BlahTheCanuck

Carney might be similar to Ignatieff in terms of 'vibes', but he is significantly worse in terms of policy and has been much more vague in his campaign about what he will do.

Why are the Liberals linking PP to Trump when Trump himself endorsed Maple MAGA Carney?

I agree with you, and this is why the Conservatives are my preferred option. A lot of Carney's purported promises seem too Justin Trudeau 2015 esque to be believable.

Maybe it's best not to feed the trolls then.

This is the number one reason why electing Carney/LPC is a very bad idea, IMO.

Why do you always go on weird tangents when you're repeatedly proven wrong? And yes, many of the protesters were not doing anything illegal, those people weren't the issue. The issue were the people who honked horns, blocked roads, blocked the Canada-US border, etc. Those things happened at the convoy protests, even if it was by some individuals. IIRC there were also people arrested for illegal possession of weapons at the Coutts blockade in Alberta, but I'd have to go back and look that up (since they were arrested I imagine that an injunction would not really have been necessary there). Basically injunctions were used in some cases when there was illegal activity going on, but like I said in my original post a decentralized/diverse movement so not everyone was like that. It would be a violation of the Charter to remove a protest completely if the people removed didn't violate any laws. (Yes they can ban them from streets/certain places but they can't prevent them from protesting altogether)

Directly from the article re: the horns; 'The hearing came as an interim 10-day injunction to silence the horns was about to expire. The injunction was brought by a private citizen, 21-year-old Zexi Li, who said the sound of constantly blaring horns was unbearable. Initially, the injunction worked with the truck horns falling silent soon after the court order was issued. Within days, however, the horns started up again. Lawyer Paul Champ, who represented Li at the hearing, promised to take additional steps to ensure the order was enforced.' Obviously the injunction wasn't about the protest per se - you can't have an injunction against protests because act of protesting is completely legal in Canada (as it should be). The injuctions were about specific actions being committed by the protesters that were illegal - the honking was one of them, as was blocking the Ambassador Bridge. As I mentioned, there was injunction recieved by a government, the city of Windsor. You argument is literally 'it happened somewhere else so it doesn't count'. The blockade at the Ambassador Bridge was also a part of the convoy protests, as were the events in Ottawa.

If there was an injunction issued doesn't that prove there was illegal activity going on? Firstly, the injunction regarding the horns had to be extended from 10 to 60 days of length because it wasn't being complied with. Secondly, like I said, governments did seek injunctions as well, such as the city of Windsor where the Canada-US border was being blocked and that injunction was granted.

I mean, of course there's not going to be an injunction shutting down an entire protest, because it's not illegal to protest - there are going to be injunctions against specific actions by protesters that violate laws, which is what I was referring to.

There were injunctions issued by judges.

Beware of governments in general that would take away your individual freedom and rights if they had the chance, whether left or right - violating people's freedoms is not exclusive to left-liberals or any other ideology. Eg, The Trump admin's recent crackdown on the Palestinian activist in the US, or Doug Ford's pandemic-era expanded police powers.

I'm not sure that the convoy in its entirety was 'violent' or 'extremist', given it was a decentralized movement that included people with a variety of motivations for being there - but the behaviour of the protesters was stupid, deranged, childish, dangerous, retarded and violated multiple laws. The Emergencies Act crackdown and freezing of bank accounts was definitely unjustified, but that doesn't make the behaviour of the protesters right.

I wish.

I fear Trump will eventually try to take steps to annex Canada that go beyond the current tarriffs. He's a psycho with a grandiose sense of entitlement and complete disregard for the rights of others.

It's really hard to tell because it's unclear how Carney will govern. Canada's economy has already been struggling for a decade as far as productivity per hour worked is concerned and I'm not sure if Carney will do much differently from the previous Liberal government. If a prospective Carney gov't cuts some red tape, facilitates investment in research & development, reduces the housing crunch, maybe makes the tax system more competitive, the country's economic prospects could improve. If he does not do those things, the situation may remain the same or get worse.