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I don't know any personally, or if I do I haven't asked them about it, but there was a guy on a CBC/npr call in show a few weeks back who thought becoming the 51st state would be great, because he can't currently get healthcare for his kids.
Um..
So delusional as ever, I'd say.
Maple MAGA didn't go anywhere, but they got a very harsh slap in the face when most Canadians "woke up" to politics. They were doing that thing American Conservatives do where they pretend that everyone secretly agrees with them and they are the "silent majority".
That's easier to do when most Canadians don't vote, don't follow politics and are generally checked out, as it has been for years.
But then, basically overnight, Canadians across the country all engaged. Boycotts, firearms training, tracking the news on a daily basis. Funny what a little thing like threats to our sovereignty will do. And Maple MAGA didn't suddenly change their tune. They're still out there, loving Trump, consuming Russian propaganda and thinking Canada is a fascist regime because we have the gall to fund social programs. But they're a lot less loud when they realize they're the minority in every room. Essentially, they're cowards and traitors and both those groups tend to keep their head down when a nation gets a surge of patriotism.
One good thing that’s come out of all this is that people are hanging Canadian flags in solidarity, totally erasing the previous use they were put to. Those other people have essentially lost all the oxygen to shout from their soapboxes, and their Trudeau stickers are now meaningless.
It’s been good to see people discussing things that can actually make a positive difference.
There's a group of separatists in Alberta trying to get the province to join the US as the 51st state.
Our premier claims to disagree with them but has been pushing the separation dogwhistles for years, and is on her way to PragerU to speak alongside Ben Shapiro.
Always great being a billionaire and having a group of mentally ill helping you to suppress themselves
The one thing folks haven't mentioned so far is that it's put our conservatives into a real comical bind. A significant chunk of their base loves trump, while the rest are now vocally opposed.
What Polievre try to thread that needle is great.
What Polievre try to thread that needle is great.
I love the fact that it's so utterly clear exactly why he was so desperate for an election before Trump took office. I chuckle every day at the small man's petulant fury.
Polievre has nothing but wild promises to fix everything without plans and, "I'm not Justin Trudeau." He desperately wants to be Donald Trump. He would cut taxes on the wealthy and cut services for the rest of us. He would run up the deficit and the debt and blame ~~Joe Biden~~ Justin Trudeau.
He would sell us out in a second.
It's great until suddenly they thread that needle. I've seen this happen with trump twice now and can't escape the feeling that I'm living in 1930
The latest news on our stoopids
| Hackland said in his sentencing decision that King had accepted "minimal responsibility" but offered a "sincere apology" for his actions.
lol
I know some Canadians who hate Trudeau etc. I saw them repost one Canadian guy who said that Trump just wanted Canada to be a good neighbor and if Canada can't get it together they deserve to be taken over and people can call him a traitor if they wish.
ITS THE FUCKING DEFINITION OF BEING A TRAITOR.
I think only war would actually make some of them realize America is being the bad guy here.
Right now they mostly seem to be attacking the new pm Carney for not yet being an MP and/or not becoming pm through a federal election.
Yelling as loud as they can that they do not understand the slightest how our gov works and that the PM is NEVER elected but by the party.
We have them pretty much everywhere, but the greatest concentration are in Alberta and probably Saskatchewan. They are pretty emboldened atm as you would imagine. They did a convoy in our capital. But they relied on US maga funds to make it happen. So, as yours run the US economically into the ground, they'll be losing their backer.
Yup, they just parrot US talking points and don't actually have their own support and funding here. As soon as fascist party is gone down south they will dissolve as well. It's also the dumbest people you've ever had to interact with...
It's a Russian psy-op, Trump even confirmed with this russia, Russia, Russia and me and Putin had to go through the Russia hoax together comments.
They are worshipping Trump. https://youtu.be/cmTeg0B9tH8?feature=shared
That guy is hard to listen to