Just this morning, I mentioned, yet again, about the incrementalism and short-term thinking our public sector has grown accustomed to and was mentioned during yesterday's Public Policy Forum Growth Summit here in Toronto.
It is seeped into our political culture. Some say it's what made the progressives, conservative or liberal, who we are today.
You are absolutely right that what makes Carney great to us sane, politically bitten, people is that he thinks beyond political cycles. For those nerdy enough to dissect the demise of the Conservative and NDP campaigns, will hopefully go beyond the framing of the Trump narrative, but rather how Carney was able to take ideas (some angry folks will call it plagiarized) from the NDP and Conservatives and be gentler in his approach.
This goes back to what Canada has always been - a centrist country, and every government has reflected it, even with your claim in this and a previous article of the lost 30 years or so.
Thank you Dierdre for pointing at all the political missed tackles that have been performed by the quarterbacks of the Political Football League over the past few decades. I know Poliviere won't do what needs to be done, but hope Carney will.
Great piece! Not only do we not need Polievre change, we sure don't need warmed up Harper change! Scientists, suck, even social scientists like statisticians, because they can show where the problems and fault lines are. Harper didn't want to discuss those - no, he had his own agenda- those were the problems the government would work on. Those were cuts and secret deals and punishing the public service, Parliament and railing at the Supreme Court. In my over 30 years I'd seen several rounds of cuts to the public service, but I'd never seen one where the government's people made the decisions about which positions would be cut (and kept it secret for a year) rather than Deputy Ministers. Guess he didn't trust them to enact 30% cuts. Thank goodness the unions had embedded special measures for people laid off with 3 months notice. It was ugly. A lot of what Harper did was, and I see nothing has changed, I.e. IDU.
Great summary. I cast my vote with identical rationale.
Just this morning, I mentioned, yet again, about the incrementalism and short-term thinking our public sector has grown accustomed to and was mentioned during yesterday's Public Policy Forum Growth Summit here in Toronto.
It is seeped into our political culture. Some say it's what made the progressives, conservative or liberal, who we are today.
You are absolutely right that what makes Carney great to us sane, politically bitten, people is that he thinks beyond political cycles. For those nerdy enough to dissect the demise of the Conservative and NDP campaigns, will hopefully go beyond the framing of the Trump narrative, but rather how Carney was able to take ideas (some angry folks will call it plagiarized) from the NDP and Conservatives and be gentler in his approach.
This goes back to what Canada has always been - a centrist country, and every government has reflected it, even with your claim in this and a previous article of the lost 30 years or so.
Spot on!!
Thanks Andre!
Thank you Dierdre for pointing at all the political missed tackles that have been performed by the quarterbacks of the Political Football League over the past few decades. I know Poliviere won't do what needs to be done, but hope Carney will.
Same :)
The commercial Harper did endorsing Poilievre over Carney was as gross as his smile at the end. Phony as a wooden nickle.
Great piece! Not only do we not need Polievre change, we sure don't need warmed up Harper change! Scientists, suck, even social scientists like statisticians, because they can show where the problems and fault lines are. Harper didn't want to discuss those - no, he had his own agenda- those were the problems the government would work on. Those were cuts and secret deals and punishing the public service, Parliament and railing at the Supreme Court. In my over 30 years I'd seen several rounds of cuts to the public service, but I'd never seen one where the government's people made the decisions about which positions would be cut (and kept it secret for a year) rather than Deputy Ministers. Guess he didn't trust them to enact 30% cuts. Thank goodness the unions had embedded special measures for people laid off with 3 months notice. It was ugly. A lot of what Harper did was, and I see nothing has changed, I.e. IDU.
Harper endorsement is great for Carney. Harper was a dick
Blast?! Nightmare!!