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I wouldn't call Canada "highly liberal" unless you're starting from a rather conservative bias. Having lived in both countries, there's a lot to be said for no
by jleyank 8mo ago
I wouldn't call Canada "highly liberal" unless you're starting from a rather conservative bias. Having lived in both countries, there's a lot to be said for not having to scramble for health insurance when you don't have good, full-time employment. It's would say it's quieter, less-exciting, and that's probably a good thing particularly when trying to raise a family.
If you have such a bias, maybe Alberta would be tolerable but I doubt it. If you're from the coastal portions of the US, Canada would be quite reasonable.
- cf100clunk 8mo ago> Assuming those Americans want to live in a highly liberal country. Also citizenship and residence are not the same. As for that political view, the article deals directly with motivations for why Canadian citizenship via this new process has become popular.
- petermcneeley 8mo agoCanada isnt liberal; it is corrupt. These are not the same things.
- vincent-manis 8mo agoPlease define “corrupt”.
- petermcneeley 8mo agoCan you imagine asking someone to define corruption?
- gucci-on-fleek 8mo agoCompared to what? Everything is corrupt in some sense, but Canada generally ranks pretty well compared to most other countries [0]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption_in_Canada
- petermcneeley 8mo agoThe Canadian gov debanked people during a legitimate protest using the emergency act (among other violations). This was later ruled to be an illegitimate use of this act. Nobody has faced any consequences for this and none are expected. I dont see that listed in this wiki entry. Perhaps this wiki is incomplete.
- whattheheckheck 8mo agoBet you listen to Joe rogan too
- petermcneeley 8mo agoI do not.
- gucci-on-fleek 8mo ago> The Canadian gov debanked people during a legitimate protest using the emergency act (among other violations). Ok, but I don't see how that's corruption. Switching to some American examples, I've never heard anyone refer to the jailing of MLK [0], the shooting of Vietnam War protesters [1], or Stonewall [2] as "corruption", and these are all much more extreme than the 2022 Canadian protests. > This was later ruled to be an illegitimate use of this act. Do you have a source for this? Because §28.7 of the report from the independent commission [3] states that its use was legitimate: For these reasons, I have concluded that Cabinet was reasonably concerned that the situation it was facing was worsening and at risk of becoming dangerous and unmanageable. There was credible and compelling evidence supporting both a subjective and objective reasonable belief in the existence of a public order emergency. The decision to invoke the Act was appropriate. > Nobody has faced any consequences for this and none are expected. It was a decision made by the Cabinet while acting in its official capacity, so parliamentary privilege [4] means that there could never be any criminal consequences, no matter how severe what they did was. Political actions generally only have political consequences, and considering that Justin Trudeau and much of the Cabinet resigned a couple years later [5], I'd argue that there were in fact some consequences. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_campaign#Martin_Luther_King_Jr._jailed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham_campaign#Martin_Lut... [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots [3]: https://publicorderemergencycommission.ca/files/documents/Final-Report/Vol-1-Report-of-the-Public-Inquiry-into-the-2022-Public-Order-Emergency.pdf#POEC-English-Volume%201_MASTER.indd%3A.63185%3A1494 https://publicorderemergencycommission.ca/files/documents/Fi... [4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_privilege#Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_privilege#Canada [5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%932025_Canadian_political_crisis#Resignation_of_Justin_Trudeau https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024%E2%80%932025_Canadian_pol...
- GJim 8mo agoOh dear. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Corruption_Perceptions_Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_Corruptio... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Corruption_Barometer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Corruption_Barometer