A Canadian is a Canadian is a European?
Mark Carney, the leading candidate to become Canada’s next prime minister, previously saying he sees himself as a “European” is something he will be asked about when he officially announces his bid for the Liberal Leadership as he is expected to do Thursday.
“I am European, actually,” he told a moderator in a World Economic Forum session posted to social media. “I am an Irish citizen. Speaking as a European …”
The big question when he declares his candidacy will be does he speak as a Canadian and as Canada’s next prime minister or as some sort of international or European globalist who loves carbon taxes and censorship, and calls for the shut down of Canada’s oil and gas and mineral sector?
Carney was on American The Daily Show Monday, unofficially launching his quest for the Liberal Leadership that would immediately make him prime minister, once current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau steps down. But funnyman Jon Stewart didn’t ask him any of those questions.
Carney, who so far does not have a campaign website or media contact, has not commented on the “speaking as a European” clip.
And the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland has also not commented on the undated clip.
While Carney declares in the clip that he is an Irish citizen, media reports show in 2018 he also become a British citizen and said he was “honoured to have become a British citizen” and “the moving ceremony reminded me how privileged I am to work with outstanding colleagues from 80 nationalities at the Bank of England as we promote the good of the people of the United Kingdom during this important time for our country.”
This was just a little more than four years ago.
While an enigma to many Canadians, Carney offered to Stewart he’s an “outsider” who has not been part of the Trudeau government. But a look at his extensive resume – from being Harvard and Oxford educated to being the chair of the Bank of England and Bank of Canada – suggests there’s no one more inside the globalist financial world and climate change agenda than Mark Carney.
And he currently holds a lot of big jobs, in which there has been no indication so far that he would step down from while running for politics. He’s been an advisor to the Trudeau government, he is the United Nations special envoy on climate change, and he has served as a past WEF board member. But his biggest job is being the current chair of Brookfield Asset Management.
Brookfield has not taken down from their website Carney’s headshot, which is positioned next to the trillion-dollar financial empire’s CEO, which sits above of dozens of executives listed below.
“Mark Carney is the Chair of Brookfield Asset Management and Head of Transition Investing,” BAM’s website states. “In this role, he is focused on the development of products for investors that will combine positive social and environmental outcomes with strong risk-adjusted returns.”
Carney’s bio on the website goes on to state he “is an economist and banker who served as the Governor of the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020, and prior to that as Governor of the Bank of Canada from 2008 until 2013. He was Chairman of the Financial Stability Board from 2011 to 2018. Prior to his governorships, Mr. Carney worked at Goldman Sachs as well as the Canadian Department of Finance” and is a “long-time and well-known advocate for sustainability, specifically with regard to the management and reduction of climate risks. He is currently the United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance and Co-Chair for the Glasgow Finance Alliance for Net Zero.”
The question for Carney, who as his bio shows sits on many foundations, including the Bilderberg and Chatham House groups, would be is this net-zero, climate change agenda the background Canada needs right now as it tries to sort out its future relationship with the United States of America’s incoming president Donald Trump who sees the world through a far different lens?
Will speaking as a European be something that will help Carney lead Canada or will he attempt to jettison past declarations, agendas and affiliations and try to move to a more centrist position, despite his well-established background?
While Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has talked of scrapping Carbon taxes and rebates and connections to the WEF, Carney’s Liberal adversary for leadership Chrystia Freeland, who is listed on the WEF website as a board member, is also well entrenched in the oil-is-bad-while-sustainability-is-good mantra.
Perhaps, the best example to cite from Carney’s past statements is his transparent admiration for famous youth climate activist Greta Thunberg, whom he has said, “I see myself as part of the social movement,” and “I’ve had the pleasure of meeting (Greta) several times” and she has “absolutely has catalyzed that movement, the youth movement.”
Trump is certainly not part of the Greta movement. Could he see Carney as the melting on the grip of power, globalist guy being put in the game to counter the 47th’s president movement away from their woke agenda?
Time will tell. But, if Carney wins the leadership, it will be interesting to see how he negotiates these issues as prime minister beginning as early as March 9.
And from which of his three three citizenships – two of which are European – he speaks as?
The question for Carney, who as his bio shows sits on many foundations, including the Bilderberg and Chatham House groups, would be is this net-zero, climate change agenda the background Canada needs right now as it tries to sort out its future relationship with the United States of America’s incoming president Donald Trump who sees the world through a far different lens?
Will speaking as a European be something that will help Carney lead Canada or will he attempt to jettison past declarations, agendas and affiliations and try to move to a more centrist position, despite his well-established background?
While Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has talked of scrapping Carbon taxes and rebates and connections to the WEF, Carney’s Liberal adversary for leadership Chrystia Freeland, who is listed on the WEF website as a board member, is also well entrenched in the oil-is-bad-while-sustainability-is-good mantra.
Perhaps, the best example to cite from Carney’s past statements is his transparent admiration for famous youth climate activist Greta Thunberg, whom he has said, “I see myself as part of the social movement,” and “I’ve had the pleasure of meeting (Greta) several times” and she has “absolutely has catalyzed that movement, the youth movement.”
Trump is certainly not part of the Greta movement. Could he see Carney as the melting on the grip of power, globalist guy being put in the game to counter the 47th’s president movement away from their woke agenda?
Time will tell. But, if Carney wins the leadership, it will be interesting to see how he negotiates these issues as prime minister beginning as early as March 9.
And from which of his three three citizenships – two of which are European – he speaks as?
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