# How’s Carney doing, Canada? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 4, 2025, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-carney-doing-canada/1017850 "2025-05-04T03:54:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 33
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-carney-doing-canada/1017850/643 "2026-03-02T20:55:24Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > Quietly getting it done: > > [Carney constructs a mega anti-Trump trade alliance – POLITICO](https://www.politico.eu/article/eu-and-indo-pacific-blocs-eye-major-new-trade-pact/) Just what I would expect from Carney. This will serve us well after Trump is long dead and gone. Carney may turn out to be our greatest Prime Minister in a very long time. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2026, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-carney-doing-canada/1017850/644 "2026-03-02T23:12:27Z")
It’s a pretty obvious move for Canada to increase trade with China and India. It remains true neither country is perfect, and that both have interfered. Accepting the world as it is remains a good starting point. The media currently seems willing to highlight some of this previous interference; but Carney is correctly sticking to his knitting and making necessary deals. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-carney-doing-canada/1017850/645 "2026-03-03T16:04:01Z")
It is funny how much tension exists between Canada and India. From when India “redirected” plutonium from a Canadian India research reactor into India’s first nuclear bomb, Air India/dispora politics, Trudeau cosplay, Sikh separatism and India facilitating a killing on Canadian soil. Just weird ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-carney-doing-canada/1017850/646 "2026-03-03T17:01:01Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Just what I would expect from Carney. This will serve us well after Trump is long dead and gone. Carney may turn out to be our greatest Prime Minister in a very long time. To be clear, this ISN’T done and it’s just an idea at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-carney-doing-canada/1017850/647 "2026-03-05T10:25:03Z")
Mark Carney’s remarks to the Australian Parliament: > **[PM Carney Addresses Australia’s Parliament – March 5, 2026](https://www.cpac.ca/headline-politics/episode/pm-carney-addresses-australias-parliament--march-5-2026?id=c4aff8ef-e8fd-41d2-a46d-271b1037a6cb)** > > Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers an address to both Houses of Australia’s Parliament in Canberra. A good speech, I think. He stresses our (Australia’s and Canada’s) similarities, and how we can work together. Worth watching, or reading the transcript. One criticism: Mr. Carney chose to speak French at one point, which would have stumped the Aussies, and frankly, most of us Canadians, as most of us do not speak French. No interpretation or subtitles were supplied on TV, and I am sure that the members of the Australian Parliament were as puzzled by Mr. Carney’s remarks as I was. Suggestion for Mr. Carney: don’t speak French in an English-speaking country. Or, if you absolutely must speak French in an only-English-speaking country, come out of it saying, “Now for our English-speaking friends in this Parliament and at home, what I just said was …” He didn’t do that. I still like the guy, but c’mon, Mark, you’ve gotta know your audience. It’s the Australian Parliament. They don’t know French, and if they do, they don’t care. They’re more interested in the English translation, which they didn’t get. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-carney-doing-canada/1017850/648 "2026-03-05T13:36:55Z")
Fair dinkum, mate. 🤠 ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-carney-doing-canada/1017850/649 "2026-03-06T17:03:59Z")
# Carney signs defence, trade agreement with Japan in final stop of 10-day trip [Carney signs defence, trade agreement with Japan in final stop of 10-day trip | National News | thecanadianpressnews.ca](https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/carney-signs-defence-trade-agreement-with-japan-in-final-stop-of-10-day-trip/article_9371602f-5377-5c6a-9cc3-0565cd8eb1ae.html) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-carney-doing-canada/1017850/650 "2026-03-06T20:56:21Z")
Presumably Carney was making these remarks for the French Canadian media. I’m not going to watch this forty minute political speech, so I hope it was just a few minutes of atmosphere. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-carney-doing-canada/1017850/651 "2026-03-06T21:10:51Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Suggestion for Mr. Carney: don’t speak French in an English-speaking country. It was obviously catering to the Quebec media, but really rather silly, IMHO. If Quebeckers are going to get upset because our PM didn’t speak French in **Australia** of all places, they’re insane! The proper mark of respect for an audience is, needless to say, to speak to them in their own language. Throwing in some Australian colloquialisms might have been cool. French, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-carney-doing-canada/1017850/652 "2026-03-06T22:12:01Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Throwing in some Australian colloquialisms might have been cool. That would have been an instant “He’s just like Justin!” freak out by the Conservatives. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-carney-doing-canada/1017850/653 "2026-03-06T22:20:05Z")
You’re probably right. If there’s one word to describe Carney, it’s “dignified”. ---
**Author:** ![Slight\_Off\_Hand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@Slight\_Off\_Hand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slight_Off_Hand)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-carney-doing-canada/1017850/654 "2026-03-06T23:28:52Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Throwing in some Australian colloquialisms might have been cool. He’s a fair dinkum bloke. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-carney-doing-canada/1017850/655 "2026-03-06T23:31:34Z")
Some swagman has to drain the billabong. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2026, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-carney-doing-canada/1017850/656 "2026-03-07T01:37:24Z")
He did speak a tiny bit of Japanese though, when he arrived there. His counterpart looked very impressed with his effort, though it really was only a short few words. ---
**Author:** ![Grey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2026, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-carney-doing-canada/1017850/657 "2026-03-09T15:24:01Z")
> **[338Canada federal projection - 338Canada Canada | Poll Analysis & Electoral...](https://338canada.com/federal.htm#projection)** Well he seems to have managed to gut the NDP support and vacuumed almost all of the swing votes that were sitting on the Conservative side of the fence since the last election. Early March 2026 numbers show that if an election was held now it would be a near certainty of a Liberal majority. So policy questions aside he seems to be doing fine politically. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-carney-doing-canada/1017850/658 "2026-03-10T00:31:30Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > Presumably Carney was making these remarks for the French Canadian media. The President of FRANCE wouldn’t use French if addressing Australia’s Parliament. ---
**Author:** ![MacDoc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/macdoc/32/18696_2.png) [@MacDoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacDoc)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-carney-doing-canada/1017850/659 "2026-03-10T01:06:30Z")
If he wins the three by-elections ( two are pretty certain) then he’s got his slim majority. 🍿 ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-carney-doing-canada/1017850/660 "2026-03-10T01:21:30Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > The President of FRANCE wouldn’t use French if addressing Australia’s Parliament. Quebec actually has an agency called the [OQLF](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois_de_la_langue_fran%C3%A7aise) that decides certain loan words need Frenchier-sounding words to replace them. To tie that back to the topic, I suppose if Carney doesn’t sprinkle at least some French into his speeches, he’s disrespecting Quebec (at least from their perspective). ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-carney-doing-canada/1017850/661 "2026-03-10T01:39:57Z")
The President of France is not currently trying to ingratiate himself with Quebec voters, even if De Gaulle had his moments. I agree speaking French offers little benefit to the relationship, which instead required pandering, as below: > **[130+ fun Australian slang words, phrases, expressions & insults](https://www.berlitz.com/blog/australian-slang-words-phrases-expressions-insults)** > > Australian slang turns regular words into colorful phrases, expressions and insults. Consider this list your Aussie translation guide. ---
**Author:** ![DWMarch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwmarch/32/1010_2.png) [@DWMarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DWMarch)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2026, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-carney-doing-canada/1017850/662 "2026-03-10T01:46:47Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > which instead required pandering, as below: Well… he wasn’t there to fuck spiders. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-carney-doing-canada/1017850.md?page=32) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-s-carney-doing-canada/1017850.md?page=34)