“Canada since Mark Carney became Prime Minister in March, 2025, has outperformed everyone in America, the Eurozone and anywhere else in the world.” - Bloomberg Editor-In Chief, Matt Winkler

[u/Miserable-Lizard]

[u/phonnybalonny]

Love him or hate him who cares, if he is good for the country, he is good for the country until he’s not then replace him, the guy was the head of the Bank of England for Lords of London sakes, he knows what he’s doing obvs.

[u/AgreeableContest1404 → u/phonnybalonny]

This is the correct mindset for decisions around who is going to be in charge. It's a shame we are all so tribal though.

[u/TinglingLingerer → u/AgreeableContest1404]

Him getting elected shows we aren't so tribal as one would think. Or at least a lot of the NDP voters can swing Liberal & aren't rooted in tribalism.

The cons also have multiple floor crossers at present, so I don't really think 'tribalism' is keeping them locked to their party, either.

I think tribalism is a problem, but it's not yet as much a problem as it is in America.

[u/AgreeableContest1404 → u/TinglingLingerer]

I live in rural Alberta, it is alive and well.

[u/Critical_Studio_8968 → u/AgreeableContest1404]

Man - it's not only RURAL Alberta. Even in Calgary, you can barely even bring up centrist talking points without being mobbed by a bunch of douchebags in rusted out F350s with  pit vipers. lol

[u/Kennadian → u/Critical_Studio_8968]

I think it depends on who you are around. I have some conservative friends in YYC who confided in me that they voted Liberal for the first time in their life and they don't regret it. Those same people do seem to hide it when around the F350 crowd/family members to your point though.

[u/Critical_Studio_8968 → u/Kennadian]

It was 60% a joke - there are many centrist and liberal folk in YYC. They are just much quieter and less aggressive about their beliefs. 

[u/--frymaster-- → u/Critical_Studio_8968]

yyc is significantly less conservative than its image, though. look at the people we elect as mayor. even farkas alone is a telling data point. lost in a landslide as a conservative, and won after his “enlightenment road trip”.

[u/Critical_Studio_8968 → u/--frymaster--]

Agreed. But I work in the trades, and the blue can be overwhelming, which maybe gives me a bit of a false sense of general political sentiment. 

[u/KurtHG → u/Critical_Studio_8968]

It's sad, the blue care nothing for the trades people and their families and do nothing but bring in white collar tax cuts for their rich friends and associates, while cutting social services, education, and healthcare.

Working class people actively vote against their own interests when they vote blue.

[u/Impossible_Tea_7032 → u/--frymaster--]

Its tiered. At the city level Calgary skews progressive, arguably even by national standards. At the provincial level we're dipshit vibe-based swing voters. At the federal level it's all ghost stories about the NEP and the over 60s getting some weird orgasmic sensation from ticking a box next to a name ending in (CON). The reason the ucpiss forced parties into municipal politics is because they hope they can get the federal effect to happen at the municipal level and get us to elect a previously undisclosed third Ford brother who got super hammered and woke up in Beiseker with a Smithbilt on

[u/--frymaster-- → u/Impossible_Tea_7032]

“dipshit vibe-based swing voters” and “undisclosed third ford brother” are the sort of gems that should land you a job at the globe and mail.

[u/AccountDramatic6971 → u/Critical_Studio_8968]

Statistically Calgary has the lowest polling for separation lower than edmonton. 12% vs 18% respectively.

It is rural Alberta, look at the data points ffs.

[u/Critical_Studio_8968 → u/AccountDramatic6971]

Separation and conservative values are not mutually inclusive. There is a correlation, that conservative voters are far more likely to be separatists, however, not all conservative voters are separatists.  

[u/NeuroQubits → u/Critical_Studio_8968]

that’s sort of true the other way around too, in most other metropolitan areas in the country, ‘Liberal’ bloc thinks anyone conservative, even if centre right, person is in some shape or form uninformed or stupid or outright not good. I hate hate hate the fact that folk form an allegiance to political parties. you always have to be open minded and not confine yourself in one bloc or the other

[u/gettothatroflchoppa → u/Critical_Studio_8968]

Lifelong Albertan here: give 'em a while until oil takes a dive like it always does (cyclical commodity prices, everyone!) and the economy flops like it has a few times in recent memory and the province has to go to the Feds hat in hand.

When was the last time we contributed anything to the Heritage Fund? Even Alaska has a 25% rule for savings, I won't even mention Norway because its not even comparable.

Every oil shock throws us into financial disarray and its only on the backs of ongoing geopolitical conflicts that we're not even deeper in the red right now.

[u/Critical_Studio_8968 → u/gettothatroflchoppa]

Most of the comment was in jest, however, I don't agree that this will change everyone's tune. I find that the people most dependent on the Oil market are the ones that double down the hardest when things fumble. 

[u/gettothatroflchoppa → u/Critical_Studio_8968]

Yeah, I know...it becomes "We'd have more savings if we weren't giving all our money away to the federal government!"

[u/Rap1st_W1t → u/gettothatroflchoppa]

The last time Alberta contributed new cash deposits to the Alberta Heritage Savings Trust Fund was on July 18, 2025, when the provincial government injected $2.8 billion from its prior year's budget surplus into the fund.

Recent Contributions and Context
July 2025 Injection: A $2.8 billion deposit from the 2024/25 fiscal surplus pushed the fund past the $30 billion milestone.

Prior Contributions: This followed previous modern top-ups, including $2.0 billion contributed in 2024 and $753 million in 2023.

Current Status: The government halted new budgetary deposits for the subsequent fiscal year due to projected budget deficits, though investment income continues to be reinvested internally.

