Category: Canadian Politics

The Fakeness of Poilievre’s Leadership Victory

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Mainstream media disingenuously called the vote to keep the rage-farming Trump mimic, Pierre Poilievre, on as CPC leader “a resounding endorsement.” Global News claimed “Members of the Conservative Party of Canada have overwhelmingly voted to keep Pierre Poilievre on as their leader,” without clarifying that it was only a very small percentage of CPC members who were allowed to vote, who paid to attend, and who did not represent every riding in Canada. In fact, only a small number of selected members pre-approved by the local riding association could attend and vote; ordinary members of the CPC — about 679,000 … click below for more ↓

Canadians Vacationing in the USA Are Collaborators

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The US dictator Donald Trump has consistently threatened Canada’s economy and our sovereignty since his inauguration. His threats to make us the “51st state” have so offended Canadians that it brought stiff resistance from Canadians who responded by boycotting travel to the USA and not buying products and services made or produced in the USA. Let’s be clear: Canadians who still vacation in the USA are collaborators. Canadians who still support Trump are traitors. And that’s clear in the personas of the two most MAGA-loving Canadians: CPC leader and rage-farming Trump mimic, Pierre PoiLIEvre, and traitorous, anti-Canadian Alberta premier Danielle … click below for more ↓

WTF Canada? We Needed to do Better!

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The Canadian federal election is over and the counting has finally finished. The Liberals under Mark Carney got 168 seats, four short of a majority. That’s disappointing because it weakens our government’s ability to cohesively manage the Canadian response to the assault from the fascist dictator Trump and his administrative cabal. A strong majority would have sent a better message about Canadian resistance to the MAGA cult. We should have showed MAGA we are strong, we are united, we won’t be bullied. Instead, CONservatives showed Trump that a large number of us share his MAGA views. It’s disappointing and somewhat … click below for more ↓

Can Mark Carney Save Canada From Trump? Let’s Hope So.

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Mark Carney, our new Liberal leader, is campaigning to be Prime Minister of Canada. His main opponent, the rage-farming, grievance-mining Trump mimic Pierre PoiLIEvre, is campaigning to be governor of a 51st state. Canadians generally think PoiLIEvre is the candidate most likely to cave in and do whatever is necessary to appease Trump. That includes giving away our country just for a pat on the head from the US dictator. PoiLIEvre’s party caucus all know this, they know how their leader has aligned himself with Trump, and has mimicked Trump’s words, behaviour, and disinformation campaigns. Canadian media knows it too. … click below for more ↓

Trump Mimic PoiLIEvre Voted The Most Likely to Roll Over to Trump

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The grievance-mining, rage-farming, puerile Trump mimic Pierre PoiLIEre was voted by Canadians the political leader most likely to cave in to Donald Trump rather than stand up for Canada against the fascist bully. That’s not surprising, given the piffleswipe PoiLIEvre has been using Trump’s playbook since Trump started his own campaign some years back: lie, deflect, gaslight, accuse, lie again, insult, never take responsibility, attack, lie some more, and blame everyone else. PoiLIEvre’s own corrosive mix of far-right bombast and bumper-sticker slogans gained him a solid following among the gullible grievance magnets in his Maple MAGA and convoy insurrectionist followers. … click below for more ↓

Rage-Farming Trump Mimic Poilievre Scrambles to Pretend He’s Pro-Canada

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The trade war that the racist and fascist felon and Putin asset Donald Trump initiated against American allies Canada and Mexico, as well as against China, Colombia, and other nations has brought out the stark differences between Canada’s conservative parties and our centrist and leftist parties. Suddenly caught like deer in the headlights by Trump’s attacks, the federal CONservatives are flailing to try and convince Canadians that they aren’t really the rightwing Maple MAGA extremists they’ve been pretending to be for the last few years. Instead, they are eager to tell us, they’ve been real Canadians all along. Just as … click below for more ↓

Don’t be a Traitor to Canada

Canadian Politics / Trump fascism / US Politics6 Comments

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As I write this, Canadian news media are racing to cover and explain the story that the racist felon fascist president, Donald Trump, has imposed 25% tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China. This is a concerted effort to cause their economies to collapse, and in Canada’s case, to bully us into submission and allow our nation to be subsumed into his empire. As I have written on social media in the past, he is following Hitler’s playbook: his Rhineland move is to send troops into Panama; his Anschluss move is to force Canada into annexation; his Sudentenland move is to … click below for more ↓

How Did Democracy Come To This Sorry State?

