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“What we’re looking to do with all the tools we have is to catalyze building of this economy. If there are some assets that the federal government has that can help with that process, we’ll look at it as part of a comprehensive approach,” Carney said.

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[–] redsand@infosec.pub 3 points 21 hours ago

Welcome to the suicide pact Canada. You'll be state in no time I'm sure 🤮

[–] Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah that sounds about right with this guy at this point.

Imagine if we had an NDP government instead. Though I get why people didn’t want Singh, he was okay but not quite the right fit.

This Avi guy though, I like what I’m seeing from him. Maybe he’ll give the NDP a fighting chance the way Layton did.

[–] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What Lewis has figured out, which Singh did not, is the NDP need to be seen as a real alternative to CPC and Liberals. Some people may not care for his policies, but they absolutely offer that alternative.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They always have, but it wasn't packaged well enough. I remeber Andrea horvath, she was blunt and "unlikeable" who gives a fuck. Are her policies sound? Yes, then that's all we need.

[–] Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I want someone to be blunt about how much corporate interests and billionaires fuck us all over. But people have that boot too deep down their throats to listen.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There is also the fact that people are apathetic, and people aren't politically aware.a failure of the education system

[–] Tigeroovy@lemmy.ca 3 points 21 hours ago

True enough, which is part of right wing strategy. Gut public funding for anything that benefits average people in favour of private institutions that they just so happen to have stake in.

They make more money while ruining education and support systems for the poors.

Then they pump them full of fascist propaganda to make them hate their peers of other skin tones and blame them for being poor instead of the owners keeping them down every chance they get.

So we either get people who are too apathetic to pay any attention or those who falsely believe they’ll benefit by allowing the owner class to own more and more. Keeping people constantly distracted with bullshit morality plays.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

turns out the investment banker is all talk and more than willing to sellout his country to the highest biggest, truly impossible to see coming

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The correct approach would be to seize private assets to afford projects.

Maybe PP was right about Carney not knowing economics.

[–] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Which assets would you donate?

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

The billionaire’s assets

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Whatever they want.

Seizure and donation are two different things.

However resource companies and American assets should be first to be given back to Canadians.

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

From what I understand from the article; they're selling public assets like airports to... checks notes ... make "Canada Strong"? Isn't this essentially privatizing public infrastructure, turning them into for-profit businesses? How will helping rich people profit from public assets help Canadians save money? How will this make Canada Strong?

*I'm starting to think Carneys a neo-liberal banker... 🤔

[–] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago

In my opinion, selling airports is a non starter. They don't even do that in the US.

[–] Subscript5676@piefed.ca 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I was giving Carney the benefit of the doubt cause he hadn't done anything that's explicitly Neoliberal on his own. He's been pulling doing tons of Conservative shit moves yes, but they didn't meet the definition.

But with this statement now, he just is.

fml

Edit: And with all this emphasis on "Canada Strong" when he says this kind of bullshit, I'm starting to think he's a liar.

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

What about.... taxing the ultra wealthy and mega corps that have us bent over the barrel?

[–] redsand@infosec.pub 1 points 21 hours ago

That would be Carney's friends. Hang him by his feet before the US figures out he can be bribed.

Sorry, that might upset billionaires and large corporation feelings. The parasites in the Epstein class are jOb CrEaToRs and eConOmIc EnGinEs.

[–] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago

Organize with the NDP.

[–] i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This government strategy has never been tried before and has never had negative long term effects.

Well done, Mr Carney. (Slow clapping)

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Motherfucker is Mulroney in a red tie.

[–] Footer1998@crazypeople.online 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Back when everyone was glazing Carney for his whole "neo-liberalism is dead" speech, I said that talk is cheap and that everyone who believed in a fucking banker saving us from liberalism is just being fooled by a charismatic snake.

Leftists being proved right again and again never even get the satisfaction of vindication because we're always right, but because nobody listens to us, everything always gets worse.

[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Sounds like he wants to follow in the miserable footsteps of Labour in the UK.

[–] JackFrostNCola@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

And the Liberals in Australia

[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtf 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When it comes to selling off public assets like power, water, phones and public transport, Labour have nothing on the Thatcher era Tories.

[–] LostWon@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

True, and Carney's definitely showing shades of emulating that further (including quietly passed policies that fit more into Conservative anti-immigrant scapegoating), but my point is that today's Labour under Starmer compares well to Carney's Liberals in how they (in my opinion, deliberately) encouraged the misunderstanding among voters that they would deliver more centrist to centre-left style of governance. (I know the LPC traditionally had the reputation of campaigning like the NDP and governing like Conservatives, but this case is more extreme than ever before.) For example, no one expects to see Pierre Poilievre or any CPC politician on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. So many Canadians vote on vibes, and that appearance signalled a certain ballpark expectation to Canadians that doesn't seem to be materializing in the majority LPC government (when we should most expect it). Multiple Carney speeches and even online communications by cabinet officials seem to continue set the same misleading expectation.

Conservatives are nearly dead in the UK probably because people hated austerity so much. Now Labour are following them. Carney seems to think that if he keeps using left-leaning language to refer to blatantly right-wing policies, he can keep people fooled indefinitely.

[–] IronBird@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

seems to think that if he keeps using left-leaning language to refer to blatantly right-wing policies, he can keep people fooled indefinitely.

i mean...it works apparently so why stop?

[–] IchNichtenLichten@lemmy.wtf 4 points 1 day ago

I think a lot of this goes back to the Clinton and Blair "third way" nonsense. They tried to thread the needle of convincing working people that they were on their side while also reassuring capital that their wealth hoarding would be allowed to continue. You can't serve two masters but that doesn't stop them trying and Starmer is currently doing very badly in part because of their prevaricating, he's just not trustworthy.

Meanwhile electorates get more polarized as more and more people realize they've been hoodwinked and jump to very different conclusions - could it be that the wealthy are not willing to pay their fair share or could it all be the fault of some immigrants?

[–] Paragone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

So maybe he's going to catalyze Canadian future-oligarchic-feudalism .. as a means of Canada's surviving the US's current-oligarchic-feudalism??

That isn't strategy, that is tactics-outranking-strategy.

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[–] hot_mocha_decaf@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 days ago

If by saying "catalyze building" he actually means pillaging assets, then by all means do take a comprehensive approach.

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

Thanks for doing that.