Agreed. There’s definitely an element of Realpolitik at play. The USA is creating a power vacuum and Canada needs to fill enough of that void in the short term to maintain leverage long term.
I don’t know much about China or Russia but I’m going to assume their billionaire oligarchs as equally soulless as the cretins that rule western nations.
This. He’s not a climate guy. But the alternatives would destroy the environment to spite people who want to protect it.
At least Carney can be reasoned with.
From what I understand, he used to be greener. But there’s a lot at stake to play ball with… and Trump is volatile. So is Danielle Smith…
Agreed. There’s definitely an element of Realpolitik at play. The USA is creating a power vacuum and Canada needs to fill enough of that void in the short term to maintain leverage long term.
I don’t know much about China or Russia but I’m going to assume their billionaire oligarchs as equally soulless as the cretins that rule western nations.
I was expecting his leadership to reflect his book values more, but the complexity of geopolitics, or some other factor, has put that aside.