I didn’t know there’s been a liberal surge. Has there been a liberal surge? There’s a lot going on and one can’t follow everything.
But here’s what I can say. If after everything that’s taken place Canadians still vote for the left (liberals, NDP, whatever), then good luck to them with what happens as a result. If you are a Canadian and you love the cost of housing, the cost of living, the inflation, the regulations, the cult of imaginary dead indigenous children, the poli-multi-gender experiments, etc., then you should absolutely have more of it. I support you in getting exactly what you want.
I don’t understand why it’s necessary to link it to Trump but again, if condemning him helps usher in the bright future of even more expensive housing, the mail service that doesn’t work for months, three land acknowledgements instead of one, an even more intense immigration stream, even more homelessness, longer lines at the emergency room, higher food prices, and bigger crocodile tears over the invented “First Nations”, then go for it.
Even if you don’t want any of it, still do it just to spite Trump. As you sit in the next lockdown, you’ll know at least that you stood up to Trump. That’s going to make it so much more enjoyable.
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Don’t forget the laundered drug money driving up the cost of real estate!
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I have a Canadian penpal from Ottawa and I’ve seen how some Canadians are knee-jerk in anything that’s the opposite of the US. He’s a normie conservative who thinks Trump is evil and is a big fan of the British royal family, just because Americans aren’t. Canadians have a strange attitude towards Americans and the US, they love our entertainment and visiting our country, but they think most of us are yahoos. It’s a shame because I love visiting Canada and Canadian people are very nice, but they have to cut it out with their anti-Americanism
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They seem to lack any other strong national identity is the key problem. All they have is “not America.”
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A couple of hypotheses.
Carney, who will probably replace Trudeau, is seen as more right-leaning than Trudeau, which is appealing to centre and centre-to-right electors. Carney is also perceived a strong on economic matters.
Poilièvre, as I wrote before, struggles to refocus his speech after Trump’s threat and imperialist tactics. It is hard for Poilièvre to switch from repeating Canada-is-broken to a more nationalist discourse (No! Canada is not broken, but great!). Stephen Harper wrote more eloquently about what Canada’s response to Trump’s tactics should be, from a conservative perspective, than Poilièvre. Doug Ford, who launched provincial elections last month in a very machiavellian move, is also perceived as the right answer to Trump, from a conservative angle. Poilièvre will win anyways, but perhaps his will not be a spectacular victory. The NDP is dead, for now. The Bloc will also struggle a bit more. Things may shift again.
Ol.
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Thank you for explaining! I haven’t been following at all.
It’s kind of sad that in the US everybody forgot and moved on while in Canada the whole political landscape is transforming in response to a couple of clumsy jokes.
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“It’s kind of sad that in the US everybody forgot and moved on while in Canada the whole political landscape is transforming in response to a couple of clumsy jokes.”
Might be a joke if he said it once, but ti keep repeating it over and over again? To say that while taking Russia’s side?
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Exactly. It felt like a joke once, but that joke got tired, to the point where it is becoming worrisome. I repeated over and over again to everyone during the first presidency that there is a difference between what Trump says and what Trump’s does, and that what he says is often noise, but this time it feels different. Against what is perceived as a potential invasion and a lack of respect of a neighboring country that has always been an ally, it is normal to see a surge of Canadian patriotism. It is also normal that in Canada people have not moved on yet, because the story carries much more weight than in the US.
Nobody asked for that imperialistic, expansionist view, however ludicrous that view is. I am seeing more and more “Fuck the USA” graffitis everywhere in Montreal and Toronto. This is all very, very sad.
It is also sad that other important matters are not discussed anymore in the upcoming elections.
Ol.
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In a situation with completely controlled, heavily censored media, isn’t it likely that the worrisome feeling is manufactured by them to keep the public from making unnecessary electoral choices?
A surge of patriotism is great but it’s being used to maintain and increase immigration and consequently erode the Canadian welfare state. So ultimately, how patriotic is it?
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Media outlets from left to right express a similar concern about the US tariffs and the US expansionist views. This manufactured? consent is detrimental to other pressing issues here at the federal level, such as the environment, government efficiency, housing, or immigration, and nobody is winning, regardless of the political views.
I do not see the link between immigration and the general tendency to criticize Trump’s views of Canada. Am I missing something key?
Somehow related: anti-USA sentiment is also strong in Quebec, because Amazon decided to shut down a distribution service there, laying off thousands of workers, right after said workers decided to unionize. It may be a coincidence. It may not be.
Ol.
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I don’t think anybody really thinks Trump will invade, do they? I mean, dude has been licking the soles of the Russians’ feet for over a week. This is an America terrified of its own shadow. We are groveling in the mud here. Does anybody seriously perceive us as scary in this state?
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I think that Canadians perceive that the US is more than ever a profoundly divided country, yet they still perceive the US as a giant. A giant that used to be our ally. Also, keep in mind that in Canada, nothing happens.
I have just seen a Conservative Party add that lambasts Carney for being anti- patriotic and in tune with Trump’s economic policies. This party is reorienting its campaign. It’s not over.
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No, but the trade between Canada and the USA is so large and so interlocked that the risk of a tariff war would result in a serious recession in both countries. And particularly, any significant interference in the flow of crude oil from Alberta to the refineries in Texas would be economically disastrous for both countries.
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I don’t know how tariffs work and won’t venture an opinion. But I have been getting this feeling, and I might be wrong, but it sounds to me that somebody is spreading the narrative in Canada that the US is about to invade. The country whose leader is so weak he’s terrified to squeeze out the words “Russia started the war” and “Putin is a dictator” is going to, like, literally, send in the troops.
Whoever is spreading that message (if indeed it’s being spread) is trying to get people to vote for the Liberals again. I don’t know if it will work but I’m preoccupied that people kind of keep hinting at it.
We are seeing the 1st term Trump again. The weak, weak Trump. It’s sad for us but why should it scare Canadians?
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