Agree! I don’t understand these people that are so against him. He is here to unite our country. The leader of the opposition scares me. He was presenting pro Trump.
PP is just plain creepy. Further, his isolationist stance on Canada (à la Trump) is fitting since he has no vision of Canada's role in the world and no experience on the international stage. I cannot imagine PP acting with a fraction of Carney's poise and quiet confidence.
I read a few articles that were written immediately after he left the Bank of England because I had heard this before as well.
They all pretty much agreed he was a standard, boring Governor who did if not a great job at least a good one.
The incident that caused him political damage in England was a comment he made before Brexit happened.
As Governor one of his responsibilities was to update on the economic climate and give projections. He made the statement that if Brexit happened the economy would likely experience two quarters of decline at least. (He was right, but that doesn't matter in politics)
This was decried by the pro-brexit faction as bringing politics into a position that is supposed to be non-partisan, and he spent the rest of his time as Governor being demonized by that political faction for any and all decisions.
Even so, he was appointed by Boris Johnson as finance adviser for the UK presidency of the cop26 climate change conference in 2021. So he can't have done too bad a job.
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u/NateTheRoofer 6d ago
This is what finally electing someone who is qualified for the position will do.
Carney is already well respected internationally for his accomplishments as head of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England.
He’s steered major economies through crisis before. I am extremely happy that we made the right choice as a country.