New Prime Minister, new relationship with China.
China’s playbook seems to consistently follow this pattern. If they get in a spat with anther country, the grudge continues until a new state leader comes into play, then all past grievances are reset. Sort of like Union-management - when a new collective agreement is signed, past active grievances tend to be voided.
Given that Carney is devout Catholic, we shall see if his dedication to the Pope, given the very tumultuous relationship between the Roman Catholic Pope and China, gets in the way of Good Governance in Canada’s policy decisions towards China.
Not while he’s in office
But China is a better partner than the US for us right now and we will need them before we can ban trade/travel to the US
We’re not quite to this extreme (yet?) but it’s a similar logic to allying with Stalin when Hitler was around.
Trump isn’t Hitler, and Xi isn’t Stalin, but the logic is similar. It’s an ugly thing, Xi is a complete shitbag after all. But Trump is the more immediate threat.
Carney attended the inaugural mass for the new ope after he started office. He did so as a Catholic, not as a PM.
Yikes, I feel that should bar him from office
Apparently there is no such prohibition in Canada. Even leaders are free to worship according to their faith.
I suppose it’s a matter for the courts to ensure reasonable limits for section 2 of the Charter is upheld
Freedom from religion comes with freedom of religion in Canada.
He’s conservative, I’m not surprised he’s religious.
Why?
This https://lemmy.ca/post/45652137/17026286
That’s not an explanation of why he should be barred from office.
He’s Catholic, but he’s not trying to make Canada Catholic. Trudeau and Poilievre are also Catholic. In fact, every single PM of Canada has been either Catholic or Protestant.
That’s fine, as long as they don’t act on it
All public employees are supposed to leave their religion at the door when they leave their house but elected officials should face more scrutiny than unelected workers
As PM is our highest elected position, they should leave their religion on election night and pick it back up when they leave