Canada should use this as an opportunity to cancel dairy quotas in CUSMA. RFK advocates for raw milk. The pubic safety is at risk.
It also gives the US a solid economic fuck you that costs us nothing. We don't really export any milk to them, so all it does is remove the competition in our dairy market. And CUSMA is dead anyway, Trump killed it.
No. Some people are capable of recognizing and admitting when they've made a mistake.
Denying that the right has targeted young men because of their insecurities is ridiculous.
And frankly if someone is going to become an even bigger hateful piece of shit because someone calls them out for being a moderately hateful piece of shit, then I'm really not interested in their allegiance. I'm sick of tolerating this dumbass bullshit. The left has spent too long assuming there is good faith here, and it's clear there is no respect and no desire to find common ground. To these people I say I'm sorry you were manipulated, but you have to take responsibility for your actions and your decisions - and we can all see the endgame of the populist right wing. At this point if you're digging in your heels then you're just a garbage human and you deserve what's coming to you.
It's not the left's fault that the right are hateful assholes.
There's no doubt that the right has targeted young men via traditional insecurities about masculinity. They've made a concerted effort to paint the left as weak, effeminate, soy boy, etc., because it plays to the insecurities of young men. This is why we see the domination of right wing thought in traditionally masculine spaces, such as gym culture, comedy, gaming, sports, MMA, crypto, etc.
The main driver of inflation in the housing market is investor driven demand. This can't be fixed on the supply side, it's fixed by regulation and enforcement of the investors and RE agents, strengthening consumer protection and insurance, and generally making investment in housing provide moderate ROI, as it used to, for families and live-in owners that expect to hold the property for at least 10 years.
Some relief can be provided on the supply side, but it should be via government housing projects, not by greasing the wheels so that private wealthy investors can build more product to sell. That's how we got into this mess.
What does that have to do with anything.
Your comment stated that Trudeau was a pathological liar, but he's better than the 'alt right'. I assume alt right refers to the PPC, not the CPC, and I assumed you made THAT comparison (LPC to PPC), skipping over CPC, because you support the CPC.
My assumption about your CPC support may be incorrect, but it sure seems to be buttressed by the fact that you stated that Trudeau is an egregious liar, when in reality his dishonesty is no worse than many other politicians, and in regard to bold faced lies about facts (as opposed to, say, broken election promises) he's nowhere near as bad as Poilievre.
This why I asked you if you could identify any of Poilievre's many lies, misinformation, or disinformation. Because I suspected you might avoid answering it, as you predictably did. And given that the entire post and originating article is about the CPC, I don't think it's really off topic to ask about them. So, can you tell me where Poilievre has lied?
Poilievre has an incredibly lucky moment right now. Never has a Canadian leader had a moment like this, in the last century, maybe ever. He has a fantastically weak Liberal leader that has dragged his party down, and a disastrous US leader who threatens Canada. All Poilievre has to do is step in front of all of this and present a unifying vision. But he can't do it. He's incapable of being a leader. He can't seem to put his petty politics of anger aside and face the reality that the country has an existential threat and that the priorities have changed. Even when he proposes something reasonable (Arctic defense) he has to borrow a Trump move to get there (decimate foreign aid, even though soft power and diplomacy is the reason we have any friends at all right now). He is the very epitome of short term, ideological thinking. Ultimately he represents the populist right wing that will exacerbate wealth inequality and the resulting oligarchy..and we can all see the endgame of this movement playing out to the south of us.
No fucking thank you.
What has Trudeau lied about? What has Poilievre lied about?
We are not supporting Ukraine because of the US. We are supporting them because they are defending against a Russian invasion.
I'm willing to listen to nearly everything you proposed, except for neutrality or cooperation with Russia. Not a chance. They invaded a sovereign country. We don't sacrifice our principles to that degree, and abandon Ukraine, in the interests of economic gain.
Based on what the US has been doing over the past month, I'm not so sure your trend will continue like this. And in any case, the US is at best an unreliable trading partner, and at worst an enemy of Canada, so we need new trading partners. The EU seems like as good as any.
The hardest thing for our family are the digital services and social media. We are slowly cancelling Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, etc. But some things are used by my wife's business (Google, Facebook, Insta) and the just isn't a good replacement for YouTube.
Groceries are not bad thankfully. For hardware and household items, I can usually find a Canadian product if not at least Canadian made. Not being able to order to my door with Amazon is kind of an inconvenience but really we shouldn't be leaning on that anyway.
Gasoline is an unfortunate reality for us, since we don't have money for an EV right now and we need a truck to move renovation materials. And unfortunately construction supplies are sometimes a challenge to source (no way I'm going to Home Depot).
I really hope this gives Canadian industry a chance to blossom.
I suspect you grossly underestimate the dependence of the US economy on other countries, and I believe that you grossly misrepresent Carney in regard to the carbon tax (which you also misunderstand) and the WEF (which you assert to be a secretive global cabal of communists, ignoring the real and blatant fascist oligarchy in the US).
Putting all of that aside, Carney is by far the most experienced candidate we've had in decades, and I say this as someone who has lived 5+ decades in this country. And if you don't see the US as an existential threat then you're not seriously considering the magnitude of these events. Whether or not Trump decides to go through with any of it, he has destroyed the US reputation and our alliance for generations. The die is cast, and things will be different. The US is not our friend and may even be considered an enemy now but they are for sure unreliable, unpredictable, and possessing of malicious intent.
And any treasonous Yank sympathizers should just get out before they're put out.