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Ummm, no. Nothing Harper says hear contradicts what I have said, which is a) Carney was just fine as Governor of the BoC but b) he deserves credit only for playing a supporting role in Canada’s response to the 2008 crisis. The lion’s share of the credit goes to Finance Minister…
Dear Andrew, you keep attributing to me views I have not expressed and then telling me how wrong I am. This is a slightly disreputable tactic and I would appreciate it if you would stop. I have never said Carney played no role in the 2008crisis. I am arguing against overstating…
@MrsDrBee @DimitrisSoudas @brianleecrowley If you think that the Governor of the Bank of Canada was not one of the people making decisions of consequence during the crisis and was merely offering input to those who were, you both don't understand history and don't understand the role of the Governor.
You don’t have to believe any such thing. All I am saying is that the credit for Canada’s successful navigation of the financial crisis was due principally to the work of Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, supported by the prime minister, as well as to our traditional Scottish…
To believe this, you'd have to think that Mark Carney's work at Finance in 2006-07 (when Brian was at Finance) was bad but that PM Harper and Min Flaherty decided to appoint him as Governor of the Bank of Canada in February 2008, as the financial crisis grew, regardless of that?
I was there at the time as the Clifford Clark Visiting Economist at Finance Canada and Mark Carney’s office was across the hall from mine. Dimitri’s account is dignified and accurate.
I say this with respect but firmness. I was there. You were not.
The Harper government is grateful to many public servants who provided guidance, advice, and quote-unquote support during the global economic crisis in 2008. That includes Deputy Ministers, the Clerk of the Privy…
‘Black and brown ppl cannot achieve unless we make exams easier.’
Because we are all stupid?
Is that why?
Can we not see how racist these policies and assumptions are?
Utterly revolting racism. 🤮
The essence of monopoly is the absence of consumer choice. That is why the dominance of a particular provider (eg Google’s search engine) in a marketplace with easily available competitors is NOT a monopoly but is rather the result of consumer choice, whereas a blanket legal…
Gee @TristanHopper, when the government by law forbids me to buy healthcare with my own money, decides how many professionals will be allowed to bill the system, pays all the people and institutions in the health care system, collects all the data (or more accurately *doesn’t*…