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Donna Kennedy-Glans: Carney’s unity push risks replacing debate with managed consensus
Carney’s push risks turning Parliament into managed consensus and sidelining genuine opposition — especially in Alberta and the West
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For years, I worked alongside one of Alberta’s most respected business leaders, the late Charlie Fischer, longtime CEO of several major Canadian energy companies. An engineer by training with a sharp mind and commanding presence, Charlie could build almost anything — pipelines, plants, businesses — but he refused to steamroll differing points of view, including mine when we disagreed.
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A tall, larger-than-life figure with strong convictions, he was frequently courted by political recruiters. Yet the public spectacle of parties bashing each other in Question Period and in the media made him deeply uncomfortable. Even when former Prime Minister Joe Clark sat down with him and explained that the job of the official Opposition is to oppose and hold government to account, Charlie thought it was a waste of time and talent. He could never be persuaded to run for office.
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