Canadian Politics / Ideologies / MAGA cultists / Musings / US Politics5 Comments

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My wife and I are members of the Boomer generation. That means our parents, their families, and their friends, their neighbours and their communities were impacted by World War II. In our family, our parents  — British and Canadian — fought against the Nazis, fought against fascism, fought to keep the world safe for democracy. They endured six years of hell and deprivation so Susan and I could live a normal life. Many millions who fought for our freedoms died, often in horrible, lonely, and painful situations. In my family alone, I lost an uncle and stepbrother; victims of the … click below for more ↓

No Dog in That Fight, But I Still Care About the Results

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As a Canadian, I can only watch US politics from afar, albeit with unease. My comments on events and issues there are those from an armchair observer who has no dog in the ongoing, and increasingly bitter partisan fights. Like a lot of voices on social media, mine is that of an outsider. But… like any citizen of this planet who is concerned about our collective future, I have an interest in the outcome of the upcoming US election, just as I have one in our own, next federal election. What happens to politics in other nations — particularly in … click below for more ↓

A 30-Year-Old Warning About Rising Fascism

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Convicted felon and insurrection supporter Donald Trump claimed in a media conference after his trial that, because the justice system works, Americans are “living in a fascist state.” It’s not the first time Trump has used the term to describe opponents or their accomplishments. Last month he told donors Biden was “running a Gestapo administration” and added that Biden is “surrounded by fascists around the Oval Office.” But Trump and his supporters have been using the term to describe opponents — including those in his own party who won’t bend the knee to him — for the past two or … click below for more ↓

The Rise of the New Fascists and Their Threat to Democracy

Canadian Politics / International politics / Politics / Rightwing claptrap / Talibangelists and pseudo-Christians / US Politics12 Comments

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I wonder if this was how my father felt in England, watching the rise of fascism in Europe in the 1920s and ’30s. By the time of my father’s 20th birthday, Mussolini had already secured his one-party-state in Italy; Hitler was elected and appointed chancellor. He would do the same in Germany within six months. While these two tightened their authoritarian hold on their nations, Stalin in the USSR would begin his Great Purge, and Franco would join the coup that led him to fascist power in Spain. Argentina went through a rightwing, military-backed coup in the 1930s. A far-right … click below for more ↓

The Death of Truth in the Trump Era

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The ongoing criminal trial of Donald Trump (the first one; others are to follow) continues to expose the difference between what he and his followers believe and anything related to evidence, truth, or facts. Trump lies. Blatantly, shamelessly, openly, and frequently. He lies so often that quite literally nothing he says can be trusted as truthful or factual. It’s not simply opponents who are aware of his lies. His followers must know too, because his lies are so glaringly obvious and are debunked in all but the extremist, pro-Putin, rightwing media (Fox Newz and Breitbart at the top of that … click below for more ↓

Why Are Canada’s Conservatives Opposed to Everything Good?

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Canada used to be known worldwide as a nation of nice people. Canadians were thought of as polite, cheerful, compassionate, caring, respectful, honest, and helpful. We said please and thank you. We opened doors for people. We opened our homes and took in people in trouble. We gave aid to others. We were so well respected worldwide that American travellers sewed Canadian flags on their backpacks so people would not think they were actually Americans. But all that has changed. And I blame the conservatives — who, since they merged with the far-right Reform Party in 2003, became the party … click below for more ↓

WWCD: What Would Cicero Do?

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Throughout his career, Marcus Tullius Cicero fought tyranny, stood up to dictators and bullies, defended the Republic, and paid for his principled stand with his life. He put himself in harm’s way frequently by openly challenging and even suing the elites, the rich, and the powerful who were controlling — or trying to control — Rome and its empire for their own personal benefit and enrichment. I wonder what he would do if he were alive today, facing the same threats to our government and way of life by the emergence of tyrants and fascists attempting to control the government? … click below for more ↓

The Death of Local Democracy?

Canadian Politics / Collingwood / Election 2022 / Municipal elections / Politics / Provincial Politics6 Comments

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Thirty nine per cent. That was the risible turnout of voters for the local municipal election here in Collingwood. Significantly fewer than half of our eligible voters made the effort to participate in our democracy, even though they could vote in person or on the internet for three weeks. It was never easier to cast a ballot, never been more convenient, never took less time, yet 61% of local voters chose not to. Why? That’s a question that keeps me awake at night. It’s as though the majority of people here simply didn’t care enough about local government to spend … click below for more ↓

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