Author: Blazingcatfur

OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney has been accused of taking other people’s ideas as his own in the federal election campaign.

It isn’t new.

The National Post obtained a copy of Carney’s 1995 thesis for his doctorate in economics from Oxford University titled “The Dynamic Advantage of Competition.” It shows 10 instances of apparent plagiarism, according to the judgment of three university academics who reviewed the material.

The battle lines have been drawn and based on the polls, policy, and the eye test, each side’s foot soldiers have been made clear.

For the Conservatives, who have opened with high energy, a message of “hope and change,” the power of happy-warrior positivity, and the highlighting of very real threats to Canada’s recovery and the reclamation of the Canadian Dream, their packed halls and overflow rooms are made up of a younger support base than ever before.

Mark Carney’s campaign is something out of a time machine. Thin on actual substance, he’s opted to emanate vibes instead, with cultural references to 1950s hockey, 1960s music and 1980s CBC programming, and imitations of nationalism by cheering on the stereotype of Canadian niceness. It’s quaint — but impossible to relate to.

I used to like 5 Neat Guys too!

As punishing Chinese and American tariffs threaten Canada’s exports, Sask. farmers expressed anger and frustration over what they called U.S. President Donald Trump’s “stupidity.”

But for all the vitriol they have toward the U.S. leader, they also showed disdain for former prime minister Justin Trudeau and his successor, Mark Carney.

“Everything is for the east,” said Carl Jensen, who farms in Invermay, Sask., about 250 kilometres east of Saskatoon, during Canada’s Farm Show last week.

Dear constituents,

I am delighted to announce today that upon careful reflection of national and regional polling, I have decided to throw my hat in the race and run for re-election. This was a tough choice. I know that I said back when the word “Liberal” was radioactive that I would not be running in the next election in order to spend more time with my family. But my party has now found its potassium iodide: its name is Mark Carney, and though he is also tightly constrained and only deployed in emergencies, he works! And so, after much soul-searching – mostly about which cabinet position I want – I have come to the conclusion that my family can wait. Please consider supporting my campaign as I embark on this selfless endeavour.