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The 'freedoms' (more accurately called rights) that Canada sacrifices to make the country work better and simpler, such as specific local & state rights, are no
by novok 5y ago
The 'freedoms' (more accurately called rights) that Canada sacrifices to make the country work better and simpler, such as specific local & state rights, are not the lost freedoms that most Canadians think make the country better. By removing some forms of vetocracy, the state can coordinate better and avoids some forms of small scale corruption, although not enough as most of the housing crisis shows.
Much of the dysfunction of the USA partly comes from it's size and it's economic, climatic & historical diversity compared to Canada. Canada is significantly smaller economically, historically and population wise. It is also a country that has had consistently cold winters, which creates cultural values that forces you to save for the winter, which makes everyone work better together, which is something you see similar with Scandinavian countries [0].
The USA has many climates that make fairly different cultures in subtle ways. Canada works better because it's smaller and accidents of history, not because they don't have free speech. Canada is more american than they feel comfortable with, and this creates a unease that makes them feel like they need to differentiate themselves on minor difference, much like two twins.
[0] If your wondering why russia doesn't work like scandinavia, one reason why is hundreds of years of brutal mongolian rule, while scandinanvia avoided that trauma.
- sofixa 5y agoInteresting theories. First, i find that the communal work togetherness is also present in Mediterranean European countries which don't have that bad winters. Second, i don't get the premise behind the Mongols explanation. Doesn't a common external enemy make people work together even more? Furthermore many countries were rules by Mongols ( including China and most of Central Asia), yet they exhibit varying levels of "togetherness"/communal spirit.
- FpUser 5y agoI completely disagree with everything you said. And please do not pretend to speak on behalf of "most Canadians". "Most Canadians" likely could not care less about things that does not affect them directly. And the opinions of the ones who do are most likely split in very different proportions contrary to your claim.
- frabbit 5y agoTo be fair to him the opinion polling does suggest that 54% of those polled were not in favor of the truckers: https://globalnews.ca/news/8610727/ipsos-poll-trucker-convoy-support-ottawa-canada/ https://globalnews.ca/news/8610727/ipsos-poll-trucker-convoy... But yes, tiresome to see people trying to claim that they know the mind of the people. We`ll see next elections: I bet Conservatives will do well and the Liberals will decline and the NDP will be wiped out. Jagmeet Singh has managed to extract the worst possible position from this.
- mmastrac 5y agoIt's very difficult to know which way things will turn. The most likely leader of the CPC supported the protests directly, and I think we will see that hurt them somewhat. The interim leader is a definite liability. Trudeau is not making friends, but given a lack of strong leadership from any other party, you may not see them able to pull any more support out. The only poll that matters is the election and it's probably fair to say we don't know what will happen. The protests may be a distant memory by then. And if one of the parties gets a handle on housing prices, that could swing things.
- frabbit 5y agoJean Charest is being floated as a contender, I don't know what organization he has, but it might be popular in QC https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jean-charest-conservative-leadership-run-1.6360032 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/jean-charest-conservative-l...
- mardifoufs 5y agoJean Charest is not exactly loved in quebec. The end of his provincial premiership was pretty rough and his name is a bit synonymous with "corrupt slimey politician". But I'd bet Québec would still vote for him just because he's from "our team" and he's a very familiar figure
- mmastrac 5y ago