• melsaskca@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    Good for Canada! Whether you agree with Carney and his party, or not, you have to admit that it’s nice to have a serious person in charge again.

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      2 days ago

      When did we not have a serious person in charge? And what does “serious” mean? Because he seems serious about getting rid of privacy and right to strike.

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        It was a trump comparison I guess, although Trudeau Junior does not have the gravitas that Carney has, I still liked him. Trudeau Junior was only there as the Liberals needed to dig way back into nostalgia after the sponsorship scandal. But I have to admit, he did a fair job overall. Noting here that we are a long way from firing on all cylinders. A two-party federal system where the libs and cons take over steering from time to time is not a perfect democracy (if one exists).

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    3 days ago

    At the very least, I can be happy that we’re not fighting against both economic and social conservatism in Canada.

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        I will put forth that even if what he is doing is fake, as you say, for publicity points it is still a good thing. He is publically showing that he supports pride, and those witnessing the Canadian Premiere taking a stance on social issues will have a harder time squashing those people that need that support.

        You have the opposite in the USA as they actively dismantle their social progress.

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          22 hours ago

          The U.S. government and Trump are not good baselines for comparisons. Carney made no efforts to improve anyone’s quality of life, including LGBTQIA2S+ people.

          And under Carney’s latest bill C-12 that was just passed into law, immigrants who want to claim asylum for fearing for their lives in their home country after living in Canada over a year, won’t be eligible to stay anymore. That means if someone who identifies as LGBTQIA+, who knows they could face potential violence and death in their country simply for their sexual orientation or being trans, can’t claim asylum anymore.

          And I won’t even go into the whole cost of living and housing and all that, nor how there’s no intervention from the federal government into Alberta’s blatant anti-trans laws.

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          2 days ago

          I believe he also has a transgender child. Honestly, though, most leaders of our parties have participated in pride parades over the years, the Conservatives are the only ones who don’t.

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            22 hours ago

            That doesn’t mean anything. There are women and LGBTQIA+ people out there that have worked against their interests in politics.

            Some people love money more than anything else.