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I’m Moving to Canada
Last weekend my husband and I exhibited at the California International Antiquarian Book Fair with our Canadian location on the booth sign. So many visitors to the fair came into our booth and said either “I’m going to move to Canada”, Oh yeah, “You are lucky to have a nice/reasonable leader (most didn’t know it is a Prime Minister in Canada)”, Right, it was recently announced that Canada will now balance it’s budget in 2050. Trudeau is running the money faucet like there is no tomorrow and are no grandchildren to worry about, or both. Initially we said nothing but after a while I couldn’t help but comment on the fiscal issue. They always looked back at me with a quizzical look.
Beyond the ignorance about Canada generally, I still can’t get over people who assume that everyone in the world that they meet is politically in sync with them.
One American (California) dealer went around to the International dealers on what she called her “apology tour for Trump”.
I know this is no surprise to anyone here but it is very tiresome.
Published in General
Hmmnnn. Canada has voter ID laws.
Scandinavia has stringent abortion laws.
Maybe we should make a chart that shows all the ways that the countries the progressives think the US should emulate aren’t actually all that…progressive?
From grocery store clerks to baristas to Uber drivers and auto mechanics, everyone I encounter in the San Francisco Bay Area feels compelled to tell me what a dope Trump is. Then, they try to enlist me in the “Resistance.” Because they’re brilliant and everyone every where must think just like them.
There’s a post in there!
Done
And take a gander at Mexico‘s immigration laws some time!
Actually, #2 son is now officially a Quebecois, as a Canadian citizen who has only lived in Quebec. He is majoring in chemistry/history at McGill, and does not speak a lick of French…
We’ll see how long that lasts under The Dauphin.
Then he doesn’t count as Québecois. He’s merely a Quebecker.
The Québecois constitute a nation within Canada. You gotta be pure laine to be Québecois.
Yes, and because they’re socialists, the concept of “pure laine” is in no way racist.
Tell me about it. Got caught in customs with a fox and hound wire tracer. You would have thought I was transporting drugs. 10 hours of answering the same questions over and over. I even told them they could keep the darn thing.
Socialists, but also nationalists.
Hmmm…
Must be a bunch of extreme right wingers.
Definitely not on the Left. Definitely.
/s
We’ll see how long that lasts under The Dauphin.
–I remember this coming up as an issue in the last election.
–A friend was all angry about the Federal ID laws that were passed, that limited it down to 32 different official ids.
–I pointed out that he had no problem when the Provincial Liberals in both Ontario and Quebec had reduced the list down to 5 forms of ID, and that there was no difference between turnout.
–He also didn’t like how I pointed out that most New Canadians tended to vote Conservative. So by passing the law he might gain more benefit.
—Needless to say he didn’t take it well.
They cant keep their wings straight, no wonder they cant make anything fly.