It’s great that Pierre lost and he probably lost to someone better, but were there better candidates for the common people on the ballot? How are liberals as a whole for Canada? Would another party have been better - greens for example?

I’ve seen a community about better vote counting system, so it seems Canada is still a first past the post country?

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    I doubt very much that Carney will change any of that. He’s going to focus on the economy as usual and leave the middle class to fend for themselves.

    Carney also brings with him an environmental focus. Though, as a lifelong economist, his preferred tools for getting to net zero are the tools he is most comfortable using - economic and policy pressure on the market.

    I see him using the still existing industrial carbon pricing system to incentivize industry to green up it’s act.

    In his book he also suggested that corporate bonuses should be shifted to punish/reward executives personally on factors including the level of negative externalities their decisions cause.