I really don't think Carney knows what the words "nation building" means. "Nation building" is making big ambitious investments that make people proud of being part of the nation and unite the nation.
Public healthcare was a nation building project. The railroad was a nation building project. The Canadarm did some nation building. Weed could have been if Trudeau didn't fuck it up and put the provinces in charge. Dental care could have been if it wasn't just Obamacare for teeth.
Examples of nation building projects would be:
- High speed rail
- Free universal child care
- Massive investment in public transit across all cities (not PPP)
- A UBI
- A nationalized ISP with a mandate to provide high speed internet to all
No one is going to be like "I am so fucking proud we have invested in a copper mine!" or "Wooo! Upgrades to existing nuclear power plant!!" or "phase 2 of an LNG pipeline? Awesome! Phase 2, baby!!"
Those are not nation building. Those are just industry investment.
Hubert Figuière
in reply to D • • •Stacey Cornelius 🇨🇦
in reply to D • • •They're rolling out the red carpet (pun intended) for the CPC, who nearly won the last election.
We are so screwed.
Hubert Figuière
in reply to Stacey Cornelius 🇨🇦 • • •Stacey Cornelius 🇨🇦
in reply to Hubert Figuière • • •Something something first past the post. I truly wonder how many people support Smith.
The whole "I'm tired of these guys, so the other guys will surely be better" is an uninformed recipe for disaster imho.
Hubert Figuière
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