[Videodrome]

How many people would actually vote Wexit in a federal election?

 

[lenaitch]

Nothing says 'independence' like advocating to join somebody else.

 

[Videodrome]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1301626243343843329

This is amusing!

 

[lenaitch]

I imagine the noisy voices that show up at these things would boo anyone that represents 'the establishment'.

 

[Jasmine18]

yeah i am sure they would boo trudeau if he did that.

But it was nice to hear all the leaders come out against toppling statues.

 

[Videodrome]

I went to a school named after our first PM. Yeah, he was a racist drunk, but I don't support toppling statues or renaming the school.

 

[kEiThZ]

I'm not a fan of importing American problems and perspectives. Were our founders racist? Absolutely. Were they near as bad as Confederates? No. Did we put up their statues to specifically antagonize and oppress First Nations? No.

 

[Johnny Au]

After John A. Macdonald, George Washington is next on the list of "First Heads of Government to be Targeted"

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/macdonald-washington-founder-statues-1.5708469

 

[picard102]

I mean the city is named Washington... are they renaming the city?

 

[Jasmine18]

Are these people like false flag to help get trump elected or some left wingers this stupid.

 

[kEiThZ]

There's been so many rumours of this record stimulus package. Really curious what this is. I'm a little worried. Trudeau has a record is making grand promises and having it all end up as cutting cheques. His infrastructure plans are only marginally better than Trump's Infrastructure Weeks at this point.

 

[Videodrome]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1302422106643324932

Agree? Disagree?

 

[WislaHD]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1302422106643324932

Agree? Disagree?

Maybe I come from my own Toronto-based bubble, but I suspect that this is largely correct. SoCons are more partisanly conservative (and anti-Trudeau/Liberals) than they are ideologically SoCon. Call it yet another ramification of the Americanization of our political climate.

I'm not a fan of importing American problems and perspectives. Were our founders racist? Absolutely. Were they near as bad as Confederates? No. Did we put up their statues to specifically antagonize and oppress First Nations? No.

It likely won't be long before Egerton Ryerson's statue is toppled over. Nuance is unfortunately dead. This was a man who fought for universal basic education for all children in Ontario, boy and girl, rich and poor, protestant and non-protestant. That was remarkably progressive for the time. Yet I saw on Instagram yesterday people cheerfully painting the hands of his statue with red paint to symbolize blood.

 

[afransen]

It is true. However, the SoCons have a lot of influence in the party. So if O'Toole wants to not be beholden to them, he has to exercise Harper-like control over the party to prevent SoCon eruptions in policy or commentary bubbling up from the grassroots or his MPs.

 

[Admiral Beez]

Maybe I come from my own Toronto-based bubble, but I suspect that this is largely correct. SoCons are more partisanly conservative (and anti-Trudeau/Liberals) than they are ideologically SoCon. Call it yet another ramification of the Americanization of our political climate.



It likely won't be long before Egerton Ryerson's statue is toppled over. Nuance is unfortunately dead. This was a man who fought for universal basic education for all children in Ontario, boy and girl, rich and poor, protestant and non-protestant. That was remarkably progressive for the time. Yet I saw on Instagram yesterday people cheerfully painting the hands of his statue with red paint to symbolize blood.

It’s all part of being woke. There is no nuance.