cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/59320835
Canadian dollar gains 0.5% against the greenback
Touches its strongest since January 2 at 1.3705 Retail sales rise 1.3% in November Bond yields increase across the curve
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/59320835
Canadian dollar gains 0.5% against the greenback
Touches its strongest since January 2 at 1.3705 Retail sales rise 1.3% in November Bond yields increase across the curve
Carney has been writing about this for months, he’s got an article in the economist from November or October on variable geometry which goes over these ideas.
He’s also been constantly travelling for months now building deals.
I think this was just him finally being in a place he could come out and say “don’t fall into the prisoners dilemma, you have power” and he’d have given a similar speech regardless. Greenland definitely made it more prescient.
He seems like a supremely accomplished leader. I personally liked Trudeau, and a lot of the shit he got was blatant propaganda play, but Carney seems like he’s legit made to be a statesman and a leader. Canada has every reason to be proud right now.
We are lucky to have someone at the helm who has a better understanding of trade and economics better than anyone.
Yes in the speech he mention that Canada has made 20 international deals on trade and/or security.
For instance Canada has made both a trade deal with EU, but Canada has also joined the EU SAFE partnership. Which is about development and appropriation of military equipment. Designed to speed up defense independence of USA.
But 20 such agreements in a year is insane, because usually such agreements take many years to negotiate. And although some had been negotiated for years already, it is no coincidence that they all suddenly fall in place within a year of Trump taking the presidency of USA.
I’m getting frustrated at all the pundits saying “now he needs to show he can follow through/get results”
This is results. It’s not usual commentary, and it’s just “I don’t think Joe Schmoe follows the news anyway”.
Absolutely he has already done that. And I just saw a new speech he held for Canadians about the government plans for 1926, and there was a lot of things to help the average Canadians economy. It seems like a very active and qualified government that is actually working for the people.
And the number of trade deals is accelerating.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/carney-set-to-spend-much-of-2026-travelling-the-world-in-search-of-trade/