I think to myself that Alberta is a highly misunderstood place, that the people here are more relatable and complex than the stereotypes that I hear come so often from people in nearly every other province.
...and then each time I think that we can beat the stereotype, some random politician whose name I've never heard before shows up out of the woodworks to make a comment nobody asked for on an issue that doesn't affect us.
Shit like this pains me man
Alberta is so fucking weird man. Conservative as hell, but also has the most secure NDP federal seat in all of Canada (Edmonton-Strathcona) since like 2008. The rural-urban divide in Western Canada is honestly crazy when you get down to the nitty gritty of it.
Strathcona is incredible. That section of Whyte Ave is so active, and it's a very artsy part of the city because festivals like The Fringe take part there. I used to go there regularly growing up since my grandmother wasn't far off around Bonnie Doon.
But it wouldn't have been possible without the funding for the arts that happened under Peter Lougheed's Progressive Conservatives. It's also wild to me how many areas are NDP provincially, and then Conservative federally.
I recommend taking this opportunity for thoroughly internalizing the knowledge that the vast and overwhelming majority of people in government, no matter what color they wear, truly do not care about you in the slightest. Go listen to some George Carlin, he can explain.
jesus fucking christ, they honoured a nazi-supporting american second tier political figure in parliament? not appropriate
It's just interesting because they don't honor the three children killed in the school shooting the same day. So clearly they're not speaking out against gun violence or uttering victims of gun violence. Otherwise they'd honor them too. So I can only conclude by doing this they are explicitly endorsing Charlie Kirk's rhetoric. Everyone that stood up and clapped agrees with Charlie Kirk 100%. That's the only conclusion
I don't think this information is accurate. As far as I can tell, two children were shot (wounded) and the shooter committed suicide.
Still a way, way larger tragedy than a racist dying, though.
Jfc I hate this government.
The last time they gave a Nazi a standing ovation, Chrystia Freeland aggressively pushed back against any calls to investigate how many Nazis Canada had harbored, and worked to thoroughly bury the story. And this wasn’t even her first Nazi scandal.
If the government tries to stop people from investigating Nazis (including your “left” party), it’s infested with Nazis.
That's not true. These types of investigations basically hand over tons of political power to your opponent. Anything discovered can be implied to be the government's fault, and if little is found then it's the government wasting money.
We don't have the required refinement in the media and the political engagement of the average citizen to effectively use these kinds of investigations.
Leveraging this type of investigation is part of how Stephen Harper best Paul Martin.
I don’t give a damn if an investigation of government support of Nazis becomes a political setback for liberals.
It's not whether it becomes a setback for liberals, it's how much it bolsters neofascist elements in the conservative party.
So we should protect liberal neofascists against conservative neofascists?
I don't know the route to progressive politics in Canada. I used to think that if the conservatives won, people would see how bad it got would help turn the tide left. But that's not working, the US is a perfect example of that. If you vote neoliberal they pass shitty policies that make people's lives worse and the people then vote for right wing neofacists. If you vote neofacists you get what you asked for.
I'm politically exhausted, but I know that delaying or ideally preventing neofascist is important to me, even if the only means to do that right now (support neoliberals) is a path to eventual neofacist victory as well.
I now have several queer and trans friends that have moved to Canada because of neofascism in the US making it unsafe for them. Some are even seeking asylum in Canada now. I don't want Canada to become unfriendly to them. Undermining the Liberals in a way that bolsters the Conservatives will do exactly that.
How do I get the NDP to win or become significant enough to affect the outcome of Canadian politics and move us left? I don't know but it's not by giving credence to claims that the Liberals are Nazis. Doing that is just paving the way for PP and neofascism. Doing that will directly harm my queer friends and every other minority group in Canada.
Yeah, if you’re still supporting centrism as an answer to increasing fascism, you’re still not understanding what’s going on and won’t see a clear solution. And your friends obviously haven’t been paying attention to the news in Canada for the past 10 years.
If you really want to understand it, just read Marx.
I think there was nuance in my comment you missed, and that your views are unsophisticated and naive. I'm willing to take any path that will lead away from neoliberalism if it actually has a hope of working in Canada. We won't even vote NDP and you're suggesting:
I think you're missing the fact that we'll be in prison or dead between step 2 and 3. Look what's happening in the US, or in Germany with the original Nazis. Did that lead to successful communism in Germany? Or did fascism completely destroy the country and completely exterminate the progressive elements within it. Then the USSR took over half the country after it was ravaged by a brutal war to implement Actually Existing Socialism which is, in effect exchanging our capitalist ruler class who extracts our "surplus value" and alienates us from our labour and our consumption with a political ruler class who extracts our "surplus value" and alienates us from our labour and consumption.
No one has ever successfully discovered and implemented a path to Stateless Democratic Communism yet, and I doubt you have a path there that has a hope of winning or that is novel in any way.
What is the practical action you think we should take after the Liberals lose their power thanks to being undermined by the progressive left?
Was it everyone? Do we have any information on whether there were any sensible people refusing to take part in this?
As a Canadian...yeah this doesn't surprise me. I mean the House of Commons is just one big dog and pony show. nothing gets done during these sessions, it's just political theatre to get sound bites on the CBC.
I honestly don't know any Canadian that actually watches these. It's just a massive circle jerk only for the politicians sitting in that room.
They did WHAT?!?
I am horrified.
Read more than the headline, and social media posts arent news.
Yes, Charlie Kirk's assassination sparked a conversation about the importance of free speech and disavowing political violence in parliament. The standing ovation was not for Charlie, but for the outcome of that speech.
Still, not very tactful and the speech could've definitely been written better to be clear that the call is for defence of free speech and denouncing political violence, rather than support of Kirk.
People will later say they didn't know what was happening. They didn't know any better. No, they were only minding their own business.
What a surprise, it's almost like all politicians are two faced criminals. For a country with so many wildfires it seems like high ranking politician's properties are never affected.
Time for Canadians to wake up to the fact that their politicians are all trained seals answering to Washington?
And our enemy, anyone clapping should be arrested.
Fucking revolting
If she wants to honor Kirk, she shouldn't take the stage. She should have her husband taking it and speaking for her. She's not in charge, right?
We need names.
We should make a list of all the people in the radical right.
People surprised by this haven't been paying attention.
God fucking damn it.
This just in, people who make speeches for a living are against killing people making speeches.
I really wanted to move from America to Canada...not anymore it seems. :(
No where is safe. We need to stay and fight.
Not going bankrupt for getting sick is worth it in itself.
Looks like the NDP and Liberals weren't to happy about applauding Charlie. They were however happy to invite an actual Nazi and applaud him though.
Oh, we're so fucked.
My perspective of this is that it's similar to the clapping for the side the fought against the Russian/Soviets during WW2.
If you shout some feel good slogans with a bunch of holes in it you'll just get a brain dead effort applause from most of the "leaders" of this country.
Although I'm fairly certain that there's decent amount of Liberals and Conservative also that agreed with what Kirk was doing.
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