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It was a ridiculous tax to begin with. For one it was domestic only, hampering our competitiveness. And for two, none of the money actually goes into green initiatives. It just gets funneled back to Canadians at a huge administrative cost A green tax on imports that goes into actual research could accomplish something, but our carbon tax is nothing like that

There are plenty of right wing authoritarians on here. They want the federal government to dictate medical, educational, housing policy and so on by law instead of it being a personal choice. The CPC doesn't advocate for drastically reducing spending and taxes. If they get elected, they'll end up being just as big government as the Libs in the end. Granted authoritarianism when done right can work out fine. Developing countries especially in Asia have benefited, but they have a different mentality towards it than the West

Left-right usually has to do with economics, not levels of authoritarianism. That would be the authoritarian/libertarian axis

Fascism is considered extreme-right by most historians. Though it's kind of a silly debate, because when you get that far off center you're just totalitarian. No different than communism in the end.

Fighting with Nazis gives the implication that somehow he wasn't a Nazi himself. Otherwise you'd just say that he served in a Nazi battalion Would you describe one of our vets as 'a person who fought with Canadians'? That's nearly meaningless, and could imply any number of countries that we do joint operations with. No, you'd call them a retired Canadian soldier

Another good one here: Trudeau calls invite for Ukrainian who fought with Nazis 'deeply embarrassing' That poorly constructed grammar could be interpreted as that he fought against Nazis. At least they could have said 'alongside'. But even that's disingenuous, it was a Nazi division Though isn't it ironic that the left is downplaying Nazism, an extreme right-wing ideology

Wouldn't dream of keeping this a secret. Mostly for my own safety I think most guys who would date trans, are at least casually bisexual to begin with. So it's not really an issue Though there is the converse problem at times, guys who are into trans but not in the relationship sense

Because circle the wagons often works, and has worked before. It's just a sign of a government that's out of touch, same as the India thing. Both incidents were entirely preventable, but we have a government that cares more about image than substance Couldn't help but notice Trudeau got in his daily negging by implying this was embarassing for all Canadians and not just his party

I don't think it's much of a deterrant. But it is justice

Weird times indeed when the Conservative party is more centrist than the Liberal party.

Every time I hear the word 'groomer' from a right wing I automatically think of projection. As if they fear others might groom their kids before they can first. Anyways, I did some reading into SOGI and what it's all about On the face of it, it's mostly about acceptance and tolerance. But then I got looking into the literature/video list and yea... I have to say that some of the books seem rather age-inappropriate and/or over the top preachy. Stories focused around a hard LGBT message are heavily promoted. I'd much rather see stories that happen to have LGBT characters and are not solely written around the narrative of acceptance. Stories that show we're like anyone else. That should be the message. On the whole it's probably still all more good than bad but I can definitely see now why the curriculum is so divisive

It would have to start with re-writing the Constitution. We might be coming due in the next decade or two, a lot's changed since the last Constitution. You can't have multiple 'classes' of people and also proclaim to be a democracy that uploads civil rights and liberties for all.

They must really be worried, the tone in that article made me laugh

Fun fact: apartheid in South Africa was inspired by Canada's system

Should Canada be bound to treaties signed before we were even a nation? I'm not so sure. I'd argue most of the treaties would be viewed as unconstitutional if we looked at them through the lens of what they are today. Segregationist and not even good for the Indigenous themselves. And a colossal waste of money that could be put to better things. It's a shame no party has the spine to end the system. Too much guilt over doing it badly last time with the residential schools I suppose. Even though that was very long ago.

Yep and being trans back then was worse by another order yet. You could be out and gay if you were popular enough. Most were not. I remember one guy who was out in high school, and no girls who were. Trans understanding still has a really long way to go. We've got tolerance which is a world of difference sure. But whew, a lot of the comments on NP and on here really feel like talking points from Stone Age people. Ironically, I'd say most of those far down the trans spectrum like myself are actually more center to center-right politically. The core of feeling trans comes down to the desire to be a traditional, stereotypical female and to have a female body. It doesn't come from the liberal 'social' explanations like it being more accepted to date guys, or to be emotional, or have female interests or be in a female-dominated career. You have to fundamentally feel that females and males are different for it to matter to you. That in essence is a conservative belief. However, changing one's self that dramatically is not something that conservatives really get with, because to them radical change is a scary thing.

