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i've noticed you're Canadian, and as an incredibly terrified american, are you guys getting news that war is actually likely? our news and search engines are being heavily censored, i actually cannot find anything past 2024 about possible war. i'm reeling that it's possible, but i wouldn't put it past the orange fuck. i am so sincerely sorry for that cockalorum.

Hey! First of all, thanks for reaching out, and I'm sorry to hear you're terrified. We are also terrified to hear that your news is being censored. As I'm sure you can imagine, now more than ever, we want Americans to be aware of our situation and what's going on up north.

In terms of whether our news is saying war is likely... that's hard to answer. Truthfully, our news sources take a bit of a different tone than yours, for the most part. We're very avoidant of absolutes until things are certain, and our journalists (the respectable ones) tend to avoid alarmist rhetoric - at least compared to the kind of reporting and headlines we often see from many (still very respectable!) publications in the States.

So, what I'll say is this: in short, no. I have not seen any explicit reporting that war is imminent. However, there have been a lot of signals that a Big Bad is coming, and that's what a lot of us have been deducing from that. Here are some examples:

PM Justin Trudeau called a summit with most of our major industry leaders, informing them that Trump's annexation threats were very real and that we needed to start preparing.

Following that meeting, he flew to Europe to meet with several EU leaders to strengthen alliances and met with the Secretary-General of NATO for apparently similar discussions.

On a potentially related note, CSIS (our version of the CIA) released a foreign interference intelligence report to Parliament on Jan 28, most of which has not been made available to the public. However, I’ve seen some reporting that the United States was one of the countries mentioned as trying to interfere in our elections, and that the government’s response could be read as a silent invocation of NATO Article 4.

Perhaps most telling of something bad to come: our leaders are reaching across the aisle more than I've ever seen. Trudeau has been meeting with our premiers often, and outside of the numbnut in Alberta, they’ve unanimously come together to work on plans that prioritize Canada. We're hearing some of our most despicable, power-hungry conservatives advocate for Country Over Party and Country Over Province, willingly working with Trudeau—whom not even a month ago they treated like the most egregiously offensive man who ever lived—in supporting his plans to push back on Trump.

Our most conservative, openly pro-Trump candidate for the next election (Pierre Poilievre) is adding the establishment of a new military base and an Arctic defense strategy to his platform.

All candidates have been talking about increasing military spending.

Finally, all of our economic conversations have been focused on trade diversification and expanding internal manufacturing capabilities. We just signed a massive trade deal with China—something we had been refusing to do primarily because of our allegiance to the United States as our ally, which has now clearly been broken.

So yeah. Nothing overt, but it's not looking good.

On the ground, regular people (at least where I live) have been talking about war as if it's a real possibility and discussing what they'd do. Overwhelmingly, people are willing to stand up to this if it comes to it.

War aside, I've never seen anti-American sentiment run so high in this country. It's truly terrifying. People—on the right and left—are buying Canadian and boycotting American products. People are selling their American vacation homes, canceling travel to the U.S. (and those still taking their American vacations are being called traitors in some circles). Companies are ripping up American contracts. Stores are pulling American products off the shelves. And then, of course, there's the booing.

I know this seems grim, but I want to be honest with you. Our nations' relationship has been irrevocably harmed. There is no world where we go back to how it was before—whether or not Trump is gone—because we simply can't trust we won’t be put in this position again. And honestly—no offense to you, your ask was very polite, and I truly sympathize with every American who is as appalled by this as we are—I don’t think Canadians would feel this strongly about “never going back” if it weren’t for the response we’re seeing from American people online and American media.

Initial reactions to these threats were outright dismissal... of a threat to our sovereignty. Then, it was met with jokes and condescension, with late-night hosts chalking it up to picking a fight with your lapdog ally (literally, Jon Stewart called us golden retrievers), and people online treating it like just another crazy Trump-ism. Which is, again, a) not an appropriate reaction to a threat to a country’s sovereignty, and b) a complete dismissal of the real-time effects we're already feeling from this. The Canadian dollar dropped CONSIDERABLY in value the day the tariffs were announced. Just look at the USD:CAD forex charts and see how fucking stupid it looks since Trump took office.

