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Originally Posted by Fuzz
It's hard not to, when their party is full of people supporting the same policies as Trump is implementing, and precursor positioning which helped mould the US into the position it could be taken by Trump. Then they use our tax dollars to go down there and promote vile organizations of hate, the very same that Trump champions.
Honestly I think you have to be a bit dull if you don't see the UCP, Smith, and their policies as a shadow of Trumpism, which is hallmarked by polices such as anti-queer bigotry, anti-intellectualism, seizing control(APP, Policing, ####ing bike lanes), Christofacism, anti-disability, overreach, exceptionalism, and disdain for anyone less fortunate than they are(Alberta oil gives us the power to despise the rest of the country for "getting in our way").
I'm not sure PP is quite as extreme, but I'm not willing to find out by putting him in power. Like, why risk that?
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Okay that's fine and all but in today's political climate where most people see everything binary, what exactly about Trudeau's decade in power could you use to convince Conservative voters that they should jump ship? What exactly did he accomplish outside of legalizing pot, and generally spending a lot of his tenure battling scandals, and pandering to the NDP to stay in power? Little to no investment in military and diplomatic services. Screwing up immigration letting in too many people, too fast creating a housing crisis. Creating emissions targets that were unattainable while leaving office with the worst economic growth in recent Canadian history. I mean he kind fanned the flames with is identity politics as Canada had long been one of the more reasonable countries on the planet and Justin and his Liberals deserve a lot of blame for the current division in this country.
I have a problem with PP and can't get behind the anti-abortion, anti-LGBTQ, and some of the other religious undertones but a lot of people care about their own personal situations and what they think will be best for them so as bad as you can paint the Conservatives from your personal perspective, the Liberals look equally poor from a different perspective.