I gave Carney a wide net because I knew he was conservative but still the "right guy for the job" right now. But privatization is crossing the line... Cuts can be uncut, taxes can be restored, but we're permanently fucked when we privatize.

[–] Soup@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Almost like he was obviously mot the right guy for the job at any point. Conservatives aren’t the right people to do much of anything, let alone run a country, and anyone that thinks being “fiscally conservative” actually helps is dumber than a sack of moldy potatoes. And now all those brain-dead morons are getting big regret feelings like this was all somehow a well-hidden surprise.

Carney was bad from the start. He’s exactly what anyone should expect from a banker hired onto the Liberals.

[–] Marty200@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I 100% agree that we shouldn’t be privatizing our government services. I’m not sure that chip manufacturing and testing should be a government service.

[–] twopi@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago

This should not be seen as a government service but rather a government asset. We funded research and development, we own it. The article goes into how it being owned by the government made more accessible.

I worked in that area of research and in Ottawa. The government funds a lot of development, we should own it. It does not mean that burecrats run everything, for these facilities experts run them. But rather these technologies should be owned by us so we can benefit.