Althea Raj

And so sometimes I think Pierre Poiliev's message sounds,

completely disconnected with the current message du jour.

But if you see it in that way, you can understand, you know, that has been a very successful strategy for him in the past.

And they're hoping that that will bear fruit again.

Well, the prime minister said in his message that he planned to come occasionally, I would say not frequently.

You know, FDR had about 28, 30, I guess, depends how you count fireside chats.

I listened to one of them last night, which was about the banking.

I mean, that was like non-banking.

That was a real crisis.

But I think what we need to stress is what, you know, FDR was trying to do, which is bring comfort.

Like one of the...

Key benefits that Mark Carney exudes for the Liberal Party is trust.

And you saw him, yes, maybe he wasn't wearing a suit jacket, but he was wearing his Order of Canada pin.

And, you know, when they shot, they show the shot of him as the governor of Bank of Canada, the message is this is a man that you can trust.

And one of the things that the president was trying to do in those fireside chat was to quell rumors.

This is what I read off the library's website last night.

And you can see that in an era of so many different news ecosystem and influencers on the Internet that, you know, if things do not go well with trade talks, for example, to Rob Russo's point, you

Mark Carney might want to say things and cast it in the most favorable light for the government.

I think that's important.

The other thing that's important for us to note is that mainstream media, journalism, outlets like mine, the Toronto Star, we are banned from Facebook and Instagram.