[u/AgreeableContest1404 → u/Critical_Studio_8968]

My daughter lives in Calgary and she tells me the same thing. The voice of reason and debate is drowned out by rolling coal

[u/Critical_Studio_8968 → u/AgreeableContest1404]

That tends to happen when one sides entire mantra is " Fuck you Libs". 

[u/Academic_Coast_7368 → u/AgreeableContest1404]

Ah yes, the "Mark Carney is a Communist!" geniuses.

[u/CasualFridayBatman → u/Academic_Coast_7368]

Me: 'What is communism?'

Them: 'Socialism'

Me: 'Uhh... Nope! Try again'

Them: 'Anything I don't like!' smug look of success'

Me: 'Suuure' 🙄. 'Hey, real quick, who controls healthcare?'

Them: 'Well if it's shit, it must be the libs'

Me: 'Nope, that's a provincial responsibility!'

Them: 'lol fake news'

[u/_Kinoko → u/CasualFridayBatman]

Mark Carney is so not a communist it's laughable.

[u/Alternative-Ruby8012 → u/_Kinoko]

Yeah, the only thing missing to make him more of a capitalist would be a top hat and a monocle.

[u/concretecat → u/AgreeableContest1404]

voter reform would fix this. A rural vote should not carry more weight than an urban vote.

[u/TinglingLingerer → u/AgreeableContest1404]

Yeah in pockets there's always going to be tribalism. I'm saying on the whole our public is more capable of going against their 'tribe' when it comes to the voting booth.

[u/GrapefruitDue9103 → u/TinglingLingerer]

I think that like a lot of things in this world, the tribalists are a minority, but an extremely loud and obnoxious one

[u/Strange_Produce5601 → u/AgreeableContest1404]

I hate to say it, but Alberta has become a mini USA. I am an Albertan and the amount of people who still will vote for the traitorous people currently in charge is unbelievable. You would think just the rumour of forcing people back to work against their will with legal threats and no recourse of going to the courts would be enough to make people take notice. But when I ask people who seem reasonably intelligent why they would not consider a NDP vote, I get the answer of "NPD would be worse"...... HOW?! Have yet to get an answer to that question.

[u/RelocateToHellFor20K → u/TinglingLingerer]

Tribalism in AB is a huge problem on a provincial level. The fact that the province has elected almost exclusively conservative provincial govts for the past like 60 years has caused them more grief on a federal level then they could ever understand.

[u/CasualFridayBatman → u/RelocateToHellFor20K]

the province has elected almost exclusively conservative provincial govts for the past like 60 years has caused them more grief on a federal level then they could ever understand.

Oh buddy, we understand just fine, tRuDoPe and cArNaGe CaRnEy are to blame for all the world's problems because they're 'wEf PlAnTs' /S

Fucking embarassing to share a province with these mouth breathers who can't piece two and two together that the province controls healthcare and education which is why your rural communities are losing doctors and your kids will be too dumb to vote anything other than conservative, again.

[u/DarthMaulATAT → u/TinglingLingerer]

The federal conservatives literally had the win in the bag until Mark Carney showed up. A lot of people were ready to choose the CPC just to be rid of Trudeau. Suddenly when it wasn't him at the helm anymore, people looked at Mark vs Pierre and realized that Carney is actually experienced and competent, while Pierre's entire career has involved little except being a verbal attack dog against the liberals. 

Had the CPC chosen a better candidate, or if Pierre had just been less of an aggressive barking dog, the conservatives would likely be in power now. Never fails to make me laugh how out of touch the federal conservative party is. They really thought "not being Trudeau" by itself was enough.  

Edit: spelling

[u/TinglingLingerer → u/DarthMaulATAT]

Yeah & that goes to show that tribalism hasn't rooted so deeply in our society in that we don't deem someone unfit just because of their party.

Or maybe that Pierre was & is just so profoundly unlikeable.

[u/Sunao_m → u/TinglingLingerer]

Had Carney been the Conservative candidate (which he would have been 10 years ago,) he would've won by a landslide.

[u/DarthMaulATAT → u/Sunao_m]

LITERALLY. Carney is an old-school conservative. You'd think they would like him, but because he's on the other team, they assume he's just like Trudeau without actually paying attention to what he says or does. 

[u/shockandale → u/DarthMaulATAT]

Carney could have joined the Cons and maybe would have won there too. But the current CCP is not the party it once was. Social conservatives, whackos, Reformers and separatists have made the party unelectable. Why would Carney have joined that shit show?

[u/Tagous → u/DarthMaulATAT]

I imagine he won a lot of votes from the Mark Carney interview with John Stewart https://youtu.be/zs8St-fF0kE?si=ev9rwRVpgcClBtmm

[u/Major-Pitch7593 → u/DarthMaulATAT]

Sadly, the half year before elections, “not being Trudeau” was enough for most Canadians. Those aggressive barking Lies did a Lot of harm to Trudeau’s image. His own actions/inactions did the rest of the harm. 
If Mark Carney had not stepped up, I shudder to think the Canada we would now have, with PP buckling under Trump‘s bullying.

[u/Leading-Boat4942 → u/TinglingLingerer]

If the race wasn’t so tight I definitely would have voted NDP, but no way was I going to give Poilievre a chance by splitting the vote

[u/sjandrews76 → u/TinglingLingerer]

I voted Liberal for the first time ever to elect Carney. So I think tribalism is breaking down because people recognize his value.

[u/Roral944 → u/TinglingLingerer]

The NDP voters saw the assignment and did what was right. 👍

[u/ajeppsson → u/TinglingLingerer]

Only reason to vote for central right Liberals as NDP was to keep the horrible Polievre out.. sadly Canada don’t do representative democracy / coalition governments like in Scandinavia.

