Well, it wasn’t used in a way to insult people so there’s nothing wrong with it especially since he wasn’t doing a speech in Davos. 😉
GrammarAnneFrank on
My monocle has popped off and my wife fainted into the arms of a handsome stranger when we heard this. Surely no politician can survive this in the year of our lord 2026.
_BioHacker on
Is it a slow news day?! Given what’s going on in the rest of the world, you’d think they’d have much more to discuss.
nuhuunnuuh on
Well at least he didn’t use it against a person.
It’s still unfortunate. Literally just a week ago I was lecturing my American friends about decorum. Namely, that they’d lost their decorum without realizing it. All their politicians swear in public now. Even the most milquetoast suburban soccer mom Democrat representatives are “fucking angry!” now.
And y’know I do believe they’re worse off for it. I don’t swear much in public. Almost never. I’m reminded of a story. I got home to visit my mother and immediately slammed my toe in the door so hard I had thought I had broken in. “Shit!” I swear, I thought I swore under my breath even, but my mother comes absolutely flying across the house down the stairs practically in a sprint and grabs my by the shoulders, with severe concern on her face: “What’s wrong, hon?!” That’s the impact of the four letter words when they come out of my mouth, since they almost never do.
Sex_E_Searcher on
When in Rome. Australians are generally a lot less Australia sensitive to profanity than we are in North America.
Boundary14 on
A carefully crafted move by Carney’s team to have him seem less robotic to the voters, undoubtedly. LPC staffers are already on the phone with Nanos & Abacus to start asking Canadians if Mark Carney is someone they’d like to share a ~~beer~~ glass of wine with.
FuqqTrump on
Carney dropped the ball here. I believe the appropriate term he should have used is c*nt.
After all he was in Australia no?
IamSmokee on
I love how there’s literal wars going on with multiple countries and they are reporting about Carney dropping an F bomb. I could not care any less . Give us some real news, tf is this.
stanthemanchan on
In Montreal people casually drop f-bombs like it’s nothing. In a big office at an all-staff meeting, with clients. The clients are dropping f-bombs too. “fucking” is just a regular adjective in franglish. “Je suis so fucking tired aujourd’hui”.
hardk7 on
I think most people commenting didn’t actually see how he used it. It was uttered very quietly in recounting a light-hearted story about a central bank meeting chair spending time discussing wine during an important meeting. It was completely contextually appropriate and inoffensive, and actually funny and humanizing. Even if it had been used less in passing than it was, this still wouldn’t be a big deal.
Neat_Let923 on
It’s unfortunate most people will only read the headline and completely miss the fact the article is primarily about what it’s like dealing with US President Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Indian Prime Minister Modi in private vs in public…
A very interesting view into the mindset of what he has to be cognizant of when talking in public about other world leaders, especially extremely ego driven leaders.
PDXFlameDragon on
Just because some of us canadians use fuck as an article in common speach, does not mean it is worth a fucking article.
gzmo01 on
The f bomb was not punched with the kind of emphasis I usually have. I watched the whole interview and completely missed it.
TheEpicOfManas on
It’s currently 9:am where I am, and I’ve dropped about 6 f-bombs already. CTV, you want to report that too?
Ridiculous.
Wingmaniac on
First the curler and now the PM! Canada really is a failing country.
/s but totally something someone is saying on Reddit somewhere.
Jarocket on
If anyone didn’t want to read. He said “I’m like fuck” referring to how he felt at a dinner during a dinner where he had to decide how he was going the handle the 2008 financial crisis. He had an hour and a half to come up with a plan and the first half hour was spend talking about wine.
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Well, it wasn’t used in a way to insult people so there’s nothing wrong with it especially since he wasn’t doing a speech in Davos. 😉
My monocle has popped off and my wife fainted into the arms of a handsome stranger when we heard this. Surely no politician can survive this in the year of our lord 2026.
Is it a slow news day?! Given what’s going on in the rest of the world, you’d think they’d have much more to discuss.
Well at least he didn’t use it against a person.
It’s still unfortunate. Literally just a week ago I was lecturing my American friends about decorum. Namely, that they’d lost their decorum without realizing it. All their politicians swear in public now. Even the most milquetoast suburban soccer mom Democrat representatives are “fucking angry!” now.
And y’know I do believe they’re worse off for it. I don’t swear much in public. Almost never. I’m reminded of a story. I got home to visit my mother and immediately slammed my toe in the door so hard I had thought I had broken in. “Shit!” I swear, I thought I swore under my breath even, but my mother comes absolutely flying across the house down the stairs practically in a sprint and grabs my by the shoulders, with severe concern on her face: “What’s wrong, hon?!” That’s the impact of the four letter words when they come out of my mouth, since they almost never do.
When in Rome. Australians are generally a lot less Australia sensitive to profanity than we are in North America.
A carefully crafted move by Carney’s team to have him seem less robotic to the voters, undoubtedly. LPC staffers are already on the phone with Nanos & Abacus to start asking Canadians if Mark Carney is someone they’d like to share a ~~beer~~ glass of wine with.
Carney dropped the ball here. I believe the appropriate term he should have used is c*nt.
After all he was in Australia no?
I love how there’s literal wars going on with multiple countries and they are reporting about Carney dropping an F bomb. I could not care any less . Give us some real news, tf is this.
In Montreal people casually drop f-bombs like it’s nothing. In a big office at an all-staff meeting, with clients. The clients are dropping f-bombs too. “fucking” is just a regular adjective in franglish. “Je suis so fucking tired aujourd’hui”.
I think most people commenting didn’t actually see how he used it. It was uttered very quietly in recounting a light-hearted story about a central bank meeting chair spending time discussing wine during an important meeting. It was completely contextually appropriate and inoffensive, and actually funny and humanizing. Even if it had been used less in passing than it was, this still wouldn’t be a big deal.
It’s unfortunate most people will only read the headline and completely miss the fact the article is primarily about what it’s like dealing with US President Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Indian Prime Minister Modi in private vs in public…
A very interesting view into the mindset of what he has to be cognizant of when talking in public about other world leaders, especially extremely ego driven leaders.
Just because some of us canadians use fuck as an article in common speach, does not mean it is worth a fucking article.
The f bomb was not punched with the kind of emphasis I usually have. I watched the whole interview and completely missed it.
It’s currently 9:am where I am, and I’ve dropped about 6 f-bombs already. CTV, you want to report that too?
Ridiculous.
First the curler and now the PM! Canada really is a failing country.
/s but totally something someone is saying on Reddit somewhere.
If anyone didn’t want to read. He said “I’m like fuck” referring to how he felt at a dinner during a dinner where he had to decide how he was going the handle the 2008 financial crisis. He had an hour and a half to come up with a plan and the first half hour was spend talking about wine.