#CDNpoli

[squapejuice]

As someone who has worked the polls in the last two elections, reminder for Canadians that if you are having difficulty getting to the voting polls - no bus route, a disability that doesn't let you drive, busy family - you can actually phone one of your local candidate's office or the elections canada office for your area and chances are they will send a staffer out to take you to the polls.

Advance polling runs Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday until either 6pm or 9pm in most places, so please try to get to the advance polls if you can't get out on election day.

You need 2 pieces of ID and at least one needs your address and photo. One photo ID and a piece of mail or a bill will work. You do NOT need to register in advance, you can do that there.

PLEASE VOTE!

[vimesbootstheory]

If I can offer an addition: please don't simply assume that you have to vote Liberal to keep Poilievre and the CPC out. We're going to murder the NDP (the only actualy left-wing party we have) that way. Do your research, look into how close the race in your riding is, look into your MP candidates, see how you feel about them and how they're polling. In some ridings, the LPC candidate is not competitive, or they're right-wing in all but name. I'm not going to link any particular site for checking what vote would be strategic, but there are lots of sites for that -- I only recommend that you double-check, because sometimes they're a little off. It's also worth checking to see if a strategic vote is necessary in the first place, for e.g., my riding always votes Liberal and it's not changing this time. So I'm not going to vote strategically.

If we're being real, the LPC has this handily. It's really just a matter of whether they get a plurality or a majority. And as a leftist, I would rather they didn't have a majority. I am very nervous that this election is going to crush the NDP, and that there will be cascading consequences for how people view the NDP in general going forward. Singh would likely be replaced, and there's a fair chance whoever replaces him will try pushing the party closer to the centre.

Anyway, tl;dr, don't panic-vote for the Liberals. Do your due diligence. Your vote matters.

I know most people don't care about anything unless it has to do with the U.S. but can we please start talking about the Canadian election.

Please don't vote for Poilievre. He's basically the Canadian Trump and plans to put in place laws that harm trans youth, and lots of other shit.

Please vote istg this is the only way anything will get better. Poilievre has been kissing millionaires and billionaires asses. He'll make life even harder, and he loves Trump.

Reblogs are appreciated, especially if you aren't Canadian.

[quasi-normalcy]

This is it, isn't it? This is state of the world.

[after-perfect]

I did bring myself to watch the English debate after sitting through the French one last night (Poilievre is loathsome in both languages, for the record), and the YouTube algorithm in its infinite wisdom has decided that I should follow it up with... old civil defense videos about nuclear fallout that someone has uploaded for reasons I guess?

Thanks YouTube, but how about no.

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Members of the Kitselas First Nation in British Columbia's Skeena Valley region have voted to become self-governing. The nation said in a news release that more than 96 per cent of its enrolled voters took part in the ratification on Thursday. It said 85 per cent voted for the treaty, while 81 per cent voted "Yes" for its constitution.

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Tagging: @newsfromstolenland

[muirneach]

i would never support trudeau but poilievre keeps being like ohhhh trudeau raised inflation trudeau did this and that and its like. well some of this is obviously covids fault like sometimes its not even trudeaus fault

[mariiverse]

this debate is giving me a headache. i just need canada to not vote trump 2.0 up here please

[sturionic]

Donald Trump Is Not Joking About Annexing Canada: A Fucking Timeline

December 3, 2024: Trump's quip about Canada becoming 51st state was a joke, says minister who was there (CBC News 🇨🇦) <- This is when it could have feasibly been a joke

January 7, 2025: Donald Trump is quoted in a press conference directly stating his intentions to annex Canada (New York Times, timestamp 0:45 🇺🇸) <- This is where Americans should have stopped telling Canadians it's just a joke

REPORTER 1: Are you also considering military force to annex and acquire Canada? DONALD TRUMP: No. Economic force.

February 7, 2025: Trudeau says Trump threat to annex Canada 'is a real thing' (BBC 🇬🇧) <- This is where the Commonwealth starts to take it seriously

Trudeau suggested Trump has floated the idea of taking over Canada and making it the "51st state" because he wants to access the country's critical minerals. "Mr Trump has it in mind that the easiest way to do it is absorbing our country and it is a real thing," the prime minister said.

February 9, 2025: "Trump's national security adviser: 'I don't think there's any plans to invade Canada'" (NBC News 🇺🇸) <- CANADIANS NOTICE THAT THIS IS NOT A VERY STRONG DENIAL OF POSSIBLE MILITARY FORCE

February 10, 2025: Trump Confirms He’s Serious About Wanting Canada As 51st State (Forbes 🇺🇸)

Fox News host Bret Baier asked Trump whether Trudeau was right in telling business leaders the U.S. president’s threat to absorb Canada is a “real thing,” to which Trump agreed with Trudeau and responded, “Yes it is.”

February 12, 2025: ‘Trump effect’: How US tariffs, ’51st state’ threats are shaking up Canada (Al Jazeera 🇶🇦) <- This is where the rest of the fucking world outside America starts to take it seriously

February 18 2025: CBC releases podcast episode: "What if the U.S. invaded Canada?" (CBC's Front Burner 🇨🇦)

March 4, 2025: Canada Eyeing NATO Ally's Nukes To Deter Trump 'Threat': Candidate (Newsweek 🇺🇸), British nuclear weapons can protect Canada against Trump, says Trudeau party candidate (The Telegraph 🇬🇧)

“I would be working urgently with [European Nato allies] to build a closer security relationship… in a time when the United States can be a threat,” said [Canada's] ex-foreign minister and finance minister at the final Liberal leadership debate last week.