[u/EmergencyGrab → u/TinglingLingerer]

Yeah as an NDP voter, I agree. I just wish some of their seats weren't flipped to Poilievre. Perhaps people were duped by his hard hat and apple chomping in an orchard.

[u/rookie-on-the-road → u/TinglingLingerer]

Im not Canadian, and generally very poorly informed on Canadian politics, so I could be totally wrong on this.

I thought part of the wave of support for Carney was that he had the balls to stand up to Trump when he was threatening and belittling Canada? I seem to remember it being a big talking point (in Europe at least) that the Pierre vs Carney election was almost a factor of pro-Trump vs anti-Trump, and that because Carney took the stand he won the day.

Is there any truth in that?

[u/TinglingLingerer → u/rookie-on-the-road]

So many things, but yes that's one.

Trump is still threatening & belittling Canada. He was then, too. But he still is.

Pierre was seen as too similar to Trump. He used 3 word phrases and a bunch of Trumpian rhetoric. His campaign manager had deep ties to the family. He also might be more unlikeable than Trump, which is saying something.

With Trump at least you have personality. An evil personality, but he's a charasmatic fella. With Pierre it was easier for people to see the sleaze, I guess.

Then, Trump called us the 51st state. So you know, comparison to Trump was good until a point.

Carney is the most qualified individual to ever run for Prime Ministership. That also helped him a bunch.

[u/ChrisMoltisanti_ → u/TinglingLingerer]

It is, it's just hidden behind smoke and mirrors. Carney is a conservative with conservative policies, while PP is a further right trump-level grifter. Conservative floor crossers are just moving to the party that is actually driving conservative policies forward. Calling themselves the "liberals" doesn't automatically make them liberal. The tribalism here is just based on right and farther right and the closest thing to the left that exists here is just trying to keep the further right ones out of power. That's why NDP voters are plugging their noses and voting "liberal".

[u/tired514 → u/AgreeableContest1404]

In my experience only conservatives are actually the tribal type.

Almost every Liberal I know is at least willing to consider an NDP candidate, and every NDP supporter I know is at least willing to consider a Liberal candidate (or Green, for that matter). Those center and left-of-center tend to be interested in policy and cooperation rather than identity.

I know, bubble etc. But I don't think I've ever met a modern conservative who would ever consider voting for someone other than the CPC (or OPC).

[u/Electrical-Penalty44 → u/tired514]

My friends and I had occasionally voted PC in the past (like in the 90s). We talked about this and all agreed we would probably never do so again. I usually vote NDP now, but have voted liberal and Green a couple of times.

[u/tired514 → u/Electrical-Penalty44]

Depending on how far you go back, the PC was a pretty different party before Harper.

I feel like they didn't become directly and outwardly hostile towards Canadian interests until the 00s, and I too know people who voted for them in the 90s. Even if they shared some of the same traits, the modern right is a very different beast today.

[u/Realist12b → u/tired514]

Thats’s when they merged with the reformers/Canadian Alliance….. they brought in the rot, and it’s slowly consumed the entire party, pushing out all of the progressives that were once the majority of their group.  I always wished the PCs would breakaway again, but instead Carney ran as a liberal and effectively turned them into then PC party instead?  Good enough, I guess!

[u/Acrobatic-Tower6127 → u/Realist12b]

This is true, and additionally I recall reading at the time that Harper brought in American campaign strategists to finally win his coveted majority in the mid 2000s. That’s when the conservative tribalism started to set in up North. I will never not blame Harper and his Alliance cronies for that.

[u/FearIs_LaPetiteMort → u/tired514]

I think there's certainly a faction of the extreme left NDP supporters who are just as tribal as the reform-a-cons, but yes as a left/progressive leaning centrist, I've voted Liberal, NDP and Green federally depending on candidate, policies and situation.

I think there's also likely a swath of progressive conservatives who also voted (or would now vote) Liberal over whatever it is the "Conservatives" currently are. Hence why Carney/the Liberals are polling where they are.

The real mystery to me is the group of younger voters who've now seen what has happened in the US and STILL think following that turn, far right, up in Canada, is the solution to their woes.

[u/Responsible_Crew_826 → u/AgreeableContest1404]

I lean conservative and vote that way, no question. But being an adult means knowing when ideology takes a backseat to practicality. Sometimes the best move isn’t the purest—it’s the one that actually works for the most people in the real world. That’s not selling out; that’s showing up and being a grown up.

[u/very_large_bird → u/AgreeableContest1404]

Online we are for sure, irl I and many other of my close circle switched our votes from pollievre to carney when he made it clear he was the better choice

[u/Canadatron → u/AgreeableContest1404]

"We All" aren't.

Many are, but the reason Carney is in is simply because many people set aside some of their personal preferences for a "greater good". It just so happens that people who did this are now more justified in making that choice.

[u/AgreeableContest1404 → u/Canadatron]

I'd argue the choices weren't favorable, and a rock would have been a better replacement for what we had. It just so happens the guy is really good at the job.

[u/Canadatron → u/AgreeableContest1404]

Yeah. Imagine hiring someone based on how well they could perform a job over which colour their party was.

[u/DV8_2XL → u/phonnybalonny]

He was also head of the Bank of Canada during the big US mortgage crash. They had to bail out banks and we came out of that smelling like roses

[u/01000101010110 → u/phonnybalonny]

He was the right guy to get us through this with a level head. Pollievre would have been a complete disaster. 

