While a despot attacks Canada, total silence from Americans we had considered friends and allies. The silence is deafening, but it won’t ever be forgotten.
I work in Winnipeg at 1 CAD. The American serviceman and Women support us to the level they can. As for the average American we encounter they are not happy with the situation. As for die hard Trump supporters, no different then the Trueanons up here. Mindless and angry. Just a sample from my area.
I’ve noticed, and been surprised, by the silence as well. Even my personal friends in America have been very quiet in Defense of Canada. This worries me because on one hand I can tell myself that they’re being flooded with so much crazy that they don’t know what to focus on, but on the other hand, do we have a bunch of Chamberlains here?
The Republicans (and I’m going to stop making this about one man because they’re all complicit by now) are dead serious with this 51st state thing. Any Canadian missing this moment can add themselves to a long list of people blinded by their belief that humans are better than wild animals.
I don’t think the Republicans are dead serious about anything Trump says. Every time they are on TV, they keep telling us “he’s joking” or he “really means something else” or his crazy positions are really expressing a policy concern. The silence isn’t about tacit agreement IMO, its about fear of retribution from the Trump crazies. I think that will finally fizzle out in about 22 months with the mid terms.
Partly, this is an unsurprising representation of Trudeau’s elephant and a mouse. I’m not saying it’s right but Canada is nowhere near the top of the agenda of your average American. Canadians pretty much always do what’s right without asking questions or seeking something in return. We’re far too good as a people. No one else is like us as the Americans are proving in spades.
Our politicians are L-O-S-E-R-S. If they had any guts they would put fifty percent tariffs on everything that Trump has already tariffed. That would put POS and his Republican morons in their place. But fast.
Now, POS plans to raise the tariffs to fifty percent. Ours should be raised to seventy-five percent as soon as that asshole raises his. And by the way Ford, the dipshit does NOT have “great” advisors. You’re more clueless than I thought. That should help…
We are heading down to northeastern Minnesota for a ski trip that we booked before the election. Thought about cancelling, after the tariff nonsense, but it would have been thousands of dollars down the drain.
Minnesota is a blue state, and our experience there has always been very friendly to us and all Canadians. I’m sure they will continue to be friendly (smart tourism approach), but I am curious if any of them offer an apology once they see we are Canadian.
The Tru-anons think Pierre is an asshole-why not vote for him then?
Paul Wells wrote an article in L’actualite recently on Pierre. Some quotes:
“I’ve known Pierre Poilievre for 20 years. Or rather, for most of the last 20 years, I thought I knew Pierre Poilievre.”
“In 2003 I was working at the National Post. One day in my column I briefly made fun of Stockwell Day”
“I received an email from a political staffer I’d never heard of. Pierre Poilievre was 23 and working in Day’s office. “Thanks for mentioning him,” the young staffer wrote. I liked the instinct: fearless and cheeky.”
“A few weeks later I met Poilievre in person at Darcy McGee’s, an Irish pub near Parliament. He was friendly, an easy and charming conversationalist.”
“Over the years that followed, Poilievre and I occasionally chatted.”
“Poilievre and I would run into each other on Parliament Hill, or at social events. He was one of many sources for my two books about Stephen Harper. A few times we met at La Bottega Nicastro, an Italian lunch counter in the Byward Market, simply to enjoy strong coffee and to gossip about politics. I am not claiming a close relationship. Poilievre clearly knew the staff at Nicastro, whom he would greet warmly, at least as well as he knew me. I probably knew 30 MPs as well as I knew him.”
“Poilievre was unusually intelligent. He was very conservative, but not outside the mainstream of Canadian political thought.”
“In private he was unfailingly courteous. In 2018 Maclean’s magazine organized the annual Parliamentarian of the Year awards, with MPs themselves voting to recognize colleagues in several categories. Poilievre’s peers selected him as Most Knowledgeable MP. He arrived at the award party a few minutes late, with his wife Anaida and their baby daughter Valentina. He apologized profusely to me for being late.”
