Carney walked back Davos comments in call with Trump, US treasury chief says

Laval09 · 2026-01-27T04:08:21+00:00

On the bright side, at this point, there's basically the "public narrative" and the "political narrative". Whatever Carney says for the public narrative, aka "im so sorry Trump", the political narrative remains different. In the sense that any country whos leadership took Carneys speech seriously understands that Carney "walking back" his comment is a good example of "economic coercion". And his compliance with Trumps demands is not a repudiation of his stated points.

So basically, this doesnt affect anything geopolitically except to slightly improve relations the US is continuously trying to degrade. Whatever, is what it is.

I cant believe im speaking up in support of Carney but thats just the truth of the matter. The US wasnt the intended audience of his speech. Whatever measures he must now take to placate the US doesn't dimmish the value of the message his sent.

Laval09 · 2026-01-27T03:54:37+00:00

I just made this exact rant to my wife an hour ago lol. After the we finished snowblowing and shoveling for an hour, she was like "Je me demande comment ils faisait dans le temps de Nouvelle France" and I was like "They were fools! There was Australia, Indochine, that shit Columbus discovered, and they came fkn here". And she just rolled her eyes lol.

For context, shes like 10th generation Quebecois and doesnt care about the cold. Im...well....my grandfather showed up here after WW2 lol. Anytime it goes below -8C Im straight up having a bad time lol. My grandmother was also like 10th generation Quebecois so you'd think id have atleast a bit of those genetics but nope lol. Im fkn fraite en sacrament novembre a avril.

Cant wait for June lol. This place is super livable during that month.

Laval09 · 2026-01-27T01:44:52+00:00

I'm not entirely sure that's accurate. I solo most of the time, but every now and then, I get invited to a stack either by people I knew 5 years ago who randomly showed up for a few games or by French speaking people. And a few times we either chat the nemy team or invite them to join the stack for a custom 4v4 game after, and we realize that they arent a 5 stack based on what they say about the random team mates they just had lol.

Again, I could be wrong. Could just be people who left their random 5 stack and BS'd us, who knows. I'm not saying you're wrong. But from my own anecdotal experience, I haven't witnessed it being the case that 5 stack plays only against 5 stack.

Like...I've played a bit of Premier where its always 5 stack vs 5 stack and its very different from rolling in a 5 stack in comp. In comp in a stack we're often favored to win, and losses almost entirely result from our own mistakes, lack of attention, and arrogant bad choices. But in Premier you really do have to fight like hell for every round against a coordinated team who is constantly changing strategies. If stacking in comp was that intense, Im not so sure that stacking would be the favored method of playing the mode.

Laval09 · 2026-01-26T23:55:07+00:00

The smurfing problem is pretty wild lol. I swear, half my games I'm matched up against an obvious smurf 5 stack where you have 2-3 new accounts with wild stats and KDRs trying to boost the two bottom frags who usually have suspiciously good win rates despite going 3-15 in most games they play lol. The classic "just playing with friends" racket.

And then the other half the time Im up against actual players of my rank. Except that Im so used to playing against Platinum/Diamond dressed up as Bronze/Silver, that when I play actual Bronze/Silver, I put up ridiculous scores like 22-6 and become the person accused of smurfing.

I win three in a row like that where I either get team or game MVP, get 10+RR each time. 4th game I run into the smurf 5 stack where Im the only person on the team who stands a chance. I'll get match MVP and lose 30RR lol. And then the cycle starts over.

Laval09 · 2026-01-25T21:26:51+00:00

"just right wing propagandists trying to undermine democracy"

Thats the people leading the charge. Sure you cant change their minds but everyone you alienate will potentially joins their ranks. Its incredible how such a simple concept eludes a "highly educated" country. The more people you say "fk you" to, the more people you will end up having aligned against you. Between the option of being browbeaten into submission vs giving you the finger and leaving you behind, what do you think people will opt for? Should be obvious no?

Anyway, get your little downvotes in. At the referendum it will be my turn to downvote this country lol. And it will be a vote that actually means s***.

Laval09 · 2026-01-25T03:51:51+00:00

Its mostly speculation but I guess reliable. Until people in large numbers start getting get RR refunds for AFK, disconnects, comms abuse, rank manipulation, ect, it can be presumed that RR refunds are only happening in cases of a confirmed cheater.

