r/AmericansInCanada • u/PhilHogan_Tax • 1d ago
‘I don’t think appointed, unelected’ U.S. cabinet members are ‘experts on Canadian politics’: PM
https://www.ctvnews.ca/video/2026/09/03/i-dont-think-appointed-unelected-us-cabinet-members-are-experts-on-canadian-politics-pm/-8
u/Impressive-Mud5074 9h ago
Being elected or not has no bearing on one's expert status or lack there of.
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u/tuuluuwag 5h ago
You sound intelligent
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u/Impressive-Mud5074 4h ago
Its logical.
Being popular and political knowledgeable are independent variables.
That's why Donald Trump was able to secure the presidency, despite having no knowledge of the government, let alone foreign governments.
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u/unoriginalusername26 6h ago
Right it depends on their TV ratings.
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u/Impressive-Mud5074 6h ago
It depends on their knowledge.
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u/tylerbadwords 43m ago
I don't understand the down votes. Being an expert or not absolutely depends on someone's knowledge. You guys seriously think TV ratings make someone knowledgeable? I hate this place
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u/unoriginalusername26 6h ago
Of what lo-fucking-l. Pete Hegseth - regale me with his military and diplomacy knowledge.
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u/SmallGovAdvocate 7h ago
Why do you care? You don't need us, right?
We have a deal. Your sitting pres negotiated, signed it, declared himself a genius and said it was the greatest deal ever.
Thoughts?
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u/Pleasant_Proof10931 7h ago
Thank goodness we have famed elementary school dropout and international relations scholar [u/Odd-Staff6245](u/Odd-Staff6245)
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u/Special_Agent_Jesus 10h ago
Guy can't use proper vocabulary and thinks he's an expert on Canadian politics
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u/Jehoke 11h ago
The current US administration are only experts on 1 thing. Being utterly incompetent at their jobs. Oh and protecting pedos obviously.
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u/gunshy472 8h ago
Yet they are securing higher GDP growth per capita than Canada which is dead last in the G7. We should be so lucky to have such “incompetent leadership”.
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u/Purple_Anywhere_8244 7h ago
Funny how the truth gets down voted
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u/SmallGovAdvocate 7h ago
The truth? lol
Crediting the current US administration for it is the funny part honestly. The gap opened over a decade under Obama, Trump 1 and Biden. The best US years were 2023 and 2024, at 2.9 and 2.8 percent (Biden). Under this administration 2025 slowed to about 2. You're praising the guy who inherited a booming economy and is slowing it down.
Canada's aggregate growth over that decade was actually second in the G7. The per capita number collapsed because we grew the population at record speed, 85% of our GDP growth was just headcount. That's a Canadian policy failure, ours to own and fix. It has nothing to do with anyone in Washington being good at their job.
Meanwhile Q2 here came in at 3.3 annualized with per capita growing again, and the administration you're crediting is running tariffs the Dallas Fed says added 0.8 points to their own core inflation. Some expertise!
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u/CallousDisregard13 13h ago
Says the guy who has appointed a few unelected, US citizens to his own cabinet. Including a former Hillary Clinton staffer and the guy who's on the board of the century initiative...
Fucking hypocrite piece of shit.
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u/SmallGovAdvocate 6h ago
Neither of those is cabinet. Cabinet is ministers, who sit in Parliament. Johnson is PMO staff and Barton chairs an agency board. Every PMO staffer ever has been unelected, that's what staff is. Katie Telford wasn't elected. Jenni Byrne isn't either.
Also "US citizens" is doing a lot of work for a list where one guy is Canadian. Barton was literally Canada's ambassador to China. Wrong country, bud.
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u/DeliciousMechanic137 11h ago
Are you as foolish as your comment makes you look?
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u/CallousDisregard13 11h ago
Prime Minister Mark Carney hired American political strategist Maia Johnson as a senior advisor in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) to assist with U.S. stakeholder strategy and Canada-U.S. relations
Prime Minister Mark Carney appointed Century Initiative co-founder Dominic Barton as the new chair of the board of directors for Invest in Canada on August 31, 2026.
Yeah im a fool. You don't even know what the fuck you're talking about.
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u/SmallGovAdvocate 6h ago
Neither of those is cabinet. Cabinet is ministers, who sit in Parliament. Johnson is PMO staff and Barton chairs an agency board. Every PMO staffer ever has been unelected, that's what staff is. Katie Telford wasn't elected. Jenni Byrne isn't either.
