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[–] grte@lemmy.ca 50 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Here we fucking go. We are now fully in the hands of a trickle down asshole who is going to sell our public goods based on the lie that the private sector is fundamentally more efficient. And the worst part is better than half the Liberal voters will clap like seals as long as the guy doing Reaganomics is wearing their jersey.

However, a senior government official, not authorized to speak publicly, confirmed that the potential sale of federal assets like airports is a way of financing the new wealth fund, a point that Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, in an interview with CBC after tabling the spring update, confirmed.

Oh my god. So our "sovereign wealth fund" which is definitely named to steal a bit of the shine off the wildly successful Norwegian sovereign wealth fund, is actually the exact opposite of that fund. Where the Norwegian model used profits from nationalized industry to create an investment fund it could put towards the national interest, we are creating a fund where we sell off public assets to create a pool of money we can shovel into private interests.

[–] Floralmortal@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I hate what Carney is doing tbh. I lean a lot further left than liberals do but voted liberal out of complete fear for my safety. It was my first time voting tbf

[–] FreeBooteR69@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 week ago

He's still better than ppsmol, and the NDP have a lot of reorganizing to do and have no chance of forming a government and that's just the sad reality. I'm disappointed in Carney, this isn't what they ran on and he has no mandate as far as i'm concerned. They are taking advantage of the peril we are in with Trump, every disaster is an opportunity with these guys.