The new Trump Doctrine national security strategy document (the same one that attacks Europe for being too woke) is all about how the Western Hemisphere is theirs and does not identify Russia as a US adversary. Corollary: we already have a pimp.
Sounds like the good people of Brampton should at the very least stage some protests.
There are two hazards in our discussion:
I prioritize hazard 1 as having a lower consequence than hazard 2.
In other words, I care much more about eradicating systemic racism than the hurt feelings of someone whose motives are misunderstood.
Only we do know exactly the results of the CAQ’s “laïcité” laws:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/bill-21-impact-religious-minorities-survey-1.6541241
Bury your head in the sand all you like but the systemic racism that is embedded in the social outcomes of these laws is undeniable and palpable.
So ban unsafe behaviour in the metro. Jeezus, why does everything need to be a fucking culture war.
What a weirdo comparison to make.
It just so happens that it always boils down to policing what Muslims do. Just one big coincidence.
Blocking traffic is an offense of its own. We don’t need this law.
Because they are. The article links to actual photos.
It’s a journalistic magazine, not a scientific journal or a think tank. These are not “reports”, they are articles, similar to what you would find in the Globe and Mail, or The Walrus. I am confused as to why this needs to be explained.
EDIT: Also:
It feels if you want a report critical of Canada, you can go there, and there is nothing else.
Again with the pseudo-patriotic BS. Being critical of Canada is not something to judge a publication about. We are a democracy. We get to fucking do that. We don’t have loyalty tests.
Regarding the credibility of the journalism, I disagree with you, I see multiple cited sources and I see a coherent journalistic argument. But that’s a fair disagreement, you think it’s not enough economics research, and that’s fine. We can agree to disagree.
But this?
Unfortunately it is the media outlet. The entire ‘Canada Dimension’ site looks like a dumping ground of anti-Canadian propaganda with sensationalist headlines aimed at making the country look bad.
What a profoundly misguided and antidemocratic thing to write. WTF. “Anti-Canadian propaganda”? “Making the country look bad”? WTF. When opposition to the government is being treated as treason, a very weird turn has been taken.
For what it’s worth, The Canadian Dimension is a magazine that has been in publication since 1963 and has recently become online-only, while maintaining a serious commitment to quality through its editorial board.
Of course it’s about leverage otherwise it wouldn’t sound silly to talk about Canada cutting off relations with the US over its arming of Israeli genocide the way we have for a Russia’s genocidal actions in Ukraine. Canada just doesn’t have the political weight to cut off relations with 2/3rds of the permanent members of the UN Security Council. If you take moral absolutist positions, take them all the way to the end.
That said, I’m sorry but are you lost or do you have some kind of agenda? This is the thread under an article about the Canadian-UAE relations. If you want to start a conversation on Canadian-Chinese relations you’re free to submit a relevant article at !canada@lemmy.ca
It’s a genocide: https://genocidescholars.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Final-IAGS-resolution-Uyghurs.pdf
But let’s not dilute the point about the UAE. Their involvement in Xinjiang is much more indirect than in Sudan, where they are actively arming and funding the perpetrators of genocide.
And Canada likely has more leverage on the UAE than on China.
If you like the sound of all this, help elect him: https://lewisforleader.ca/
10$ to become an NDP member, but make sure you do it before the January cut-off date.
If she doesn’t face real consequences she’ll do it again and people may die.
I don’t know about “bashing” Canada. I think criticizing the government is the patriotic thing to do when the government is doing shitty things. But I mean, we are in !canada@lemmy.ca not in, for example, !world@lemmy.world. I would assume the context here is Canada. If @sepia@mander.xyz wants to discuss China’s role in the UAE, I would assume a more generalist community would be the right forum, unless there is some particular Canada-specific angle.
Can you expand on how that’s related to what Canada is doing?
We should kill off the oil and gas industry before it kills off human civilization.
And at the same time, we’re cutting off international student visas. So genius professor comes here with bags of Impact+ money and nothing to do with it.