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Eliott Dumoulin is a journalist who covers Canada for the French newspaper Le Monde. In this article, he tries to explain to readers back home what’s going on.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 days ago

If a foreign nation threatens to forcefully annex you and you go with it, you're quite literally the definition of a traitor.

I'd like to hear from actual Albertans what they think of this.
We might not agree on much most days, but still, I hope the country comes before whatever squabbles.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 4 days ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Let's see if Canada does a better job handling traitors than the US

[–] [email protected] 86 points 5 days ago (2 children)

dani smith is a traitorous cunt!

[–] [email protected] 44 points 5 days ago

Seditious bitch.

A shit-stain of a human who’s in it for herself.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 days ago (4 children)

So many places to go after Danielle smith. Do we have to make her sex one of them? She is a horrible leader, a liar, traitorous, vacuous, purveyor of bullshit culture war, climate change denier, maga sycophant, incompetent shitforbrains, and worst of humanity

You can say a lot without mentioning her sex

[–] [email protected] 25 points 5 days ago (1 children)

He never mentioned her sex. Cunts are gender neutral.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

Maybe is Australia. Next guys calls her a bitch. Just saying hate her cause she’s horrible. No need for misogyny

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

This is hypocrisy unless you’re also this offended when someone calls another person a dick

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Is it the same? Is calling a white person a cracker the same as calling a black person an nbomb?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I could. But she doesn't deserve that kind of respect

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I agree she doesn’t deserve respect. I guess my point is that it’s not just her that you’re hurting with misogynistic slurs, it’s also my daughter who gets hurt

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

I totally hear you. It is not my intention to hurt anyone else besides danis shitty feelings. I just dont have a problem getting in the mud with them to play their own game

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

The word, as an insult, may be used predominantly to refer to either gender in some parts of the world, but in other parts it's usually gender-specific. Both points of view -- that it's misogynistic and that it's not -- could be argued to be valid because we live in different cultures. That said, we're a global audience here and so using this word across cultures becomes problematic.

Here in the USA, it's still a mostly gendered word based in misogyny. People in the US claiming otherwise probably just don't want to stop using the word as an insult and either don't believe or care that it perpetuates misogyny in the US when used against women.

The claim in this thread that it's matter-of-fact not misogynistic is untrue globally.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

Danielle sounds like a real piece of shit.

[–] [email protected] 56 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Its time to give her the traditional traitor treatment. Lock her in the tower of London and throw away the key.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

How about tar and feathers?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

Take her ice fishing.

Use her as bait.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Oh look. its no tits.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

If you shoot them, they can never get a second chance.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 5 days ago (1 children)

ford is a traitor, he was humping trumps leg and was ready to sell out Canada until it looked bad for him. He is still fucking up healthcare, and selling off greenspaces, and filling his pockets, as is tradition with conservatives. Fucking traitors the lot of them.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Any sources because he’s been pretty loudly against trump since the 51st state comments. Not holding back waiting for polls

[–] [email protected] 36 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Ford was caught on hot mic saying he was happy Trump won until tariff threats started.

"Election day, was I happy this guy won? One hundred per cent I was," Ford said. "But then the guy pulled out the knife and f--king yanked it into us."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ford-trump-win-comments-tariffs-1.7449512

In defence of Ford, he’s done a pretty good job vocally standing up to Trump, but I don’t know anyone in their right mind that would be happy Trump won.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

He withdrew the electricity surcharges after winning the election and meeting with trump....

Weak

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Yes, but the original post stated, Ford waited for things to look bad for him before he switched sides. Ford was pretty quick to say fuck them.

Yes he’s conservative but he’s Canadian first

To be clear I didn’t vote for him but I could have.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Yeah I'm as unhappy as I am he's in charge ... he's at least got Canada as his priority unlike Danielle Smith.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Yeah I think as soon as he heard about tariffs again he was immediately aggressive about it.

He’s an asshole for sure, but he’s our asshole.

I just don’t know how he forgot about this all when on US election night.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Not 'our' asshole, just a populist. They see the way the wind in blowing and make a bunch of noise about it and then do what they were always going to do, which is sell off more of the province to Mattamy.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Yeah, he came out and was a good guy by surprise there.

I really hope he's what the future of the Conservative party looks like federally. Not PP or Danielle Smith.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 5 days ago

Danielle the traitor. PP the traitor. That’s my nicknames for those two.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Danielle Smith: Soorry aboot that, but orange is my favourite colour.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Favorite color**

She doesn't use the kings English, I guarantee

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

Aw, man! I specifically added the proper amount of U's, posted it, then had to go back and edit the autocorrect.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 5 days ago (1 children)

For anyone just reading the comments, please be aware that this is old news. Article from Jan 21st.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Any developments since then?

I imagine they would update the article if that changed but maybe I’m putting up my hopes too high here

[–] [email protected] 28 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Alberta's Trump. Glad in BC we avoided our version, by the skin of our teeth.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Oh, was it close there too? It was painful when Smith won by 1300 votes.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago

No thanks to Danielle Smith who ran election interference in BC.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 days ago (1 children)

At this rate, Danielle LeSmith is a few months away from being indicated on embezzlement charges 🤞

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

You might be on to something. Might be angling for the Andrew Tate treatment from the Trump regime. Probably will renounce her Canadian citizenship and get a job on Fox News.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Marleina Quisling proving once again she is a fucking traitor who shouldn't be in any position of power.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 days ago

I wish Dani was at least owned by the Canadian oil companies but we can't even have that...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (3 children)

TBF aren’t most of her constituents pro trump?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

No, we're not.

Even before this shit started she barely won. The grocery stores have been full of people looking for local products like anywhere else.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

Nope, Edmonton here.