Saturday 14 January 2017

Rich white guy as PM blurs Canada as a target for Trump.

Rich white guy as PM blurs Canada as a target for Trump.

I really think many US leaders, and citizens, Canadian Turmp supporters see Canada as a failed US. We still technically have royalty but brought home our constitution and human rights act through diplomacy. And Canada has done enough shitty things (treatment of blacks in New Brunswick leaps to mind) and a majority white population along the border in rural areas so they can continue to think that.

I can certainly see benign neglect as a policy. The multi-corp I work for functions that way. Canada used to be in the US domestic bucket, then the region changed to North America but excluded Mexico. There are nods to Canadian law but it's definitely the letter not the spirit. To me it costs in productivity but pretty sure that's not a concern when there's a high unemployment rate in the area.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-canada-economy-1.3934966
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5 comments:

  1. Gene Chiu14 January 2017 at 09:03

    This is the first time I have heard Canada referred to as a failed US.

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  2. Cass Morrison14 January 2017 at 09:18

    Don't you think that's what Canadian Trump supporters think? Darned clarity, will have to edit original post.

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  3. Gene Chiu14 January 2017 at 11:21

    Cass Morrison The only Canadians I know who wanted Trump to win wants to see something drastic happen, not because they support what he says. One person just want to see a major disruption in US politics.

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  4. Gene Chiu14 January 2017 at 11:21

    Cass Morrison The only Canadians I know who wanted Trump to win wants to see something drastic happen, not because they support what he says. One person just want to see a major disruption in US politics.

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  5. Cass Morrison14 January 2017 at 11:39

    Gene Chiu You're probably right. That was sleep cycle cynicism.

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