This does not come as a surprise
https://x.com/marcnixon24/status/1898207808568672379?s=46&t=o3XUPKxiqJH7KZYdWMCtqg
1 Like
Is Elon really buying his own cars in Canada to push the numbers? I read something about subsidy fraud.
5 Likes
Brookfield funded Elon’s takeover of Twitter when Mark Carney was CEO. He came to us and we said no.
FTR Twitter is being marked at 10-20 cents on the dollar in various private equity funds. The loans were hung though I don’t know if they are still.
Us: “Elon, what’s your business plan when you buy Twitter?”
Musk: Blank stare, then “I don’t have one.”
True story
Not quite keeping up,but who is the “us” you’re mentioning above?
Untrue Story. 
1 Like
The organization whom I work for.
2 Likes
When I say Mark Carney has a lot of baggage, this is to what I am referring. Not even 1,000 days ago, he was advocating decimating wide swaths of the Canadian economy. The Conservatives are going to absolutely hammer this guy.
The one thing that gets me with Carney was when he was governor of the BoE , instead of remaining neutral , he voiced his opinion that we should remain in the EU.
And yet the tables are reversed and he doesn’t want to join the USA…strange fella .
2 Likes
I don’t think Carney is particularly worried about McKitrick’s take. Any climate change policy looks foolish when viewed through the prism that climate change is a hoax. That just doesn’t resonate with Canadian voters, where arguments about cost-benefit might.
As with many of these attacks on Carney, I am not sure they aren’t doing more damage to the Conservatives - hence the freefall the Conservatives are in the polls. Poilievre is not able to attack Trump without reminding voters of how similar his style has been,
3 Likes
True-ish story. It was our proxies. I wasn’t in the room.
But I will tell you a true story that I posted when this forum was at TIA.
When H&G were days away from entering administration because they couldn’t refinance their loan, people at TIA or another site - I can’t remember - were tracking H&G’s people in New York who were looking for financing. Someone had seen them go into a building on Park Avenue, and when I got wind of it, I knew who exactly who they were talking to. So I called up the head of the division and I said “You give those motherfuckers a dime” - yes I did say “motherfuckers” - “and we will never do business again.” The guy laughed and said yes they had met with them and heard the pitch but decided to pass.
2 Likes
I am not sure I would compare the two situations, because the North American trading relationship already had some of the economic openness that the EU has. His opinion around Brexit was pretty straightforward in a technocratic sense - it was going to cost a lot and materially lower the UK’s standard of living. It did and it has, and will inevitably do so until the UK is able to establish trading relationships that provide the same opportunities - a challenge which now looks orders of magnitude greater.
The fundamental question in your mind is whether or not that loss is worth reclaiming the sovereignty assigned to the EU. But what Trump is abdicating would be a far greater surrender of sovereignty, and indeed of fundamental rights.
5 Likes
My opinion is that Carney could be absolute disaster for Canada if he implements what he has been articulating for the past five years. We are hewers of wood and drawers of water, and we are very good at that. Shutting down the stuff we’re really good at is insane.
But in fairness to him, Brexit hasn’t been good for the UK economy. It was a political question, but if asked, he has to answer honestly as the governor of the central bank. It’s what I thought at the time, even though I was agnostic on Brexit and see all sorts of problems with the EU.
I get that, but again ìts more or less about a nations sovereignty in general, and thats the part about him i find hypocritical.
1 Like
Oh and 90% of Canadians don’t want to be part of the US. I don’t want Canada to be part of the United States. And I say that as a naturalized American citizen who has spent most of his career in America.
A big reason why Canada exists is because a big chunk of the continent didn’t want to be part of the US. It’s ingrained in our DNA.
1 Like
Again my point being , he was in a position as BoE governer, i understand what @Arminius is saying, but as someone who is not British, and it being a question about sovereignty in a national referendum, he should have been neutral.
But now he is in power in Canada, if a referendum was called for Canadas sovereignty he would be opposed to it.
1 Like
Credibility is important. 
1 Like
Hes now a politician so yeah he has the markings of the usual type😂
Yeah I hear you.
He is a British citizen. And an Irish one! His wife was born in England. He was on British television a few years back saying he was “European.”
This guy is going to get just raked when the writ is dropped. He’s a very easy target.