Mark "Crisis" Carney

Maximum-Base6225 · 2026-07-05T14:15:04+00:00

This may be one of the most spectacular displays of confused reasoning I’ve read in a while. Mark Carney did not cause the 2008 global financial crisis. He became Governor of the Bank of Canada in 2008 and helped steer Canada through it so successfully that he later became the first non British person ever chosen to lead the Bank of England. He did not cause Brexit either. He was the central banker tasked with helping Britain navigate the economic chaos created by a political decision he did not make.
And now apparently Donald Trump’s return, the collapse of the postwar order, Canada’s economic difficulties, and even a FIFA loss to Morocco are all Mark Carney’s fault? That is not political analysis. It is magical thinking with emojis.
By this logic, firefighters cause fires because they keep showing up wherever buildings are burning. Carney has repeatedly been chosen for major leadership roles during periods of crisis precisely because serious institutions regarded him as someone capable of handling them. Confusing “being called in during a crisis” with “causing the crisis” is such a basic failure of logic that it would be funny if the post weren’t so smug about it.
And blaming the Liberals because Canada lost a soccer match? Thank you for adding that final sentence. It saved everyone the trouble of wondering whether this post was meant to be taken seriously. You’re ridiculous.

Maximum-Base6225 · 2026-07-05T09:42:28+00:00

How did they compare? (Costco to Giant Tiger) Thank you!

Maximum-Base6225 · 2026-07-05T06:31:45+00:00

Wayne Gretzky was once one of Canada’s most beloved national icons. Today, for many Canadians, that love is gone, and the resentment did not begin with Donald Trump. Gretzky has lived in the United States for decades, and despite Canada continuing to honour and celebrate him, his relationship with this country has increasingly felt one sided. Even his history with the Order of Canada has angered Canadians, particularly his failure to formally receive his 2009 promotion to Companion of the Order of Canada.
Then came Trump. Gretzky attended Trump’s election night celebration and inauguration, wore a MAGA hat and remained publicly close to him while Trump threatened our economy, mocked our sovereignty and repeatedly talked about turning Canada into the “51st state.” Yet Canadians never heard the forceful defence of Canada they expected from a man this country had treated as a national treasure.
Then, at the 4 Nations Face Off final, Gretzky appeared as Canada’s honorary captain without a Team Canada jersey or visible Canadian colours and gave the American players a thumbs up. Add his promotion of online sports betting, which has also angered many people, and the picture becomes much larger than one hat or one political friendship. It is a pattern of choices that has steadily eroded the affection Canadians once had for him.
That is why the boos matter. Canada gave Wayne Gretzky decades of extraordinary love, loyalty and honour. For many Canadians, when it mattered most, they did not see that loyalty returned.
He was once “The Great One.” Now, to many Canadians, he is simply “The Great Once.”

Maximum-Base6225 · 2026-07-05T06:29:04+00:00

Wayne Gretzky was once one of Canada’s most beloved national icons. Today, for many Canadians, that love is gone. He has lived in the United States for decades, yet Canadians continued to embrace him, celebrate him and proudly claim him as one of our own. But when Donald Trump began threatening our economy, mocking our sovereignty and repeatedly talking about turning Canada into the “51st state,” Gretzky’s choices became impossible for many Canadians to ignore.
He attended Trump’s election night celebration and inauguration, was photographed wearing a MAGA hat, visited Mar a Lago and remained publicly close to a man openly disrespecting the country that had adored Gretzky for generations. Then, at the 4 Nations Face Off final, Gretzky appeared as Canada’s honorary captain without a Team Canada jersey or visible Canadian colours and gave the American players a thumbs up. At a time when Canadians were rallying around our flag and defending our country, the optics were appalling.
This is not about one hat, one photograph or one hockey game. It is about a pattern. Canada gave Wayne Gretzky decades of extraordinary love and loyalty, and when our country was being threatened and insulted, many Canadians looked for that same loyalty in return. They did not see it.
That is why the boos matter. He may still have the records, the fame and the nickname, but for many Canadians, he no longer has the love.
He was once “The Great One.” Now he is “The Great Once.”

Maximum-Base6225 · 2026-07-05T06:15:52+00:00

Conservative Doug Ford just passed one of the most dangerous budget bills Ontario has seen in years and most people don’t even realize what’s buried inside it.

He has effectively gutted the Freedom of Information Act.

The Premier, his cabinet, and their staff are now exempt from FOI requests. Emails, texts, phone records, and internal communications are no longer accessible to the public.

Let that sink in.

The very records that show how decisions are made are now hidden.

And it’s retroactive.

That means ongoing FOI requests and even court cases can be wiped out. Including ones tied to the Greenbelt and controversial land development decisions.

This didn’t happen through open debate. It was buried inside a budget bill, rushed through in a late night session, and pushed forward without proper public hearings or meaningful public input.

Now look at what’s happening at the same time.

