Maybe I can explain. For context, Canada in general is far more economically and industrially underdeveloped relative to the USA. For reference, there are more Californians than there are Canadians - that one State has a population larger than this entire country.
There are 4 major political parties here in Canada: the Conservatives, the Liberals, the NDP, and the Bloc.
For some more context: the Liberal Party has basically been the de-facto incumbent party. Traditionally, the Conservatives have been associated with 'royalists', leading to an underappreciated Anglo-French tension. This tension is espoused in the Bloc Quebecois. I can't even begin to describe Bloc leanings, but they're like left-wing nationalists who want a sovereign Quebec. The Libs have (traditionally) been associated with 'federalists', and 'helped' bridge the Anglo-French gap.
The NDP (far-left party) emerged from the Prairies around the 50s, and were basically trade unionists and farmers who were tired of the 'Establishment'. They've never won federally, but every time they 'win' a provincial election, they turn the province into an absolute shitshow and get run out of office. Also, NDP supporters tend to vote Liberal in federal elections to block out Conservatives.
So with those pieces of information, I think we can start to make sense of your observations. Atlantic Canada (think fishermen) and Prairie Canada (think farmers) - good, hardworking people - tend to vote Liberal/NDP because those parties have historically supported them.
Unfortunately, since Trudeau, the country's gone to hell, and I’m doing my utmost to get out. It's literally the Democratic Nightmare up here: open up the floodgates to refugees and immigrants, and their extended families (thank God we have ""free"" healthcare! when everyone gets healthcare, no one gets healthcare!), sell off real estate and all of our natural resources to Chinese corporations, take away any opportunity to buy a gun, crank up taxes to ~60% (not that it matters, our currency isn’t worth much to begin with– $1 CAD = 80 cents USD, so you’re taking a 20% haircut right off the bat)…but, as I’m in higher education, by far the worst part is the indoctrination in the schools. They’re teaching kids to hate this country from elementary school – that our entire history is reduced to ‘Canadians committing genocide against indigenous peoples’. We have to start every lecture on campus with a ‘land acknowledgement’ – that the land we’re on was unjustly taken from the tribe du jour. This is what gets me the most – my ancestors have been in Quebec (plot twist) since the 16th fucking century. I have equal parts ‘native’ and Quebecois blood running through my veins - and you’re telling me that I have no right to live in these lands? Because this land was ‘stolen’ from a tribe, who (ironically enough) stole it from the previous tribe after slaughtering them all. Get the fuck out of my country. That’s justice, not an atrocity.
Sorry for the essay – I’m sure you can relate, it’s something that strikes a nerve with me. As to your second point, I created my account immediately after watching President Trump’s Georgia rally; my first post was something along the lines of HOW CAN I BECOME AMERICAN. I can’t tell you what I’d give to trade places with some enlightened Democrat from Houston. Maybe one day…
Maybe I can explain. For context, Canada in general is far more economically and industrially underdeveloped relative to the USA. For reference, there are more Californians than there are Canadians - that one State has a population larger than this entire country.
There are 4 major political parties here in Canada: the Conservatives, the Liberals, the NDP, and the Bloc.
For some more context: the Liberal Party has basically been the de-facto incumbent party. Traditionally, the Conservatives have been associated with 'royalists', leading to an underappreciated Anglo-French tension. This tension is espoused in the Bloc Quebecois. I can't even begin to describe Bloc leanings, but they're like left-wing nationalists who want a sovereign Quebec. The Libs have (traditionally) been associated with 'federalists', and 'helped' bridge the Anglo-French gap.
The NDP (far-left party) emerged from the Prairies around the 50s, and were basically trade unionists and farmers who were tired of the 'Establishment'. They've never won federally, but every time they 'win' a provincial election, they turn the province into an absolute shitshow and get run out of office. Also, NDP supporters tend to vote Liberal in federal elections to block out Conservatives.
So with those pieces of information, I think we can start to make sense of your observations. Atlantic Canada (think fishermen) and Prairie Canada (think farmers) - good, hardworking people - tend to vote Liberal/NDP because those parties have historically supported them.
