Comments by "Darlene" (@darlene2709) on "Canada's Carney discusses conditions for Trump talks" video.

  1. The carbon tax is no longer an election issue. "As Governor of the Bank of Canada under Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, he helped steer this country through the biggest economic crisis it has ever faced. When Carney was appointed chair of the G20’s Financial Stability Board in 2011, Harper said that it was “a testament to his skills and to the strength of Canada’s financial system.”  As Governor of the Bank of England, meanwhile, Carney tried to warn Britons about the economic risks associated with Brexit in the lead up to the vote. When they voted for it anyways, he aggressively cut interest rates and provided British banks with liquidity to avert a complete collapse in business and consumer confidence. Mission accomplished." National Observer  Carney won praise for his handling of the financial crisis, when he created new emergency loan facilities and gave unusually explicit guidance on keeping rates at record low levels for a specific period of time. The Bank of England was impressed enough though to poach him in 2013, making him the first non-British governor in the central bank's three-century history, and the first person to ever head two G7 central banks. Britain's finance minister at the time, George Osborne, called Carney the "outstanding central bank governor of his generation".
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  2. Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, on Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney's appointment to the Bank of England “On behalf of the Government of Canada I would like to offer my congratulations to Mark Carney on his appointment as Governor of the Bank of England. “In this time of global economic uncertainty, Governor Carney has done an admirable job in fulfilling the Bank of Canada’s mandate and has been a valued partner as the Government has worked to steer Canada away from the worst impacts of the global economic recession. As a result, Canada remains an example to the world with its strong banks, effective regulatory environment and sound economic policy. “I wish Governor Carney every success as he begins his new role on July 1, 2013.”
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  3. The Mango Mussolini made a campaign promise to lower prices day one. As any American who has gone shopping for eggs lately knows: Prices aren’t any lower than they were on Inauguration Day. Despite DOGE budget cut crusade, Trump has already spent $10.7 million of taxpayer money on golf trips. Since January 20, the president has reportedly spent all four weekends on the green, and played golf at his own properties on nine of his first 30 days in office.
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  4. Canada is a source of Potash, Crude oil, Natural gas, Coal, Clean electricity, Uranium, Tellurium, and Niobium. Canada exports about 20 million tonnes of the rose-coloured rock each year, mostly to American farmers. More than 80 per cent of the potash used in U.S. agriculture comes from Saskatchewan mines. As The Globe and Mail put it recently, “Canada is the king of potash.”
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  5. The Mango Mussolini made a campaign promise to lower prices day one. As any American who has gone shopping for eggs lately knows: Prices aren’t any lower than they were on Inauguration Day. Despite DOGE budget cut crusade, Trump has already spent $10.7 million of taxpayer money on golf trips. Since January 20, the president has reportedly spent all four weekends on the green, and played golf at his own properties on nine of his first 30 days in office.
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  6. "As Governor of the Bank of Canada under Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper, he helped steer this country through the biggest economic crisis it has ever faced. When Carney was appointed chair of the G20’s Financial Stability Board in 2011, Harper said that it was “a testament to his skills and to the strength of Canada’s financial system.”  As Governor of the Bank of England, meanwhile, Carney tried to warn Britons about the economic risks associated with Brexit in the lead up to the vote. When they voted for it anyways, he aggressively cut interest rates and provided British banks with liquidity to avert a complete collapse in business and consumer confidence. Mission accomplished." National Observer  Carney won praise for his handling of the financial crisis, when he created new emergency loan facilities and gave unusually explicit guidance on keeping rates at record low levels for a specific period of time. The Bank of England was impressed enough though to poach him in 2013, making him the first non-British governor in the central bank's three-century history, and the first person to ever head two G7 central banks. Britain's finance minister at the time, George Osborne, called Carney the "outstanding central bank governor of his generation".
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  7. "Prior to taking office in 2016, Trump had blasted the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and negotiations began in August 2017 when he was in the White House to carve out a new deal with Canada and Mexico, which remained underway by spring 2018 when Trump announced the tariffs on May 31, 2018. Canada announced its own retaliatory tariffs on roughly $16.6 billion worth of steel, aluminum and hundreds of other products from the U.S., which also included things like maple syrup, shaving products, ketchup and even coffee. By October 2018, a new NAFTA had been negotiated, the Canada-U.S.-Mexico-Agreement (CUSMA) — which the U.S. refers to as the USMCA — but it still took until May 2019 for an agreement to be reached to lift the tariffs on both sides. That agreement officially took effect in July 2020 and was ratified after tariffs were lifted." Reuters
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  8. That is how a parliamentary democracy works. The Prime Minister resigns. The governing party picks a new leader. An election will follow.
