Canada should move towards integration with Europe instead of the U.S.
Canada should move towards integration with Europe instead of the U.S.
Trump’s chaotic global tariff war, which has upended the international order, shows no sign of letting up. Presidents of the U.S. have long used trade as an instrument of power to assert economic and military dominance over the global economy. Trump however, does so against Canada and other allies—a...
Trump warned he will impose additional tariffs on the European Union and Canada if they band together to “do economic harm” against the United States.
Get @#$%ed, Trump. Good read. Short but detailed about how partnered we are already and what our next priorities should be
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We have enough right-wingers in Europe already.So, when you generalize canada in your mind right-wingers is what comes to mind? Or just the govt?
Hard to call Canada not right wing when basically 90% of the country is voting for central right and far right parties. Liberals haven't been even slightly left leaning for a long time. The most generous way to describe them is a party that uses left leaning policies to achieve right leaning goals.
And yet, we're way more immigrant-friendly and tolerant than literally anywhere in Europe.
I have no idea what your criteria is here. I'm pretty sure Carney would be mainstream in Germany as well.
Pretty sure you're wrong, even compared to those awful germs
I don't get it.
Not surprised reading the comments on here
Germs?
germans
Most of the Liberals' positions is to use the markets to solve social issues. That is completely a right-wing ideology, and the name for it is Liberalism, literally what the party is called. Liberalism is by definition prioritizing the individual actions and limiting government intervention.
While the Liberals do not advocate for small government, they do advocate for minimizing direct government intervention, relying on corporations to do the government's job. They just are willing to push for social spending to make the markets fix their problems. The problems that have created by the markets because market forces do not have a line in their accounts for morality or public good.
The Liberals do quite a lot of good for the country, since they don't try to run it like a third world purely resource based nation, but that's because they're pretty progressive and understand that resource-based economies don't last and are fragile. But they are still economy first, people second as a party, a party that prioritizes the capitalist system with only a few concessions for social programs.
Boy do I have news about the founding values of the European Union.
achieve sustainable development based on balanced economic growth and price stability and a highly competitive market economy with full employment and social progress
I mean, it did start out during the Cold War. The other values are given more emphasis but that's still there.
Yea, but this was back in the times when the left was considered anti-west. Left nowadays just means socialistic policies and is where most of the EU stands. Though far-left is still pretty taboo since it's equating to communism, far right is lately considered more neo-Nazism rather than unregulated capitalism (though to be fair both are still considered far-right depending on who you ask).
Founding ideals get pretty obsolete and often don't reflect reality after a few generations. Just look at how much the US talks about their founding ideals and how the country looks nothing like it despite talking about their supposed ideals constantly (like how one of the original ideals was that only rich land owners should be allowed to vote).
You haven't got a clue about what policies or our very diverse governments of Europe represent, not even about simple basic political terminology of what political views stand for.
" both are still considered far-right depending on who you ask"
Second time I hear someone come up with the embarassing and laughable horseshoe theory.
I couldn't imagine more than a few weirdos falling for it, it's on the level of flat earthers. I guess education is as bad as in the US.
Or they get their 'knowledge' from Facebook ,YT or whatever online moron channel.The very definition of left and right has changed from your own France that first came up with the term. It's one thing to say that you don't agree with the definition used in Canada, but another to say that my statement is as delusional as flat earthers. They are words, and words change meaning over time. Especially ones that are used vaguely or deliberately misinterpreted by certain groups, like Woke or Nazi. Even the word "gay" has changed to mean something different from a half century ago.
It's true, but I'd say it hasn't changed nearly as much as the US has, and would point out how market oriented every country within still is.
I should also mention liberalism was the original left wing movement, versus the monarchs that sat on the literal right in France. Words mean what we want them to, but it's non-standard to say it's always been right wing, and not universal to say it is now.
This is from a European view and while not the US the political spectrum suffers from the same problem.
What some Canadians consider left is only relative.
So this is your 'liberal' party?:
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2024/12/30/cypl-d30.htmlAnd it's a simple verifiable fact that voters decide on the goverment, so maybe it's only in your mind that they're not right-wingers.
Maybe it's an uncomfortable truth?I think your "European" view is overlooking basically all of Eastern Europe, and some of Western Europe too. I'm 100% on board for PIIGS leftism (+Corbyn +Melenchon), but don't pretend that's what "left" means everywhere in Europe.
You are right that there's plenty right forces in Europe, but they know what they are and don't call themselves anything else.
That's my point.
No...our "liberal" left-wing party is the NDP.
I love how everyone answering this question is taking an aggressive posture like I was defending or attacking something.
Fun stuff. Thanks for answering anyway.
I guess if you find my answer aggressive I'm right that it's an uncomfortable truth for you.
You said 'your liberal party' as if I would ever vote liberal. Swing and a miss there. Liberal is basically an insult to me.
And then you claimed that I would somehow be uncomfortable with what you consider to be the truth. If that isn't plainly passive aggressive tone then I am a wombat in need of a martini.
All I was asking was if you thought of run-of-the-mill canucks as right-wingers, or if you meant the govt. From that you assumed my position and blithely attacked it.
You are cute though, I'll give you that.
'Your liberal party' as in Canadian. Petty to distort that for some reason.
You indeed appear to be a wombat since stating that your run-of-the-mill-canucks vastly elect right-wingers makes them factually a right-wing population.
If that rubs you the wrong way you can make another misinterpretation as 'passive agressive', but as I said it's stating verifiable undeniable facts and accurately described as an uncomfortable truth for you.
Good thing it's not up to assholes who make ignorant, sweeping generalizations that are likely going to harm Europe more than help it. Personally, I'd sooner chip off my own nutsack than vote right, but hey, don't let that stop you from being CATEGORICALLY INCORRECT.
Very coherent comment