5d ago

Hey UK and France... Canada here. Just wondering... You still have our backs eh?

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Perhaps. Feel like Canada is the other extreme tbh.
- The other extreme to what?
- Explain
  
  Euthanising people instead of treating them, forcing schools to observe gay pride
  Sure, it's nowhere near as bad as America, probably very good compared to American standards (you only really have USA and Mexico up there) but not too great either.
  But if USA would invade Canada, I would support us defending Canada. We both swear fielty to His Majesty King Charles III, and we're part of NATO, which I support. An attack on one is an attack on all. Even if the attacker is a rogue American state.
  
  uncovered a total of four cases where veterans were allegedly offered MAID — all apparently by the same caseworker.
  You're judging an entire country for the actions of one person, when the people in that country had the same reaction as you, and investigated it and dealt with it?
  The other story you're citing is from a conservative US owned newspaper. And what's wrong with celebrating pride? Also education is under the jurisdiction of the Provincial governments which are democratically elected. So you can see the bias there where the actions of democratically elected government are characterized as being somehow nefarious... for doing their jobs. Also note the part where "sources" say Muslims are taking their children out of school. Just Americans trying stir up shit and create division in Canada for profit. That's Postmedia for you.
  
  I don't disagree with you that euthanized people instead of treating them is fucked, but that's definitely a side effect of capitalism, because it's cheaper to just euthanize than have the system support them.
  About the "forcing schools to observe gay pride": it appears you posted an article from national post, which has a known centre-right bias, so i read the article to see if the headline is actually accurate, and it very much isn't.
  Aside from this, what I see is laws prohibiting discrimination, and people being allowed their right to protest a perform "walk-outs", which doesn't sound like forcing them to observe gay pride at all.
  The requirement was for them to not discriminate and to not make queer people feel unsafe. A lot of the teachers chose, on their own accord, to celebrate pride. This headline is clearly intentionally emotional and grossly misrepresents a situation that deserves far more nuance.
  I'd argue that right now, Canada is nothing more than very slightly centre-left, maybe. But it is far from "the other extreme".
  
  Fair enough. Maybe I have been injected with too much kool-aid. Ty for your balanced response

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