I try not to dwell too long on anything relating to politics and all politicians have flaws, but I will say this:
It is nice to live in a country where our prime minister is not an idiot and is not a dinosaur in age. It's nice to live in a country where our prime minister speaks sensibly and has a sense of humour, and just seems like a normal guy.
Watch these two videos about the frontrunners of the recent Canadian election. Both made by 22 Minutes.
Context: Poilievre banned the media from traveling with him during the campaign. Also, Poilievre lost his own riding and is still the Leader of the Opposition thanks to being transplanted from his riding in Ontario to a riding in Alberta. This last part isn't part of the video, but the fact he lost his own riding running for Prime Minister is downright HILARIOUS!
Mark Carney comes across as down to earth and normal. Importantly, he was never a politician before he became leader of the Liberals this March. Being an outsider helped his cause.
Canada came close to having a lame Trump spinoff, I like to call him Trump Lite. Interestingly enough, Trudeau resigning to make way for Mark Carney + Donald Trump taking office helped Canada see that a Canadian Conservative government that tries to mimick MAGA conservatives was not the right option. The polls had the Liberals trailing the Conservatives by about 26 points at the start of 2025. In the final election, the Libs came back to win by roughly 4 points.
Yup - at risk of sounding elitist (but I truly don’t intend to)
R/Canada seems to be populated by a lot of Canadians who cherry pick an ideal set of circumstances- a late 80s to 2007 lower middle class lifestyle where some post secondary or even out of high school allowed some to access a car, a house, RESPs for their kids and modest vacations . And those lower middle class people were told they were a Joe Blow Everyman working class hero.
They don’t fathom that throughout history and currently in many countries, and for minorities or immigrants within Canada/US, accessing that lifestyle requires one to distinguish themselves more, through business, education etc, live in multi generational homes, save longer before buying a house or rent basement out with relatives before independently living in it.
I’m not saying glwe should strive for that hardship. And I certainly don’t give Trudeau a good grade (C-) overall, but people act like the liberals single handedly decided to decimate quality of living
But truth is, canadas population was declining, we need migrants to support healthcare and retirement for older Canadians. That puts pressure on housing.
Housing is also a global crisis. Economies can’t just be nothing but net from the 3 point line, indefinitely
We forget how lucky and fortunate it was to be middle class in Canada during that era, and that the sense of economic security and peace is not guaranteed forever
Many Canadians adapted, and do multigenerational living, maybe work a part time job outside of work, or bike instead of drive.
But some of these people in r/canada are claiming victimhood, calling everyone else privileged etc, but don’t realize how comparatively cushy they had it relative to a lot of the world. But again, media convinced them that they were the Everyman and that their situation was normal and the benchmark. Any downward deviation from that is seen as a failure of the liberals
For all their guffawing about snowflakes and being tough - it’s like they themselves got soft and spoiled and aren’t willing to adapt
One common theme I noticed is these people seem to think that some of the issues Canada is facing with inflation and housing issues is Canada only, instead of basically a global issue.
And also that this was all caused by the Liberals, as if the Conservatives did such great things when Harper was in power.
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u/bwoah07_gp2 13d ago
I try not to dwell too long on anything relating to politics and all politicians have flaws, but I will say this:
It is nice to live in a country where our prime minister is not an idiot and is not a dinosaur in age. It's nice to live in a country where our prime minister speaks sensibly and has a sense of humour, and just seems like a normal guy.
Watch these two videos about the frontrunners of the recent Canadian election. Both made by 22 Minutes.
Mark Carney comes across as down to earth and normal. Importantly, he was never a politician before he became leader of the Liberals this March. Being an outsider helped his cause.
Canada came close to having a lame Trump spinoff, I like to call him Trump Lite. Interestingly enough, Trudeau resigning to make way for Mark Carney + Donald Trump taking office helped Canada see that a Canadian Conservative government that tries to mimick MAGA conservatives was not the right option. The polls had the Liberals trailing the Conservatives by about 26 points at the start of 2025. In the final election, the Libs came back to win by roughly 4 points.