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Rudyard Griffiths

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991 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Munk Debates Podcast
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority

I'm not just going to do what every politician in his job, in his spot has done for the last generation, which is kick the can down the road.

The Munk Debates Podcast
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority

But he's got a lot of it.

The Munk Debates Podcast
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority

You said he's 14 points up in the polls.

The Munk Debates Podcast
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority

He's got capital to spend.

The Munk Debates Podcast
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority

He's got it.

The Munk Debates Podcast
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority

He's got it.

The Munk Debates Podcast
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority

But since Jean ChrΓ©tien, when have we had a prime minister who has said anything other than, boy, I really like this job.

The Munk Debates Podcast
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority

I like the plane.

The Munk Debates Podcast
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority

I like the catering.

The Munk Debates Podcast
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority

I like the private residency.

The Munk Debates Podcast
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority

I like showing up at the Habs game and watching.

The Munk Debates Podcast
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority

But he was running $20 billion deficits every single year.

The Munk Debates Podcast
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority

But policies that never really required either taxpayers or citizens to carry the burden of their choices.

The Munk Debates Podcast
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority

Well, except the carbon pricing.

The Munk Debates Podcast
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority

Yeah.

The Munk Debates Podcast
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority

And Mark Carney on day one, an individual who campaigned for net zero for a decade as one of its global leaders and argued vociferously for an equal or greater amount of time that carbon taxes were the most efficient and effective way for advanced economies to reduce their greenhouse emissions, canceled the carbon tax on day one of his liberal leadership.

The Munk Debates Podcast
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority

So what does this say to you, Andrew, about this guy?

The Munk Debates Podcast
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority

So will he make hard choices?

The Munk Debates Podcast
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority

Because you and I understand the country faces a lot of hard choices in the future.

The Munk Debates Podcast
Munk Dialogue with Andrew Coyne: Mark Carney gets his Liberal Majority

Or will he do what is politically expedient?