Yeah not american, i dont always remember your unique names for things. The defense secretary was engaging in war so minister of war is fine for me (im from a parliamentary context).
Yes I meant Robert Gates which was an insane choice. And my bad i remembered them nominating a republican commerce secretary and that was enough for me to write off Obama (and rightfully so).
Canadas israeli policy is hugely problematic. But that has nothing to do with this issue.
I remember (canadian here) in grad school and my class asked if it could be canceled because of the inauguration and I stood up and said, no, I am paying for this class. My peers sneered but I dont care. I had the right hunch. Obama was a neoliberal warmaker. To be fair, even Obama doesnt understand why he got the novel peace prize (he has admitted it multiple times). Ill give him that!
Obama appointed bush’s minister of war and economy before inauguration. He was a wolf in sheep’s clothes.
This is why 95% of indigenous voters rejected quebec separatism in the last referendum. Chiefs argued a divisible canada means a divisible quebec and promised to separate from quebec in kind. This is arguably the real reason separatism died down.
Thanks! But also doesnt that disenfranchise Palestinians as their name is being erased …
Edit: pro-palestinian statehood, anti-genocide. Sounds about right.
I used to think this. Until our 1 million drones a year deal with Ukraine. Who is beating Russia, a similarly supposed asymetric power. The US is actively losing to Iran. Times and war has changed and the US is gutting their own productivity to fuel corruption.
Of course they did. Not being sarcastic, this is insanity.
Pretty shocking Halifax has nearly the same rents as Toronto, while the Toronto’s has been coming down consistently since covid.
The latest synagogue shooting in Ontario was likely a right-wing white boy, not a pro-palestinian.
Toronto had one of the lowest major urban tax rates on the continent. Chow nudged them up to a level still way below average. My parents out in the country pay 2x the property tax rate.
But funny enough Chow is not likely to raise again this term so she could throw water on Brad Bradford and say the same.
And sold Canada out to the US. Carney is decent for foreign affairs, while his domestic politics are grotesquely neoliberal and hyper corporatist.
I would rather fight our own issues internally, versus let our country fall apart due to US mechanations.
I think Carney is creating lots of space for the rise of the NDP for instance, while Poilievre would have handed away our sovereignty.
Thanks for raising attention to this. I wish I had time to say more but being on the ground it was insane. From pre-crime detentions at 5am (my neighbours in her pajamas by swat), the detained in cages, the vitriol from the out of city cops, and the sheer audacity of the lawlessness from all levels of government (from Harper leading the move against all experts, to McGuinty passing illegal legislation (lost in courts later) allowing for civil rights to be suspended, to even David Miller for doing nothing.
Ample evidence of agent provocateur. Hundreds detained for singing O Canada. I tore down my canadian flag on my wall and swore, I am a deeply proud canadian (traveled and lived abroad but had to come home), but i knew then our civil liberties barely exist. Our courts renewed my faith though as most of these actions have cost the tax payers (sigh) in settlements as the governments lost many law suits.
The only good news really is the sheer cost of it has deterred a repeat.
Again, I cited the RCMP, CSIS, and FYI it was a liberal Ministry of a foreign affairs that revealed Chong was subject to a Chinese government campaign. And the secret police stations were cited by the RCMP, a canadian police agency, and CSIS, an intelligence agency. Not Chong, not National Post. I have provided you ample evidence and you refuse to provide a morsel of evidence to back up your dismissal of real concerns about state sponsored Chinese interference.
First claim was it was only NatPost. Second claim was it was just some MP. I showed neither if your statements were true. CSIS is an intelligence agency. Ive shown links to RCMP, CSIS and for good measure:
August 2023, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that Chong and his family had been the target of an online disinformation operation by the Chinese government.
Yet you will keep moving the goal post I bet.
Ive noticed that. Cis allies of lgbqt+ often say things like, ‘cuck’ or ‘bottom’ in demeaning ways without realizing they are playing into fears, judgement, insecurity and projection.
They include legitimate intelligence reports, did you read?
Here is one quick example:
Furthermore, there have been claims by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) that Chinese law enforcement officers have been operating under the guise of Chinese community organizations or businesses in Canada
That isnt some random MP. Stop gaslighting please
Hmm confidently lying i see.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/rcmp-investigating-chinese-police-stations-canada-1.6627166
Edit: What is your motive behind minimizing intelligence warnings. Here’s a whole wiki list. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_government_interference_in_Canada
Cutting off their nose in spite of their faces.