Mark Carney, YouTuber
4/22/202637 min
Mark Carney is a YouTuber now.
Over the weekend the Prime Minister released the first episode of his new YouTube series Forward Guidance. It’s a tightly scripted, “intimate” video designed to project calm authority while walking Canadians through an increasingly shaky relationship with the United States. It’s part history lesson, part recycled campaign slogans, and highly reminiscent of FDR’s fire side chats.
What’s the goal here? Carney frames Canada’s economic relationship with the U.S. as a growing liability and seems to be preparing Canadians for tough times ahead. But is he just shifting the blame?
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Host: James Nicholson
Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Andrea Varsany (Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor)
Guest: Zain Velji
Further reading:
- Forward Guidance with Prime Minister Mark Carney
- Carney must make cuts, not only invest more: former Bank of Canada governor | Power & Politics
- Carney says U.S. ties have become ‘weaknesses’ to correct | Power & Politics
- Carney’s 'Canada Strong' blueprint enters new phase as Prime Minister doubles down on economic self-reliance
- 'Something we haven’t seen from a Prime Minister before,' analyst on Carney's address to Canadians
- Fact-checking Mark Carney’s housing and trade deal claims in video address to Canadians
- William Watson: Carney’s 'forward guidance' is mainly 'backward spinning'
- Carney Sells Economic Independence in Strong Video Performance
- Rosie Barton on Carney's new video
- Zain Velji's podcast, The Strategists
- Alberta premier denies claims of UCP interference on electoral boundaries | CBC News
- #1184 Canada’s Greatest Game (No, Not That One) – CANADALAND
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First 90 secondsZain Velji· Guest0:00
[whistles] Canadaland, funded by you.
James Nicholson· Host0:03
[upbeat music] I'm James Nicholson. Usually, I'm in the background producing the show, but today I've emerged from the shadows to talk shit about the news. We'll talk about Danielle Smith's artificially drawn electoral lines. We'll talk about Canada's greatest game. If you think it's hockey, you'd be wrong. But mostly, we'll talk about our prime minister taking his reassuring father-figure talents to YouTube with the pilot episode of Forward Guidance, trademark Mark Carney.
Mark Carney· Soundbite0:39
I know you have busy lives, and you don't need daily interruptions from me. The way we're gonna get through this is together.
James Nicholson· Host0:46
Wait for that.
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