Der Abgeordnete von Toronto sagt: „Es ist unmöglich, sich nicht respektiert zu fühlen.“
https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/shunned-by-mark-carney-toronto-mp-says-its-impossible-not-to-feel-disrespected/article_41223b0f-4872-451d-be92-739508384c1b.html
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I mean i kinda felt for the guy , but now I’m like Carneys legend for spotting it . Clearly he saw something and this statement just justifys Carneys move was right .
Dudes got alternative motives , he’s young and he could of taken this moment and been back .Now yea, it’s not a good look .
On the one hand it felt like he got the housing file from Trudeau in exchange for changing his mind on running again. On the other hand he’s got a reputation as a loose cannon that he’s only contributing to here, can’t blame Carney for steering clear.
I’m sure the rest of caucus felt disrespected when Nate went ride-or-die with Trudeau in December 2024, despite it being obvious that Trudeau had to go, all because he wouldn’t be impacted in a wipeout scenario in his ultra safe seat. Anybody with a brain in caucus realized that Trudeau was going to drag the rest of the party down with him, but this so called „maverick“ decided to double down his support of Trudeau and criticize members of caucus who called on Trudeau to resign. And while that caused NES to get a cabinet seat during Trudeau’s downfall in December, he sold out on his values and the rest of the party to get it.
I’m not a fan of his, but there have to be a lot of people who felt inexplicably passed over when a negative integer like Fraser and road kill like Freeland found seats.
As much as I wanted Erskine-Smith to stay on as housing minister, I can’t help but get a whiff of sour grapes from his statement here.
At first, I thought Carney not picking Nate for at minimum a cabinet position was due to him being more left-leaning than he is used to. Now, it’s plausible that Carney wants a team player and NES’ reputation as a Maverick was not what he wants on his team. Trudeau did the same thing to NES for years until he gave him a shot at cabinet before he stepped down.
And NES was doing fine. He was showing cabinet solidarity. He was quiet publicly for the sake of cabinet. I have no idea what he said behind the scenes but he was playing his role well. He didn’t have a chance to finish the job, but housing affordability advocates all praised his appointment at the time. Across party lines too, which speaks to NES’ brand.
But Carney probably doesn’t want too much challenge in his cabinet, and I can see NES doing so behind the scenes. But pushback is not a bad thing. Pushback helps shape better policy. And, like the Maverick that he is, NES isn’t being shy about being upset about it.
But, I doubt he’ll stick around much. Being a backbencher is not what he signed up for and I’m sure he’s going to try running again for OLP leadership once Crombie is pushed out. I hope the OLP doesn’t screw this up again, but I’m sure the same people who pushed for Crombie to stay will find a way to screw over Nate.
Carney said he wanted to move more to the right and NES isn’t part of that picture. I am not sure what he was expecting here.
I’m not really understanding most of these comments.
Erskine-Smith has always been known to be outspoken, it’s why people either really like him or despise him. He knew his opportunities were limited, which is why he was planning to resign his seat long before the Trudeau polling numbers really hit rock bottom. But the party asked him to run again, and would give him a Minister role in one of his favourite subjects to convince him, and he agreed. Then, after he endorses Carney and the LPC wins the election, he’s left out of Cabinet, replaced by a guy who is a rookie MP.
This criticism given what happened is relatively mild, the rest of post goes on to wish the new minister and government well. But according to the comment section, literally any feeling of hurt or disrespect made out loud and not behind closed doors is a reflection of poor judgement and a good enough reason to keep someone out of Cabinet.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t want every MP to be a clapping seals parroting PMO talking points.