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Carney agrees to ‘regularize’ communication between Canada and China (www.ctvnews.ca)
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New Prime Minister, new relationship with China.

China's playbook seems to consistently follow this pattern. If they get in a spat with anther country, the grudge continues until a new state leader comes into play, then all past grievances are reset. Sort of like Union-management - when a new collective agreement is signed, past active grievances tend to be voided.

Given that Carney is devout Catholic, we shall see if his dedication to the Pope, given the very tumultuous relationship between the Roman Catholic Pope and China, gets in the way of Good Governance in Canada's policy decisions towards China.

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[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Given that Carney is devout Catholic,

Not while he’s in office

But China is a better partner than the US for us right now and we will need them before we can ban trade/travel to the US

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 minutes ago

We're not quite to this extreme (yet?) but it's a similar logic to allying with Stalin when Hitler was around.

Trump isn't Hitler, and Xi isn't Stalin, but the logic is similar. It's an ugly thing, Xi is a complete shitbag after all. But Trump is the more immediate threat.

[–] Daryl@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Carney attended the inaugural mass for the new ope after he started office. He did so as a Catholic, not as a PM.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Yikes, I feel that should bar him from office

[–] Daryl@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Apparently there is no such prohibition in Canada. Even leaders are free to worship according to their faith.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I suppose it’s a matter for the courts to ensure reasonable limits for section 2 of the Charter is upheld

[–] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 4 points 22 hours ago

Freedom from religion comes with freedom of religion in Canada.

He's conservative, I'm not surprised he's religious.