I mean it's possible things might have been worse otherwise. Fair to say that I probably didn't have much of a pulse on what actually went on by that age. Put better, the educational philosophy of the time was not effective. It was an abstinence based approach which did not stop teens from having sex. Since then, rates have dropped as there was a shift to make contraceptives more readily available. I see the issues around transgender similarly. Reforms are needed as the status quo isn't great

I mean that's the bar that the right sets for trans health care, lol But yea, in seriousness, I am skeptical/cynical about it. The girls that didn't get pregnant were the ones who had parents that were invested in their life more. The school doesn't get credit

Yea sadly some children are abused from a young age and aren't even aware that it's wrong Girls got pregnant at 12-14 all the time in my hometown, and yes we had sex ed and a councillor. How effective was all that? I also knew what I was, sex ed lessons or not. I'd argue that societal attitudes play a much bigger role than education alone

It was about 35% for medical transition, 80% for social transition It's all here https://angusreid.org/canada-culture-wars-gender-and-trans-issues/

The third gender wasn't an absence of gender (usually, eunuchs were a thing). It was acknowledging that some people are more of a mix of the two. And it was distinct enough from male/female that societies all over the world constructed words to describe the phenomena. I'm just saying that because we don't have the long cultural history of this, it's more difficult to understand and accept. We haven't even agreed on a good word to describe it. I don't really even feel that 'transgender' really has the right vibe to it. It implies that one is going from one gender to another, which doesn't make sense from the perspective that gender is felt (and it is). I could say I've felt female since childhood, so what am I going from and to exactly? Likewise 'transsexual' became offensive but it's probably more accurate to the reality. Changing one's sex as much as is medically possible through hormones and surgery. But not everyone in the 'mix' gender goes this far, so it is too narrow.

Well the poll did say 1 in 10 parents would vehemently be against their child transitioning. But I think what was lost is this. Is the child consenting to being outed or not? I never got a clear picture of how they envisioned the process playing out. I don't think if a child wishes to go by the other gender that the school should be helping them do it in secret. At the same time if the child isn't yet ready to go to their parents about it, the school shouldn't be expected to out them.

Yes but why do we believe in just two genders? Most societies around the world historically had three genders. The Ancient Greeks (androgynous/hermaphrodite origin), Hirjas of India, Muxes of Mexico, two-spirit Indigenous, and so on. Male, female, other. We've only had two because our Western Christian culture tried in vain to erase the "other". Not 73 or whatever ridiculous stuff the woke left cooks up. I will say the woke left goes way too far with these identities, flags, and letters. That's trying way too hard to be special. Being an "other" is special enough in itself. We really don't need all that complexity.

Yes, I don't disagree there. And the hard left is not helping to achieve broader acceptance and tolerance. Neither is the hard right which has settled in with the CPC... this is sort of my worry here. The big tent does include a lot of people who maybe aren't hateful but have really strong opinions about something they don't understand at all. I have my doubts that there's ever even *been* a student who thought they'd like to be the other gender just at school. How long would that secret last with social media and kids these days? The parents would hear it from other parents within a week. It's an entirely constructed fictional scenario.

It's a mix of opinions, none of which are close to a majority. And I can say why this is. Male/female is not just biology (like the right believes) or gender (like the left believes). It is a mix of both. The sooner both sides can see this, the easier it will be to accept and move on. Questions like this are flawed in that they are basically asking people whether they believe male/female refers to gender or to sex. The life experience of being MtF trans is nothing like being born female. It's also nothing like being born male. The hangups about legal gender are feeling more and more dated to me. Does it matter really if my passport or driver's licence states my gender? Isn't my name and DOB enough to identify me? In medical contexts perhaps there's some value but neither M nor F really tell the whole story. How else to express this sentiment? A lot of the government systems and processes really need reform I suppose I'd say. Whether it's how we're identified, the process of transition, qualification, really all of it is not very modern. I don't have the sense that either side really gets it