I’m so fucking tired of Americans saying shit like “omg Canada as the 51st state would totally skew our elections Democrat, get owned Trump!”

The reality is, in any scenario where Canada gets annexed by the US, American democracy will not exist anymore by then. Even if there are fake elections, we’d most likely not be allowed to vote (à la Puerto Rico, as you point out).

I do appreciate someone pointing out how utterly enraged us Francophones would be if subjected to US rule.

Some of my ancestors suffered through the Expulsion of the Acadians and that’s widely referred to as a deportation, despite most Acadians not being “sent back where they came from”.

I’m not sure your definition of deportation is widely accepted. None of the dictionaries I consulted mention any implications of deportations specifically referring to sending people to their country of origin.

I will never truly forgive the Libs for that. “2015 will be the last federal elections under first-past-the-post”, just to turn around mere weeks after being elected and saying “people just wanted electoral reform because they were tired of Harper, now that they have a government they’re satisfied with they no longer feel the need for reform” (this is essentially exactly what Trudeau said in an interview with Le Devoir in late 2015)

Trudeau was PM by then, though?

I really hope the Cons lose massively in this election and back off from this alt-right Trumpian swing they’ve been on under Poilievre.

Not that the previous versions of the Conservative Party were any better, but at least they tried to hide how hateful and stupid they were. Now it’s all just out in the open. It’s exhausting.

Definitely don’t disagree Cons are an economic nightmare, but I just think any PM in 2008 would have similar stats, regardless of party.

I despise Harper as much as anyone, but is this really a result of his awful policies or more so because he happened to be Prime Minister during the 2008 global economic crisis?

Let’s not fall into the same trap as the “Fuck Trudeau” crowd, the PM isn’t a supreme all-powerful overlord who has full control of the economy. They don’t even have that much direct power over the Canadian economy, let alone global factors like the 2008 recession or the COVID-19 pandemic.

I definitely don’t disagree with your point, and while I didn’t think from your comment that you’d benefit from a reminder of what kind of person Harper is, some people reading these comments might not be as familiar with him.

It’s all too easy to fall into the trap of rehabilitating awful politicians from the past when faced with the new generation of awful politicians. I’ve seen way too many people, even progressives, yearn for the George W. Bush years in the face of the Trump presidency. Like sure, Trump (or Poilievre) might be worse, but that doesn’t mean Bush (or Harper) weren’t/aren’t awful.

What do you mean, eventually? Outside of Québec with the Bloc, Canada is already for all-intents-and-purposes a two-party system. Most people I know more closely align with NDP or Green platforms. Most people I know still vote Liberal.

It continuously astounds me that the NDP and Greens don’t make more noise about electoral reform.

We also share a maritime border with France!

I just noticed that the Beatles modified an animal’s name to add a musical term (beat) whereas the Monkees did the opposite, removing “key” from monkey.

Harper’s been to Mar-a-Lago for events, he’s been on Ben Shapiro’s podcast, he’s been the face of not one but two PragerU videos.

Harper isn’t some more respectable, lost form of conservative from yesteryear. Because those don’t actually exist. If Harper were running today instead of 20 years ago he would 100% go by the Trumpist playbook.

Fuck you for voting against my human rights! 😊

Yeah I’m French and the Compose key works great, at least for the limited number of diacritics in French.

I’ve never had to deal with this, but my take is that you shouldn’t feel bad for not offering up information, especially in a context where you don’t necessarily feel safe to do so.

I wouldn’t really consider this to be lying, either. Your bosses or coworkers don’t have a right to know you’re trans. Like, I don’t share my spiritual beliefs with anyone at work, for example. That doesn’t make me a liar. You’re entitled to your privacy, even more so when revealing something could be harmful for you.

Best of luck navigating this, it sounds like a rather tricky situation to be in.

I had to know the context for this so I looked it up, it’s from a marketing promo for the 1995 WWF WrestleMania arcade game. The whole video just screams 1990s.

The Liberal Party of Canada can hardly be called progressive, and I never implied as such. I never even mentioned the Liberals in my comment, I’m just talking about Conservatives here.

Subscribed! I’ll try and post some local artists when I have the time. Is music in French cool too, or do you want the focus to be more on English?

Conservatives don’t give a fuck about the economy. Research shows time and time again that progressive ideas are positive for the economy (housing the homeless, socialized healthcare, public transit, education, just to name a few examples).

They don’t care. Don’t listen to Conservatives when they tell you their beliefs. They’re full of shit. It always eventually boils down to “I want my in-group to have advantages over the out-group”. They’re not the party of “fiscal responsibility”, they’re the party of social hierarchies.

I get stressed out leaving my cheap hybrid out even with two locks. In my city, a $10k would disappear real fast. I don’t need that stress.