Cephalotrocity

Oh snap I completely forgot about that. Well, I'll hold the behaviour of our historical leaders up against the EU's any day. TBF they've had far longer to put stupid shit on record than we have ofc.

Treatment of the indigenous people

That's fair, and IMO should be the deal breaker. (edit: how unreasonable of me)

5 eyes

We're a junior partner and net recipient. Our judiciary flat out prevents most of our participation, and we'd likely leave it to join,

black face

That thing that originated in Europe? Or the American version that isn't us?

(re?)electing a crack smoker.

He might have been re-elected as a Ward councillor, but I don't think it is fair to hold an entire nation responsible for 1 city's stupidity. A nation that for the most part considered them a laughing-stock.

Regardless, I'm not actually in favour of joining the EU directly but fully support bolstering our alliances.

I can hear this meme and it sounds like the theme to E.T.

lol wut? This is the first anti-Canadian comment I've ever heard. Canadians are unreasonable? "I do not know much about them, but in my self-admittedly ignorant opinion I think they are an unreasonable people". Wouldn't that make us fit right in if everyone in EU was like you?

lmao. I'm going to be laughing about your comment for the rest of the day. Thank you.

This BS is one of the reasons why the left are getting their asses handed to them like fucking everywhere. 'They' as a neutral pronoun is used as a fallback when nobody cares to point out the precise gender. You can't win for losing. Refer to someone's gender during normal conversation? Sexist. Speaking in a way that doesn't call out someone's gender because it is unimportant for the issues being discussed? Believe it or not: sexist? Or what not sexist enough? What is even the problem?

You've completely derailed the conversation and soured everyone to your cause(s). GG.

Non-youtub link.

I've never lived there but spent some time visiting family and friends that moved out there over the years. In my experience, and generally speaking, they aren't nearly as fanatical or upset as the politician's sound. Is there a noticable shift in political leaning as the years go by for them? Yup. Nowhere near enough to cause problems in our relationship though. They are normal people living in a society greatly advantaged by the oil industry so everything that hinders oil eventually hurts everyone there one way or another.

I'm not defending them, but I understand where they're coming from. IMO they really need to start weening off oil and diversifying their economy because the gravy train WILL end one way or another no matter what they do. Unfortunately, that's much easier said then done and so it falls on deaf ears hence the stranglehold PCs have over the province.

Russia didn't even get a tariff right? So they hurting just from side-effects? lol

In ancient Greece and Rome pederasty was a thing, so no.

While I love this idea, I'm concerned lobbyists would somehow figure out a way to get the Government to consider ads a service to internet users putting the tax burden on us. Imagine getting an ad followed by an email with a GST bill submitted to you and the CRA.

I wonder when it will start raining stockbrokers.

What's that expression?

'Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me 50,000 times I become a rabid terrorist supporting gullible rube'.