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Originally Posted by Firebot
Wow I didn't know you hated Trudeau that much 
BTW we had Erin O'Toole in 2021 available as a choice who was a career lawyer and veteran that meets your criteria.
Carney's credentials aren't questioned, it's the outsider part that is. Not like it matters much at this point as current Canadian priorities have shifted and that isn't playing much of a role (neither is the Just like Trudeau campaign that's failing) |
I don't know enough about O'Toole to know if he would have been a good PM or not, or to criticize him either. For whatever reason, he just didn't seem to inspire which is too bad. Being able to win an election is a completely different skillset than being able to lead government. Which sucks to be honest, because I'd rather have a boring candidate that might not be the best speaker, but at least has some brains.
The Liberals did the same thing with Stephane Dion, who IMO is a really intelligent guy and super qualified, but holy man was he boring to listen to. The Liberals were going to lose that election no matter what, but I think he deserved better.