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Yes, and apparently they include 35% tariffs across the board now. So the question remains, what did we get for dropping the DST?

Yep. And everyone who defended dropping the DST can start with the mea culpas any time they want

Good thing we dropped the DST, huh

A source for this claim would be great, because I haven't heard anyone from the government say this. Even Carney, when directly asked if Canada got anything in return for scrapping the DST, got tongue-tied and then deflected, saying it's 'part of a larger process'.

Not how you react if you're confident in your position, imo

Gotta say, when the downvote brigade comes for a comment like the one I made above, it says to me that it's not about the title of the post, or the article's merits. Opinions will differ, of course!

People really just don't want to hear legit criticism of Carney, and will attempt to silence anyone who dares to. I had a large Liberal-supporter's account on Bluesky add me to their public blocklist of "toxic trolls", next to accounts like LibsOfTikTok, because I said - and this is verbatim - "Carney's housing plan is not FDR-like, sorry".

One of the top two comments in these replies makes a point that the piece itself actually agrees with - so they clearly hadn't even read it yet. The other one complains about the fact that the topic was chosen at all. So much for discourse!

Anyway, I've had plenty worse said about stuff I've written (a different essay whipped up a bunch of controversy on the orange site recently).

So, while I won't claim it doesn't sting at all when people are dismissive and rude, my skin is starting to get thicker, haha

Sounds good!

OK, well, it really seemed like you were defending the PM's policy direction. Even as I re-read what you wrote, I'm struggling to find an alternative explanation.

Anyway if the political game is to pander to what people are demanding, then isn't it the role of the people to be vocal about what they want?

If you are as worried about Bills C-5 and C-2 as you say, then why defend the PM being nice to Premier Smith, who many Liberals were literally calling a traitor just a couple months ago?

Why defend the PM being nice to Doug Ford, who is trying to ram through anti-democratic "special economic zones" legislation in Ontario's Bill 5?

This is the LinkedIn post, which makes me even more sure you're following me around lmao

Ah, I see, you're OK with it because you like the policy.

My original post didn't say it was concerning though, so I'm not sure why you responded as though it did.

Edit: also, you seem to be following me around different Lemmy communities with a 3-hour-old account. Any reason for that?

I find it interesting you are so fixated on the pancake aspect when the piece is (to me at least) quite clearly about the PM's personality, and how it parallels his policy and actions.

Thanks for pointing out the broken link, I'll correct that

Edit: that link seems to be working again, but it did take a while to load, weird

It doesn't worry you that the PM is pandering to that right-leaning audience, rather than standing up for things like climate action?

Curious if you clicked any of the dozen links that back up the claims made in the piece?

Thanks for reading!

Oh, lol, I'll take some blame there too, I maybe should have hyphenated 'right-wing'

Worth asking what exactly they're collaborating on then, right? Just a couple days ago, ministers from those same two provinces asked the Feds not to renew the requirements to provide safe drinking water to Indigenous communities. And the screenshot here was careful to include the word 'pipelines'.

How would you frame the PM's post, out of curiosity?

Tbh I'm starting to think Carney is worse, if only because so many Liberal supporters are unwilling to criticize his actions, despite how much they align with Conservatives' goals.

If Poilievre was the one ramming through things like Bill C-5, these same folks would be livid!

If you do end up reading it, I'd love to hear what you think :)

Fair point. Here's the text that Carney wrote:

"The premiers are right on: Canada has what the world needs, and we need to get back into the business of exporting it to new markets. We’re building one united Canadian economy, and there’s more to come."

Here's the headline from the screenshot:

"Premiers Danielle Smith and Doug Ford agree to study new energy corridors, more trade."

And this is the text in the screenshot, below the picture of Premiers Smith and Ford at a press conference (the screenshot is from CTV news, btw):

"The premiers of Alberta and Ontario agreed Monday to a feasibility study of new pipelines and rail lines between provinces and pledged to increase interprovincial trade of"

(Screenshot cuts off at this point)

lol yeah sorry was looking through someone else's comment history (someone who seems quite hostile to criticism of dear leader) and found your post also getting a big pile-on from Canada's Insufferable Liberal Hordes

and yeah it ain't great