Carney has said that Harper asked him to join the Conservatives as Finance Minister in 2012.
Meanwhile, Harper has been complaining about Carney taking credit for actions during the 2008 financial crisis, saying it was all Jim Flaherty’s doing, Bank of Canada had nothing to do with anything. https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/harper-carney-financial-crisis-1.7473091
Harper’s being a whiny shit. Canada got through the 2008 financial crisis as well as it did due mostly to the pre-existing regulatory structure which meant our banks weren’t exposed to the crap that US banks were. What current politicians did was largely secondary. I will leave it as an exercise for the reader to determine whether the Harper Conservatives were supportive of stricter banking regulations.
This was yesterday, March 10. Kudos to France! The only thing wimpy ass-kissing Keir Starmer has done so far is invite Trump to a state dinner with King Charles. “Canada?”, says Starmer. “I think I heard about it once. Isn’t it somewhere around the North Pole?”
Are you sure? This article is a survey of ships observed in Halifax harbour on Monday, March 10, 2025, and it includes the FS Tourville S637, a Suffren class nuclear attack submarine. It was only commissioned last year.
It’s not nearly as exciting as a nuclear submarine, but I was in St. John’s, Newfoundland, when it was visited by the French Navy ship Monge in October, 2023:
It was pretty cool to see it come in the harbour, and its arrival certainly slowed down breakfast in the hotel restaurant, as we all gravitated towards to the windows to watch it come in. It’s long since left St. John’s, undoubtedly, but it does indicate to me that France is watching this side of the Atlantic too.
Hey, beer drinkers – you might want to consider a Presidential Pack of Moosehead Lager to help you get through the next four years. It contains 1,461 cans of fine Canadian lager, one for each day. But since one can of beer a day is hardly going to be sufficient, consider buying a dozen of these Presidental Packs.
Also, if Trumpian tariffs collapse the economy, the crate each one comes in could make a nice compact home until things recover …
Well, sure, but the return is going to be an SOB. As one who worked the return desk at the Beer Store, I rarely had enough in my float to cover $146.10 all at once. Plus, at one beer a day, most of the beer would be well past its Best Before date after four months. Really, though, let’s face it: nobody will have just one a day, especially with summer coming.
But I like the idea. I’m not sure where I could put a pallet that big, but I like the idea.
Damn! Wish I’d known this earlier - Brockville would have definitely been doable. Oh well, I’ll see the Red Hot Chilli Pipers in a couple of weeks - that’ll have to be my live Celtic music fix for a while.
“Wasn’t that a party!” 
