most people in canada pol are anti-communists

First generation immigrants shouldn't be able to vote like in Japan, change my mind.

Hot take: the media claimed this entire election that ppc party is racist and canada is racist.
So because the ppc didnt win a seat does that mean canada is not racist?

progressive REEEEEEEE <:peperage:588019564575457311>

It was never racist, they just want clicks by giving an authoritative voice to people that can't think for themselves.

oh i dont think it was racist but that is their narrative so by their narrative theres no racism in canada

but i bet we will hear again how racist we all are in 2 days

when justine or singh dont get what they want

Go talk to those folks in Yellow Knife. No racism? Ha?

If people genuinely wanted to seem like they are not racist, they should have voted conservative, or PPC. Trudeau's dad made a famous comment for not supporting First Nation peoples, and he's actively following in his footsteps, while for the most part First Nations are generally wasteful, ignorant people who have been mixed to extinction anyways, their land should be given more respect I feel than they have been treated by recent governments.

Like in some schools they still have uranium flowing through the water sometimes, that's been an issue for like 10 - 15 years.

I say we should be teaching the FNs to do things for themselves.

Send all those twats off of HGTV to the res and teach the FNs home building and plumbing and stuff.

Not sure about any uranium.

I love smoking, but I feel Indian reserves should not be a hotbed for illegal smokes. Either make them completely legal for buying/selling period, or start taking action. That's been a thing for over 40 years, it's a huge grey area, and it gets even bigger as tax on smokes goes up for some arbitrary reason.

But if I'm remembering thing correctly, there's one band outside Uclulet, BC. They absolutely wrecked their land. Shitting all over the place like animals (I don't remember if the septic system failed or what).

Is that still a thing, cigarette smuggling?

Yeah, it's huge. I know people that make runs three times a week, that's their job.

It's super easy, and if you get caught you get fined half the price of the smokes, which is less than what you bought them for in bulk from the Indians.

West coast or central, or what?

That's very interesting.

Central Ontario.

Too far to drive. 😬

(I don't smoke, lol)

But yeah, that's interesting.

It's such easy money if you want to sell, this dude goes in a camper, loads it up, sells them in a hub town.

I'm not sure how much cigarettes are, but if it's easy money, I'm not surprised that it's a widespread thing.

I remember when I was learning to drive, the guy who was teaching me was like, yeah, let's go through the res.

And there were a bunch of shit houses, and then the chief's very nice house.

Kids playing outside au naturel.

And then like two blocks away, people with BMWs and Mercedes and shit.

The contrast was staggering.

Meanwhile, the chief has a nice new pick-up.

bloc du quebecois is a party that always gains influence whenever quebec hates the fed
so basically, it's a good party
yeah i know french canada shouldn't exist and all that (frankly, they should separate), or "they shouldn't separate becaues fuck them we're keeping them here and they're gonna like it" [edited]
but BQ is an effective party
so western canada needs its own party
a specific focus on western issues sounds like it could explode very readily
gain a few seats in the next election at least
PPC has failed thus far - PPC could gain influence nation wide, but that is a very long game

didn't conservatives used to be separated into western and eastern conservatives?

that division is what caused a lot of liberal victories, so the conservatives had to form coalitions

however, that's why we have the PPC to focus on the long game

or the western block can try to convince others of it's importance, reflect it as a wider canadian right wing issue, and gain influence across the nation that way

if anything it might convince the CPC to reform themselves

landslide liberal victories are something i enjoy, if only because it's a lesson

thing is, canada has been very left wing for a long time