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  9. We are not governed by temper tantrum or truckers. Let's review the rules for having a protest and avoiding jail followed by a televised national inquiry.  "We have a constitutional right to engage in peaceful protest and dissent. Some city or town governments require a permit before holding a protest on public property like a park or town square. It is one of the fundamental freedoms protected in the Charter. The section protects a person's right to gather with others and express ideas. The wording of section 2(c) qualifies the freedom, guaranteeing only peaceful assembly. It indicates that breaches of the peace, such as riots, receive no protection. While the Charter protects many of the rights that are crucial to effective protest, laws limit this right in very real ways. Protesters have been arrested for breaching the peace and unlawful assembly. Provincial legislation may restrict blockades on public roadways and assemblies on certain pieces of public property. Municipal by-laws often limit how, when, and where, protests can be held." National Post
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  10. That is how a parliamentary democracy works. The Prime Minister resigns. The governing party picks a new leader. An election will follow.
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  11. That is how a parliamentary democracy works. The Prime Minister resigns. The governing party picks a new leader. An election will follow.
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  12. Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, on Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney's appointment to the Bank of England “On behalf of the Government of Canada I would like to offer my congratulations to Mark Carney on his appointment as Governor of the Bank of England. “In this time of global economic uncertainty, Governor Carney has done an admirable job in fulfilling the Bank of Canada’s mandate and has been a valued partner as the Government has worked to steer Canada away from the worst impacts of the global economic recession. As a result, Canada remains an example to the world with its strong banks, effective regulatory environment and sound economic policy. “I wish Governor Carney every success as he begins his new role on July 1, 2013.”
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  13. Carney has until October to call an election. That is how a parliamentary democracy works. The Prime Minister resigns. The governing party picks a new leader. An election will follow.
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  14. Canada is a source of Potash, Crude oil, Natural gas, Coal, Clean electricity, Uranium, Tellurium, and Niobium. Canada exports about 20 million tonnes of the rose-coloured rock each year, mostly to American farmers. More than 80 per cent of the potash used in U.S. agriculture comes from Saskatchewan mines. As The Globe and Mail put it recently, “Canada is the king of potash.”
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  15. Where do American farmers buy potash? From Saskatchewan. Every fruit and vegetable you grow is fertilized with potash.
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  16. That's definitely not true. With respect to Trump’s assertion that the U.S. subsidizes Canada to the tune of US$200 billion per year, it’s unclear where this number is derived. In any event, rather than a subsidy, the U.S. trade deficit is a by-product of U.S. economic outperformance relative to other countries. Last year, Canadian exports of energy products (oil, natural gas, power) to the U.S amounted to nearly $170 billion, or almost 1/3 of total shipments.  In contrast, energy accounted for only 6% of all U.S. imports. Put simply, Canadian sources are critical to U.S. energy security. Remove Canadian energy exports from the equation and the trade story flips. Ex-energy, the U.S. enjoys a trade surplus with Canada of around C$60 (US$45 billion). A trade deficit is not a subsidy. That would ring true, if for example, the U.S. government transferred US$45 billion annually to Canadian companies out of goodwill, but Americans are receiving value for the dollars spent in the form of goods and services. The trade deficit the U.S. runs with Canada reflects their economic outperformance and above-average spending of Americans, that’s driving a hunger for energy products.
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  17. The Mango Mussolini made a campaign promise to lower prices day one. As any American who has gone shopping for eggs lately knows: Prices aren’t any lower than they were on Inauguration Day. Despite DOGE budget cut crusade, Trump has already spent $10.7 million of taxpayer money on golf trips. Since January 20, the president has reportedly spent all four weekends on the green, and played golf at his own properties on nine of his first 30 days in office.
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  18. Mark Carney was appointed as the Governor of the Bank of Canada by Stephen Harper. Carney's actions as Governor of the Bank of Canada are said to have played a major role in helping Canada avoid the worst impacts of the financial crisis.