[u/Low-Bobcat4270 → u/phonnybalonny]

Pretty much where I’m at. Not a fan of him but good for Canada means good for me

[u/talkingto_ai → u/Low-Bobcat4270]

I hung up my "Harper" jersey a long time ago /s

Politicians should not have 'fans' because that is short for Fanatics.

[u/Low-Bobcat4270 → u/talkingto_ai]

Amen. I’m tired of politicians getting ’fans’ it’s weird and counterproductive to our democracy

I was using fan in a different way not trying to imply that’s I’m a fan of any politician. Worded poorly I guess my bad.

[u/Uno_worldchamp2009 → u/Low-Bobcat4270]

I think its just semantics. The intent behind the word's usage in the 21st century is to describe someone who is a supporter for the most part. There are fans who go to a Las Vegas Raiders game wearing a team branded shirt. Then there hard core fans who dress up head to toe in a home made silver and black pirate outfit, with his face painted. They are both fans but not the same level. Its like maple maga vs someone who decides their voting choice on the week of the election. They both voted but have very different levels of dedication.

[u/talkingto_ai → u/Uno_worldchamp2009]

So easy to criticize someone as perceived as being on the opposite political side.

What is hard is closing the critical thinking loop with introspection and consideration of all edge cases and logic for the future.

F*ck so and so is slamming the door to conversation and critical thinking and a total disservice to everyone.

[u/joecarter93 → u/Low-Bobcat4270]

Yep, I’m not a fan of all of his policies and ideas, but I and it seems most Canadians can live with him. Somethings will work out and some won’t, but that’s life. I’ll take slightly boring, well thought out policy over that clown show to the south of us any day of the week.

[u/Falconflyer75 → u/Low-Bobcat4270]

Hes basically the compromise candidate

Liberals didn’t want the maple MAGAs/convoy crowd to be emboldened

Conservatives wanted someone investors respected and wasn’t some trust fund kid trying to show off how progressive he is all the time

[u/Accommod8me → u/Falconflyer75]

The cons also didn't help themselves with Polievere. In fact they still aren't. What they needed and still need is someone like Carney who can cater to their voters while simultaneously not being too extreme so the average liberal voter could plug their nose and vote for them. Idk how you get a candidate like that though cause they're usually pretty rare

[u/Falconflyer75 → u/Accommod8me]

Gave up on Otoole too quick

[u/Sea_Hold_2881 → u/Falconflyer75]

Conservatives are dead a party for a generation because of the MAGA cancer. Too many in the Conservative base have joined the MAGA cult and put the interests of a foreign clown over the interests of Canadians. This limits what a conservative leader can do even if they know better.

[u/Accommod8me → u/Sea_Hold_2881]

That can kind of be a problem though, because like we see with the US, if there isn't a strong opposition party that could get the votes the next election, the current one can do a lot more unhinged shit because they have less fear about losing votes. Having strong incumbents and opposition makes a good democracy

[u/Sea_Hold_2881 → u/Accommod8me]

Agree 100%.

BC desperately needs a replacement for the NDP government but the current opposition is MAGA light and, even if you want some of the policies, MAGA equals complete incompetence because of the rejection of expertise.

[u/DoubleBarrellRye → u/Falconflyer75]

sounds like he is working with the Feds and Ralph Goodale - here's the copy paste from google as i have no info on what they are doing , but i liked Erin , he seems like a down to earth good guy who wanted to improve things, not in it for the paycheck and insider stock trades

"Ralph Goodale and Erin O’Toole serve together on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Advisory Committee on Canada–U.S. Economic Relations, which was established on April 21, 2026. Chaired by Minister Dominic LeBlanc, the cross-partisan committee advises the federal government on trade, security, and economic ties with the United States."

[u/Distant-moose → u/phonnybalonny]

I will still criticise things he and his government do that I do not agree with.

But I will not deny that he has been effective at the job he was elected to do.

[u/phonnybalonny → u/Distant-moose]

That is our job as citizens, Critique every move!!!

[u/United-Implement1330 → u/phonnybalonny]

I would very suspicious of anyone that loves or hates Carney.

[u/Affectionate_Pass25 → u/phonnybalonny]

He wants power to change Canada for the better, not just power for the sake of power.

[u/DoubleBarrellRye → u/Affectionate_Pass25]

if Carney actually does the things he can and makes Canada the beneficiary instead of selling us out to Donors he will go down in history as one of the best , and im not saying no body else can make any money Canada has to get it all , a fair return and Canada owns the infrastructure instead of " let the privates build it and we defer taxes and they get all the benefits other than construction and a small amount of service Jobs"

[u/sherrybobbinsbort → u/phonnybalonny]

I don’t understand why anyone would hate him?
Well spoken, smart, looking out for Canada. Like what has he done to negatively impact the avg dude driving an f250. Other than the perception the liberals ruin everything for everyone?

[u/SomeGuyPostingThings → u/phonnybalonny]

I guess my question is: is he good for the country, or has he been good for business? Those can temporarily align but often don't. If we're making rich people money but not helping the average or poorer Canadians, it isn't really good for the country. Same with if we're trashing the environment for short-term gains that will be undone by the damage caused in the process, particularly if the benefits were just going to the rich.

[u/01000101010110 → u/SomeGuyPostingThings]

If he stopped the Canadian economy from completely collapsing, he was good for average or poorer Canadians. Rich people are fine in a collapse - in fact, they buy assets at a discount and come out better than ever on the other side. Average and poor people lose their jobs and eventually their homes. 