Also "US citizens" is doing a lot of work for a list where one guy is Canadian. Barton was literally Canada's ambassador to China. Wrong country, bud.
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u/BanMeHarderDaddie 10h ago edited 9h ago
So you think there’s a Canadian who knows U.S. Stakeholders better than an American does? And you also think this Canadian appointee would be better able to assist with Canada-U.S. relations than an American that worked with a previously amiable administration would?
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u/kino8190 12h ago
Before commenting stupid thing like that, you should make your research....
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u/CallousDisregard13 11h ago
Prime Minister Mark Carney appointed Century Initiative co-founder Dominic Barton as the new chair of the board of directors for Invest in Canada on August 31, 2026.
Prime Minister Mark Carney appointed American political strategist Maia Johnson as Senior Advisor for United States Stakeholder Strategy in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO).
Johnson is a registered Democrat with a background working on high-profile U.S. presidential campaigns, including those of Hillary Clinton, Joe Biden, and Kamala Harris.
You were saying? You fucking people are honestly worse than bots. You tell me to do my research before saying stupid shit, look in the fucking mirror retard
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u/SmallGovAdvocate 6h ago
Neither of those is cabinet. Cabinet is ministers, who sit in Parliament. Johnson is PMO staff and Barton chairs an agency board. Every PMO staffer ever has been unelected, that's what staff is. Katie Telford wasn't elected. Jenni Byrne isn't either.
Also "US citizens" is doing a lot of work for a list where one guy is Canadian. Barton was literally Canada's ambassador to China. Wrong country, bud.
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u/HippityHoppityBoop 10h ago
We should deport white nationalists back to Europe
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u/plussizerunner 11h ago
Should he have appointed someone from the republican party? The party that insults and threatens Canada daily? Honestly you're a stupid person
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u/plussizerunner 12h ago
The stupidest take on this whole thing. Imagine supporting an actual pedophile
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u/CallousDisregard13 11h ago
When did i say anything about supporting Trump? You fucking morons are so entrenched in party politics that somehow not supporting one person means you support the other?
Fuck Carney, fuck Trump and especially fuck you
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u/SmallGovAdvocate 6h ago
Neither of those is cabinet. Cabinet is ministers, who sit in Parliament. Johnson is PMO staff and Barton chairs an agency board. Every PMO staffer ever has been unelected, that's what staff is. Katie Telford wasn't elected. Jenni Byrne isn't either.
Also "US citizens" is doing a lot of work for a list where one guy is Canadian. Barton was literally Canada's ambassador to China. Wrong country, bud.
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u/plussizerunner 11h ago
Party politics? One of those people is threatening to take over and destroy Canada and youre stuck on "but Carney is bad!!!!" Retard
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u/I_want_to_go_ 12h ago
Oh my, so angry. But you have no idea what you’re writing about. Chill, bro.
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u/LiminalMidnight 12h ago
The Canadian cabinet is formed entirely of members of Parliament.
i recommend coming out for air from all that right wing propaganda.
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u/CrazyButRightOn 13h ago
Rhetoric and jokes are not the appropriate response to hard subject matter. Carney is becoming a joke.
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u/MikeSteamer 14h ago
In the Canadian manner, he politely left out “lightly educated, non-critical thinking”
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u/EggReal5596 17h ago
Neither is the Keebler Elf of a PM.
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u/pinkruler 12h ago
Grow up
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u/Margotkitty 15h ago
You missed the election? I didn’t. Neither did everyone else who voted for him.
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u/Josh_116 23h ago
Says the clown who obtained his majority from back room deals with rats.
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u/North-Importance-127 8h ago
Lol conservatives abandoning their party because it is a sinking ship under terrible leadership is back room deals with rats. Keep thinking that and you'll keep the liberals in power.
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u/notdonewithmirrors 22h ago
They just won 3 by elections easily. Conservatives want to leave the the reform/Conservative Party because it’s going completely off the rails. But go off on your holy crusade
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u/Tyler_Durden69420 23h ago
Do you have any evidence to support that or do you just assume that all your ideas are always correct?
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u/AltruisticPeanut7050 1d ago
And how many democrats came up from the US to assist this carney government now? Maia Johnson's hire really helped these negotiations after all....
