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How right winged is canada? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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I am not actively following Canadian politics, but recently Reddit swarms me with media/videos about Canada, with the kind of rhetoric I know from right winged people in Germany (AfD, CDU).

They are blaming Trudeau and immigration for everything that happens in Canada currently. Calling immigrants terrorists etc.

I always had to imagine in my head, that Canadians are friendly, open-minded people, but the media suggest otherwise.

So dear people, enlighten me with your opinion please!

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[–] -5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I haven't used Reddit in a while, but back when I did, r/canada was alt-right and I doubt it had real Canadians on it. It seemed like a Russian troll farm like r/the_donald. The actual Canadian subreddit seemed to be r/onguardforthee.

You need to get out of your bubble of you think /r/onguardforthee is more representative of the Canadian population than /r/canada, and if you think /r/canada is alt-right.

I personally don't read or watch anything that isn't put out by the CBC, which has a mandate to be politically neutral.

That may be an official mandate, but it definitely not followed. Prime example is when sued the CPC during the election (which eventually was tossed by a judge). How many times have they sued other political parties during elections?

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Other parties dont send robocalls pretending to be other parties.

    But the CPC does.

    Other parties dont gut the oversight board and replace it with industry lobbyists, but the CPC does.

    Other parties dont steal from the G7 security budget when its in Canada, but the CPC does.

    Other parties dont sell off critical infrastructure like Coast guard facilities or harbour control facilities, but rhe CPC does.

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