“There has been an outbreak of a very specific kind of discourse in the last week that’s been very funny to watch… It’s New Democrats pretending that the Democratic Party is now somehow to the left of #Carney’s Liberals.”
“Carney is, objectively, one of the most progressive Prime Ministers Canada has ever seen. His budget has progressive ambitions the likes of which Chretien never had… Carney isn’t even close to a surplus and is still talking about expansive social spending. But many of his critics on the left are addicted to the idea he’s a conservative and that supporting him makes you one. This is a man who recognized Palestinian statehood, believes in universal health care, has increased the main tax benefit for poor and working Canadians, and is at least rhetorically willing to contemplate nationalizing companies that fail to meet the obligations of deals they sign with #Canada. This is not some corporate stooge of a PM.“
Scrimshaw lays out facts.
