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.
Keep your friend choose and enemy closer? Seriously tho, you can’t keep China or any other countries isolated in the globalized economy. Best to have a working relationship unless they are invading like Russia with Ukraine
Given that Carney is devout Catholic,
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?
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
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That’s right. And conversely cutting ties because you don’t trust a country or don’t approve of all its doings is also a bad strategy. Instead maintain a working relationship, do not trust and don’t develop a dependency but utilize what is useful. That’s what China does with the West and they’ve done well.
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Your opinions would be received much more favorably without the obscenities. They add nothing and turn people off.
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“Fucking” is an intensifier in this sentence. The meaning would slightly change without it.
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It is not an ‘intensifier’, it is just obnoxious. The purpose is not to enhance any meaning, but to ‘dominate’ over the reader. The word is used in an ‘adversarial’ context - an insult and a challenge to the reader. It is symbolic of the general anger that we see so commonly today, and I submit it is a direct cause if that anger. The demise of American civilility is completely mapped on to the curve for the use of these obnoxious, angry, combative vulgar terms in the common vernacular.
If you can’t handle the word “fuck” then you shouldn’t be online. People are angry, and rightfully so, and should be able to express said anger without being tone policed.
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Regularize?
It’s the store brand version of normalize.
For all I know Mr. Carney’s personal religious views may be of great interest to theologians, but they are not politically relevant in Canada or in China.
I matters a lot if he lets his religious views interfere with his political duties. During the last elelction, the Catholic Bishops made a point of commanding all Catholics to vote for a candidate that would push for Catholic theology to dictate policy.
Communication is fine and cooperation where it is necessary and makes sense, but let’s prioritize CETA and CPTPP countries where trade is concerned.
Let’s do what it takes, and certainly do not let America dictate our trade policies.
I think it’s more about the changes in the US than the changes in Canada. Could be both though.
One of my friends is from Canada.
You wouldn’t know him though, he goes to a different school…
