Message from @What Would Jack Conte Do?
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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
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
so it doens't matter if we divide the conservatives, so long as we can shift the canadian overton window back
or to the right rather
introducing a right wing version of canadian nationalism
that isn't simply 'love america'
Nobody expected PPC to get elected, I am a huge supporter/donator. What is surprising is the absolute disregard supporters had when voting, in favour of Conservative instead, opting to not split the vote.
That ultimately costed Bernier his seat, and that's depressing.
bernier needs competition
from other right wing parties
like a western canadian bloc for example
bernier can't win if he just focuses on canada at large
he has to focus on specific regions first
canadians at large aren't sold on generic conservative issues that logically appeal to every region
My country is fucked
then let's unfuck it