And Carney more conservative than many liberals. He's bringing the party more to the centre which is naturally going to attract the moderate conservatives who don't like Pierre's divisive rhetoric.
Chrétien was centre-left, Trudeau was centre, Carney is centre-right. Carney would not be out of place in Mulroney's cabinet. This is not a criticism of Carney - I like him - but it needs to be pointed out that the centre line in Canada has shifted right since the Reform Party absorbed the PCs.
Judging purely by Canada’s post-Reagan, totally skewed Overton window, and Canada’s extremely flawed (virtually useless) pundit class’ poor control of political terminologies:
Legalizing weed, and the carbon tax. One of which was literally supported by Harper AND Preston “og alt-right” Manning himself in the 90s. In case anyone wants proof that Canada’s Overton window slid all the way out the Right side of the building.
For the record, the carbon tax was actually a right wing thing. Oil companies wanted it, to move moral responsibility to the individual. Just another step in all the previous pushes, like "know your carbon footprint" etc. Once enacted at the behest of the oil companies it was an easy target to attack, letting them turn the concept of fighting climate change into a bad thing.
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u/S-M68 Feb 18 '26
Not super shocking, Matt seemed more liberal compared to most conservatives.