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Ontarian here. Every time I hear of a USA manufacturer going under because Canada stopped buying their stuff, I find myself smiling.
To the Americans in the crowd that don't agree with the child in charge, do something about it. Please. There's nothing I want more than to stop worrying about how much it will cost to ship something over the border.
Most of you are cool, except Jeff, fuck that guy. You know what you did.
Elon's a major twat too, but I guess he isn't a real America.
American companies making goods on the backs of Americans than can no longer afford the goods they are making.
Canadian companies and Universities are already collaborating extensively with EU partners in a number of programs. I for one want to see that expand. They are good partners.
Yeah, Québec here. Fuck you USA choke on a pedo's dick, please self-destruct your stupid country before your pedo-oligarch destroy the entire world. We were never friend but now we're ennemies. Beubye là.
Québécois acting as though there are people they don't despise, lol. I can appreciate your America hate but this feels almost like a compliment: not just average Québécois loathing but special Québécois loathing. A joyeux noel to you too!
Also Canada: Don't make me burn your fucking white house down again!
Also Canada: Ignore the child bones buried under those boarding houses.
I've no love for the Catholic church and Canadian mistreatment of First Nations, but what does this have to do with US bullying Canada despite long standing good relations between the two countries?
Nationalism is cancer, in all its forms.
That's America too.
That would be the christian faith, not the Canadian government.
Also the US did far worse and has never even tried to talk about it.
Yeah no, we have to own this one. We cant whattabout residential schools.
The church, the government, and the RCMP were all in on it
Christianity does its most heinous things using the instruments of the state.
"i'Ll FuCkInG dO iT aGaIn"
Considering their performance in WWI, I can get behind Canada being a polite, but insane, Goofy
They're doing it themselves, no need to do it for them
Canada is a better, more chill USA that can be a great partner to the EU without any "I'm bigger tha you" kinda attitude. O Canada, we stand on guard for thee
Until we're not.
Then it's all: You can't do that Canada! That's against the Geneva Conventions!
Canada: Bitch I'm the reason for the damn Geneva Conventions and I think it's time they were updated!
Sorry to be that guy, but it's "O, Canada."
This is a pet peeve of mine.
This looks like a wonderfully small hill to die on.
I know I'm being super annoying, but it's our national anthem so I like to see it spelled correctly, especially in this kind of context. Soory!
Fixed it and soory
Elbows Up! Apologies from a sane USian. We've got troubles here, and need help getting rid if this fascist infection.
Releases the Geese
I imagine this is what it felt like for my friend when his dad was an asshole to us for no reason
swap the flags and you have lemmy commenters