And then, finally, we keep being met with either MAGA idiots who double down on the threat and tell us about how they can't wait to annex us/invade us and how we don't stand a chance against your military, or we're met by well-meaning but ultimately self-centered Americans who didn't vote for Trump and seem to be looking for us to absolve them and confirm we know they, in particular, didn’t do this. Which, like, okay, but how does that help anything? And really, should you be turning to us for comfort in this moment? This might sound dramatic, but literally go to the comment section of any Canadian creator, and you'll see this playing out there. It's aggressive and overwhelming, and you can’t blame Canadians for feeling like we can't count on you (again, en masse—not you specifically) to have our backs.

That said, the Canadian people and the Canadian government still truly sympathize with Americans—and immigrants in America (documented or not)—who did not choose this and are being impacted. We really, truly, and deeply appreciate Americans like you who are seeking out our voices, seeing through the noise, and trying to stay informed.

So, with that in mind, to help with the root of your question regarding news sources... first, I would recommend getting a VPN. I think your online experience would greatly improve. Second, there are a few Canadian sources you can go directly to, like our national broadcaster, the CBC.

Personally, I also enjoy following some left-leaning creators on TikTok, most of whom are journalists. I just try to be careful to keep their biases in mind and do my own follow-up research/think critically about what I hear. Here are a few of my favourites: Kat Arnett - she's a photographer but she used to be a political journalist. She's been pretty great at talking about how Canadians have experienced all of this.

KnittyKnits - she's a progressive (I'd say left but not far left) creator based in Alberta and she covers a lot of Canadian news.

Contra Tenore - He's a left-wing creator who I personally feel has a fairly pragmatic approach to analysis. He's VERY supportive of our left wing party (The New Democratic Party or 'NDP') and he's been talking a lot about this situation with the U.S. He doesn't mince words, though, and sometimes his videos are a little hard to take.

Cole.NotCole - He's probably my favourite starting point for a lot of my research right now. He gives short summaries of the day's news. He's sort of our Aaron Parnas but less problematic and less priviledged. He has a Liberal (center-left) leaning lens, but I don't personally feel he editorializes too much.

JB|Canadian Politics - Overtly progressive, but great political updates in my opinion - bias or no bias. He's been engaging Americans a lot during this whole thing in really interesting ways.

Unlearn16 - They're an extremely progressive high school history teacher (or maybe social studies?). I've really enjoyed their content covering all of this. They do a great job of breaking down the impact of political maneuvering and spelling out historical contexts.

Anyway... I hope this helps! And thank you again for asking. It really does mean a lot to see people seeking out Canadian perspectives at this time.

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Listening to tbhc and falling in love with it all over again... what a masterpiece 🎶

"Life became a spectator sport / I launch my fragrance called integrity/ I sell the fact that I can't be bought"

- Batphone

Amazing lyrics, brilliant concept... a masterpiece of an album 🎶

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damn talking heads really had a point with same as it ever was same as it ever was same as it ever was same as it ever was same as it ever was same as it ever was same as it ever was same as it ever was

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Calling all Brits on this hellsite.

We all saw Elon Musk do the nazi salute at the Trump inauguration. We know that he is influencing and fanning the flames of right wing political parties.

And that very well may include ours.

Because Elon Musk has pledged to donate $100 million to the Reform party. He has since mentioned that it might be hard to give such a large sum now.

But I don’t think we should take our chances. And I think we can agree that letting billionaires influence our countries politics is a terrible idea.

If you also agree here’s a link to a Parliament petition.

It calls for the government to remove loopholes that allow wealthy foreign individuals to make donations into UK political parties (e.g. by funnelling through UK registered companies).

As it is a parliament petition the government are required to debate it in parliament. But for that to happen it needs to reach 100,000 signatures.

Non British folk I’m afraid you guys can’t sign but I encourage you guys to reblog so that more people can see this.

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Canada is preparing for war with the United States.

Canada's prime minister Justin Trudeau says threats made by Donald Trump should be taken seriously.

This week Trudeau plans on shoring up alliances with allies in the EU and NATO.

Canadians have also started boycotting US made products and US businesses, focusing on those made by "red states".

Many provinces have pulled US made liquor from shelves to boycott the US.

