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Mark Carney isn’t here to play (www.nationalobserver.com)

submitted 5 days ago by streetfestival@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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There’s a broader strategy at work here, too. By letting his opponents expose the smallness of their politics, Carney’s will start to look bigger by comparison. This might not satisfy the Liberal partisans in his midst, although after he saved their party from political oblivion they almost certainly won’t push back very hard. But it will look good to the sort of middle of road Canadians he’ll need to win the next election, whenever it comes — the ones who largely abandoned the party near the end of Trudeau’s leadership.

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[-] funkajunk@lemm.ee 64 points 5 days ago

Carney keeps showing that he doesn't want to do things from a party first mindset. He's 100% Team Canada, and I'm here for it.

[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 49 points 5 days ago

This is 50% why I voted for him, the other 50% was he just has the skills and pedigree that none of our other leaders were boasting.

I feel like donating to his campaign was some of the best money I've spent.

[-] Dearche@lemmy.ca 16 points 5 days ago

For me the second 50% was so that we get a leader that wasn't calling specifically to erode Canadian rights and services while giving billions in handouts to the rich.

Frankly, while it's early on, it is impressive how Carney really is focusing on Canada first over parties or personal interest. Even if I don't agree with many of his views of how to fix the country, so far he's shown to have integrity and the right heart, and that's enough for me to respect him, something I don't do for PP or Singh.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 13 points 5 days ago

Agreed. What I want is someone who can run our country, both domestically and internationally. I’m fed up with people who are good at politics.

Of course, I also want electoral reform and serious workable strategies to combat wealth inequality. I have my doubts that he’ll make any progress on those fronts.