Mark Carney had hoped the focus of his trip to India and Australia would be focused on trade diversification. However, Canada’s shifting position on Iran has...
Don’t you dare you fucking idiot, I voted for you and I don’t want us getting involved at all.
“One can never categorically rule out participation,” he said.
“We will stand by our allies, when it makes sense. There’s a distinction between the offensive actions that were taken and are being taken by the United States and Israel, that were taken by them without consultation with Canada, with other allies, and we’re not party to those actions.
“But we will always defend Canadians, we will always stand by and defend our allies when called upon.”
The right answer would be to make like a Conservative and not answer. He can’t piss off Trump, but he knows Canadians (outside of a few communities) aren’t into this shit. Saying maaaaaaybe walks back most of his appeal from Davos.
Carney is not a great politician. He doesn’t know when to shut up (hence his statement of support for the war in India). So far he’s lucked into the right moment. I’m not sure what the next few years will bring.
I tend to agree with you. He said:
The right answer would be to make like a Conservative and not answer. He can’t piss off Trump, but he knows Canadians (outside of a few communities) aren’t into this shit. Saying maaaaaaybe walks back most of his appeal from Davos.
Carney is not a great politician. He doesn’t know when to shut up (hence his statement of support for the war in India). So far he’s lucked into the right moment. I’m not sure what the next few years will bring.