#canad

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Taylor Noakes at TNR:

Though it has been something of a slow-burn news story on the American side of the world’s longest undefended border, President Donald Trump’s constant threats of annexation, along with his chaotic and unnecessary trade war, have accomplished something he probably never intended: He’s managed to unite Canada in a way few thought possible. What Trump doesn’t appear to realize is that doing so has also cost him, if not an ally, then at least a like-minded collaborator. It is perhaps the ultimate demonstration of Trump’s unmitigated ignorance that he may have ruined the prospects of the most Trumpian politician in Canadian history. Trump’s unjustified and inexcusable attack on Canada’s sovereignty has reversed the very political trends that have developed in Canada over the last several years that might have been to his advantage. Trump has united Canada against not only him but perhaps the United States as a whole, for generations to come.

The future of Canada didn’t look very promising throughout 2024. The federal government appeared weak and ineffectual while certain provincial premiers routinely challenged federal authority in key areas of jurisdiction. A general affordability crisis worsened as inflation grew and the value of the Canadian dollar fell to lows not seen in decades. Battered by decades of chronic underfunding, Canada’s health care system seemed on the verge of collapse. Calls for former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign grew with intensity throughout the year, while polling suggested his chief rival, Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre, would easily win the election scheduled for 2025 with a commanding majority. Poilievre was far from a unifying voice in Canadian politics; he opted instead for exceptionally divisive rhetoric designed to appeal to his die-hard supporters first and foremost. Among Poilievre’s preferred rhetorical devices was his assertion that “Canada is broken.” Much like Trump, Poilievre often seemed to be the one doing the breaking, and offering little more than catchphrases as a stand-in for real policy. Poilievre is unnecessarily combative and hostile with Canadian journalists, despite Canadian news media’s conservative bias. He has repeatedly called for defunding the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, or CBC—Canada’s national public broadcaster and a cornerstone of Canadian cultural identity—calling it a propaganda arm of the Liberal Party of Canada (sound familiar?), despite the fact that studies of CBC News coverage show it tends to benefit Canada’s conservatives.

Poilievre was also a major opponent of Canada’s generally successful Covid-19 pandemic response, and has unsuccessfully promoted legislation to oppose vaccine mandates for federal workers and the traveling public. More significantly, Poilievre was a visible supporter of the so-called Freedom Convoy of early 2022, a national protest movement against pandemic containment measures that ultimately evolved into a prolonged occupation of parts of downtown Ottawa, and which was arguably inspired by the January 6 riot. It was his support of this protest in particular that is credited with having given Poilievre an edge in the 2022 Conservative Party leadership contest over his more centrist rival. Poilievre has also received many of the same far-right endorsements as Trump, including those of Elon Musk, Jordan Peterson, Conrad Black, and Ben Shapiro. If Trump wanted Canada to be the fifty-first state, Poilievre might have made an excellent collaborationist governor. But, as Frank Sinatra once sang,“Then I go and spoil it all by saying something stupid.”

Trudeau finally capitulated to abysmal polling numbers and the very real threat that his Liberal Party might be wiped out in the 2025 election by announcing his resignation on January 6, 2025. Poilievre’s ascendancy to the prime ministership, with a majority government no less (guaranteeing him a minimum four-year term), seemed certain. Then Donald Trump started talking about annexation, slapped tariffs on Canadian exports, and started a trade war, falsely claiming that fentanyl was coming into the United States through Canada, and that the U.S. was “subsidizing” Canada to the tune of $200 billion per year. The reality is actually the opposite: Less than 1 percent of all fentanyl entering the U.S. comes from Canada, and there are at least three different ways in which Canada subsidizes the U.S., including via secure, low-cost energy exports.

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Far more significant is the reversal of Poilievre’s once sky-high fortunes. Having built much of his political identity as an “anti-Trudeau,” antiestablishment faux populist, in the same vein as Trump and his ilk, Poilievre now finds himself both without a nemesis on which to blame all of Canada’s problems and appearing too close—in ideology as much as personality—to the number one enemy of the Canadian public. Recent polling suggests that not only has Poilievre lost his once formidable leadin the race to become Canada’s next prime minister but that Trudeau’s successor—the economist Mark Carney—may even lead the governing Liberal Party back to a parliamentary majority for the first time in six years. Put another way, if this occurs, it would be the single most startling reversal in Canadian political history, by a considerable margin. The ascendancy of Poilievre was all but guaranteed when Trudeau announced his resignation in early January. Had Trump not threatened Canada with tariffs, and instead simply waited for the federal election, he may very well have been negotiating with Poilievre.

