Carney leading in the latest Mainstreet poll, Feb 6-13
Carney leading in the latest Mainstreet poll, Feb 6-13
The analysis in this report is based on results of a survey conducted from Thursday, February 6th to Thursday, February 13th, 2025
https://www.mainstreetresearch.ca/post/canada-national-poll-february-2025
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I watched the interview with him on The Rest is Politics today and I heard something interesting from him. They asked him to picture himself in 2028 as the PM of Canada and say what he sees around him. He said a few things and one of them was "I see we have full employment." I'm not going to explain at length what that means but it's a very specific economic term that is in contradiction with neoclassical/neoliberal economic thought and free market fundamentalism.
Carney is very much a Keynesian, so that's totally on brand for him. People hear the word "economist" and think we'd have Bain Capital as PM, but he's really quite left-wing.
I see it's an hour long, is it worth the watch?
If you haven't seen many interviews with him, I think so. If you've watched other interviews, perhaps less so. In general if you're interested, give it a look, bail if bored or keep hearing things you know. For me this bit I mentioned was the only surprising thing I heard and it came all the way at the end.
I haven't so I threw it on in the background, it's been good to hear him talk. He seems pretty logical + sensible, doesn't dance around things like a politican.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5u2zmpvBBk for anyone else interested.
Yeah. Also he gives an authentic impression which typically bodes well for electability.