From an American-
I'm sure by now you all have seen our government's 'official response' to your wildfires. I saw that, and as an American I am beyond appalled. Please know that the public statements made by our government do not reflect the thoughts and beliefs of the majority of the American people.
When the US had wildfires, Canada sent us significant support including numerous firefighting aircraft, air crews, and support equipment. This was not a small token contribution, it made a real difference. It saved lives and property and forest. That is how neighbors and friends are supposed to help each other out, and we appreciated the hell out of it. It is not forgotten.
To hear that our 'official response' to your wildfires is to threaten... I have no words to describe the feeling. I am proud to be American, I love my country, but today I am ashamed. That these things are being said as representative of me and my countrymen... it is beyond shameful. We are supposed to be better than this. Better allies, better neighbors, better humans. I am ashamed and angry that my government is representing me and my fellow Americans in this manner.
I can only say that the majority of Americans do not feel this way. Forget the propaganda you see on the news (and it is mostly propaganda). The people of this country love our northern friends, we feel for you. We don't want to annex Canada or punish you for a natural disaster or any of this crap. We want you all to be safe. We want to help.
THAT is who we are, even if we suck at electing politicians that represent that belief.
Stay safe. Be well. We love you.
Je passe ce texte par Google Traduction car mon français est médiocre...
De la part d'un Américain...
Je suis certain que vous avez tous vu, à présent, la « réponse officielle » de notre gouvernement face à vos incendies de forêt. En tant qu'Américain, j'en suis profondément indigné. Sachez que les déclarations publiques de notre gouvernement ne reflètent ni les pensées ni les convictions de la majorité du peuple américain.
Lorsque les États-Unis ont été touchés par des incendies, le Canada nous a apporté un soutien considérable, notamment en envoyant de nombreux avions de lutte contre les incendies, des équipages aériens et du matériel de soutien. Il ne s'agissait pas d'un simple geste symbolique ; cette aide a fait une réelle différence. Elle a permis de sauver des vies, des biens et des forêts. C'est ainsi que les voisins et les amis sont censés s'entraider, et nous avons énormément apprécié ce geste. Nous ne l'avons pas oublié.
Apprendre que la « réponse officielle » de notre pays face à vos incendies consiste à proférer des menaces... les mots me manquent pour décrire ce que je ressens. Je suis fier d'être Américain et j'aime mon pays, mais aujourd'hui, j'ai honte. Que de tels propos soient tenus en mon nom et en celui de mes compatriotes... c'est tout simplement honteux. Nous sommes censés valoir mieux que cela. Être de meilleurs alliés, de meilleurs voisins, de meilleurs êtres humains. J'éprouve de la honte et de la colère de voir mon gouvernement nous représenter, mes compatriotes et moi, de cette manière.
Je tiens à dire que la majorité des Américains ne partagent pas ce point de vue. Oubliez la propagande que vous voyez aux informations (car il s'agit bien, pour l'essentiel, de propagande). La population de ce pays aime ses amis du Nord ; nous sommes de tout cœur avec vous. Nous ne voulons ni annexer le Canada, ni vous punir pour une catastrophe naturelle, ni rien de tout ce non-sens. Nous voulons que vous soyez en sécurité. Nous voulons vous aider.
C'est cela, notre véritable nature, même si nous sommes incapables d'élire des responsables politiques qui incarnent ces valeurs.
Prenez soin de vous. Portez-vous bien. Nous vous aimons.
As a Canadiain, please stop. Fix your shit. "the majority of us aren't like this" I don't buy it. your people voted this clown into office...twice. And before that you voted Bush jr into office...twice. It's the same song and dance from you.
Stop. Apologizing. I'm tired of seeing americans apologize and then do jack all about it. I don't want your love, I don't need it. All we and a good chunk of us Canadians want is for you americans to hopefully, one day, figure it out. not just "get good" for 4 to 8 year stints and then vote in another right-wing nutjob.
We don't care what you people think. "Oh the Americans are blaming us for something else and slapping another tariff 'on us' so what?" We've moved on, I suggest you do the same. Now I know how people getting out of a relationship with one person who just won't "let go" feel.
We would rather you accept that you all collectively fucked up yet again and not try and ask for our forgiveness. again, we don't care. and stop saying "not all of us" it's such bullshit.
Just stop talking and do something. Actions speak louder than words, I don't want nor accept your apology.
As a Canadian I can understand your annoyance, and definitely agree that Americans who feel guilty should take action at home.
However, it's not like Canada doesn't vote for idiots too. The country is more or less split between left and right, and the two rich provinces are never on the left. Ontario continues to vote in Fords, and don't get me started on Alberta. The last federal election easily could have gone conservative too.
Same in Australia, our maga adjacent nut job political party is ascendent. ONP
Le Pen in France, AfD has a lesbian swiss living married to a Sri Lankan immigrant heading a party of traditional values who hate LGBTQI and immigrants. Italy led by a Mussolini apologist, literally can't make this shit up. Across the channel, Frarage, a grifter, is married to an immigrant leading a party against immigration, all while denying climate change amongst some of the highest temps on records.
in a world that desperately needs to draw closer. together to solve global problems..., have we always been this fucking stupid and I just never noticed, has climate change affected our pre frontal cortex ?
Exactly. I don't get the holier than thou attitude from my fellow Canadians here. Do they not realize that we almost had PP as our pm?
We may vote for idiots, but we absolutely do not vote into pedophiles, human traffickers, criminals, etc.
Really? Canada has a rich history of doing just that. We just dress it up differently and forget our history instead of learning from it.
Remember Doug Ford?
For one, we're talking federal.
And two, is he in the epstein files? Did he traffic humans?
What crimes has he been convicted of?
Canada should absolutely be worried about the same cult idiocy running rampant. The thing is that a large part of this worry is intentional USA meddling from the current regime and surrounding groups like the heritage foundation and ATLAS network pushing shit like the convoy, maple maga, and Alberta separatism.
The last one is freaky because it's what the USA generally does to a country before trying to claim that the people want the oil to be liberated by the USA. Makes the aggressive threats about the smoke even more appalling.
We can't do as much about our own problems when they are mostly coming from across the border. Hopefully progressives globally can cooperatively figure out how to actively prevent this fascist shit from taking over, or neo-liberal faux progressives from claiming to be the resistance while servings the corruption and oligarchs
To OP personally, you are appreciated and I hope we can all find actions and methods of cooperation that can save us from this spreading cancer.
Exactly instrad of posting here he should be on a highway overpass unfurling a banner that says donlal trump rapes children instead he's here writing an apology on the internet.
No, he should be writing to his congressman, he should be writing letters to the president, the VP, the secretary of whatever.
He should write to the dickhead ambassador
They dont give a fuck about letters
Kinda depends what your write
I'm holding a bag with $200k USD, and insider information for a publicly traded company that could earn billions. This could be yours if you do this thing for me.
One down, only a few hundred more to go. Might actually be the first time I see action from one of the letters I have written to them every week since trump took office. I am also active with my local government. Still no change. Tell me what should we write and do to a government that doesn't give a damn about their job unless it comes with cash or saliva?
Write to the president? Lol! Fucker can't read. Might as well wish on a star.