Businesses in Canada plan to stop working with businesses in the US and have begun making plans to start working with business in other countries, such as those in the EU.

Canadian businesses are focusing on self sufficiency and trade diversification

Sources:

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my sister is telling me that what white music needs rn is garage bands but no one can afford houses anymore and therefore no garage bands

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The only good thing about this situation between Canada and the U.S. is that it has given every Canadian this exact energy and I'm so 100% here for it. If anyone knows the original artist, please let me know and tag so I can give credit where it's due because this is PERFECT

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This is a bit of a rant but something that really breaks my heart is the fact that Trump has ALREADY greatly influenced Canadian politics.

Just look at Mark Carney's rising popularity. He does seem genuinely qualified, however, most of the polling being done suggests that the reason he's gaining so much traction is because he's the only one of our leaders people trust to both stand up to and be able to negotiate with Trump (as if that buffoon negotiates at all). No one really seems to be paying attention to the actual policies he's putting forward, which admittedly are not the worse things I've heard from the Liberal Party, but are definitely worth poking some holes into (like, excuse me Mr. Carney, we understand that at this time the Canadian economy would greatly benefit from ramping up our mineral extraction, but how do you intend to address the damage that this could/would cause to our indigenous communities?)

And the thing is, anyone who is ignoring these things or defaulting to voting for Carney/the Liberals no matter what can't necessarily be blamed for doing so... and I'm saying that as someone who is an NDP voter at heart and gets genuinely disgusted with myself at the idea of casting a vote for someone like Mark Carney, as plain toast as he might be. Poilievre would hand our country to Trump on a silver platter, Trump has already said some atrocious things about Chrystia Freeland (which seem to have been born entirely out of misogyny - no surprise there) so we know she wouldn't get anywhere in terms of negotiating or maintaining any semblance of peace - if anything it might just make him perceive us to be an easier target because that's how little respect he clearly has for women - and don't get me started on the kind of horrifying and dehumanizing treatment that animated turd of an excuse for a President would unleash on someone who looks like Jasmeet Singh, purely for being who he is, which would also prevent him from getting anywhere and I genuinely fear it might actually spur Trump on to justify attacking us faster.

And look, of course there are many other reasons why Freeland or Singh might lose their respective races against a Mark Carney type (including the racism and misogyny that can be found in our own populace which obviously still exists in large numbers), but the identity politics being as heavily at play as it is right now - in a way it hasn't been for years - is a direct impact of the Trump presidency and that is a heartbreaking back peddle on whatever meagre progress towards inclusionary politics we've made in the last 20 years. We're back to a place where we can't deny that the only realistic choice that stands a chance in responding to the most pressing and threatening issue facing the nation is a white man, not because of his qualifications (of which I do know he legitimately has many, but so do others), but because he is a white man. Whether we like it or not, Trump has succeeded in setting us back. And we didn't have anything to do with voting the asshole in.

I don't have a good resolution for this rant. Its not even really about Carney - he's just generic centrist politician to me. I'm just upset and tired and hoping to God that this doesn't end in war the way it's looking like it will, and that we use this as a wake up call and cut ties with America in a big big way. Which also hurts to say because let's face it, most if not all Canadians have family and friendships that reach across the border and the last thing we want on personal levels is to create more divide between us.

Anyway, vote Liberal/Carney, I guess. Now's apparently no time to have a genuine political opinion about our own country - we just have to focus on remaining a country at all. 🙄

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I wonder if all the CIA and FBI agents/staff that are being let go by the Trump Administration for having worked the Jan 6 cases would be interested in some cute winter boots.

Y'know, since they're suddenly jobless in the middle of February and all...

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Daily News, New York, New York, June 14, 1931

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Your life is about to bloom in the most beautiful ways.

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At this point, why not?

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we could be dunking bread in the same little bowl of olive oil, do you ever think of that?

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And remember kids, the next time someone tells you "the government wouldn't do that!" – they're gaslighting you. Bark at them. Bare your teeth and let them know that you know what you saw and what you heard. Don't move an inch from the standpoint you have, don't let anybody talk you out of the picture you've made yourself. It's not "oh yes they would", anymore. It's "they do and they will continue to do so." Be attentive. You know what's happening. Be loud about it.