And despite Poilievre’s more than 20 years serving as a parliamentarian—which has included stints as a junior Cabinet minister and his more recent foray into the leadership of Canada’s right-wing Conservative Party—he remains something of a political neophyte. Elected fresh out of college, Poilievre is the epitome of a career politician but otherwise has no career, nor profession to speak of. Moreover, a key Poilievre ally—Jamil Jivani—is close friends with Vice President JD Vance. Where this may have once been mentioned as a potential strength of an incoming Poilievre administration—a direct and personal connection to the White House—it is now seen as a major liability as Poilievre tries to rebrand himself as a patriot. Though it isn’t really helping, Trump has further insulted Poilievre by saying he’s “not a MAGA guy.” However much Poilievre may be trying to live up to Trump’s statement, it’s abundantly obvious in Canada that Poilievre is being dragged down by the same “Maple MAGA” movementthat convinced Trudeau to resign and brought Poilievre so close to the halls of power in the first place. It’s still not clear when Canadians will go to the polls to choose their next government (it could happen any time between late April and late October). Still, Mark Carney has momentum few observers ever would have imagined for an economist with no prior political experience. Carney’s experience running the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England is likely to appeal to a broad swath of Canadian voters. He has taken credit for steering Canada through the worst of the 2008 financial crisis and for keeping Great Britain afloat during Brexit. There are few people with his set of skills and professional experience, and it’s looking like this will be an easy choice come election time. If the results of the Liberal Party leadership race are any indication, Carney may secure a majority government for his party, demolish Poilievre, and perhaps even take down the personality cult that is Poilievre’s Conservative Party (Carney won on the first ballot, virtually unheard of, with 86 percent of the vote).

Though Carney is unlikely to feign progressive ideals, as Trudeau did to get elected a decade ago, Canadian progressives may see in him something better than simply the lesser evil. A Carney majority government would likely present a formidable challenge to Trump while simultaneously bringing about a sea change in Canadian politics. If current polling is accurate, not only will Carney vanquish Poilievre and his increasingly far-right Conservative Party, but he may also prove fatal to Canada’s traditional progressive party, the New Democratic Party, or NDP, including the potential loss of official party status. This may ultimately result in Canada’s conservatives moving back toward the center and encourage the NDP to move further left (Canadian progressives have blamed the party’s centrist slide for its poor performance in the last several federal elections).

This notwithstanding, a Carney victory would be an unambiguous message from the Canadian public that Trump must be opposed at all costs and therefore that the vulnerabilities of continental interconnectedness should be corrected as quickly as possible. If this means transitioning away from economic integration with the U.S., who better than Carney to manage such a transition? This may appeal to some Canadian progressives who recognize free trade with the U.S. as a foundational problem that has eroded Canadian political and economic sovereignty, as much as its social safety net and culture, for more than a generation. Though Carney is an exceptionally well-connected establishment figure with a decidedly neoliberal track record, Trump’s existential threat to Canada may necessitate a broad national effort to economic independence and self-sufficiency that’s incompatible with neoliberalism. Canadians seem eager to fight back as much as imagine a new, better, and perhaps more autonomous and independent future. They may end up with a shift in the status quo that doesn’t involve cozying up to the madman in the White House.

Donald Trump’s bullying of Canada managed to unite Canada together… against him, regardless of political leaning or language spoken.

The Liberal Party of Canada and its new PM, Mark Carney, is reaping the benefits at the polls.

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[admissionrkimt]

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[polarbearlolol]

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Forgot to post this here hihi

[mysharona1987]

What are the odds when Israel presents its defence tomorrow, they’ll all suddenly remember this case exists after all?

[danzainosolitude]

Once again I read fanfiction that seems to have been precisely written to deal psychic damage to me.

[nr1-logo-design-inspiration]

Eagle + A logo concept ☆☆☆

[ragingadhd]

Friendly reminder that saying ‘dumb people shouldn’t vote’ is advocating for voter suppression

[aurianneor]

Un sursaut européen est nécessaire

Depuis que Trump est de nouveau au pouvoir, les Etats-Unis ne sont plus les alliés des pays démocratiques. Donald Trump et son gouvernement reprennent régulièrement les thèses de Poutine et se qualifient eux-même de prédateurs.

Les Etats-Unis ont affirmé vouloir s’approprier le Groenland, le Panama et le Canada contre la volonté des populations.

Trump et Poutine prétendent défendre les libertés mais ce sont des libertés de prédateurs: liberté du fort d’opprimer le faible. Ils défendent la liberté d’appeler à la haine, de s’accaparer les richesses et de ne pas devoir être solidaire des plus faibles. Par exemple, les Etats-Unis cessent de financer les organisations internationales et les ONG. Le dialogue et la solidarité ne comptent plus. C’est la loi du fort qui opprime le faible même si c’est contre leurs intérêts économiques. Ce sont des régimes autoritaires et violents qui n’ont pas de morale.

Les Etats-Unis vont négocier le sort de l’Ukraine seuls avec Poutine, sans les Ukrainiens ni les Européens. Ils ont déclaré s’approprier la moitié des richesses minières de l’Ukraine en même temps qu’ils dictent aux Européens d’en payer la reconstruction et de laisser les partis d’extrême-droite libres d’appeler à la haine raciale.

L’Ukraine et l’Europe refusent ces termes et ont convenu de se rencontrer pour organiser la sécurité européenne entre Européens. La France, l’Allemagne, l’Italie, le Royaume-Unis, les Pays-Bas et la Pologne sont très actifs.

