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How right winged is canada? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/canada
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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 30 points 7 months ago (2 children)

A lot of is anti-Trudeau sentiment. Trudeau has been power a long time and people are getting sick of him. Trudeau has preached about helping people however has shown at times, they only care about their rich friends.

However there is a lot of push from right wing disinformation groups (sex ed is bad, LGBT are bad, immigrants are bad, etc).

There has been a cost of living crisis/housing crisis which allows bad faith actors to push the narrative that it's specific out groups are to blame instead of government policy of allowing the rich to loot the country.

[โ€“] kent_eh 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

There has been a cost of living crisis/housing crisis which allows bad faith actors to push the narrative that it's specific out groups are to blame instead of government policy of allowing the rich to loot the country.

And even then, most other developed countries are having similar issues in the years post-covid (and the disruptions that accompanied it).

[โ€“] sik0fewl 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

And don't forget him breaking one of his biggest election promises of electoral reform, which has not helped him among left-leaning voters.

[โ€“] Tlaloc_Temporal 1 points 7 months ago

So much this! After Harper I was hopeful about doing something about this mess before it got worse. Then nothing. I think a bill was presented at one point? Maybe? โ€ขsighโ€ข