Wells’ point is that that guy has disappeared but is Paul really not self aware enough to realize it was guys like him in the MSM created a caricature of him for the crime of being a conservative. Does he actually not realize that?
I told the few MPs whose ears I had years ago that they needed to stop talking to folks like him because you will never ever get a fair shake and Pierre has taken that to heart.
The leader and yours truly are not on good terms but I agree with you that Pierre is still who he always has been. He’s personally not Trump-lite or some kind of Canadian Musk but in politics as pretty much everywhere else, people read in what they want to read in about people, whether factual or otherwise.
Pierre is no far-right bogeyman. Not at all. He knows why our numbers are dropping. The question is will he actually do something about it? I’ll let you and Canadians decide on whether the answer is Yes or No.
My problem is with Paul Wells and his ilk. It was a multi page article that could have shortened to about two sentences.
“Pierre is a nice guy. I and my fellow travelers in the media are now portraying him as a monster. Now he won’t talk to us. In other news, water is wet.”
You are both forgetting PP’s public persona, which is all attack dog all the time. The “fuck you guys” hot mic, the interview about first nations’ failings right on the same day as Harper’s historic apology, the guy who brings Tim’s to convoy loonies. The MSM did not make that stuff up, that’s all on your guy, he did that to himself. Reality check.
Yes. We know you are not a fan. In some cases he is just returning it in kind as far as the MSM goes. A couple of days ago, Paul Wells said that Pierre’s foreign aid plan was to send money to Texas. That’s just silly.
And that depends on your definition of “public persona”. He can be and is seen in many other environments other than on your CBC.
I am going through P and P this morning and Paul Wells was on last night talking about Pierre and he looked and sounded like an angry jilted girlfriend. Hilarious. Pro tip to journalists and comedians, if you don’t hide your hatred, your point will be lost and your delivery will not be effective
I work in Winnipeg at 1 CAD. The American serviceman and Women support us to the level they can. As for the average American we encounter they are not happy with the situation. As for die hard Trump supporters, no different then the Trueanons up here. Mindless and angry. Just a sample from my area.
I’ve noticed, and been surprised, by the silence as well. Even my personal friends in America have been very quiet in Defense of Canada. This worries me because on one hand I can tell myself that they’re being flooded with so much crazy that they don’t know what to focus on, but on the other hand, do we have a bunch of Chamberlains here?
The Republicans (and I’m going to stop making this about one man because they’re all complicit by now) are dead serious with this 51st state thing. Any Canadian missing this moment can add themselves to a long list of people blinded by their belief that humans are better than wild animals.
Agree with every word.
I don’t think the Republicans are dead serious about anything Trump says. Every time they are on TV, they keep telling us “he’s joking” or he “really means something else” or his crazy positions are really expressing a policy concern. The silence isn’t about tacit agreement IMO, its about fear of retribution from the Trump crazies. I think that will finally fizzle out in about 22 months with the mid terms.
Warren,
Partly, this is an unsurprising representation of Trudeau’s elephant and a mouse. I’m not saying it’s right but Canada is nowhere near the top of the agenda of your average American. Canadians pretty much always do what’s right without asking questions or seeking something in return. We’re far too good as a people. No one else is like us as the Americans are proving in spades.
Sean,
I agree. But expect a lot of serious damage between now and then.
Warren,
Our politicians are L-O-S-E-R-S. If they had any guts they would put fifty percent tariffs on everything that Trump has already tariffed. That would put POS and his Republican morons in their place. But fast.
Warren,
Now, POS plans to raise the tariffs to fifty percent. Ours should be raised to seventy-five percent as soon as that asshole raises his. And by the way Ford, the dipshit does NOT have “great” advisors. You’re more clueless than I thought. That should help…
We are heading down to northeastern Minnesota for a ski trip that we booked before the election. Thought about cancelling, after the tariff nonsense, but it would have been thousands of dollars down the drain.
Minnesota is a blue state, and our experience there has always been very friendly to us and all Canadians. I’m sure they will continue to be friendly (smart tourism approach), but I am curious if any of them offer an apology once they see we are Canadian.
I believe one needs an ***hole to beat an ***hole. Unfortunately, we don’t have any ***holes in our political leadership.
