To the extent that Canada's election will make news in the U.S., it will be presented as a story about Donald Trump – as a personal repudiation on the eve of his 100th day in office.
Those kids are going to get their faces rubbed in USA fascism for the next four years. Every horror they come up with as their country burns they'll be witness to.
I have some cautious... optimism? Eh maybe the wrong word, but: The sudden change in polls because of Trump isn't going to evaporate easily. The man and party can't shut up, and "if" (when, IMO) all the Nazi fears come true the youth bleeding over to conservatives will be watching too for the next 4 years.
I hate his fucking guts to the core, and nothing I'm about to say should be viewed as forgiveness, but he does seem to genuinely be a useful shortsighted idiot with a side of abhramic god bigotry mixed in for good measure. Instead of being in on it as a member of Maple MAGA like I used to think.
He's been consistent denouncing them...even late into his leadership while still in power he was. It's why he rage quit after winning 51% leading to Smith...
The predictable to everyone but him outcome of Wildrose eating the "united" Progress Conservatives alive from within, seems to be the true story.
Those are big aspirations, but he may as well go all out. He's going to be out and about talking internationally a lot more than usual anyways I'd expect.
That's interesting to hear from Edmonton. The UCP alt right outcome is a thing because of the dirty party merger under him, but he was starting to speak out like this while still in power, not afterwards. He recognized that the Wildrose were eating them alive from within, barely won a confidence vote at 51%, and then rage quit to a cushy job with Atco unrelated to deregulated utilities I'm sure.
But this might mean he really was just a useful idiot instead of part of Maple MAGA. I'll give him credit where it's due.
That's a nice way to put it, but I agree. Accept the sad reality and put forward a candidate who can realistically win. Once in power you can work on reducing racism/sexism etc.
I said I'd never vote Liberal again and stay NDP hard liner after vote reform was kaboshed. No matter anyone's opinion on that, it was why I voted Justin once.
I think he should pay his victims.