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Patio11 has some good coverage of Trudeau's handling of the trucker protest against the government's handling of COVID-19 [1]. Whatever you think of the truckers' position or protest tactics, any punishment for their actions ought to go through the laws and court system. Trudeau instead essentially told the banking system "You can't do business with those people, they're terrorists." Patio11's words of what happened…
I have migrated from Canada to the USA and my metrics for wealth, ease of mind, actually working while at work, outgoingness, etc instantly improved. I don't plan on ever going back. I feel chagrin at seeing Canada fail. I'm glad to see Justin Trudeau pressured out, I know there won't be meaningful change associated with the decision, but I have hope.
The US is good to anyone who can pay. And my career made it such that I earn a lot more in the US that I would in Canada, so the US has been good to me. It's unclear how widespread that experience actually is. There's a lot of statistics that this is one of the best times to be alive (despite our very cynical / negative attitude about it).
But personally, I have no intent of going back, if only because of the weather.
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If you read all the papers then why is this not sourced?
Not sure what it implies, but there it is.
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Generally, governments in Canada are voted out in roughly 9-year intervals. Trudeau took office in 2015, so nothing unusual there. Moreover, Trudeau is exiting with approval ratings just a percent below his predecessor, Stephen Harper (22% vs. 23%, respectively). So, in a wider sense, this is not so unusual. But we're facing a trade war with the States and less-than-joking threats of annexation, so it's a bad moment…
> less-than-joking threats of annexation This is an interesting statement in that, sadly, the person making the threats is not joking yet to those that have not drunk the kool-aid it is an utter joke of a concept.
Eg: Nexen was bought by CNOOC with a whole bunch of promises and broke lots of them.
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Crazy how only Canada has used emergency powers to curtail opposition. In fact it did that twice in 50 years. And only twenty people getting their rights completely stripped because they bothered the federal government workers in Ottawa is good enough according to you? Maybe it's just because I'm part of a minority but your entire comment is exactly the issue with Canadian politics. We basically have 0 rights the mom…
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I think it’s worth noting that the weekend before this, local residents of Ottawa had basically “stormed” one of the trucker convoy camps to unblock a road. There were genuine concerns that the residents of Ottawa were ready to take matters into their own hands, and it would be a bloodbath. Not to mention the blockade in Alberta where they were found with guns and a pipe bomb, with their communications indicating the…
> concerns that the residents of Ottawa were ready to take matters into their own hands, and it would be a bloodbath Similar concerns happened when Harper and Ottawa mayor at the time denied the rights and freedoms of protestors of the G20. It's concerning how the "true north, strong, and free" is losing that last part. Read more at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_G20_Toronto_summit_protes...
Nothing will change because no Canadian government will lower house prices and that's what absolutely needs to happen. 2024 was a banner year for voting against the incumbent governments worldwide. Globally we have a cost-of-living crisis, a housing affordability crisis and a years-long decrease in the standard-of-living. Generally speaking, each country has 3 forces that are in play: 1. Progressives; 2. Neoliberals…
> Canada is a real estate bubble, just like pretty much every other Western nation
Exacerbated by the fact opportunities limited to a few geographic hotspots.
100 million Canadians is not a bad idea once it starts developing other urban centres. But the first 20 million is going to try their hardest to shitup the GTA.
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Canada has no term limit. Leaders stay on until they have lost the support of their party. Often that happens after a devastating election loss. In this case it is happening because of his extreme unpopularity before the election and his parties hope of improving their election prospects under a different leader
Have they ever thought of implementing a term limit? I’m confused why they think that is not necessary.
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You say "now" as though it's ever not been the case. These comparisons do a poor job of taking into account cost-of-living and quality-of-life; it's simply not the case that you're better off in Montgomery than Toronto.
The median wages for Toronto and Montgomery are actually quite similar: Toronto: $84k CAD ($58k USD) Montgomery: $55k The person living in Montgomery can easily afford a house and a middle-class life. Can the person in Toronto? Would I rather live in Toronto personally? Yes. But on a median salary, no way. https://www.city-data.com/income/income-Montgomery-Alabama.h... https://www.toronto.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/0…
Of course not. But a person living in New York City - making the much higher median household income of 75K USD - also can't afford a house or a middle-class life there. And yet across almost every metric New York is considered a better place to live with higher quality of life than Alabama.
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Crazy how only Canada has used emergency powers to curtail opposition. In fact it did that twice in 50 years. And only twenty people getting their rights completely stripped because they bothered the federal government workers in Ottawa is good enough according to you? Maybe it's just because I'm part of a minority but your entire comment is exactly the issue with Canadian politics. We basically have 0 rights the mom…
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