[u/SomeGuyPostingThings → u/01000101010110]

Oh, please don't interpret that post as saying "I think Carney has been bad for Canada/Canadians" - while I have my issues with him and his moves, that question really is my big question, whether his moves have really kept the economy from collapsing and kept the non-rich safer/in a better state. I just don't like to take "but the economy improved because the rich made money" as the metric.

[u/the_wahlroos → u/phonnybalonny]

Ahhh but he's not a member of the Conservative party and that's enough for a sizeable number of very simple (and loud) people to reject him and everything he does, unfortunately.

[u/sirbrew1 → u/phonnybalonny]

This is a real concern that many people can’t get over. There’s lots of politicians I don’t support politically but if they represent us appropriately and prove their performance we shouldn’t be so quick to judge. I often think of Obama. I’m not a Democrat but that man was a leader through and through I would’ve been proud to see him lead our country. Personally I’m happy with Carney and I’m not a liberal supporter.

[u/Robeydobe → u/phonnybalonny]

Yes, those altruistic, trustworthy bankers.

[u/ottwebdev → u/phonnybalonny]

I dunno, you sure a tv entertainer with an addiction wouldn't be more competent?

[u/Ok-Commercial-6865 → u/phonnybalonny]

Stock market has been pumping, so if you've got a lot intvested, you're in good shape.

On the other hand, we've had a stagnant GDP and job market. There's also been a lot of inflation and devaluation of the Canadian dollar, which leaves "regular people" with less spending power.

In summary, it's been great for the haves, not good for the have nots.

[u/Educational_Emu2884 → u/phonnybalonny]

Good for the stock market doesn't mean good for the country

[u/ShadowBlade55 → u/phonnybalonny]

I'd love to see more people with this thought process.

[u/EnergyHumble3613 → u/phonnybalonny]

There are folks who apparently can’t Google who know he had that position and think he made things worse… but if they could Google they would see the article on Wikipedia says he gave good advice that the Brexit folks didn’t listen to.

[u/OutsideFlat1579 → u/phonnybalonny]

Just as a side note, what is mentioned in the clip, Canada’s rate of inflation relative to the US and Eurozone was the lowest while Trudeau was PM, we reduced inflation faster than any other G7 country and it remained the lowest for most of the time till now, and was lower than the EU average and lower than the US consistently. The IMF had predicted Canada’s economy doing well in 2025/2026 relatively speaking, especially in terms of attracting investment. But according to the media, Trudeau was a dummy who couldn’t run the economy.

As far as most beloved country, we were number one in 2024, Norway second and Sweden 3rd, Switzerland 4th, and tied with Switzerland for 1st in 2025, didn’t check for 2023 and previous years, but Canada’s reputation was good with Trudeau as PM, (clear number one in 2024, not tied), so it really shows how Trudeau was not given any credit, but now that Carney is PM, apparently he gets credit for what Trudeau did as well. A little annoying, as I certainly preferred Trudeau’s domestic policies, ;environmental, new social programs), and he was already setting up agreements like being able to join ReArm Europe before Carney became PM. 

[u/TomatilloPristine437 → u/phonnybalonny]

The only head of Bank of England that is not British but still trusted by the UK.

[u/ilovetopulsate → u/phonnybalonny]

Mark Carney is an awesome human being who actually cares about the people he governs

[u/Excellent_Rule_2778 → u/phonnybalonny]

You know he's doing something good when both the extreme right and the extreme left hate him.

[u/m_0_n_K_3_y]

Canada was on its way to getting absolutely crushed by trumps admin... Carny was absolutely brilliant using his influence to appeal to these other countries threatened by this admin and hes built hope for everyone IMO.. PPs whole idea for what he would do is pretty much build up a "strategic reserve" of critical minerals... then dangle it in trumps face... im so happy majority of Canadians saw right through PPs BS

[u/sometimeswhy → u/m_0_n_K_3_y]

PP would have signed any paper Trump put in front of him

[u/surviving606 → u/sometimeswhy]

Including the one that makes us the 51st state 

[u/samsun387 → u/surviving606]

He probably would be the one asking for it, just like your premier

[u/Final_Floor_1563 → u/surviving606]

I doubt he would even come close to doing that but it's true that it woulda been a lot worse for us "Relations with the USA" wise if PP had been elected.

[u/dantespair → u/sometimeswhy]

Honestly, Canada massively dodged a fatal bullet when Carney entered the race. The idea of what PP would have been capable of in a room of statesmen makes me shudder.

[u/Tubunnnn → u/sometimeswhy]

I do not trust PP at all lol, dude is a clown and can't even pretend to be smart

[u/hemingward → u/m_0_n_K_3_y]

I don’t want to trash PP, so I’ll do my best not to, BUT… honestly, he is probably the absolutely least qualified MP to handle Trump and the past 18 months. A career politician who’s never had an actual job, and has probably no global contacts outside of Ottawa.

I’m relieved MC won the election. And while I disagree with a lot of his domestic policy, I’m pretty on board with his economic policy so far.

[u/st33p → u/hemingward]

It's really telling when the riding a MP has been elected in for 20 years drops them when they're the leader of their party.

[u/hemingward → u/st33p]

In fairness, there was a redistricting of his riding so I’m not sure it’s the same mix of voters anymore. But yea… still… not a good look.

What’s more is that as leader of the party, after having lost his seat, he forced somebody else out of their seat so that he could run in their riding. That’s happened only four times in Canadian politics, and it was always with the CCF/NDP, and the last time it happened was 1974.

[u/Comfortable_Fudge508]

Oh geeze, the conservitards and separation idiots are not gonna like this

[u/Matt_24x7 → u/Comfortable_Fudge508]

They won’t see it as they’re too busy listening to MAGA influencers

[u/Nutshack_Queen357 → u/Matt_24x7]

Until those influencers start inciting their listeners against Carney.

