This is the third in a series by Herb Pinder, examining the person and policies of Liberal leader, Mark Carney. The first and second articles can be found immediately below.
One of the important questions surrounding Carney is what audience is he working to please?
The fear, seldom mentioned, is that Carney’s global pretensions are more important to him than Canada. A citizen of three countries, having exercised leading roles in several international organizations and what we know of his history and values, means it is highly possible — even probable — that Canada is simply a convenient platform to advance his climate agenda and exalt his global bona fides.
The climate after all, is a global issue, and Carney's clearly articulated objectives are no small matter. In 2020, as head of the Glasgow Conference Of the Parties 26, (COP26) Carney warned “achieving net zero emissions will require a whole economy transition — every company, every bank, every insurer and investor will have to adjust their business models.”
This is where the superior global elitist is headed and so are we, if he confirm him as prime minister on Monday.
Other hints of his socialist beliefs remain consistent with past comments. One of his heroines is Greta Thunberg. He referred to the 'Occupy Wall Street' protest as “entirely constructive.” (He expressed disdain however, for the Truckers Convoy.) Is also noteworthy that his wife, Diana Fox Carney, is a senior advisor at the Eurasia Group, working closely with none other than Gerald Butts — remember him?
Some who know Carney describe him is a top down central planner. Liz Truss, the former British prime minister best known for her short tenure, said on Glenn Beck’s podcast on March 22 that those “who move in and out of the financial sector” don't believe in representing the interests of the electorate. “They fundamentally believe that government should be run by experts who know best, which is them and their friends. They do not believe that democracy is a bottom up thing”.
So that this series is not just the histrionics of one person, the following shares the perspective of several informed and highly respected and learned observers.
A columnist and author of ten books, Peter Foster reviewed Carney’s book 'VALUE(S.)' He comments, "Carney sees western society as morally rotten, corrupted by capitalism, and responsible for the climate emergency.”
This requires rigid controls on personal freedom, industry, and corporate funding. Remember Carney founded the Glasgow Financial Alliance For Net Zero (GFANZ) to punish those who do not follow rules determined by our global masters — the Paris Accord, other COP proclamations, the United Nations (where he was Special Envoy for Climate Change,) and the World Economic Forum, where he was a director.
Carney’s self-importance, suggested in Part 1 of this series, is corroborated in his own words in his book. “I would remind myself each morning of the Marcus Aurelius phrase ‘arise to do the work of mankind.”
I wonder if the second-century Roman emperor Aurelius was fixated on the climate.
After a period of high rainfall in the UK, Carney predicted more rain, the result of a changing climate. In his best-selling marvellous book 'Unsettled,' Steven Koonin reported Carney’s warning as "dead wrong." Foster further quotes this scientist and climate expert, “It is surprising that someone with a PhD in economics and experience with the unpredictability of financial markets and economies as a whole doesn't show a greater respect for the perils of prediction — and more caution in depending upon models.” (Another complex and lengthy topic for another day is the fallacy of the climate crisis).
It is increasingly acknowledged that the purported climate crisis is a lever for the United Nations, the WEF and superior, intellectual, authoritative, and ambitious people to gain control and direct the lives of others.
Koonin further warns that Carney “is probably the single most influential figure in driving investors and financial institutions around the world to focus on the changes in the climate and human influences upon it.”
Hubris, intelligence, persistence, and perceived global well-being might be more important to Carney than Canadians.
Another Peter, that is Peter Brown, the Canadian Hall of Fame businessman from Vancouver, relates in his article The Carney Illusion, “we cannot and should not turn a blind eye to the failed ideas he has promoted in the past — many of which are reconfirmed by him in his book.”
With reference to GFANZ requirements, Canadian professor Ross McKitrick, an expert on the science, mathematics, and more regarding the climate, asks pertinent questions in a National Post column. McKitrick points out GFANZ’s list of assets subject to a “managed phase out” including coal mines, fossil fuel power stations, oil fields, gas pipelines, steel mills, ships, cement plants, and consumer gasoline powered vehicles.
Mark Carney has not denied any of the above, nor does it appear he has read 'How the world really works,' by Vaclav Smil, another but more practical intellectual. Adding plastics to the above, Smil explains the obvious fact that the world depends upon such products and resources to function. Just how Carney will meet his military and housing election commitments after such phaseouts mandated by his organization, has yet to be explained.
Mary Anastasia O’Grady, columnist with the Wall Street Journal in an article entitled 'Who is Mark Carney?' described his “record as a green zealot and a believer in the world run by experts like himself… laboured tirelessly for net zero greenhouse gas emissions and identified himself with Greta Thunberg's movement.”
We could go on with other National Post research and opinions, especially those of Conrad Black, Terry Newman and Michael Taube. Other troubling aspects include his cozy relationship with China where he arranged a $250 million loan for Brookfield. Like most of his Liberal colleagues, he's been lukewarm in support of Israel, and condemning attacks in Canada on Jewish people.
The most interesting aspect of Carney is his similarities to Donald Trump. Tthey are both disrupters, seeking to remake the world and home countries based on their personal values. They are both autocratic and threats to democracy, although Carney is much more subtle and disingenuous. It was no surprise they got on very well during their only interaction, a telephone conversation.
From Foster’s book review, a comment by satirist H.L. Mencken, “the urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.”
That is an obvious way to understand Mark Carney, and his demonstrated danger to Canada.