Don’t come to Canada - we’re about to get a pretty extreme Conservative government, and they were notorious for censoring science, especially climate science, last time they were in power.
It’s too bad science doesn’t have the power these idiots think it does (it’s just a process anyway, like running). It might actually decide that they aren’t with keeping alive. Alas, it does not have sentience or power.
In terms of who has the power, Canada is not all that different: the first-past-the-post electoral system ensures that smaller parties don’t get represented and leaves two parties far stronger than all of the others. And those two powerful parties are a centrish, corporate-friendly party and a right-wing, corporate-friendly party. It’s not as insane as the USA, but it’s not as balanced as some European countries traditionally have been. Depressingly, even those European countries are lurching towards fascism these days.
And because most Canadians are paying attention just to Canada and the USA, it never occurs to many people that we could be doing quite a lot better. Or if it does, they react by flipping to the other one of the main two parties, and a few years later they flip back.
That’s concerning. Maybe as the US starts locking up progressives in concentration camps, the influx of refugees will drag Canadian politics to the left?
That would be nice. But historically Canada has been content to be slightly leftward of the USA and to congratulate itself for it. If Mar-A-Gulago comes to pass, Canada will probably be happy with some intimidation and silencing of progressives. At least it’s not USA!
Don’t come to Canada - we’re about to get a pretty extreme Conservative government, and they were notorious for censoring science, especially climate science, last time they were in power.
It’s too bad science doesn’t have the power these idiots think it does (it’s just a process anyway, like running). It might actually decide that they aren’t with keeping alive. Alas, it does not have sentience or power.
Dont you have a Parliament that would prevent this?
The US only has two viable parties, and they’re both conservative. Canada has several viable progressive parties actually sitting in Parliament.
In terms of who has the power, Canada is not all that different: the first-past-the-post electoral system ensures that smaller parties don’t get represented and leaves two parties far stronger than all of the others. And those two powerful parties are a centrish, corporate-friendly party and a right-wing, corporate-friendly party. It’s not as insane as the USA, but it’s not as balanced as some European countries traditionally have been. Depressingly, even those European countries are lurching towards fascism these days.
And because most Canadians are paying attention just to Canada and the USA, it never occurs to many people that we could be doing quite a lot better. Or if it does, they react by flipping to the other one of the main two parties, and a few years later they flip back.
Every election in 2024 has had incumbent parties lose vote share or lose elections. Canada is going the same way.
Also the current governing Liberals are center to center-right by European standards.
That’s concerning. Maybe as the US starts locking up progressives in concentration camps, the influx of refugees will drag Canadian politics to the left?
That would be nice. But historically Canada has been content to be slightly leftward of the USA and to congratulate itself for it. If Mar-A-Gulago comes to pass, Canada will probably be happy with some intimidation and silencing of progressives. At least it’s not USA!
I wonder what happened to Canadian politics when a bunch of leftitst anti war US draft dodgers migrated there in the 60s