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Paul S.'s avatar

Big wave of nostalgia:

I remember reading my father's copy of "The New Romans" in my early teens when it first came out. That was one of the first steps in my political education, which was followed shortly after by a family friend loaning me Kenneth McNaught's bio of J.S. Woodsworth. By the time that the Trudeaumania election came around later that spring, I was firmly convinced that he was just going to be another Liberal continentalist traitor, and I'd made my own NDP sign for our front lawn.

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David Moscrop's avatar

That’s extraordinary!

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Paul S.'s avatar

After reading this, my brother asked: "Continentalist, now there's a useful word you don't hear any more. I wonder why?"

So, we're asking the political scientist.

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Claudette Leece's avatar

I think if folks knew their history, especially with the World Banks and the U.K. involvement they would be far more worried. How would you feel if you knew our huge oil reserves were used as collateral in the 1990, then came the big housing bubble crash, and the years of struggle. Sound familiar folks in 2025?

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2FollowHim's avatar

Canada never rebelled against England and the relationship was fine, even now. Canada always was amenable, peacekeeping. We Canadians have no 'Independence Day'. Don't need it. Americans traveling sew the CANADIAN slogan on their backpack(a lie).

US, which is NOT UNITED was ALWAYS militant, imperialist, pretending to give while taking. Always into big money, payoffs over service. Hawaii WAS nice; now the ocean is polluted for reasons that could have been avoided. I never found the US friendly, compared to Mexico which was. Trade-wise, US raped Canada and until Mark Carney, no one called them on it. I, like many Canadians, didn't get involved until Trudeau got in. Whatever Mark Carney does, I'll be grateful.

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Claudette Leece's avatar

Come back in three years, when many folks have lost their homes, poverty won’t be an offshoot but a common thing for many, except of coarse those that rise to the top brackets like thick cream in a milk bottle. When the value of homes craters because they have almost a frenzy building when at this moment builders are either walking away or hiring arsenides to burn their partially built properties for the little bit they can collect for insurance. Our CPP is so underwater it’s not just scary it’s frightening, a Ponzi scheme gone rogue. The world bank holds the strings and their humans play the game for them. As much as many dislike Trump, if he wasn’t spending so much time trying to ward off the dogs of the neocons in his own party, he would be busy destroying those systems that have ruled the world for many years. Wars are just money makers, the human toll acceptable collateral as long as the end of the game satisfies these Olegardes , it’s not a war now between countries, it’s a war amongst classes, the filthy few rich and the mere working stiffs just trying to provide for their families. But one cannot survive without the other. Canadians need to get past this fallacy that we are the sweet polite country and if we just keep baking our bread, go to church and bother no one we can just lead a peaceful unassuming life. Because if that’s your belief the next few years will be hell for many. Ask the ones who went thru the last recession, when Canadas finances were far better, we never struggled with thousands of new comers, our basic systems health care, education were much brighter and dependable unlike now. Living day to day, not knowing if and when a paycheck was coming, if your house was going to be repossessed by a bank that didn’t want it when it already had too many, politics and politicians were not on most peoples mind. As a matter of fact, studies show researching who you vote for and understanding their policies and who they really work for, occurred less than 30% of the time. When things are good most folks don’t give it a thought. And when you get screwed by your choice, voting becomes less desired, why they didn’t do what they said anyways. Carney is a banker, enjoys the WEF crowd, he has pictures of himself and Soros. A read of his book shows you, he was anointed to do a job and it’s not to make Canada a better place but a place that fills that purpose. And if folks stand by and don’t stand up for what they believe in, that job will be fulfilled

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