Postmedia political columnist Lorne Gunter says it would seem Prime Minister Mark Carney seems to take a lot of credit for a lot of things he did or didn’t do. A National Post report alleges Carney may have plagiarized part of a thesis he wrote back in 1995 when at Oxford University. Plus his relationship with Brookfield Place and managing of Brexit.
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PM’S CREDIBILITY CHECK: Mark Carney is not exactly what he seems to be – YouTube
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(00:00) the new Liberal leader and Prime Minister Mark Carney seems to like to take credit for things that aren’t exactly his for instance on Friday the National Post had an exclusive story claiming that while writing his 1995 dissertation for his PhD at Oxford Carney lifted at least 10 sections from other authors work without giving them credit for it without mentioning their names or putting a footnote in that says “I got this from soand so.
(00:36) ” Now there are the liberal ads that say Mark Carney helped save Canada during the 2008 2009 global financial crisis well he probably did have some part of that but as former Prime Minister Steven Harper who was in charge of the government at the time said he’s listened with increasing disbelief as Carney has taken credit for things he had no part of for instance Bank of Canada governors which is what Carney was at the time of the financial crisis Bank of Canada governors do not do day-to-day management of the federal budget they
(01:14) don’t do day-to-day management of the federal government yet Carney seems to claim that it was his wisdom that got Canada through that crisis now he also claims that he got the United Kingdom through the Brexit crisis that’s not exactly how the Brits remember it there are an awful lot of people in Britain who were very unhappy with Carney at the time of the Brexit referendum because he he helped start a fear campaign to suggest that getting out of the EU would be very bad for the United Kingdom i happen to agree with that i happen to think Brexit
(01:57) was a mistake for the Brits but the point is the Bank of England governor which is what Carney was at the time the Bank of England governor does not have a political role he should not be engaging in fear campaigns to try and sway voters for or against any particular position in a referendum but that’s what he was doing he’s also taken credit since he left the Bank of England for the environmental record of Brookfield Asset Management was lar one of the largest investment companies in Canada and claims particularly to be really big on green
(02:40) initiatives green alternatives to uh fossil fuel energies and on human rights well there at least two major reports from environmental and human rights groups that say for instance Brookfield overestimated the amount of emissions it was saving with its investments by a factor of 12 they were producing 12 times as many emissions as they were admitting and that’s how they were getting these great green ratings that’s how they were attracting moral investors sustainable investors people who were looking for investments that didn’t
(03:20) produce an awful lot of carbon emissions and there are other reports that show Brookfield in its third world green energy projects has a kind of questionable human rights record you don’t hear that you don’t hear Carney trying to take credit for that in fact he’s also trying to not take credit for Brookfield moving its head offices from Toronto to New York now who would you trust to deal with the Americans on tariffs pierre Paul Evv or Jagme meets Singh or Mark Carney who took the head office from the company he was in charge
(04:03) of and moved it to New York i I think Carney is not what he appears to be and I think after this election Canadians are going to figure that out i hope they figure it out beforehand because Carney has the same staff much of the same caucus much of the same cabinet and many of the same senior bureaucrats as Trudeau does and perhaps most importantly many of the same policies i think Mark Carney is just Justin Trudeau 2.
(04:38) 0 and I hope Canadians find that out before April 28th when the election is held for Post Media I’m Lauren Guner