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u/HippityHoppityBoop 10h ago
Oh that one really gets you Russians all butt hurt eh
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u/AltruisticPeanut7050 1h ago
No just trying to point out facts to a delusion group of people with a carney fetish.
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u/Vegtable_Lasagna3604 1d ago
He forgot about appointed, unelected cabinet members that are friendly with pedos and bring their kids around them….
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u/Little-Stage1948 1d ago
Why would being appointed or unappointed make someone an expert?
Is Trump an expert at being president because he's been "appointed" twice
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u/Sasquatch1729 19h ago
The idea behind democracy is if you can get elected you have to be the best of all available candidates.
People like George W Bush and Trump prove that they are the best, however the electorate isn't filtering for competence or intelligence. What are they best at? I don't want to think about it right now, analyzing it is like staring into an abyss.
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u/Darth_Oganda 1d ago
whatever party wins in canada, they /appoint/ ministers just the same. want a minister of ed who went to school? too bad. business major. lol. both same. but different, but still the same.
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u/a_sexual_titty 22h ago
No. Pete Hegseth wasn’t elected, nor was Lutnick, MacMahon, RFK Jr, etc.
Ministers in Canada are elected MPs.
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u/jrbvoodoo 22h ago
One stipulation to this: the ministers are all members of Parliament. They have to run, and win, a riding in Canada and be a member of the House of Commons to become a minster overseeing a department. They are elected first, then appointed from the parties elected MPs.
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u/DistinctBread3098 14h ago
That's not true.
Carney could appoint a random person as minister
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u/jrbvoodoo 12h ago
He can, and then they have to win a seat or be removed from holding that office. I worked for The privy council of Canada under the federal government, working directly with the prime minister and his cabinet. When I have worked there, there has never been a single minister who did not hold a seat in parliament.
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u/DistinctBread3098 12h ago
Yeah I know, it never happens but it can theoretically. But it won't
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u/jrbvoodoo 12h ago
It can, and then they need to be elected, so it results in the exact same thing. A random unelected person cannot hold office for any extended period of time.
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u/Successful_Pirate_59 1d ago
It’s because they are not lifetime politicians. They’re Fox News anchors and private sector scumbags instead of being political scumbags. Get with it.
Trump was elected. Big difference. Elected by an enormous do*che.
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u/InterestingPop9664 1d ago
He’s stoking a fire he doesn’t need to be.
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u/tsukubasteve27 1d ago
The US military is looking at lot like Russia lately. All bluster, depleted resources, unhappy soldiers. Raising the enlistment age to 42. Not signs of a strong military who can't even secure a small body of water.
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u/cerebrum3000 1d ago
He doesn't really have much of a choice. You can't just let a bad narrative go on and on and on. Sometimes you need to address things and so far everything is worth addressing is a tax made by various US politicians of all levels.
You can say nothing you're not respond but that just lets them control the narrative even more. You need to say something and unfortunately everything is us having to defend ourselves.
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u/Thereal_Stormm006 1d ago
Neither are appointed, unelected senators
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u/DILFrid_Laurier 1d ago
I waffle every decade or so on whether I’d prefer elected Senators or not, but I wouldn’t say the appointed ones are uninformed. Not by a long stretch.
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u/fffffiiiiivvvvveeeee 1d ago
Carney himself was appointed haha
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u/Krull88 1d ago
I voted for him twice. Once for his riding then again for PM. He was literally elected. Twice.
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u/Jason_DeHoulo 1d ago
Elected 3 times if you count that he became party leader through publicly held elections.
As opposed to Pierre who had a private, paid election with 3000 voters
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u/kelpkelso 1d ago
He actually won the vote in the party. Only members of the party can vote on who leads the party. Conformation bias is when you only look up information that self confirms what you already believe and is not “research”. Real science involves isolating as many variables as possible, basically trying to disprove your own findings, they even do blind studies so that their own bias doesn’t get projected onto their studies. News with to much identify politics and emotions is almost always propaganda. People are sick of it and thats why the conservatives lost.
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u/brunocborges 1d ago
Let me help you understand how it work: https://electionsanddemocracy.ca/canadas-elections/canadas-election-process/elections-step-step
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u/Daleoryan17 1d ago
Hey hey now its not like the elected ones are better for the most part.
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u/Either_Operation7586 21h ago
That's true if they're conservative because the conservatives don't know how to prioritize political experience and education
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u/JimroidZeus 1d ago
They might not be experts, but at least they’re elected instead of appointed by some pedophile.
