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   From: katt@gmail.com   
      
   On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:18:18 -0800, Alan says...   
      
   > >> Loser concluded that simply making a trade deal with China must mean   
   > >> that Carney is a communist.   
   > >   
   > > Maybe he is.   
   >   
   > But how is it shown simply because he made a trade agreement with China?   
      
   Show us who said it was ONLY because of that.   
      
   Maybe, something else?   
      
   The "communist" label followed Carney from his time as a central banker into   
   his premiership. While he is a high-profile figure in global finance, critics   
   use the term to describe his specific approach to government intervention and   
   globalism.   
      
   Here are the primary reasons critics apply that label to him:   
      
   1. "The Great Reset" and the WEF   
      
   Carney is closely associated with the World Economic Forum (WEF) and is often   
   viewed as a leading architect of the "Great Reset."   
      
    The Criticism: Skeptics argue that this initiative seeks to dismantle private   
   property rights and replace shareholder capitalism with "stakeholder   
   capitalism."   
      
    The "Communist" Link: To his detractors, this sounds like a modern, corporate   
   version of a command economy where a global elite-rather than the free market-   
   decides how resources are allocated.   
      
   2. The "Carney Doctrine" and The Havel Speech   
      
   In a major January 2026 speech at Davos, Carney used an analogy from the Czech   
   dissident Václav Havel about a grocer in a communist system who puts a   
   "Workers of the World Unite" sign in his window just to get along.   
      
    The Action: Carney argued that the "rules-based international order" was a   
   similar fiction that leaders have been "living within."   
      
    The Backlash: While Carney was actually using the analogy to call for realism   
   and strategic autonomy, some critics twisted the reference, claiming his   
   fascination with communist metaphors reflected his own desire for state   
   control and "ritualized" social compliance.   
      
   3. "Values-Based" Economics   
      
   In his book Values: Building a Better World for All, Carney argues that the   
   market has become 'divorced from human values" and that the state must   
   intervene to ensure the economy serves social goals like climate action and   
   equality.   
      
    The Criticism: Economic conservatives argue that when the government starts   
   defining "social values" to direct private capital, it is moving away from   
   capitalism and toward a planned economy.   
      
    Climate Policy: His push for "net-zero" banking and mandatory climate   
   disclosures is often described by opponents as "green socialism," where the   
   government uses the financial system to punish industries it dislikes (like   
   oil and gas).   
      
   4. Trade Relations with China   
      
   As Prime Minister, Carney has sought to "hedge" against U.S. trade volatility   
   (especially during the 2026 trade wars with the Trump administration) by   
   seeking closer economic ties with China.   
      
    The Criticism: Opponents, including the Conservative Party, argue that   
   striking trade deals with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) while the U.S. is   
   imposing tariffs makes him a "CCP sympathizer" or someone willing to adopt   
   China's authoritarian state-capitalist model in Canada.   
      
   Summary To his supporters, Carney is a sophisticated economist trying to save   
   capitalism from itself. To his "communist" critics, he is a "Davos Man"   
   globalist who wants to use state and corporate power to control individual   
   behavior and national sovereignty.   
      
      
      
   Canada:   
      
   'Worst In The World': Here Are All The Rankings In Which Canada Is Now Last   
      
   Most Unaffordable Housing, Highest Cell phone Bills And Worst Rate of Acute   
   Care Beds, To Name A Few   
      
   If you spend any time on social media, it's likely that you've seen this   
   graphic compiled by columnist Stephen Lautens that assembles 11 international   
   indices which feature Canada near the top spot. "Canada is broken? I don't   
   think so. Neither does the world," reads a caption.   
      
   Next time someone rants on how about how "broken" Canada is; or how badly we   
   are doing on the international stage... share some facts.   
      
   Numbers don't lie, Felicia.   
      
   https://archive.is/o/LnFRL/https://twitter.com/DIGuideBradley/status/155454507   
   9314010112   
      
   Naturally, it only tells a partial picture. While Canada may dominate abstract   
   indices such as "quality of life" and "peace," there are plenty of far more   
   empirical indicators in which we measurably rank as among the worst in the   
   developed world.   
      
   There's plenty to like about Canada, but below is a not-at-all comprehensive   
   list of all the ways in which we are indeed very broken.   
      
   WE HAVE THE MOST UNAFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE OECD   
      
   The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development is essentially a   
   club of the world's 38 most developed countries. And when these 38 are ranked   
   against each other for housing unaffordability, Canada emerges as the clear   
   champion. OECD analysts rank affordability by comparing average home prices to   
   average incomes, and according to their latest quarterly rankings Canada was   
   No. 1 for salaries that were most out of whack with the cost of a home.   
      
   Housing by price to income ratio for the second quarter of 2022. That's Canada   
   on the extreme right.   
      
   https://archive.is/LnFRL/840da40d6fa3b7fef6fcccdfc1637d24e0786760.webp   
      
   WE HAVE THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE WIRELESS COSTS   
      
   Every year, the Finnish telecom analyst Rewheel ranks the world's most   
   expensive countries for wireless services. And last year, Canada once again   
   dominated. Across several metrics, Canada was found to be the most expensive   
   place in the world for mobile data. Analysts found that it would cost the   
   average Canadian the equivalent of at least 100 Euros to obtain a cell phone   
   plan with at least 100 gigabytes of mobile data. Across much of the EU, that   
   kind of cell phone plan could be had for less than 40 Euros.   
      
   https://archive.is/LnFRL/822bcfe750687b1ef6288ee7df5606fd15629289.webp   
      
   Canadian telecoms charge more than 10 times as much for 100 gigabytes of   
   mobile   
   data as companies in France or Ireland.   
      
   Canadian telecoms charge more than 10 times as much for 100 gigabytes of   
   mobile   
   data as companies in France or Ireland. Photo by Rewheel   
      
   WE HAVE THE LOWEST RATE OF ACUTE CARE BEDS AMONG PEER COUNTRIES   
      
   Canada's health system was particularly walloped by COVID-19 due to the simple   
   fact that most of our hospitals are at the breaking point even in good times.   
   Multiple times during the pandemic, provinces were forced into shutdown by   
   rates of COVID that had barely been noticed in better-prepared countries. A   
   ranking by the Canadian Institute for Health Information provides one clue as   
   to why. When ranked against peer countries, Canada's rate of per-capita acute   
      
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