Legal, linguistic, & cultural pluralism.

We should not rush to declare the death of these systems just because their dominant player has opted out. It is just a speech, and I agree with a lot of it (& think it is important), but Carney seems to lean this way in domestic politics as well. We should be cautious.

My fear is the outright abandoning of a “rules-based order,” in favour of “pragmatism.” Yes, rules are often broken by the powerful, & they have mythologies that don’t stand up to fact. That said, rules - whether in intn’l trade, collective agreements, or treaties - matter to maintaining peace.

I agree with that and some of the broader vision he lays out, to be clear. I also see what you are saying about Havel. That said, from Collective Agreements to Treaties, yes, they don’t fully constrain the powerful, but we are better with them. This discourse worries me about what underlies it.

I see this as a doubling down on the neoliberal argument. The old order was a ruse, because it never really applied to big powers. It is more the solution that concerns me: a multi-lateral invisible hand where corporate interests facilitate trade & domestic concerns are unimportant. More of the same

I am always weary of an argument that says: “The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy.” In other words, “don’t look back to learn from the past. Trust us. We know the future.”

3 hours late. 10:47 to 9:15. It was still better than driving.

Turns out the weather wasn’t too bad, but an accident caused a delay and then typical @cnrailwayy.bsky.social // @viarailcanada.bsky.social BS made a 1.5 hour delay 3 hours. Just getting to #Ottawa now. We need real intervention in how our railways are run. #cdnpoli

Still rolling. Typical VIA rail stuff, though. I am on the “express.” The milk run train that left 2 hrs before got in an accident,l. We passed it, then it got released. They held it so it could pass. We are now making all their stops too. We would have been 1.5 hrs late, now we will be 3.

Totally agree, though today I am travelling.

I did! It is only running 9 minutes late, which by VIA standards is on time

Hah! That’s what I am wondering too… so far, the train is running on time.