UNCOVERED: Mark Carney Once Pondered Auctions for Childbearing Rights
by Alex Zoltan, True North
As Canada prepares for an election to be called, past statements by PM Carney are raising eyebrows, including a comment about whether there should be “a market in the right to have children.”
As Canada prepares for an election to be called, past statements by Prime Minister Mark Carney are raising eyebrows, including a comment about whether there should be “a market in the right to have children.”
Buried within his 2021 book Value(s) and past BBC lectures, Carney explored the controversial ideas of Harvard philosopher Michael Sandel, who he has cited as an influence
Carney posed shocking questions about whether society should place a price tag on fundamental human rights.
He asks: “Should sex be up for sale? Should there be a market in the right to have children? Why not auction the right to opt out of military service?”
These questions are not new and have been picked up by critics in the past including by author and columnist Peter Foster, but they are resurfacing again as Canadians learn more about Carney.
In his book, Carney explores in depth the deadly ideas of communists like Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, and Vladimir Lenin.