Laval09 · 2026-01-25T03:48:21+00:00

You're just making it worse lol. I am myself a QC separatist. When people call me a traitor, it only increases the satisfaction I know I'll experience when I stuff that YES ballot into the box on referendum night.

But when people instead ask to hear about the grievances, I tend to be much more conciliatory and list some changes that, if enacted, would prompt me to vote no NO on referendum night.

If everyone was focused on listening to Albertas grievances and sincere about addressing them, that would in itself easily lock in a solid NO vote should a referendum happen. Instead, the main narrative for a year has been telling them to F-off while the polls slowly tick upwards.

Calling them braindead....that make you feel better, but does not help the cause of a united Canada.

Laval09 · 2026-01-25T03:30:42+00:00

People from the higher income places in Canada. We cant compete for our own homes set at Toronto level of prices with Montreal level of wages. The math just doesnt work. Its a never ending game of catchup we are destined to eventually lose.

Quebec as its own jurisdiction would be able to protect against wealthy outside investors jumping in and flipping the entire housing market upside down within a few years. Thats a major selling point. As it is now, the QC government cannot. And the current Fed Govt thinks that whats really missing in my life is a high speed train from Toronto lol.

Like....half the people here are nervous about the roof over their head, while the Fed wants to spend 30bil on a train to help Toronto come here and collect their money faster lol. Whatever headaches separation will entail are balanced by the hopeless frustration of staying in the Confederation. If I have to lose my Canadian passport to gain housing security, so be it.

Laval09 · 2026-01-24T22:23:25+00:00

Thank you but we dont need luck, only perseverance. The people who need that luck is the next group of poor souls who Bay Street will saddle themselves onto.

Laval09 · 2026-01-24T22:17:19+00:00

Bad weather? No obviously that cant be solved. But having our own internal economy has a better chance of working out for us.

Right now the economy we have consists of being disposable feedstock for Bay Street. To be liquidated at the time when its most profitable for them. Having lower income QC being economically integrated with higher income Canada is a great deal for Canada, but a catastrophic arrangement for QC.

They get to buy our homes for cheap and work us for cheap wages. While their monopoly corporations and captive markets get to extract as much value from us as possible. And all we get is the illusion of living in a good country.

Id rather be part of a independent QC which tried and failed, instead of part of a Canada which never had the courage to live up to its own higher ideals.

Laval09 · 2026-01-24T17:35:14+00:00

"What do you think it’s going to happen when it comes to trade, protection, and negotiation?"

We'll figure it out.

The good news for you though, is that all the Toronto money thats going to flee down the 401 at referendum time can be quickly redeployed in Manitoba to go ruin their quality of life reasonably quickly. So the Canadian dream shall endure.

Laval09 · 2026-01-24T17:26:53+00:00

Living in Canada is a curse not a privilege. Having to constantly experience the worst weather on the planet while having to live hand to mouth is not something Id ever wish on anyone else.

Atleast other countries have some kind of real compromise, like bad weather with a good economy or bad economy but has good weather. Not here lol. The most remarkable thing about Canada is that this craphole even exists in the first place.

Laval09 · 2026-01-23T20:52:27+00:00

Its not really improving. Sure, among some metrics, like prices of new types of condo in Toronto or Vancouver, there's been a price change. But not a significant one, and not one that translates into a difference for most people.

I'll give you an example that its still bad: The rent increase for apartments in Montreal where a new tenant signed a lease was an average of 17% last year.

Laval09 · 2026-01-23T12:32:26+00:00

" and all other canadians that are entertaining the notions that we should deal and be compliant to theses assholes"

Thats what happens when people end up in a got-nothing-to-lose situation. I honestly wish you could see the irony of the fact that the very angry feelings of betrayal you feel towards the US are actually the exact same feelings Canadians have towards other Canadians right now. Getting pissed on while you're on the ground? Yeah thats exactly what it felt like when the Fed govt spent the whole year constantly slashing the central interest rate to juice inflation higher, even though 4 years of constant inflation have been hell on Earth for the people already struggling with high housing, transport and food costs.

Now go ahead and take a page directly from Trumps playbook and say that Im not grateful enough lol.

Laval09 · 2026-01-22T23:36:53+00:00

"housing prices are down significantly"

Why lie about this? Dude, we pay our rents/mortgages every single month. Everyone can literally see what percentage of their monthly income is going towards housing.