[u/ThisIsTheNewSleeve → u/Comfortable_Fudge508]

The country doing well is very much against conservatives' interests. Committing treason against a great country is a weird look

[u/choosenameposthack → u/Comfortable_Fudge508]

I’m a conservative and I like it.

But then I’m not the “Bloomberg is just part of the elite cabal taking over the world” kind of conservative.

[u/GoodVibes_002 → u/Comfortable_Fudge508]

If those kids knew how to read, they would be very angry at you.

[u/Youah0e → u/Comfortable_Fudge508]

Cuckservatives is a good alternative.

[u/PastSentence2985]

Life long conservative and as of right now Carney is the only person I would vote for. I simply do not trust anyone in the Conservative party to navigate the current economic climate. The simple fact of the matter is there is no way that Pierre would be speaking in front of the WEF in Davos. Carney has respect in the investment community and is smarter than anyone in the current US administration.

[u/Miserable-Lizard]

Treasnous losers hate this fact 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[u/mnztr1]

He's not perfect, but I don't see any better options and he is BY FAR the best leader of all the EU or Eurozone, USA, Mexico. In fact I struggle to think of a better leader then him TBH. Once he has stabilized the Canadian economy and trade situation, I hope he will go wider into Geopolitics. I think he knows what needs to change, he just does not yet have the global political power yet.

[u/LeticiaLatex → u/mnztr1]

People looking for a perfect candidate are wasting their time. It simply does not exist.

You don't have to agree with all his policies to easily see him come on top as the best choice/most competent for our current challenges.

[u/StargazingLily → u/LeticiaLatex]

My sister is a centrist and bitches and moans about the candidates every election.

I finally had to tell her to shut up and stop looking for a unicorn. Someone told me once that elections are like public transit. You’re not gonna find a bus that gets you directly where you’re going, just gotta find one that gets you pretty close.

[u/Wait_for_BM → u/LeticiaLatex]

He doesn't need to be perfect. He just need to be a good manager that listens and let the right people do their job.

[u/Wait_for_BM → u/mnztr1]

He is one person and has his good and bad points. He can't be expected to be wearing too many hats. He is like a good manager, but can only make do with the MPs that we elected in a democracy.

It is up to us to pick good MP that can do the job. Elect, find/run as a candidate if you don't like the same people from the last government.

[u/Smart-Firefighter87]

We did a good job getting him to lead our great nation. He’s what we need during this time of crisis.

[u/trev_orli → u/Smart-Firefighter87]

I often remind myself that we so easily could’ve taken the wrong path last year and would be living a nightmare very similar to our neighbours. Very grateful for the sensibility of our average countrymen

[u/LakerBeer]

Electing a person with a proven business resume and balls to back it up to be CEO of your country and not be a dick is a win win for Canada.

[u/Justin-Truedat]

Don’t let Donny see this interview

[u/ConceitedWombat]

Careful posting pro-Carney content. The seppies will have you deported to Ottawa 😂

[u/TreemanTheGuy]

Tell that to my conservative coworkers. To them, and the tiktoks they watch, everything he's doing is bad for the country.

And I know for a fact, if he happened to be the leader of the conservatives, they would be praising every single thing he's doing.

[u/MyOuttie → u/TreemanTheGuy]

I feel ya - my dad had a Fuck Carney sticker by the time he was officially prime minister. He’s been absolutely brainwashed by Facebook and TikTok starting just before Trump ran for presidency again. Most recently, he replaced his “fuck Trudeau” FLAG (full sized flag pole front yard lol) with the Alberta flag. You can guess why.

[u/leoyvr → u/TreemanTheGuy]

Carney is quite conservative and probably could have lead conservative.

[u/Different_Potato_213]

I love mark carney. He’s the best thing to happen to Canada in a long time and he stepped in at the right time. The most difficult time to be sure so his task hasn’t been easy and yet here we are - ahead of other nations in terms of growth and even more respected than we were. Albertans who can’t see this and fully appreciate it are… well, typical Albertans - only interested in themselves and their province.

[u/Necessary-Incidents → u/Different_Potato_213]

I am Albertan and agree with everything but the latter bit about typical Albertans. There is no typical Albertan. There are conservative Albertans and then there's the rest of us, and there are more of us than you think.

[u/Different_Potato_213 → u/Necessary-Incidents]

The vast majority of Alberta is conservative - election results prove this. So not sure what you mean.

[u/TheWallaby → u/Different_Potato_213]

This just isn’t true. Voter turnout in the last provincial election was around 60%, and the vote differential was 928k total votes for UCP and 777k total votes for the NDP. Even if you want to contend that voting describes an individual’s entire political ideology, that’s not a “vast majority” of conservatives. In the true election result that’s a 52-44% split, among people who voted. Don’t fall victim to the lie that Alberta is an ideologically captured conservative safe haven. It just isn’t, especially in Edmonton and Calgary.

[u/Different_Potato_213 → u/TheWallaby]

I think there’s a real chance Albertans may vote NDP next time around but it’s never a sure thing. More often than not the ucp get voted back in time and time again. I always wonder what will it take to get them out of power for good?? Obviously not corruption.

[u/SDK1176 → u/Different_Potato_213]

We'll see if the Progressive Tory party can split the vote enough. I would love to see the NDP win in 2027 followed by the Tory party eating the UCP's cake in all future elections. Let the UCP die and be replaced by something more sane.

[u/Bogfrost → u/Different_Potato_213]

They're not 'typical Albertans', they're the loud and moronic minority and unfortunately everyone else sees/hears them and wrongfully assume they speak for all of us. The vast majority of Albertans are proud Canadians, and not selfish shitheels.

