thing you've been posting about for five years. He ended it. You're welcome.
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2) He scrapped the EV mandate.
No more government forcing you to buy an electric car. Replaced it with a $5,000 rebate if you want one. Your choice.
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3) He reversed the capital gains tax hike.
The one that had every doctor, investor, and small business owner looking at the exit door. Reversed.
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4) He passed the One Canadian Economy Act.
Tore down interprovincial trade barriers that have been strangling this country since Confederation. Passed with Conservative support by the way. Nobody talks about that part.
CMHC says this alone could unlock 30,000 new housing starts a year.
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5) He launched Build Canada Homes.
Not a press conference. An actual federal agency building 45,000+ homes on government land across six cities.
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6) He dropped $51 billion on real infrastructure.
The Build Communities Strong Fund. Hospitals. Bridges. Water systems. Transit. Universities. Stuff you can walk into and touch.
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7) He cut 40,000 government jobs.
Trimmed the federal machine and committed to balancing operational spending by 2029. With a plan. On paper.
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8 ) He slashed temporary resident admissions.
From 673,000 down to 385,000. Because he understood what the last government refused to accept: you can't add people without adding capacity.
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9) He hit the NATO 2% defense target.
Something every PM has dodged for decades. Canada just made the biggest defense spending jump in generations. Over $63 billion. Then at the NATO summit he committed to 3.5% of GDP by 2035. The Americans aren't laughing at us anymore.
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10) He flew to the UAE and came back with $70 billion.
A $70 billion investment pledge into Canadian infrastructure. Not a handshake. A signed agreement.
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11) He went to China and played hardball.
Got tariffs on Canadian canola dropped from 85% to 15%. Cut EV tariffs from 100% to 6.1%. That's not weakness. That's someone who knows what leverage looks like.
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12) He signed Canada's first bilateral free trade deal with an ASEAN country.
Indonesia. New market. New money. New doors.
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13) He made Canada the first G7 nation to recognize Palestine.
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He's made 26 international trips in one year.
Building trade relationships, signing deals, and putting Canada back in rooms we got quietly removed from (yea by Trudeau...he's not Trudeau).
Now here's the part that should make you uncomfortable.
Read that list again.
Carbon tax gone. EV mandate gone. Capital gains hike gone. Immigration reduced. Defense spending up. Government jobs cut. Trade barriers removed. Foreign investment pouring in.
..... Those are Conservative policies. Every single one.
A Liberal did them.
And that's what's really eating people alive. It's not that they disagree with the results. It's that the wrong team delivered them. So instead of saying "good, keep going" they say "he's done nothing" because their brain won't let them give credit to someone wearing the wrong jersey.
That's not politics. That's a personality disorder.
You don't have to like Carney. You don't have to vote for him. But if you're going to sit in this comment section and tell me he's done nothing after reading that list, just say what you actually mean:
"I don't care what he does. I decided I was against him before he started."
At least that would be honest.
The scoreboard doesn't care about your feelings. And after one year, it's pretty fucking full.
Written by JP Bisson
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My sister sent me this link to an American commentator and I think it says a lot. Worth the wee amount of time to watch it:
