Ah that’s true, good point. Got a bit carried away.

We still aren’t paid for the rest of our NORAD hosting though, nor the highways we have to maintain to Alaska, nor…

Not so sure - yes don’t feed the trolls but we can’t just let them control the narrative. When Elon starts posting made-up polls on Twitter showing Canadians want to join the US, we need to have started the precedent already that that is a lie. I say, don’t give up any space for free.

You don’t pay us for NORAD dipshit. We’ve been trying for years and the US won’t pay up. We host your nukes, your early detection warning systems, for FREE.

Parasite.

First Panama. Then Greenland. Then us.

We must speak up now before there is no one to speak for us.

Agreed. This is very contingent on the follow through, but it also makes sense. There’s two scenarios:

1. This helps him win the election or get a minority government. He immediately puts in a functionally equivalent replacement. Move worked.
2. He loses the election and we get a Conservative majority. They would have immediately repealed the Carbon Tax, so it’s irrelevant.

Let’s see how it plays out.

Before we get all doomer up in here (generally fair), I genuinely believe this is a smart play and exactly in line with Carneys stated plan. Carney does believe in the carbon tax as both a way to put money in most Canadians pockets and to reduce our emissions. He has said fullstop that the Carbon Tax was effective and good. He has said he wants to “cancel the carbon tax and replace it with a consumption pricing model” - which is effectively just rebranding the Carbon Tax. And he said so directly, that the carbon tax is effective but has become too political and is an unwinnable battle politically, but the core function should be maintained. Based on his public history I do believe he’s an environmentalist, so I do trust he’ll follow through with a replacement.

I think this is smart politically because the Carbon Tax and proximity to Trudeau is essentially PP’s only play. In one shot Carney takes away the last of PP’s cards, which may be enough to cement a lead for the coming election.

Admittedly this all hinges on him actually getting a replacement in, but based on his history of public statements for the past few years, I do believe he will. If he doesn’t, feel free to come back next year or whatever and yell at me. For now, I’m huffing my hoping here.

$10 a day child care was pretty good. I’m a fan of the dental coverage too. The carbon tax actually reduced our emissions for the first time and was overall a net financial benefit for most Canadians.

He wasn’t amazing but he was not nearly the washout people act like he is.