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Originally Posted by evman150
Our country is not a joke. It never has been. It was not a joke under conservative prime ministers, and it is not a joke under liberal prime ministers (including the current one).
The biggest flashpoint issue of the past couple years, a tax aimed at guiding (coercing - though that word has an unnecessary negative connotation) consumers to make more pro-environment purchasing decisions to improve the lives of future generations, is the most first-world problem ever. Whatever you think of carbon pricing (or any of the other issues facing our country, including pipelines), one's stance on it should never result in the opinion our country is a "joke."
Yes, we can make Canada a better place and we should always strive to. But to call it a "joke" demonstrates deep unseriousness, parochialism, and wanton cynicism.
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I think you're taking Canada is a joke to literal. The country is not a joke. The government running the country is a joke. The people, the places, the history/culture/way of life, etc. is all amazing. The way it is run is a different story.
The carbon tax is a joke. It doesn't work. No one is changing the way they live because of it. No tax money is making any impact on global climate change. Even if Canada produced zero emissions it wouldn't matter on a global scale. So were hurting our people now while helping literally no one in the future.