Unfortunately, since Trudeau, the country's gone to hell, and I’m doing my utmost to get out. It's literally the Democratic Nightmare up here: open up the floodgates to refugees and immigrants, and their extended families (thank God we have ""free"" healthcare!), sell off real estate and all of our natural resources to Chinese corporations, take away any opportunity to buy a gun, crank up taxes to ~60% (not that it matters, our currency isn’t worth much to begin with– $1 CAD = 80 cents USD, so you’re taking a 20% haircut right off the bat)…but, as I’m in higher education, by far the worst part is the indoctrination in the schools. They’re teaching kids to hate this country from elementary school – that our entire history is reduced to ‘Canadians committing genocide against indigenous peoples’. We have to start every lecture on campus with a ‘land acknowledgement’ – that the land we’re on was unjustly taken from the tribe du jour. This is what gets me the most – my ancestors have been in Quebec (plot twist) since the 16th fucking century. I have equal parts ‘native’ and Quebecois blood running through my veins - and you’re telling me that I have no right to live in these lands? Because this land was ‘stolen’ from a tribe, who (ironically enough) stole it from the previous tribe after slaughtering them all. Get the fuck out of my country. That’s justice, not an atrocity.
Sorry for the essay – I’m sure you can relate, it’s something that strikes a nerve with me. As to your second point, I created my account immediately after watching President Trump’s Georgia rally; my first post was something along the lines of HOW CAN I BECOME AMERICAN. I can’t tell you what I’d give to trade places with some enlightened Democrat from Houston. Maybe one day…
Maybe I can explain. For context, Canada in general is far more economically and industrially underdeveloped relative to the USA. For reference, there are more Californians than there are Canadians - that one State has a population larger than this entire country.
There are 4 major political parties here in Canada: the Conservatives, the Liberals, the NDP, and the Bloc.
For some more context: the Liberal Party has basically been the de-facto incumbent party. Traditionally, the Conservatives have been associated with 'royalists', leading to an underappreciated Anglo-French tension. This tension is espoused in the Bloc Quebecois. I can't even begin to describe Bloc leanings, but they're like left-wing nationalists who want a sovereign Quebec. The Libs have (traditionally) been associated with 'federalists', and 'helped' bridge the Anglo-French gap.
The NDP (far-left party) emerged from the Prairies around the 50s, and were basically trade unionists and farmers who were tired of the 'Establishment'. They've never won federally, but every time they 'win' a provincial election, they turn the province into an absolute shitshow and get run out of office. Also, NDP supporters tend to vote Liberal in federal elections to block out Conservatives.
So with those pieces of information, I think we can start to make sense of your observations. Atlantic Canada (think fishermen) and Prairie Canada (think farmers) - good, hardworking people - tend to vote Liberal/NDP because those parties have historically supported them.
Unfortunately, since Trudeau, the country's gone to hell, and I’m doing my utmost to get out. It's literally the Democratic Nightmare up here: open up the floodgates to refugees and immigrants, and their extended families (thank God we have ""free"" healthcare!), sell off real estate and all of our natural resources to Chinese corporations, take away any opportunity to buy a gun, crank up taxes to ~60% (not that it matters, our currency isn’t worth much to begin with– $1 CAD = 80 cents USD, so you’re taking a 20% haircut right off the bat)…but, as I’m in higher education, by far the worst part is the indoctrination in the schools. They’re teaching kids to hate this country from elementary school – that our entire history is reduced to ‘Canadians committing genocide against indigenous peoples’. We have to start every lecture on campus with a ‘land acknowledgement’ – that the land we’re on was unjustly taken from the tribe du jour. This is what gets me the most – my ancestors have been in Quebec (plot twist) since the 16th fucking century. I have equal parts ‘native’ and Quebecois blood running through my veins - and you’re telling me that I have no right to live in these lands? Because this land was ‘stolen’ from a tribe, who (ironically enough) stole it from the previous tribe after slaughtering them all. That’s justice, not an atrocity.
Sorry for the essay – I’m sure you can relate, it’s something that strikes a nerve with me. As to your second point, I created my account immediately after watching President Trump’s Georgia rally; my first post was something along the lines of HOW CAN I BECOME AMERICAN. I can’t tell you what I’d give to trade places with some enlightened Democrat from Houston. Maybe one day…