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> If anything, it seems like the trucking protest was a case of American dollars and influence trying to tilt Canada towards right-wing populism Why? Canada a

• familymart 5y ago
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• version_five 5y ago
  Right, because its impossible real people are actually sick of government overreach, must be Russian billionaires
• noduerme 5y ago
  You might have misread me. Nothing I said was contrary to this. There certainly may be billionaires, Russian money, etc. in the mix; those indeed helped to fund American right-wing groups, whose members in turn contributed to the Canadian truckers. I'm just making the point that even though it's not American policy this time, US secret services and US corporations have a long history of funding right-wing groups all over the Americas; and that this isn't the first time it's provoked left-leaning governments to respond with overt financial controls and seizures.
  • chiefalchemist 5y ago
    There was likely influence coming from Left and Right. If one gets involved, the other isn't going to sit on the sidelines. This comes as direct involvement, as well as the media spin that covers such an event. It's difficult to understand where the legit events ends and the outside influence begins. That's not a conspiracy theory. It's simply how these things work, with so many chef's in the kitchen (and that in general, the media can't be trusted). It's complicated.