Cette Europe défend les valeurs universelles des droits de l’homme avec des libertés pour le peuple et qui n’entravent pas celles d’autrui. C’est le seul ilôt de progrès pour une meilleure société et un ilôt de justice qui protège les forts comme les faibles. Pour cela, elle doit pouvoir se défendre grâce à la force. L’Europe doit être la lumière qui donne l’espoir pour le reste du monde.

Il est temps que l’Europe réalise qu’elle est une grande puissance et qu’elle s’assure de pouvoir défendre ses valeurs humanitaires et universelles.

Les élections fédérales en Allemagne le 23 février 2025 et les élections au Canada avant octobre 2025 permettront soit d’aller dans le sens de Trump et Poutine, soit de défendre les démocraties.

Pistorius counters Vance: Criticism of democracy is not acceptable | BR24: https://youtu.be/S7Rl6XgkWUg?si=HgIAaaQgIEAmZQHC

“If it's not Brussels, then it's Moscow": Zelenskyy's Statement at MSC 2025 | BR24: https://youtu.be/_tC_5ryXY7U?si=MPqXvRnonreaKVY8

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Comment regagner la confiance?: https://www.aurianneor.org/comment-regagner-la-confiance/

Pour une Europe unie pour protéger nos normes!: https://www.aurianneor.org/pour-une-europe-unie-pour-proteger-nos-normes/

Pour une défense européenne: https://www.aurianneor.org/pour-une-defense-europeenne/

Le compas moral: https://www.aurianneor.org/le-compas-moral/

Quand la force est légitime: https://www.aurianneor.org/quand-la-force-est-legitime/

Arrête de financer la haine: https://www.aurianneor.org/arrete-de-financer-la-haine/

Qui soutient les militaires américains?: https://www.aurianneor.org/qui-soutient-les-militaires-americains/

AI: https://www.aurianneor.org/ai-what-a-surprise-to-find-a-comic-strip-on/

Guerre et Paix à l’ONU: https://www.aurianneor.org/guerre-et-paix-a-lonu-en-1961-lavion-du/

La preuve qu’on sait ne pas se battre. – Quand la force n’est pas légitime…: https://www.aurianneor.org/la-preuve-quon-sait-ne-pas-se-battre-quand-la/

Ayn Rand est populaire aujourd’hui; mais cela mène à la destruction, quelles solutions?: https://www.aurianneor.org/ayn-rand-est-populaire-aujourdhui-mais-cela-mene-a-la-destruction-quelles-solutions/

[dabblingreturns]

Y'all. As we all go though these hard times I wish us all the kindness of angels as we meet the downtrodden, and the firery swords as we meet those doing the treading

[coochiequeens]

Does Canada ever have good news for women?

By Shay Woulahan. January 14, 2024

A trans-identified male sex offender who was re-arrested just days after his release from prison after being convicted on three charges related to child sex abuse material, one of which involved accessing pornography of infants in diapers, has been ordered to spend one year of his five year long-term supervision order (LTSO) in a community-based facility. New details have also emerged of the child predators deviant lifestyle and extreme addiction to pornography involving babies.

Laverne Travis Waskahat, 47, has an extensive history of possessing, making and publishing child pornography involving male and female infants under three years old. Waskahat had also previously committed sexual offences against children in his care and was known to take voyeuristic photos of infants in public, primarily in bathrooms at malls and grocery stores. See rest of article

By Genevieve Gluck January 17, 2024

CONTENT NOTICE: This article contains graphic descriptions of sexual assault. Reader discretion is appreciated.

A serial sex offender who identifies as transgender has been released to a halfway house in Ontario after having been detained for part of his sentence at the Milton-Vanier Centre for Women. Patrick Pearsall, who also uses the names Tara Pearsall and Passion-Star Royale, was released after being convicted for preying on young girls online by impersonating a paramedic, which afforded him the opportunity to perform vaginal exams on unsuspecting victims.

A repeat offender, Pearsall has 33 convictions related to breach of parole, failure to appear and non-compliance under the Sex Offender Registry. He has repeatedly been classified by authorities as “highly likely” to reoffend, and most likely sexually, while never expressing remorse for his crimes.

Over the past two decades, Pearsall has been convicted on charges related to instances of sexual assault by deception, and nearly all of his victims are underage girls or young women.

Documents were first shared to X by Canadian women’s rights activist Heather Mason which revealed that the decision by the parole board to release Pearsall went into effect on December 20, 2023. A statement from the parole board notes that Pearsall presents a “high risk to reoffend violently or sexually within women’s correctional institutions.” see rest of article

[raitrolling]

Oh yeah I guess Lucy’s ancestor kinda counts as being disgraced? At least in Vernrot’s history

The Luminous was the one who first became aware of The Slumbering Ones being woken up by The Abysseer (Celise’s ancestor), and tried to warn the residents of the great evil that was beginning to plague the town. Unfortunately, he was dismissed as a lunatic (likely because the residents were already falling under the effects of the horrorterrors’ fuckery) and went from being the town’s guardian to completely shunned by everyone

To this day the residents are still somewhat wary of trolls belonging to the Avalon bloodline, but no one really recalls why

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[aneverydaything]

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