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Well, could have been worse, says Eeyore, anent both the election and the severe thunderstorm warning this afternoon. It monsooned briefly and still steams out there but a cold front is due this evening to return us to regular spring.

As for the election, I still maintain that an economist is exactly who you want navigating the country through an economic crisis, and not a career politician with a record of voting against ohh free school meals and benefits to tide people over COVID in the early days of lockdown. I see people in Conservative districts wailing about the end times woe woe what will become of us now? No idea why they think this is a disaster unless they actually wanted to become the 51st state. Which I begin to think maybe they did: cf Poilievre's campaign manager in her MAGA hat.

I have no expectations of Carney otherwise. Hope has been deferred too often in the aftermath of other countries' elections, like the UK and France. But get us intact through the next four years, Mark, and I shan't complain.

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But get us intact through the next four years, Mark, and I shan't complain

Agreed. And I tend also to agree that PP's followers weren't distressed by the idea of annexation and statehood. Which is terrifying, but then what isn't at the moment.

I can't reconcile 'got us through 2008 relatively unscathed' and 'told the Brits FFS don't do Brexit' with the blue pearl-clutching 'his policies will wreck the economy!!!' Like--how?

I can't say anything about him as a politician, but I will say he's no fool, and he doesn't bend easily to other people's agendas. When he was governor of the Bank of England, a huge amount of pressure was placed on him not to be negative about the effects Brexit would have. He didn't buckle.

And he steered us through 2008. He's not a politician which is actually a plus these days.

The deficit is going to increase substantially, but that is kind of business-as-usual for the times we live in. And Carney's a whiz when it comes to wielding the tools of finance.

Pretty much this. Polievre would have increased the deficit to cut taxes for the rich, or would have decreased the deficit by cutting services to the poor. I can only hope that having what is, basically, a moderate conservative in charge will appeal to the saner Conservatives. Who still exist, is why PP lost his seat.

The result was a huge relief. The idea of Canada joining America as a subservient state is too awful to contemplate. Mark Carney is sound and sensible and knows the world's financial systems, which would seem to auger well for the future.

I hope so too. Fingers crossed.