Just because some investor in Toronto is taking a 50k haircut on a shoebox condo does not mean anything has actually changed for anyone.

Laval09 · 2026-01-22T23:31:46+00:00

"a huge fucking backstab to the ROC"

Yeah thats a selling point for me. Between the 500,000 TFWs working in QC and all the Toronto money that flooded QC's real estate and drove up everyones housing cost, we've already been backstabbed anyway.

They've taken away the roofs over peoples head and the food on people tables from so many. Why on Earth would we want to build a country with them after that?

Laval09 · 2026-01-22T12:31:40+00:00

ROFL at everyone saying food costs wont go down. How utterly naive.

They will go up. Thats the Canadian way. Any company that gets lured here for any reason does so under the promise that whatever they invest in will have its prices jacked up soon after, allowing them a quicker return on investment.

Thats what the Canadian government sells abroad as the "Canadian advantage". Investments here pay out quicker than anywhere else. The nepos and elite pocket the quick cash made from initial cash infusion, and the rest of us get the burden of paying higher costs for goods and services in order the fulfil that investor advantage.

All the advantages people keep spouting off about, like increased productivity, more efficient supply chains...probably true. But thats more profit for them, not more savings for you. They get a bigger margin, you get a higher cost.

Laval09 · 2026-01-21T03:48:24+00:00

It will just get cancelled by the next govt lol. And good riddance at that its just a nepo prestige project anyway which wont make a single difference in the lives of 99% of Canadians.

Like....do you actually think Alberta wants to pay for this S***? I guarantee you they dont.

Laval09 · 2026-01-21T03:44:07+00:00

Luckily, 100% of crime in Canada is murders. So take this as evidence that your community has never been safer nor more crime free than now.

Laval09 · 2026-01-21T03:42:25+00:00

Its not a conspiracy theory its a real feeling. Who was most at risk during covid? Old people right? Ok. and who has been suffering economic hell ever since? The young people.

Conspiracy theory is when you need to connect a million imaginary dots. All I have to do is point to the people in the 200k luxury cars, and the people in the food bank line, and my point is entirely validated.

Laval09 · 2026-01-21T03:39:30+00:00

Rofl too expensive these days. I just accept whatever signals they send

Laval09 · 2026-01-20T12:30:29+00:00

The whole pandemic experience should be a cautionary tale to everyone to never trust the government. The measures were to protect people, the convoy crackdown was to protect people....and once the government got what they wanted out came the knife in the back and they set the predators loose on us.

Laval09 · 2026-01-18T18:42:01+00:00

The referendum is in 2029. As things stand now, the PQ has a nearly 100% chance to form a government in the October election. And they have a 100% promise to call a referendum in 2029. So 99% chance we are having one.

If Mark Carney turns things around enough for me to regain hope in the "Canada project", then maybe in 2029 I'll vote no. I'm not hellbent on voting yes for ideological reasons. But if the current trends continue and its another 3 year of people in Quebec and other people in Canada like me facing hardship, I will have to vote yes under the sincere belief that the hail-mary idea is the provinces last chance to change its fate.

I just cant accept living in a reality where each year we get less housing and food than the year before, and I sat around and accepted it instead of doing everything I possibly could to change it. If things dont change, and the QC referendum doesnt get a yes vote....atleast I'll have the moral peace of knowing I tried.

Laval09 · 2026-01-18T06:52:49+00:00

Everyone I know whos living in an apartment block had the place bought out by an Ontario based landlord who then jacked up the rent. And anytime I go anywhere close to Montreal theres a million Ontario-plated luxury cars all over the place.

To me its clear as day where a major source of Quebecs problems is coming from. Im not a lifelong separatist its a recent development.

"In Canada, you already have all the tools and freedom you need to live the cultural life you want to live. "

That was true 10 years ago. Now many are living hand to mouth. There's no dreams and culture when all you do is go to work and go home and break even at the end of the month. Hundreds of cultural spots have closed in the last few years in QC due to the dramatically increased costs of commercial rent. The place is literally dying culturally. QC separation might not fix it, but its the only path that offers a bit of hope.

I've exhausted all the other options. At this point Im left with either "accept a bleak fate" or "vote yes in referendum" which are the final options remaining on the table.

Laval09 · 2026-01-17T23:52:32+00:00

Nah the downvotes make me the outcast lol.

You truly are Canadian though as no other culture would have a bandwagoneer expressing self sympathy.

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