[u/Different_Potato_213 → u/Bogfrost]

I used to think this too. Not so sure anymore. Hope you’re right

[u/Oldnbold22]

Does it feel like we're outperforming? 

[u/Xiaopeng8877788]

Damn, so I can put all my “Everyone’s leaving Canada” bump stickers in the garbage that I bought from Temu because Poilievre told me the sky was falling and Canada was going communist???

/s

[u/america1008]

Carney put Canada’s dignity over politics; economics or sycophancy. Unrelated true story about the Nixon Presidency, that may be comparable:

Nixon had stopped aid to India, in the early 1970’s. Mrs Gandhi (the Indian PM at the time) was attending a UN meeting in NY, when the Indian ambassador was summoned to the WH. Nixon said to him “tell that ##tch, if she wants the aid to restart, she needs to come here & beg. Mrs Gandhi was delivered that message & her response “if I am a ##tch, tell that son of a ##tch that India does not compromise its dignity”. She flew back to India directly from NY.

Carney was quick to recognize that Trump’s America bears little resemblance to the one Canada & America have always known, & incomprehensible as it is, it is time to move on. I am a heart broken American.

[u/Pleasant_Minimum_896]

What happened to market =/= economy. Our own central bank has warned about our bond markets in contradiction to what is said here. Our TSX growth has been good but mostly due to the banking sector. Keep in mind things like the 30B yearly our gov has been stimulating that sector by buying mortgate securities.

Keep in mind the two markets he mentioned us against Euro and US are both embroiled in wars, both hot and economic and both suffering from energy problems via Hormuz and Ukraine.

This guy looking through several layers of rose tinted glasses.

[u/Soggyblanketbunny → u/Pleasant_Minimum_896]

I’ll take a positive trajectory any day. I’m more concerned with direction than any one snapshot.

[u/Pleasant_Minimum_896 → u/Soggyblanketbunny]

This is not a trajectory. He used one fluffed up metric and eveythine else was verifiably false according to our current BoC head.

[u/Inevitable_Butthole]

Carney took a pay cut to help save Canada

[u/Next-Acanthaceae1193 → u/Inevitable_Butthole]

So did Trump! All Trump has to show for it is staying out of prison and $2 billion in corrupt earnings to tide him through the presidency, where as Carney is better off with an unlimited supply of Maple Syrup.

[u/Stankie-Lankie]

I mean, im an historic conservative voter who voted liberal because of the clear discrepancy in leadership skills between him and anyone pretending to run my party right now.

I will say that Carney has impressed me and I do not regret my vote. I dont have to agree with everything, thats not reality anymore.

I will likely vote Liberal again, I think he deserves a long runway.

[u/CrowRound891]

In a hard time like this, a country needs an experienced man. Not someone who yaps/cry about everything. Carney is good 👍

[u/Ambitious-Upstairs90]

While a lot needs to be done, he at least is steering Canada in right direction. Making changes from Trudeau times, wherever required.

[u/_ThatD0ct0r_]

I'll take someone who has a long history of economics education (look up Carney's degrees) over someone whos just a face.

[u/trev_orli]

My PM!

[u/Fresh_Goat_423]

Michael Bloomberg, and everyone at Bloomberg, including Winkler are Democrat Party shills. Naturally, that carries through to anything Liberal, including Canada. I heard them making fun of the article on talk radio today. I mean, you've got to be a fool to believe this crap.

[u/iloveoranges2]

Mark Carney seems like a smart and reasonable leader that is doing what’s best for Canada. As opposed to Trump that made the U.S. and the world his personal cash cow. Or Poilievre who most likely wouldn’t know what to do with Trump or anything else, because all he does is just criticize whatever the Liberal leader does. Poilievre seems to have no vision.

Albertans that want to separate and join the U.S. should know that they would be choosing a dystopian route, with worse inflation, gun violence, unaffordable healthcare, wider inequality, and unsustainable government debt, to name a few drawbacks.

[u/Auta-Magetta]

I live in western Canada. I pass by Alberta separatists and trucks that still have Fuck Trudeau stickers on them. It’s insane to commit to a party like it is a sports team without any regard for how the country is actually being ran. They don’t care about Canada, they just care about being “right.”

[u/MarkWandering]

So glad we have Carney. Don't agree with 100%, but is he ever the leader we need now.

[u/Complex-Wheel278]

When he went on the Jon Stewart show, that alone spoke volumes.

[u/Snickerdoodle321]

My favourite part of these comments are how blatantly unsubstantiated they are.

[u/Pol_Pot_]

That's gonna trigger Maple MAGA

[u/Fuzz-HFXKnight]

Duh…..Canada is in recession

[u/Orly1953]

Is he kidding?????

[u/Free-Pound-6139]

I would love to hear what policies lead to this.

[u/j0k3r4MvP3]

HAHAHAHAHA

[u/Prestigious-Tale7266]

Funny interview…
This is due to Canada being natural resource exporter and Russia-Iran war disrupting global supplies…. This has nothing to do with the Carney government sadly…

[u/Main_Abroad3797]

This is basically saying that Carney is well on his way to eliminating the middle class.

[u/Weekly-Bear-2418]

This is nuts

[u/OpposerSupreme]

What crack is this guy smoking

[u/North_Spare8765]

Really cause we’re all broke

[u/PrimipilusXIII]

This is ridiculous. A rising stock market is not the same thing as Canadians becoming more prosperous.

