Carney promises Canadians lower taxes, lots of high-paying union jobs, and a competitive economy that builds what the world needs

As anybody with two functioning brain cells can readily deduce, Carney's roadmap for Canada is a mashup of wishful thinking and delusion. "Fortune may favour the bold," but not until the bold move beyond empty platitudes and hollow declarations of virtue. Think the world loves us for "our values?" Maybe, but I'm guessing about zero percent of our foreign trade happens because our counter-parties are choosing to buy Canadian because they fancy our values. I rather expect these decisions are based on more traditional attributes, such as the ability to provide quality product at a reasonable price. And that's exactly why it's such a struggle to diversify away from our over-dependence on the US market. Geography gives us an advantage over India or China in the US. Unfortunately, aside from a handful of natural resources, there is nothing available from Canada that is competitive in the global marketplace. In fact, our manufacturing sector is globally uncompetitive, and one thing I can predict with some certainty is that the road to changing that will definitely NOT involve "creating lots of high-paying union jobs." So what was the point of Carney's delusional half-hour pep talk last night? He's applying the lube, as it were, buttering us up for the Big Budget Reveal coming on November 4. It is on that day that we'll learn just what sacrifices our bankster-in-charge has in mind for us. Get ready for the austerity enema of a lifetime!