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I'm cheap. I will do it for 25% above my current salary and bonus, if I can do it out of an office in Texas, and have the lgal right to threaten errant bankers with Colt Peacemakers to get them in line.

I dunno, we've got some pretty serious contenders for the spot, including Desmond the Dolphin; Aleksandr Orlov, the fictional meercat character from the Compare the Market adverts; old Dorothy Parkinson, the crazy cat lady from No. 85; and Tim, the guy I met in the newsagents that one time.

Such a classy lineup there.

 Frazzled wrote:

 Albatross wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:
Canada's Bank system beats hell out of Britain's.

Anything back that up, or..?

The UK is renowned for having one of the most powerful financial sectors on the planet. You're talking out of your arse again, grandad. Back to sleep.

Not quite Poboy. Your banks are now owned by the government because they all blew their brains out.

Erm, no they aren't, and no they didn't. Lloyds Group (and the institutions it bought out) isn't the entire UK banking sector, they weren't entirely nationalised and around 50% of the money used to stop UK banks from failing has already been recovered. Sorry, do you actually work in the sector? Because I don't, and I managed to know all of that.

2. Again we didn't need bailouts.

You did, you know. AIG got $180bn+ alone. Again, you do work in this sector, correct? Because that's a frightening prospect.

AIG is not a Canadian Bank.

Yes, it's an American bank. I assumed that when you said 'we didn't need bailouts' you were referring to the US. Reasonable, given past form.

England is winning big time with Mr.Carney's posting and it is a big loss for us here at home.
But, in the wider picture, it's far better for Canada, (and the global markets at that!), that Mr.Carney does get this oppertunity to right the English banking system and bring stability back to it as that's what investors go for. Britan's banking system becoming as 'boring' as ours should at least help ease some of the global uncertanty and allow us a more stable trading partner in the long run.

I'm not too worried for Canada, since;
a) Carney's 'understudy' so-to-speak is taking over as govenor of the BoC. Being that he's been fostered personally by Carney and is said to have roughly the same mentality, I can't see him all of a sudden trying to play the 'mega slots' and make hugely risky descisions.

b) We still have the additional stability of Mr.Flarehty in the Commons. The opposition may think him a gakker, but then what the hell do blowhard socialists know about fiscal stability and respect for taxpayers?!

c) Mr.Carney has only signed at this time a 5-year contract, so we're hopefull that afterwards he'll be back! And potentially at that point, perhaps even likely to make a run as a Conservative MP himself!

Well the UK market and industry is not that huge to make a massive impact such as the US or China.

I view the UK as a cultural melting pot, we bring in people from poor countries and give them stability and safety. So although we might not affect the global markets drastically if we go far far under we would ruin the lives of lots migrants looking for a better life.

Didn't know Canadian banking sector was that good. Go Loonie power!

InquisitorVaron wrote:
Well the UK market and industry is not that huge to make a massive impact such as the US or China.

I view the UK as a cultural melting pot, we bring in people from poor countries and give them stability and safety. So although we might not affect the global markets drastically if we go far far under we would ruin the lives of lots migrants looking for a better life.

No, London going under would be disastrous. It's one of the world's financial centres. The rest of the UK might not count for much, but a lot of the world's business is done in London. Our banking system has to be sound.

InquisitorVaron wrote:
Well the UK market and industry is not that huge to make a massive impact such as the US or China.

I view the UK as a cultural melting pot, we bring in people from poor countries and give them stability and safety. So although we might not affect the global markets drastically if we go far far under we would ruin the lives of lots migrants looking for a better life.

With the US in a very scary state right now, Canada has to look to new markets such as Asia, the UK & other emerging markets... (inclu South America & Mexico)

Bringing stability to England's banking system means both countries have an out should the US policy makers continue to monkey about and bicker instead of cleaning up their financial mess!
Besides, it's in our nature to run back across the pond and help out when England says so!

Experiment 626 wrote:

InquisitorVaron wrote:
Well the UK market and industry is not that huge to make a massive impact such as the US or China.

I view the UK as a cultural melting pot, we bring in people from poor countries and give them stability and safety. So although we might not affect the global markets drastically if we go far far under we would ruin the lives of lots migrants looking for a better life.

With the US in a very scary state right now, Canada has to look to new markets such as Asia, the UK & other emerging markets... (inclu South America & Mexico)

Bringing stability to England's banking system means both countries have an out should the US policy makers continue to monkey about and bicker instead of cleaning up their financial mess!
Besides, it's in our nature to run back across the pond and help out when England says so!

Hadn't thought of it that way, Alby the point I was making that perhaps Mr Carney should've gone to help the bigger markets like the US and China but both are to headstrong

Experiment 626 wrote:

InquisitorVaron wrote:
Well the UK market and industry is not that huge to make a massive impact such as the US or China.

I view the UK as a cultural melting pot, we bring in people from poor countries and give them stability and safety. So although we might not affect the global markets drastically if we go far far under we would ruin the lives of lots migrants looking for a better life.

With the US in a very scary state right now, Canada has to look to new markets such as Asia, the UK & other emerging markets... (inclu South America & Mexico)

Bringing stability to England's banking system means both countries have an out should the US policy makers continue to monkey about and bicker instead of cleaning up their financial mess!
Besides, it's in our nature to run back across the pond and help out when England says so!

And we love you for it!


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InquisitorVaron wrote:

Experiment 626 wrote:

InquisitorVaron wrote:
Well the UK market and industry is not that huge to make a massive impact such as the US or China.

I view the UK as a cultural melting pot, we bring in people from poor countries and give them stability and safety. So although we might not affect the global markets drastically if we go far far under we would ruin the lives of lots migrants looking for a better life.

With the US in a very scary state right now, Canada has to look to new markets such as Asia, the UK & other emerging markets... (inclu South America & Mexico)

Bringing stability to England's banking system means both countries have an out should the US policy makers continue to monkey about and bicker instead of cleaning up their financial mess!
Besides, it's in our nature to run back across the pond and help out when England says so!

Hadn't thought of it that way, Alby the point I was making that perhaps Mr Carney should've gone to help the bigger markets like the US and China but both are to headstrong

Well, it's more that it's politically impossible for either country. Canada being in the commonwealth makes it a much easier sell for us, and for me personally. The same would go for a South African, Bermudan, Tongan, Australian, whatever... Hell, they can serve in our armed forces, why not our national bank?

To be honest I don't care if he was a russian aslong as he gets the fething job done.

InquisitorVaron wrote:
To be honest I don't care if he was a russian aslong as he gets the fething job done.

Oh I'm confident he'll get the job done!

The average first time home buyer will likely hate his guts though, especially if he impliments the same new rules he and our federal Finance Minister Jim Flarhety put into place over here...