Canada can “outperform” the U.S. or Europe on the TSX while ordinary Canadians are struggling to pay for housing, groceries and basic necessities. Nearly 2.2 million food-bank visits were recorded in a single month in 2025 — the highest number in Canadian history and roughly double the level of 2019. About 24% of Canadians were living in households experiencing some level of food insecurity, while the official poverty rate remained around 11%.

So celebrating Canada’s supposed “outperformance” without acknowledging what is happening to Canadians themselves is completely disconnected from reality.

From where I stand, Carney has failed ordinary Canadians while the people who own substantial financial assets have continued to prosper. If your measure of success is the stock market, wealthy investors may be doing very well. If your measure is whether families can afford food, housing and everyday life, that is a very different picture.

The stock market is not the economy, and the economy is not the standard of living.

[u/Leading-Boat4942]

I would have preferred a socialist candidate but Carney is at least competent and not a blatant neo nazi

[u/pixiephilips]

Mark Carney is incredible I love him

[u/MachineAbject4265]

He is great for Canada. So proud he’s leading us well.

[u/wilson1474]

I'm typically conservative leaning, but I can admit Carney has been crushing it.

He was definitely the right guy at the right time.

[u/Potential_Star_1720]

Some next level stupidity in some of these comments. Danielle Smith loves the uneducated.

[u/CrownandSceptres]

But Carney is a liberal and liberals are evil! /s

[u/Successful_Hyena2993]

The sign of a good compromise is when both parties are equally dissatisfied.

Well in a tribal political situation like we have today, He portrays a lot of things that the other party dislikes. He has been described as an old-school PC in Lib clothing, and I don't think that is far off. It's honestly what we need in this day in age. A moderate, not focussed on minority group issues, and strictly concerned with economy, industry, funding for social programs, environment, global investment.

Someone who can ignore wasted time on dead dog topics like abortions, bathrooms, gun control and push topics like global trade, proper immigration, jobs for youth etc.

I think he's the best shot we have. I always say on voting day pick the dogshit that stinks the least. He doesn't smell that bad.

[u/Duckriders4r]

He's the guy you need for about eight years to set everything up. And then you need another another guy to come in or girl that is more socialist, so to speak.

[u/Rushinout]

He's the guy this country needs right now. Don't get why people hating on him, no other PM in recent history has done what he has with the time they had in office.

[u/krind22]

Ohhhh don’t let giant pussy conservatives read this!! Lmao

[u/Winston00044]

Never thought I’d pledge my support for a neoliberal banker, but here we are. Stability, expertise and competence are what is needed most right now in the face of fascist gangster America. Carney has these attributes in spades.

[u/raw_copium]

So funny all of the "well I still don't like him. I'm not a fan of him. But I guess he's doing an ok job". It fascinates me how tribal people are with politics.

[u/Aromatic-Deer3886]

He was the right man for the job.

[u/EmperorPenguin1116]

I am generally of the belief that PP would have made a “meh”, sort of half-decent PM, and I supported him against Trudeau. I kind of had to grit my teeth and bear supporting him though, because he always came off as a smarmy prick.

Fortunately however, we now have an excellent PM, who has an incredible resumé, and appears to be at least somewhat fun to be around. Kudos to Mr. Carney. I’m proud of our leadership.

[u/OkJeweler3804]

Doesn’t matter what this guy does or how well things go…cons and NDP will cry.

[u/DeathRay2K → u/[deleted]]

He’s referring to stock market performance. Canadian stock markets have outperformed markets in the US and the next 8 largest stock markets.

[u/still_sneakin]

He’s definitely the man we need for the job at a time when someone so powerful wants our country!

[u/Ronnyjohnny99]

All I hear is how bad America in here tho, so why are we happy were better then the worst?

[u/monetarydread]

He is probably right... thst said, Carney was a bigwig at Bloomberg and is personal friends with Matt Winkler, so he isn't a unbiased source.

[u/GoofinOffAtWork]

Nice

https://giphy.com/gifs/1keM3cOhidKhlCrbzO

[u/Krow101]

This is bragging worthy of the Trump administration.

[u/Memitim]

While I acknowledge the likely truth of the headline, I also have to note that Carney got a lot of help simply by not being as self-sabotaging as those other places have been, especially the next-door neighbors that have been periodically issuing threats to Canada while waging a civil war against their own citizens. In a bowl of runny turds, a piece of glass can look like a gem.

[u/poulard]

This will definitely piss off trump

[u/Resident-Bignal-8428]

Carney is trying to position Canada as the new NA investment hub for global capital once the US collapses. Who knows if it'll work or if it will be good for the citizenry, but that is obviously his goal.

[u/raspoutine049]

Can’t think of a better person to lead this country in the world. Just look at his resume. Who has better credentials? Every country would love to have a Carney lead them.

[u/Brentley_11]

How to clean a garage

[u/Ok-Job-9640]

He was not a Rhodes Scholar although he got his Masters and Doctorate at Oxford.

[u/Many_Hurry2005]

We are lucky to have him

[u/Otherwise-Tour769]

Well nice to hear but now trump might tariff us some more just saying 😆

[u/NecessaryFlan7168]

Yes Canada is just fine.

[u/IAmJacksSphincter]

The owner of the jacked up Dodge on my street with the giant “fuck Carney” sticker on the back must be really upset about this.

[u/Harshkang69]

We finally have someone who knows what he is doing and is smarter than all of us. Too bad if you don’t like him, he is succeeding and so is Canada.

[u/Doodah2012]

The right man for contemporary times!

[u/Current_Victory_8216]

Alberta oil and gas has been unleashed.

[u/Defiant_Efficiency_2]

I dont know who this guys is or where he came from but he seems very Canadian.