The Tru-anons think Pierre is an asshole-why not vote for him then?
Paul Wells wrote an article in L’actualite recently on Pierre. Some quotes:
“I’ve known Pierre Poilievre for 20 years. Or rather, for most of the last 20 years, I thought I knew Pierre Poilievre.”
“In 2003 I was working at the National Post. One day in my column I briefly made fun of Stockwell Day”
“I received an email from a political staffer I’d never heard of. Pierre Poilievre was 23 and working in Day’s office. “Thanks for mentioning him,” the young staffer wrote. I liked the instinct: fearless and cheeky.”
“A few weeks later I met Poilievre in person at Darcy McGee’s, an Irish pub near Parliament. He was friendly, an easy and charming conversationalist.”
“Over the years that followed, Poilievre and I occasionally chatted.”
“Poilievre and I would run into each other on Parliament Hill, or at social events. He was one of many sources for my two books about Stephen Harper. A few times we met at La Bottega Nicastro, an Italian lunch counter in the Byward Market, simply to enjoy strong coffee and to gossip about politics. I am not claiming a close relationship. Poilievre clearly knew the staff at Nicastro, whom he would greet warmly, at least as well as he knew me. I probably knew 30 MPs as well as I knew him.”
“Poilievre was unusually intelligent. He was very conservative, but not outside the mainstream of Canadian political thought.”
“In private he was unfailingly courteous. In 2018 Maclean’s magazine organized the annual Parliamentarian of the Year awards, with MPs themselves voting to recognize colleagues in several categories. Poilievre’s peers selected him as Most Knowledgeable MP. He arrived at the award party a few minutes late, with his wife Anaida and their baby daughter Valentina. He apologized profusely to me for being late.”
Wells’ point is that that guy has disappeared but is Paul really not self aware enough to realize it was guys like him in the MSM created a caricature of him for the crime of being a conservative. Does he actually not realize that?
I told the few MPs whose ears I had years ago that they needed to stop talking to folks like him because you will never ever get a fair shake and Pierre has taken that to heart.
Martin,
The leader and yours truly are not on good terms but I agree with you that Pierre is still who he always has been. He’s personally not Trump-lite or some kind of Canadian Musk but in politics as pretty much everywhere else, people read in what they want to read in about people, whether factual or otherwise.
Pierre is no far-right bogeyman. Not at all. He knows why our numbers are dropping. The question is will he actually do something about it? I’ll let you and Canadians decide on whether the answer is Yes or No.
My problem is with Paul Wells and his ilk. It was a multi page article that could have shortened to about two sentences.
“Pierre is a nice guy. I and my fellow travelers in the media are now portraying him as a monster. Now he won’t talk to us. In other news, water is wet.”
Thank you for attending my TED talk.
You are both forgetting PP’s public persona, which is all attack dog all the time. The “fuck you guys” hot mic, the interview about first nations’ failings right on the same day as Harper’s historic apology, the guy who brings Tim’s to convoy loonies. The MSM did not make that stuff up, that’s all on your guy, he did that to himself. Reality check.
Yes. We know you are not a fan. In some cases he is just returning it in kind as far as the MSM goes. A couple of days ago, Paul Wells said that Pierre’s foreign aid plan was to send money to Texas. That’s just silly.
And that depends on your definition of “public persona”. He can be and is seen in many other environments other than on your CBC.
As if Pierre Poilievre is the only politician who acts differently in a private setting than he does in public. Pointless article by Wells.
I am going through P and P this morning and Paul Wells was on last night talking about Pierre and he looked and sounded like an angry jilted girlfriend. Hilarious. Pro tip to journalists and comedians, if you don’t hide your hatred, your point will be lost and your delivery will not be effective
Hatred? I’m no Wells fan, but his piece was hardly hateful. It was in fact pretty respectful and pulled many punches.
I am talking abut his P and P appearance-my views on the article are above that.
Big storms cause trees to dig deeper roots!
Pipes,
None of our politicians will sell us out, no matter what we happen to think of them. Thank God.