I did support Carney and I hope he does good things, and I don't think the following scenario would occur but I realize this belief is entirely based on my judgement of Carney's character which could be wrong.
I was thinking about the proposed gas pipeline to the east coast. If Carney hopes to be re-elected, he can't ram a pipeline through Quebec using emergency powers if such exist. Or he'd lose his seats in QC. Instead he's gotta give significant concessions to QC, like ownership, high royalties, etc. Stuff that he and Blanchet can sell to the Quebecers. I think this is certainly possible for a gas pipeline.
But then the following disaster scenario occurred to me. He likely has significant Brookfield investments in that blind trust. He likely has a seat open on that board whenever he quits public service. What if he uses emergency powers to ram a whole bunch of infrastructure, through P3s, where the private partner retains ownership, and the partner is Brookfield. Do as many of those as possible, get kicked out of office and sit on Brookfield's board, that much richer, while we get saddled with an even angrier and vindicated CPC fascism.
Thoughts?
Edit: Thanks for wading into my election PTSD nightmare!
Man, if you think he's an openly corrupt grifter like that, you really held your nose this election.
trust in government and politicians is pretty low rn
That's the thing, I don't, but what do I have to base that on? I've listened to him very carefully during interviews, pressers, read analyses of his books and from all that I do believe he's not that kind of corrupt grifter. But all that is judgement of character which isn't always reliable. On the other hand being a con man is the assumed default with PP so...
He also has a track record of not taking the money and running while in charge of two central banks. I don't know what he's like in private (besides quite religious, which I've heard mentioned) but most people get into politics because they want to call the shots as opposed to get rich. I'm personally expecting he'll just do that.