UNLOCK 25.1 Mark Carney's “Elbows Up” Hockey Schtick: a Review

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A close reading of "Elbows Up" — the hockey slogan Mark Carney skated on to sell his Trump response policies over the past year.

It began on March 1, 2025. Mike Myers mouthed the phrase on SNL, inspiring former NDP MP Charlie Angus to publish a galvanizing Substack two days later tracing it to Gordie Howe. The slogan conscripts the legacy of a working-class Saskatchewan kid who was underpaid for decades by union-busting Jack Adams, repackaging disciplined obedience to capital as national pluck. Meanwhile Carney's budget eliminates 40,000 federal jobs and cuts $57 billion from public programs while gutting Indigenous Services and environmental funding.

Anishinaabe scholar Niigaan Sinclair and others in Elamin Abdelmahmoud's essay collection push back hard. Elbows up, it turns out, describes the posture of a man who knows he'll be having beers with the other team when the game is over.

Sources:

Charlie Angus's original March 3, 2025 "Elbows Up" Substack

Carney's March 22, 2025 "Elbows Up" post on X with Mike Myers

Gordie Howe biography and career — Wikipedia

Gordie and Edna's shared skates — Maclean's 1966 archive

Jack Adams — Wikipedia

Ted Lindsay union organizing and Adams's retaliation — Hockey Writers

Carney's 2025 budget: 40,000 public service jobs cut, $57 billion from programs — Globe and Mail

15% departmental cuts apply to Indigenous Services Canada — Policy Options

Environment and Climate Change Canada faces $1.3 billion in cuts — Ecojustice

Foreign aid cut $2.7 billion, breaking campaign promise — Results Canada

Elamin Abdelmahmoud's essay anthology Elbows Up: Canadian Voices of Resilience and Resistance

Chapters
  • (00:09:52) - "Are You Canadian?" Mike Myers
  • (00:20:06) - Critics of Elbows Up

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