The Convoy being a rights movement was a skin-deep excuse for what it actually was. It did not take long at all before it turned into a general anti-vax fascist movement that saw significant funding and support coming up from the US.
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Carney and the Liberals are far from being fascist. He's what could be considered centre-right, before American politics completely destroyed people's understanding of the political spectrum.
He has socially centre-left beliefs while being somewhat mildly fiscally conservative. That's a type of politician Canada has not had in years and part of why he has been so popular lately, especially with moderate conservatives who have felt unrepresented.
Also this is not surprising if you remember who he is replacing. He knows has to distance himself from Trudeau's government or he is going to lose.
Excellent news.
Buying expensive (and compromised) military hardware from the country that is literally threatening war on us is, to put it mildly, beyond stupid.
I hope the US military industrial complex appreciates just how badly Trump has screwed them. No country that truly respects their own sovereignty will purchase American weapons again.
Absolutely. It does seem as though the new Carney government is up to the task, but we do have an election coming so we shall see.
That said, the Cons are not polling particularly good right now and it would be easy for the Liberals to form coalition with the NDP, Greens, and/or Bloc. There isn't a snowball's chance in hell that those parties would cooperate with the US-aligned Cons under PP.
Yeah I was reading yesterday that the spat with Canada is hugely unpopular with American citizens. Even many GOP voters don't want it. I suspect that the US will keep tariffs up and continue being a pain in the ass, but they will shift their military threats elsewhere. The recent news of the US planning an invasion of Panama seems more possible and would easier for them to sell to the US people. It would still be economic suicide, though.
To make it look like we are treating them unfairly. They are trying to make Canada look like the bad guy.
America's unstoppable thirst for short-term profit is why they currently have a corporate-backed fascist in office that is threatening to invade US's (supposed) allies to pillage their resources and economies.
Whether they do or not, the US as we have known it is in its death throes. They have surrendered nearly all of their soft power and made themselves a trade pariah. Entire industries are going to crumble as megacorps swoop in like vultures to devour the carcasses as the walls of their economy close in and the whole building collapses. It is in everyone's best interest to move their interests and money as far away from the US as possible.
They desperately want to flood our protected markets and crash our economy and are pissed we aren't letting them - hence the threats. Literally every interaction we have had with the Donald government has been a goddamn threat. Let us crush your local production, let us have your resources, let us have the Arctic, etc etc
B.C. government introduces legislation giving itself sweeping powers to deal with U.S. trade threats
Not just trade threats - also a potential crisis with the Columbia River Treaty if that falls through.
Eby understands that a crisis response needs to be immediate and it's nice to see him not screw around.
There are not many that I am aware of. Rockwell makes Canadian-made razors and some creams which you can find on https://www.fendrihan.ca/ which I recommend for shaving supplies in Canada.
It's not like Trump's desires are a secret or anything. He outright talks about Canada joining the US almost daily, and throws in some threats about Greenland too every so often too. It is just how Trump works - he assumes everything is his for the taking until someone more powerful than him says no. The prick can't even hold tariffs for a few days before powerful CEO's call him and tell him to knock it off.
But as pointed out in the link: It would be the last thing the Trump admin does. The US would quickly succumb to civil war as every member of NATO and Canada's military partners swarm to defend it and the rebelling US states. The US, as it stands today, would effectively be destroyed.
Military service is a hard concept to grasp when you're sitting comfy at home, not a care in the world and all the conflicts are "over there".
It's a very different story when there is an existential threat looming over your head, weighing on your shoulders like a mountain. Canada's armed forces is already meeting its yearly recruitment targets due to repeated threats of invasion from the United States.