March 4, 2025: Prime Minister Trudeau: "What he wants is to see a total collapse of the Canadian economy, because that’ll make it easier to annex us” (CTV News 🇨🇦)

March 7, 2025: BC Premier David Eby: “We know the president in back rooms with Canadian officials has said he wants to redraw the border" (Global News 🇨🇦)

Eby: "If this president wants to annex Canada, he should save his breath to cool his soup, it is never going to happen.”

March 7, 2025: How Trump’s ‘51st State’ Canada Talk Came to Be Seen as Deadly Serious (New York Times 🇺🇸) <- This is where American news media starts to treat this as maybe possibly not a joke

March 9, 2025: U.S. Congress bill aims to prevent funding of invasion of Canada (CTV News 🇨🇦) <- This is where you should understand that military force is ON THE TABLE

March 11, 2025: Canadian opinion of U.S. falls sharply; 63% take Trump's threats 'very seriously' (National Post 🇨🇦)

March 13, 2025 (TODAY): Trump threatens to acquire Canada, Greenland while next to NATO chief (Global News 🇨🇦)

“To be honest with you, Canada only works as a state...This would be the most incredible country visually,” [Trump] said. “If you look at a map, they drew an artificial line right through it, between Canada and the U.S., just a straight artificial line. Somebody did it a long time ago, many many decades ago, and it makes no sense.” -Donald Trump

And hey, just for fun, let's contrast that with another quote:

First of all, I would like to emphasize that the wall that has emerged in recent years between Russia and Ukraine, between the parts of what is essentially the same historical and spiritual space, to my mind is our great common misfortune and tragedy...I am confident that true sovereignty of Ukraine is possible only in partnership with Russia. -Vladimir Fucking Putin, the year before launching an attack on Ukraine, which everyone also said he was joking about and definitely wouldn't do (2021 essay, Kremlin official website 🇷🇺)

I know you're overwhelmed, Americans, but please stop saying this is a joke. Canadians are anticipating an invasion, possibly within the year. This is not a fucking drill.

[dappercritter]

OK GOT MY VOTER CARD, TIME TO BANG THE GONG AGAIN!

Alright gonna get political, watch out.

Just for the record, I think Canadians really DO need to vote this April 28th to avoid a very bad situation (i.e. the local transphobic demagogue) and I will bang my drum about it again.

But I'm not interested in joining in on the "Elbows Up" thing anytime soon.

Yes, we need to stand up for ourselves and fend off our own brand of right-wing idiots. No argument there!

But acting as if we aren't also a society suffering under late-stage capitalism built on colonization and gentrification isn't going to help things.

And the fact that our government's primary response is still counter-tariffs isn't helping.

Acting like we're this perfect country when there are still people who can't afford their groceries, prescriptions, or a new home, can't find a job, or are in danger of having their own rights undermined isn't going to go away just by waving a stupid red leaf around.

No, what I think needs to happen isn't a renewed wave of Canadian patriotism. I think what needs to happen next is Canadians getting out and voting on April 28th (or sooner!) to prevent a future fascist takeover here, then to start organizing to push for real change.

Not just with each other but with American citizens however possible. We're all struggling to get by right now, and the US is about to get it the worst.

Sure, there's a lot of a greasy types in ivory towers and white houses who have this wave of defiance rightly coming. But never forget that the only thing making the average Canadian different from the average American, is a flag and a border.

We can't count on our governments to set things right anymore.

We need to be there to show compassion and support for each other, no matter our nationality, if we ever want this pointless "war" to end.

[megafreeman]

Hey so Canada is apparently erasing "Palestine" from people's documents. If you apply for a new document to be issued, you have to say you have no place of birth, with Palestine not being an actual option you can use

[newsfromstolenland]

Butter continues to be a hot commodity in Guelph, Ont.

At least seven large-scale thefts have been reported over a 10-month period, including two hauls in just the last month.

On Oct. 12, at around 7:45 p.m., two men entered a store on Speedvale Avenue East.

“They placed a number of items in a cart – including three cases of butter with a value of $936 – and left out a receiving door,” the Guelph Police Service said in a news release.

Full article

Kind of obsessed with this...seven large scale butter heists?? What is happening in Guelph?? I have to know why but I don't want these guys to get caught

[terriwriting]

They were driving a rented 2024 Chevy Malibu with Oklahoma plates. The traffic stop escalated when the musicians said they were Canadians. After an officer brought out a detection dog, the sisters were told the vehicle had tested positive for narcotics. After a physical search turned up nothing more than a bottle of wine and one of the sister’s medication, the questioning continued.

“The officer speaking to me seemed to believe that Canada was the root of where all these drugs were coming from,” Cassie said. “It seemed very much in line with the narrative that has recently been touted.”

The Trump administration has accused Canada of flooding the U.S. with the synthetic opioid fentanyl. The unsubstantiated claim is being used as pretext for tariffs placed on Canadian goods.

Before the MacDonald sisters were released from their detainment, they were both subjected, in separate police vehicles by different officers, to a loyalty test.

“Mine asked, ‘I have an important question to ask you, which do you prefer, Canada or the United States?’” Cassie said. “It seemed weighted, as if whether we were going to be given a further difficult time or if we were going to have the opportunity to go on our way depended on the answer I gave.”

[quasi-normalcy]

It is kind of funny how Canadian patriotism had been on the decline for decades right up until Donald Trump uttered the Manchurian Candidate trigger phrase "51st state" and sent it automatically and reflexively shooting back up.

[purplespacecats]

HOLY SHIT THIS IS SUCH A WIN

@allthecanadianpolitics

[nuclearlemons]

New design because my home province of New Brunswick won't stop trying to incite a trans panic in schools

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