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  19. The Mango Mussolini made a campaign promise to lower prices day one. As any American who has gone shopping for eggs lately knows: Prices aren’t any lower than they were on Inauguration Day. Despite DOGE budget cut crusade, Trump has already spent $10.7 million of taxpayer money on golf trips. Since January 20, the president has reportedly spent all four weekends on the green, and played golf at his own properties on nine of his first 30 days in office.
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  20. Carney has until October to call an election. That is how a parliamentary democracy works. The Prime Minister resigns. The governing party picks a new leader. An election will follow.
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  21. Everyone is looking forward to a discussion between a Harvard educated economist who was the Governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England and Trump.
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  22. The Mango Mussolini made a campaign promise to lower prices day one. As any American who has gone shopping for eggs lately knows: Prices aren’t any lower than they were on Inauguration Day. Despite DOGE budget cut crusade, Trump has already spent $10.7 million of taxpayer money on golf trips. Since January 20, the president has reportedly spent all four weekends on the green, and played golf at his own properties on nine of his first 30 days in office.
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  23. That is how a parliamentary democracy works. The Prime Minister resigns. The governing party picks a new leader. An election will follow.
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  24. Donald Trump Accidentally Insults Himself: ‘Who Would Ever Sign A Thing Like This?’ The president recently rebuked a 2020 trade deal known as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement even though he signed it. Trump praised the USMCA in 2020 as the “best agreement we’ve ever made” and lauded it for replacing the “nightmare” North American Free Trade Agreement ratified under former President Bill Clinton, calling it the “worst trade deal ever made.”
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  25. The Mango Mussolini made a campaign promise to lower prices day one. As any American who has gone shopping for eggs lately knows: Prices aren’t any lower than they were on Inauguration Day. Despite DOGE budget cut crusade, Trump has already spent $10.7 million of taxpayer money on golf trips. Since January 20, the president has reportedly spent all four weekends on the green, and played golf at his own properties on nine of his first 30 days in office.
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  26. That is how a parliamentary democracy works. The Prime Minister resigns. The governing party picks a new leader. An election will follow.
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  27. With respect to Trump’s assertion that the U.S. subsidizes Canada to the tune of US$200 billion per year, it’s unclear where this number is derived. In any event, rather than a subsidy, the U.S. trade deficit is a by-product of U.S. economic outperformance relative to other countries. Last year, Canadian exports of energy products (oil, natural gas, power) to the U.S amounted to nearly $170 billion, or almost 1/3 of total shipments.  In contrast, energy accounted for only 6% of all U.S. imports. Put simply, Canadian sources are critical to U.S. energy security. Remove Canadian energy exports from the equation and the trade story flips. Ex-energy, the U.S. enjoys a trade surplus with Canada of around C$60 (US$45 billion). A trade deficit is not a subsidy. That would ring true, if for example, the U.S. government transferred US$45 billion annually to Canadian companies out of goodwill, but Americans are receiving value for the dollars spent in the form of goods and services. The trade deficit the U.S. runs with Canada reflects their economic outperformance and above-average spending of Americans, that’s driving a hunger for energy products.
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  28. That is how a parliamentary democracy works. The Prime Minister resigns. The governing party picks a new leader. An election will follow.
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  29. That is how a parliamentary democracy works. The Prime Minister resigns. The governing party picks a new leader. An election will follow.
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  30. Statement by the Prime Minister of Canada, Stephen Harper, on Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney's appointment to the Bank of England “On behalf of the Government of Canada I would like to offer my congratulations to Mark Carney on his appointment as Governor of the Bank of England. “In this time of global economic uncertainty, Governor Carney has done an admirable job in fulfilling the Bank of Canada’s mandate and has been a valued partner as the Government has worked to steer Canada away from the worst impacts of the global economic recession. As a result, Canada remains an example to the world with its strong banks, effective regulatory environment and sound economic policy. “I wish Governor Carney every success as he begins his new role on July 1, 2013.”
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  31. The Mango Mussolini made a campaign promise to lower prices day one. As any American who has gone shopping for eggs lately knows: Prices aren’t any lower than they were on Inauguration Day. Despite DOGE budget cut crusade, Trump has already spent $10.7 million of taxpayer money on golf trips. Since January 20, the president has reportedly spent all four weekends on the green, and played golf at his own properties on nine of his first 30 days in office.
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  32. That is how a parliamentary democracy works. The Prime Minister resigns. The governing party picks a new leader. An election will follow.
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