Jon Jameson

@one_Chris_J @Franner_40 @TheresaLubowitz Yes. Canadians keep voting for all the progressive bullshit from America that many more Americans rightly reject. It's like a giant US college town.

@3kwords @Franner_40 @TheresaLubowitz It isn't. Canada is more progressive than the USA.

I have a lot of criticisms of Mark Carney but none of them are that he lacks a strong economic education. He literally has a PhD in Economics from Oxford, after studying it at Harvard. Not to mention the only Central Bank Governor to two nations. What a ridiculous thing to say.

@one_Chris_J @Franner_40 @TheresaLubowitz If you're not happy with my brief explanation, which I took time from my evening to squeeze into a space of fewer than 140 characters, I can't help you any further. Perhaps you could apply for a refund on the price of admission, or something.

@one_Chris_J @Franner_40 @TheresaLubowitz I explained how their intellectual hinterland is the source of progressivism in Canada. If you don't believe that, it's ok.

@one_Chris_J @Franner_40 @TheresaLubowitz Surely you're not really taking vicarious offence on behalf of a notional group of people who think that "everything must be supported by a peer reviewed academic paper in order to be a credible claim"?

@one_Chris_J @Franner_40 @TheresaLubowitz You're reaching pretty hard there.

@one_Chris_J @Franner_40 @TheresaLubowitz ?

@one_Chris_J @Franner_40 @TheresaLubowitz OK, are we operating on some undisclosed, personal definition you have for what constitutes "influence"

@one_Chris_J @Franner_40 @TheresaLubowitz I *asked* if you were a midwit. And even that was a rhetorical flourish; don't be so literally-minded. After interacting with you further, I have concluded that you are not a midwit. Make of that what you will!

@3kwords @Franner_40 @TheresaLubowitz Calling people midwits sounds like an insult to me.

@one_Chris_J @Franner_40 @TheresaLubowitz Maybe. Maybe not. But it was none of Obama business and he should not have interfered.

@3kwords @Franner_40 @TheresaLubowitz The fact is that the UK still has to deal with the EU for trade. Now they don't have input into the rules. They are worse off due to Brexit.

@one_Chris_J @Franner_40 @TheresaLubowitz I'm not going to claim that there are no instances of racism among a population of 35 million Canadians. But there is little, if any, systematic discrimination against black people in Canada. In fact, there aren't that many black people.

@3kwords @Franner_40 @TheresaLubowitz No, racism against black people in some of our major cities as well.

@one_Chris_J @Franner_40 @TheresaLubowitz I wasn't insulting you. I was asking you a question. Not everything is an empirical observation, supported by some sort of external proof, you muppet! I have explained my reasoning and reason stands on its own, above third party affirmation, does it not?

@3kwords @Franner_40 @TheresaLubowitz You don't have to go around insulting people because they actually don't accept your weak arguments as proof. But, no I don't need it to be peer reviewed, but it does have to be actual proof and not just "trust me bro"

@one_Chris_J @Franner_40 @TheresaLubowitz And I remember Obama sticking his nose into British democracy during the Brexit campaign

@one_Chris_J @Franner_40 @TheresaLubowitz The USA has always tried to force policy on its neighbours and allies. Go and read about the resolution to the Suez crisis

@one_Chris_J @Franner_40 @TheresaLubowitz Yes. Racism against indigenous people. Not African American.

@3kwords @Franner_40 @TheresaLubowitz Oh, please. Canada has its own issues regarding racism and policing. And that is not proof in any form. It just shows social awareness in Canada.

@one_Chris_J @Franner_40 @TheresaLubowitz You're not one of those tiresome, internet midwits that thinks everything must be supported by a peer reviewed academic paper in order to be a credible claim, are you?

@one_Chris_J @Franner_40 @TheresaLubowitz Proof? Look at the source of almost every value in political liberalism since then. American academia, American activists, American fringe politians. For one recent example, look at his Canada fell over itself to make a big fuss over BLM and honor the memory of George Floyd

@one_Chris_J @Franner_40 @TheresaLubowitz Trump is a minor, fleeting annoyance.

@one_Chris_J @Franner_40 @TheresaLubowitz The biggest foreign influence on Canadian governance is the left wing of the Democratic Party and has been since the 1960s.

@Samuel_Boivin @TheresaLubowitz Which we've seen in the past year, reflected in his spectacularly cynical and manipulative but highly effective campaigning.

@Samuel_Boivin @TheresaLubowitz Carney's most impressive achievement is clawing his way up through the investment banking world. It might not signal a lot of very attractive qualities but it shows he's shrewd, has excellent people skills and can be absolutely ruthless if necessary.