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Tuesday, 7 January 2025

Who has a horse in the race? 🐎

Well, my American friends, the ride begins here in Canada! Our PM has prorogued parliament. He shut 'er down, until March 24th. Unlike your race, between mango man and Kamala Harris, there is no comparison between these two, PMJT and the opposition leader. 

Pierre Poilievre (PP), our opposition leader, and our potential new Prime Minister, is warning about 'wokeism' leading to a 50% increase in hate crimes. We know that isn't the case. It is angry, ignorant, white Canadians attacking mosques and synagogues. Violence is down. There are some who call PP Republican lite. 

He's never had a job, other than in politics. He's a millionaire. He spent Christmas in India, doing heaven knows what. 


Our newspapers are reporting less than the horrific truth about what PP has been saying. There was an interview done by a misogynistic former professor, fired for refusing to use students' preferred gender and pronouns, as well as other issues. 

an interview




The media didn't really take this apart. Rachel Gilmore was fired from a major news outlet did it justice.


 

Billionaires...

Conservatives are talking about cutting social programs to lower taxes:

CPP, Healthcare, Pharmacare, Dental Care, National Child Care Rebates, Women's equality, Abortion Care, Senior Care, Veteran's Care. They are questioning women's rights. There is a Conservative anti-abortion caucus.







OK, that's all. Back to your regularly scheduled programs. We shall all have to stick together. It is discouraging, but we cannot get discouraged. We can join advocacy groups and become allies. I support our women's shelter, a local LGBTQ advocacy group, our local food bank, amongst others.

15 comments:

  1. Hari OM
    The entire world, it seems, is determined to veer of the right side of the political road. I can only see a pileup looming... YAM xx

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  2. Holy Cow! Your poor country! Just when we US Americans wanted to flea to Canada! This new conservative movement is certainly scary. I guess it will flare, have some really bad things happen in both our countries, and maybe then some people will start to listen to reason again. I may not live so long, but you and your wonderful grands will! As we started to do in the first 4 years of the cheato in power, we can, and must resist whenever we can!

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  3. Sigh. We face many of the same issues here. Like you I choose and give support where I can (wishing I could do more). And don't get me started on the insanity of waiting for the 'trickle down' effect to take hold.

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  4. He's making more noise about making it hard on us so we join up. I'll live through it.

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  5. I didn't know about any of that.

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  6. I love it when you rant like this - and I agree with you!

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  7. One way or another both of our countries will get through things.

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  8. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear! I am shaking my head Jenn. We are definitely going to have to try and prop each other up, that's a great way of putting it.

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  9. Well said. PP is catering to the idiots.

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  10. There isn't one of them I have one shred of confidence in, or respect. How the heck do we vote like that????

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  11. It is all down right scary to me. Especially those who love power will be in power. Take care, have a wonderful day!

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  12. I don't understand 'leaders' who think like this. Except they have the $$$ and want to destroy freedoms.
    To think that I had more freedom as a woman than my grands will have is terrifying.
    The tRumps of the world are insane.

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  13. Sounds like your guys are taking a page from DT's playbook. Scary as all get out. That's happening here. I always though Canada was the reasonable place. Another illusion shattered.

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