A resentful lament for the passing of the way the world was rigged.

Carney’s World Economic Forum aspirational speech at first sounded somewhat okay, but the fawning by some is overdone. The Liberal apparatus has gone into boasting overdrive. Upon analysis of Carney's actual actions and inaction in Canada, his prescriptions are hollow. His call to form an anti-Trump clique of nations is actually a maneuver to benefit enterprises like Brookfield. His wishful musings about a 'new world order' will never come to pass. The speech was a resentful lament of the passing of how the world used to be rigged to favour international profit flows; a globalist mindset.

Indeed, Canada should become more self-reliant, less dependent on the USA, and work with like-minded countries to advance our interests. However, there is a gap between rhetoric and reality. If Carney's Canadian economic intentions had been real, Canada would already be the wealthiest nation on earth.

While Carney prescribes for the world, we must not forget the context, that he has been a failure with what he can control, which is the Canadian economy. Because of him, Canada is in terrible shape and getting worse by the day. There must be an accounting of the real numbers against the short-term feel-good of a speech. Until he adopts the Conservative Party policy solutions for Canada, we will continue to slide. Each month, Canada has less to offer the international scene, as Carneyism has hurt us all badly. 

He has a credibility problem with words without productive action. Canada’s downward slide began when he gave Trudeau strong, unwise economic advice. As a consequence, Canada was in financial trouble long before Trump came along. Carney’s policies have hurt Canada more than Trump's. His budget for Nov 2025 was awful. Now Carney is trying to distance himself from his record. 

He talks about world trade realities while neglecting the internal Canadian economy. His central campaign promise was to get a deal with the USA. However, with the Davos speech, he was alienating and contradictory. He asserted that countries negotiating trade deals on their own was a weakness, and nations must negotiate together to gang up on Trump. However, Carney then boasted about how he has been making deals for Canada, -the very kind of individualism he just said was weak and unwise. 

Carney has repeatedly lied to Canadians, starting with the Liberal Party leadership change. He told some whoppers to the WEF, and they swallowed it and loved it. Carney has scammed about many things. He appears to be the Prime Minister for Brookfield and not for Canada.

What does Carney propose? He points to new trade partnerships and defence arrangements, as "variable geometry—different coalitions for different issues, based on shared values and interests."  His most stark phrase was "Middle powers must act together, because if you're not at the table, you're on the menu."

Sadly, absent from Carney's speech was any mention of human rights or compassion for the world's poorest. As former governors of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, it was expected that economic and security issues would dominate. Of course, financial stability and war avoidance significantly affect human welfare and dignity. However, the absence of human rights commitments was revealing.

The Carney polemic did not address the development challenges facing the poorest nations. Carney emphasized the "middle powers," but he did not address the serious challenges facing people of low income, whose voices cannot afford the price of admission to Davos, where a delegate badge to the conference costs over US$30,000.

There can be some wisdom in realism, but not in a selective half-story. Realism without moral principles becomes resignation and even subservience. When one calls for new coalitions, it is also prudent to fully understand the new power centres, their proposed actions and desired outcomes. The plot may go from bad to worse.

Even when the United Nations does not function well and is subverted by bad actors, we must not completely abandon its founding spirit and aspirations. "And what does the Lord require of you except to be just, and to love and to diligently practice kindness (compassion), And to walk humbly with your God [setting aside any overblown sense of importance or self-righteousness]? Walk humbly with your God. (Micah 6:8). We need a place where all nations can negotiate, cooperate, and seek peace together. We cannot rely on elite forums that systematically exclude the world's poorest countries.

In this time of international stress, average citizens must engage in public policy and be clear-eyed and realistic—without surrendering moral convictions and fundamental values. It is also a moment for Conservatives to demonstrate leadership and unity, to advocate persistently for peace and the protection of human rights, and to defend the need for a global gathering place that seats every nation at the table, not just the rich and powerful.

Later in Quebec City, Carney vowed to fight for Canadian values amid crumbling democracies. He said, "There are long periods of history when these values can prosper unchallenged. Ours is not one of them."  The problem is that his values do not seem Canadian. Carney's political lying, fear-mongering, and personal financial cheating with Brookfield are his behavioural values, while he says the opposite (hypocrite). Those are not Canadian values.

Dr. Janet Epp Buckingham of the World Evangelical Alliance in Geneva says it best when she exclaims that for national leaders, “Charity demands realism. Faith demands hope. And justice requires that we hold fast to both.”