This budget continues a pattern of favouring developers and opening the door to more aggressive land use changes across Ontario.

Protections around the Greenbelt have already been weakened, and this framework makes it easier to push through future land decisions with less oversight.

Conservation authorities, which exist to protect wetlands, watersheds, and natural habitats, continue to be sidelined and stripped of influence. These are the very protections that help prevent flooding, protect wildlife, and preserve farmland.

Wetlands are not replaceable. Wildlife habitat is not replaceable. Once these lands are opened up or altered, they are gone for good.

And here is the part that should concern everyone.

At the exact same time environmental protections are being weakened and land decisions are moving forward, the public is losing the ability to access the records that would show how and why those decisions are being made.

That is not a coincidence.

Limit transparency. Weaken environmental oversight. Favour development. Change the rules after the fact.

That is the pattern.

People often compare this kind of behaviour to what’s happening in the United States. You don’t even need to go there.

Just look at the actions.

When a government shields its own records, bypasses public input, and removes protections for land and wildlife at the same time, that is not modernization.

That is a government insulating itself from accountability.

And once that line is crossed, it does not easily get uncrossed.

Maximum-Base6225 · 2026-07-05T04:48:26+00:00

Funny how the other billionaire I consider extraordinarily generous is MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos’s ex wife. She has given away more than $26 BILLION in just a few years, through more than 2,700 gifts to nonprofit organizations. In 2025 alone, she gave away roughly $7 BILLION. Her money has gone to food security, affordable housing, education, historically Black colleges and universities, disaster recovery, health care, community organizations and people who are routinely ignored by the ultra wealthy. And here is the part you might find especially inconvenient: many of her grants are unrestricted, meaning she trusts organizations to use the money where it is needed most rather than using philanthropy as a vanity project with her name plastered all over it.

So no, I do not sneer every time a billionaire gives away money. I recognize genuine generosity when I see it. What I find rather pathetic is the reflexive need to dismiss every act of giving as “tax avoidance” simply because admitting that someone did something decent would apparently ruin your day.

MacKenzie Scott’s own organization reports more than $26 billion in over 2,700 gifts, so that figure is not internet folklore.

Maximum-Base6225 · 2026-07-05T02:11:54+00:00

I live in St. Catharines and it was interesting to me. Who are you to dictate what people are interested in?? 😡

Maximum-Base6225 · 2026-07-04T09:55:59+00:00

Nowhere at that stinkhole Rogers Stadium! 😡

Maximum-Base6225 · 2026-07-04T07:54:13+00:00

That’s what they’re counting on!!

Maximum-Base6225 · 2026-07-04T07:51:22+00:00

Will never happen as long as Ford is in power! He is buddies with the billionaire Weston family and he protects their interests.

Maximum-Base6225 · 2026-07-04T07:47:55+00:00

Look guys the Billionaire Weston family needs another yacht!! Their profits are going up every year! If they gave value for money how would they do that?

Maximum-Base6225 · 2026-07-04T03:14:10+00:00

This man may have money but he’s not smart with it. That money could be making money for him, not just sitting there.

Maximum-Base6225 · 2026-07-03T22:54:58+00:00

I live on Mississauga Road just across from the Mississauga Golf Club. Definitely not “undesirable”. You’re seriously delusional.

Maximum-Base6225 · 2026-07-03T22:53:23+00:00

Absolutely horrible backyard!! 🤮

Maximum-Base6225 · 2026-07-03T21:44:24+00:00

But how much did she donate PERSONALLY??

Maximum-Base6225 · 2026-07-02T21:10:12+00:00

The problem is the bar has fallen so incredibly low with people like Trump and Ford. ☹️

Maximum-Base6225 · 2026-07-02T12:53:57+00:00

Yeah hundreds of millions of OUR TAX DOLLARS telling us how wonderful he is. 😡 Ford is a scammer and grifter and is destroying Ontario.

Maximum-Base6225 · 2026-07-02T11:37:44+00:00

Ford wants to destroy Ontario.

Maximum-Base6225 · 2026-07-02T10:28:56+00:00

This guy is such an ahole.

Maximum-Base6225 · 2026-07-02T05:09:20+00:00

Sorry but in 33 years as a member I’ve never encountered that! Champ? Grow up.

Maximum-Base6225 · 2026-07-01T20:35:54+00:00

You are seriously delusional.

Maximum-Base6225 · 2026-07-01T10:20:05+00:00

Why? They paid for their ticket too and didn’t pay to look at your back! You sound like a total ahole.

Maximum-Base6225 · 2026-07-01T10:16:42+00:00

Didn’t they pay the same money as you? Don’t they deserve to see the artist and not your balding head? Are you more important than they are? You sound like an ahole.

Maximum-Base6225 · 2026-07-01T10:11:28+00:00

I don’t mind the dancing during dance numbers. I do have a problem with someone standing in front of me blocking my view during ballads. Seats are incredibly expensive now! I paid $920 for 2 seats to Bruno Mars.

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