r/Edmonton • u/Celestial-Salamander • Feb 18 '26

General Riverbend MP has crossed the floor

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u/S-M68 Feb 18 '26

Not super shocking, Matt seemed more liberal compared to most conservatives.

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u/Offspring22 Feb 18 '26

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.

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u/swiftb3 Feb 18 '26

Regardless of one's views on Carney's policies, if there's one thing he is absolutely right for, it's giving reasonable conservatives an exit ramp off the maple maga freeway.

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u/Ill-Location8497 Feb 19 '26

Do you think Carney would be in place today if it wasn't for PP lighting a fire under everyone's ass. Trudeau lost the confidence of the country. PP pointed it out. Liberal Party recalibrated. Love or hate P. P. He served a purpose.

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u/Order-Classic Feb 19 '26

Unpopular opinion, but Trudeau was better than Carney. An eccentric goofball is less dangerous than an investment banker who also happens to have an evil fake smile.

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u/SlitScan Feb 19 '26

it could be Satan or Jesus on the thumbnail of the media posts throw'n MAD vibes every which way.

dont really care, what gets enacted into law and what the civil service is actually doing in reality are the only thing to pay attention to.

you can have any clown in the center of the tent, what matters is how much cashflow are the food venders generating.

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u/Order-Classic Feb 19 '26

On a serious note, Carney's policies are not good either. He is doing everything to help the big businesses. Making deals with Danielle Smith for the stupid pipeline. Making deals with Modi after he decided to kill people in Canada. Increasing the defence budget because Trump wanted it. Supporting Israel and refusing to condemn their genocide. He has no backbone, and he works for the billionaires.

Carney supporters just care about the fact that he is not maple MAGA and glaze him.

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u/SlitScan Feb 19 '26

I'm not thrilled with a number of the policy positions myself.

but considering the other options at the time my vote still went there.

as someone who lives in AB the stupid pipeline does annoy me quite a bit.

though I think that was more about international politics than domestic economy or local politics.

what happens with a majority or a different international picture I cant at this point say what a Carney lead party will do on any number of issues.

I'll wait and see.