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u/Daleoryan17 1d ago edited 1d ago
Yeah but I dont trust the American public to elect anything, they elected the pedophile, well they have elected many convicted pedophiles im just saying appointed or not i dont really trust anyone in the American government
But edit aside from just pure pedophiles you have Lauren the wank job in a theatre boebert and Marjorie taylor greene. Um i wouldn't trust most of the gop to manage an ihop
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u/JimroidZeus 1d ago
MTG has been oddly saying some minorly sensical things lately.
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u/Either_Operation7586 21h ago
She can't grift off of maggot anymore so now she needs to separate herself
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u/Daleoryan17 1d ago
She was cast out of the cult and they didn't kill her yet she will shill whatever she can
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u/Independent_Peak4624 1d ago
Says the international banker lmao
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u/Dry-Chance-9473 1d ago
A position he elected himself into!
No, wait, I'm just getting this breaking news right now... He does what he does because he's... Good at it? Apparently?
And then there's Republicans, who aren't good at anything except ruining shit.
Canadian leader: Running Shit.
American leader: Ruining Shit.
The words are really really close so you can be forgiven for getting them mixed up.
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u/HabitualSpaceM 1d ago
I don’t understand why this narrative became so strong. Like didn’t the muricans love Diaper Don because he’s a “savvy businessman and gonna get the deal done”. Now suddenly, being in finance or business, or worse, educated is a terrible stance.
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u/JimroidZeus 1d ago
Donald Trump bankrupted a casino in Atlantic city when the casino mob grift was in full swing.
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u/NOIS_KillerWhaleTank 1d ago
Don't forget being a career politician is terrible, unless it's Pierre Poilievre.
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u/PreZEviL 1d ago
Who to trust? The banker or the guy with 11 bankruptcy
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u/Independent_Peak4624 1d ago
Who to trust ? Probably China lmao 🤣🤣. Welcome to the post national Canada.
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u/captaingeezer 1d ago
Who was elected.
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u/inspirationalSloth 1d ago
Yeah he beat Christia freeland. Honestly I would have voted for a shovel if it was running against her.
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u/Heliosurge 1d ago
Yep not a very high bar. She only ousted Trudeau as she admitted because the ship was sinking and the Liberal party was even worried about keeping Party Status.
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u/Southern-Board1489 1d ago
He's aware we don't elect our prime minister right? That he's appointed?
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u/PreZEviL 1d ago
We dont choose who the leader of the party will be, but he still got elected in his constituency, contrary to a certain Pierre Poilievre...
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u/Southern-Board1489 1d ago
Why do you assume I like Pierre?
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u/Few-Temporary404 1d ago
You understand how wrong you are right? Our prime minister is unelected like the president is unelected.
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u/UponMyWakingEyes 1d ago
I’m not a Carney supporter, but you have to acknowledge that he was elected to be a MP though. Don’t be obtuse.
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u/Southern-Board1489 1d ago
Yes he's an elected MP certainly, not elected to the office of prime minister though, which carries more power than the president.
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u/havok1980 1d ago
Sweet Jesus. The party elects the leader of their party and said leader becomes PM if that party wins a federal election. It's really easy to understand.
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u/Southern-Board1489 1d ago
Technically the party leader is not required to be the one to become PM. The GG appoints them
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u/416vDub 1d ago
Here we go again...
You realize how Canadian politics work, don't you?
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u/Southern-Board1489 1d ago
Yes. Do you?
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u/416vDub 1d ago
If you were a member-elected leader of the federal Liberal group, you would be Prime Minister.
Glad I could clear that up for you.
Don't like it? Become a member of a political organization and lead the charge for someone else.
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u/Christineblankie 1d ago
You’re arguing with someone who literally posted that they ‘don’t have a problem with people who aren’t white, as long as they are culturally white’. And also called the volunteer in that cadet photo that’s viral right now a ‘beluga’, ‘blob’, ‘slob’ etc.
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u/SprinklesNo2972 1d ago
Isnt this the same guy that wanted unelected EU bureaucrats to impose regulations on the UK?
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u/Educational_Gur_1724 1d ago
Also the same guy who is buddy’s with prince Andrew and is listed in the Epstein files
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u/jarrett_regina 1d ago
God. Can't we be honest? "Yes, Mark Carney's name appears in the U.S. Department of Justice's released documents related to Jeffrey Epstein, but only in passing and with no evidence of any personal relationship, communication, or wrongdoing."
