Hope everyone enjoyed their #familyday2024 , #LouisRielDay or Civic holiday in #canada. Here are few snaps I grabbed from a peaceful yet chilly ๐ฅถ walk along the Waterfront Trail in my hometown of Ajax, #ontario today. ๐จ๐ฆ
I love that CBC's The National decided to dedicate an approximately 10 minute segment on one of its recent episodes to the results of Trump's dementia test. Nice. ๐
(This is sarcasm, if you can't tell. ๐)
Don't really care much for football but congratulations to the Canadian men's team on their historic draw earlier today.
Yay, sports. ๐ โฝ #worldcup#canada
Canadaโs March to the Match continues to work its way through the Toronto streets toward the stadiums.
Beautiful scenes as fans chant and cheer and high five fans who are lining the streets.
Itโs going to be electric inside the stadium today.
Canada needs to join the United States. Hereโs how it could realistically happen.
@USAmbCanada, the U.S. should extend an offer to Alberta to become a territory with a pathway to statehood, should they vote in a referendum to leave. Under Canadian law, the โReference in re Secession of Quรฉbecโ (a ruling by Canadaโs Supreme Court in 1998) means that an Alberta referendum vote on a clear question, with a clear majority to leave, would be binding on the Government of Canada.
Alberta is an excellent candidate to join the union. They have vast reserves of oil and natural resources. Culturally, they are identical to the American West โ in tradition, religion, and values โ as well as different from the rest of Canada. They feel contempt and alienation from the rest of Canada, because Ontario and Quรฉbec dominate at Albertaโs expense.
All that @realDonaldTrump has to do is release a TruthSocial post that reads: โAlberta, if you vote to leave Canada, we will welcome you to America with a pathway to statehood.โ Thatโs enough. Alberta hasnโt voted yet because, independent from Canada, there is no good economic option for them. Joining the United States would give Alberta the option necessary to proceed.
If @POTUS acquires Alberta, he will have expanded the land territory of the Union more than any president since Thomas Jefferson. He will have changed the literal map of America that is our conception of this country. Thatโs a great legacy, especially for a real estate man as president. Not to mention, in that land he will have acquired billions of dollars in energy reserves and untapped critical minerals.
As a natural-born Canadian citizen, my loyalty is to the United States. I know that the only hope for Canadaโs success is the United States. The Canadian state is mediocre and provinces will be forever trapped beneath its glass ceiling. By contrast, America has infinite opportunity and empowers its people, which would enrich Canadians holistically. Joining America would remedy a mistake that George Washington in 1775 sought to correct. It would be the greatest union in history.
@masking__mama@Upstate_Trash Given the heatwave ๐ฅต in the greater Toronto area right now, I would be tempted to just jump right in. ๐
(Sorry for the late reply for some reason I stopped getting notifications on my phone.)
@BogartsEyeball I know, that's why I brought it up.
Not going to lie, the media frenzy that came about when that video was released was a pretty fun few weeks/month for us.
I still remember the appearance on Jimmy Kimmel and CNN coming to Toronto to do a feature on him. ๐
I seriously mean no disrespect and I wish Hunter Biden well but I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do with this information. Like, okay? Thanks? Why is everyone fawning over this tweet?
@BogartsEyeball Yeah, if we're going to hate the US, at least we should be consistent, right? ๐
One of the comments even suggested that Hunter should run for mayor of Toronto because of the...uh...similarities...he shares with Rob Ford. Yeah, great comment.
Apparently the dude is a Canadian citizen living in the United States. In that case, uh...no, never mind! Don't pack your bags! Please! ๐ฅบStay where you are!๐คฃ
@TheChaosWeeber@susandelacourt@althiaraj@TorontoStar Whether he's "conservative" or not depends on how you define it. To me he's just a blue grit. But unless he's truly toxic or verbally abusive that's not a reason to be upset with him. I've worked with people who are demanding and people who are jerks and there's a difference.
He yells ๐ข OMG poor, fragile babies. Get a grip.
If I ever had the honour of serving in His Majesty's cabinet/government I'd take the yelling (or whatever it is) with good grace (regardless of party). Of all the things to complain about...
BREAKING: New reporting from @althiaraj reveals growing internal tension within the Liberal caucus, with MPs alleging that Prime Minister @MarkJCarney is tightly centralizing power and reacting harshly to internal dissent. ๐๐งต (1/5)
@TheChaosWeeber@susandelacourt@althiaraj@TorontoStar Maybe it's just me but I don't think that's a good enough reason to hate him. "He yells" I mean unless he's being demeaning or abusive to his caucus/colleagues yelling in such a high-stakes job isn't the biggest news. (Not a Carney-maniac.)
@BogartsEyeball ..., JJ thinks that Carney wants to turn Canada into a British colony again. ๐
He even called Justin Trudeau a "monarchist" if I remember correctly. ๐
@BogartsEyeball I won't pretend to be an expert (although I generally know what the old and current uniforms of the different branches look like having seen various pics). I just find it funny that anytime Carney (or anyone) does or says something relating to Canada's heritage...
It's funny that some of the people re-tweeting/quoting this in a "supportive" way are using Carney's message to do the thing that he is telling them (immigrant or otherwise) NOT to do.๐
PM Carney tells immigrants to leave behind the feuds of their homelands:
"We don't welcome the world's hatreds"
"When you come to Canada you bring your faith, your tradition, your language, your story - you leave behind your animosities"
These official symbols of the Governor General, as the Sovereignโs Representative in Canada, reflect constitutional authority, continuity and democratic tradition. ๐จ๐ฆ