CouchPotato

Well, no it seems he originally thought an apology was enough for his disgusting comments. It wasn't until after the issue was reported to the RCMP and he felt he would be a liability to his own party that he decided to step down. But the larger issue here is that Mark Carney did not think it was a big deal for one of his candidates to suggest that someone hand a political opponent over to the Chinese consulate for a bounty. He called it a 'teachable moment'. A very weak response from a person who clearly is not suited to be a leader.

Canada MP quits election race over Chinese bounty comments https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/czd317lvdeeo If Mark Carney were any kind of leader he would have never defended him in the first place.

I think the Littlest Hobo was on CTV.

Yeah, I like a lot of shows from overseas. I love Brit series. I actually prefer foreign shows to American. Canada ought to be able to produce better. I have to give credit where credit is due, though. They did give us The Beachcombers. That was a work of art.

What if the Americans cease to be rebellious Canadians? https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/trump-suggests-us-could-join-british-commonwealth-if-offered-by-king-charles/ar-AA1BsC43

I think the fact that CBC is even considered Canadian culture is a problem of it's own. The government's effort to protect Canadian culture inevitably leads to the government defining what Canadian culture is. It's very phony. Culture comes from the people. I would argue against the statement that American culture is supplanting Canadian culture, but only because I would say Canadians have always consumed American culture more than Canadian culture. Talented Canadian artists have always made their money in America. Even the 'elbows up' movement was started on an American television show by a Canadian who made his career in the US. I think an honest assessment would be that Canadian culture and American culture are very similar. They have always been related. We were both largely colonized by Brits. We are neighbors. There are, of course, things which are distinctly Canadian. But I would also say the fact that Canadians have always consumed American culture is reflective of Canadian culture. I mean this is what actual Canadian people decide to do, as opposed to what the CRTC tries to promote that we do. The government puts too much effort into being Canadian. If you are something, you don't have to try very hard to be it. Also, I think so much of that effort is focused on the idea of not being American.

And many of them were underage. Can't imagine too many people today lying about their age to go to war (at least on this side of the globe), but I suppose we have all seen tons of war flicks and to most people it looks pretty scary. I also find a lot of people from that generation never came across as hardened people despite what they went through.

I think that is a pretty dismissive attitude. Sure, people at that age tend to lack some wisdom, but 43% is not a small number. I don't think that can simply be attributed to hedonism and social media. I think young people see no future in Canada. Instead of addressing that concern they are being ignored. No doubt. I still think it's unwise to just ignore something like this. It certainly wasn't popular to desire to become American when I was in my 20s. I don't think it ever was at any time before. I am not active on social media myself but I do read it. I see a lot of young people encouraging each other to move to the US.

Four in ten (43%) Canadians age 18-34 would vote to be American if citizenship and conversion of assets to USD guaranteed https://www.ipsos.com/en-ca/43-percent-canadians-would-vote-be-american-if-citizenship-and-conversion-assets-usd-guaranteed

I was gravely mistaken. But the point still stands. So, I will rephrase. No one here is slamming Carney simply because he is a millionaire.

I'd say that video is pretty credible, wouldn't you? Or is it a 'cheapfake'?

Secret RCMP report warns Canadians may revolt once they realize how broke they are https://mackenzieinstitute.com/2024/03/secret-rcmp-report-warns-canadians-may-revolt-once-they-realize-how-broke-they-are/

The thing with arguments like this is that they are easy to reverse. It's funny that you lefties are here defending Carney. If he was a conservative and didn't believe in nonsensical things like 72 genders, you'd all hate him, including the fact that he is a billionaire. But no one here is slamming Carney simply because he is a billionaire. It's things like this.

As a devout contrarian, I want this thread to stay alive forever.

"We all know we're facin' a big challenge. And I just wanna say what we're doin' about it." Man of the people right there. I had reservations about him because I thought he might be out of touch and elitist. But now that he has dropped his Gs, I am all in.