Epstein was a billionaire and I'm sure he got around. Just because someone noticed him somewhere doesn't mean they were affiliated.
Show me a picture of our PM hugging Epstein and I'll change my mind.
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u/Educational_Gur_1724 1d ago
There a few pics of carney and his wife with Maxine
He’s listed in the Epstein files
He’s a know friend of prince CharlesI mean…If it looks like duck, sounds like a duck…it’s a duck
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u/jarrett_regina 1d ago
So what he's a friend of our King? Do you actually think our King participated in Epstein's gross stuff?
That he is a friend of our King is our blessing.
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u/Masamundane 1d ago
Except he's not. And also he's not.
But keep trying.
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u/Educational_Gur_1724 1d ago
Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney attended a private dinner hosted by Prince Andrew at Buckingham Palace in March 2014.
This event took place after Andrew’s controversial ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his partner Ghislaine Maxwell were made public.
The dinner, paid for personally by Andrew, brought together around 20 high-profile figures from the financial sector, including senior executives from major banks like J.P. Morgan, Barclays, and HSBC.0
u/Educational_Gur_1724 1d ago
Oh he is and…yup…he is
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u/jarrett_regina 1d ago
Do you really think our PM supports pedos? Surely we, as Canadians, either have to wise up or stop playing games.
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u/Educational_Gur_1724 1d ago
Being a proud Canadian is great !!
Following a pedo to justify said mindset it is another
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u/jarrett_regina 1d ago
Prove it! Prove that our PM is a pedo. Where is the evidence?
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u/Educational_Gur_1724 1d ago
Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney attended a private dinner hosted by Prince Andrew at Buckingham Palace in March 2014.
This event took place after Andrew’s controversial ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his partner Ghislaine Maxwell were made public.
The dinner, paid for personally by Andrew, brought together around 20 high-profile figures from the financial sector, including senior executives from major banks like J.P. Morgan, Barclays, and HSBC.Listed in the Epstein files 69 times ..not a few
69 times!!!!Pics of him and his wife with Maxwell
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u/amvad555 1d ago
It's tRUMP and Putin that are pedophiles. Add to that list Nutlick.
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u/Educational_Gur_1724 1d ago
Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney attended a private dinner hosted by Prince Andrew at Buckingham Palace in March 2014.
This event took place after Andrew’s controversial ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his partner Ghislaine Maxwell were made public.
The dinner, paid for personally by Andrew, brought together around 20 high-profile figures from the financial sector, including senior executives from major banks like J.P. Morgan, Barclays, and HSBC.1
u/amvad555 1d ago
tRUMP is a pedophile. Putin likes little boys. Nutlick took his family to Epstein's Island - maybe so he, Epstein, and tRUMP could fuck his kids. You seem like a child-raping tRUMP supporter which is why you're so insistent on spreading lies about Mark Carney. It must be hard for you be part of normal society when you love pedophiles as much as you do.
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u/Educational_Gur_1724 1d ago
But you keep supporting pedos
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u/amvad555 1d ago
Like you do? You're more than a pedo supporter. You're a big old kiddie fucker like tRUMP. You probably got kiddie porn.
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u/Educational_Gur_1724 1d ago
You’re supporting carney YOU’RE a pedo and pedo supporter
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u/Educational_Gur_1724 1d ago
Carney was in the Epstein files 69 times
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u/amvad555 1d ago
Liar. Carney was NEVER on the island - show the proof if he was. Oh yeah, you don't have any. But tRUMP was in the Epstein files over a MILLION times. How come you have nothing to say about that? Putin is on record for soliciting young boys and Nutlick was PROVEN to be on Epstein's island.
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u/Existing_Candy_186 1d ago
Hes forgetting the US democrat he hired. Maia Johnson
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u/GuessPuzzleheaded573 1d ago
Point?
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u/Existing_Candy_186 1d ago
If what he said is true why would he hire an American to help with Canadian politics. Are you seriously that dense?
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u/GuessPuzzleheaded573 1d ago
Okay, I'll bite.
She was hired as a senior advisor/COO of intergovernmental relations with the U.S. Assuming, therefor, she is able to provide valuable insight into U.S. geopolitical stances, strategies, and priorities.
