Only Carney Is "at the Table"

One of the dogmas that is repeated in the context of the by-election in Terrebonne, is that the people of the riding are best served with a representative that "sits at the table where decisions are made" instead of being in the Opposition "with no means to change things." It is very self-serving because even MPs of the ruling party have no say over decisions which are made by the party in power.

In 2019, the now very silent Steven Guilbault, was then a well-known environmental activist in Quebec. He shocked his friends when he announced he would be running for the Liberal Party of Canada in the Montreal riding of Laurier-Sainte-Marie. Like those who have crossed the floor to join the Liberals in recent months and weeks, he too gave the reason that it is more effective to work within the governing party in order to make changes that will benefit the environment. He was elected and Justin Trudeau used him for six years in different official capacities within the Liberal governments as did Carney initially, all to provide the Liberals with a veneer of being environmentally concerned. He finally resigned from Carney's cabinet in November 2025 after the Prime Minister announced a memorandum of understanding with Alberta for the construction of the gas pipeline Guibault had been fighting against. Carney said of Guilbault, "I respect him" but the decision was "in the national interest of Canada."

Everyone knows that the main problem with this fraud of "being at the table" is that only Mark Carney appears to sit at that table where decisions are made with a "murder" of bankers in the room and that "table" is not in the House of Commons. Carney spends his time making deals at a supranational table with representatives of oligopolies and global war profiteers.

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This article was published in

Volume 56 Number 10 - March 25, 2026

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