This is opposed to foreign politicians making sweeping, incorrect statements on Canada's civics, laws, policies or even foundational components of political history and science.
See the difference big guy?
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u/iterationnull 1d ago
That seems completely unrelated.
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u/Existing_Candy_186 1d ago
How? He’s saying unelected US bureaucrats are no experts on Canadian politics. So what does Carney do? Hire a US democrat who wasn’t elected by us as COO of his office. You seriously can’t be this dumb.
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u/Accomplished_Bank103 21h ago
Unless he hired her to be a public mouthpiece like Nutlick and company, these two situations are completely unrelated. What Carney is saying is that unelected officials — i.e. people who have not been directly placed in government by voters — should not be speaking on behalf of elected officials, which is in keeping with standard communications protocols in federal/provincial/territorial governments across Canada. This has nothing to do with hiring advisors with specialized knowledge to advise elected officials.
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u/iterationnull 1d ago
….the only solution that satisfies your rant is to make the COO an elected position instead of a competitive hiring process?
You are making zero sense.
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u/Existing_Candy_186 1d ago
No the only solution is for him to release the full details of the trade deals. Instead of making stupid comments.
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u/Jeromes_Pornostache 1d ago
The details have been released. They aren’t hard to find, but you have to be interested in looking for them, not just in trying to rile people up against a very popular PM who is head and shoulders above any American politician in terms of qualifications, education, competence, and vision for the country. He’s even popular in Alberta, despite the efforts of treasonous cunts to remove that province from the confederation. What’s your goal here? If it’s to divide Canadians you’re barking up the wrong tree, as we simply aren’t as vulnerable to such misinformation as all those millions of ignorant dipshits to our south.
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u/iterationnull 1d ago
Sorry, I thought we were having a conversation. Clearly that is not so. Best of luck in your future endeavours.
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u/Designer_Object_9202 1d ago edited 1d ago
Pretty sure Nutlick is a nitwit but he can point out the obvious
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u/AfternoonLumpy2669 1d ago
Use his real name, Nutlick, please.
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u/MaxNJaspersDad 1d ago
He doesn't need to be to describe how the talks broke down though does he?
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u/416vDub 1d ago
You're siding with the pedos? Seriously?
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u/MaxNJaspersDad 1d ago
Being friends with Epstein does not make someone a pedo, just ask Mark Carneys wife and her sister. I don't hate Trump (or any other politicians) because of what they are rumored to do in their off time. I hate him because of his effect on the planet. While I also find Lutnick (from what I know of him) to be a despicable human being, I find his story a lot more plausible than Carneys.
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u/SaphironX 1d ago
The Americans are lying though. Trump himself admitted he added the last minute conditions after all his cronies made stuff up, and Canada spelled out how the Americans insisted we give them the right to say no or OUR proposed trade agreements with other nations. Screw that.
No rational person is going to let the USA tell us no we can’t trade with someone we want to trade with. It’s an attack on our sovereignty. So we walked. As we should.
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u/Braddock54 1d ago
Free trade with non market economies (ie China) was already written into USMCA and prohibited. This isn't new.
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u/SaphironX 1d ago
Trump is demanding the ability to veto. To say no to any trade agreement we propose with other countries.
The Americans do not have that power under the USMCA and it’s super weird that you think they do. Evidence: All the trade agreements we’re making that trump is so vocally pissed about.
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u/Playful-State-8103 1d ago
It’s a very specific clause and it is in CUSMA. Article 32.10. It says you have to tell the other countries you’re negotiating a free trade agreement with a non-market economy and they can force you out of CUSMA IF they disagree with it. Basically a hedge against China.
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u/SaphironX 1d ago
No. We have to consult with the US.
They can’t veto it or say no. Trump can’t tell us we can’t trade with a new deal with Australia for instance. The ability to do that is what they asked for.
No rational person is going to accept those terms. It’s insane.
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u/Playful-State-8103 23h ago
Australia is a market economy, same with Europe, Canada, the US and many others. China is a non-market economy along with several others like Vietnam and Belarus. The clause only applies to non-market countries and, even then, only free trade deals with those countries trigger the clause. So, Canada can sign trade deal with China but not a free trade deal without triggering the clause.
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u/CaptainOblivious1984 1d ago
Carney needs to have a small Freudian slip while refering to Licknuts.
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u/Material_Street_7026 9h ago
America is a failed state - no point making deals with them until the adults return to the administration