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Renaissance Spam posted:Hey friends I know I keep asking dumb questions, but with all that's happening down south I need to stare into the abyss and recognize that my country has its own problems that need addressing. Good timing, I was just reading this article on our continued failure to do anything about MMIWG, even manage a loving report: https://www.chatelaine.com/opinion/mmiwg-anniversary/. https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2018/03/28/systemic-racism-in-canada-is-real-folks.html this too Lien has issued a correction as of 12:24 on Jun 2, 2020 |
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Fashionable Jorts posted:
Not to say it isn't bad (because it is), but I bet if you added an "Aboriginal Americans" column, you'd see a significantly different story here. Also, I'm the disparity between the per capita rates and comparison vs national rates.
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Renaissance Spam posted:Hey friends I know I keep asking dumb questions, but with all that's happening down south I need to stare into the abyss and recognize that my country has its own problems that need addressing. A few good Canadian media sources: https://thetyee.ca/ will cover BC politics and environmental stuff and mostly tell you about how all our politicians are beholden to the oil industry https://briarpatchmagazine.com/ will give you a leftist perspective on Canadian politics and the oppressive state of Canadian capitalism with a particular focus on decolonization and empowering Indigenous people as part of any real solution Don't expect to get any actual reporting about the state of things in Canada from the CBC, Star, National Post, Globe and Mail, or whatever garbage rag is put out in your hometown
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Also (re?)posting this for how the CBC is garbage https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1266494329876393984.html
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vyelkin posted:Also (re?)posting this for how the CBC is garbage it was posted in canpol, but it should be here too, thanks
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Entropic posted:You could not pay me to click Is he dead or just saying racist things again
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When I looked yesterday it was Rex Murphy. Also didn't click.
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has the cool zone stuff bled into canada yet I haven't read the news yet and i'd rather hear it from goons
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blatman posted:has the cool zone stuff bled into canada yet I haven't read the news yet and i'd rather hear it from goons montreal police are kinda doing a thing
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blatman posted:has the cool zone stuff bled into canada yet I haven't read the news yet and i'd rather hear it from goons seems like there are protests in big cities and politicians doing the usual thing either talking about how systemic racism is real and someone else should do something about it or systemic racism isn't real and we live in a postracial society, but not much more than that yet
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blatman posted:has the cool zone stuff bled into canada yet I haven't read the news yet and i'd rather hear it from goons there was a 100% peaceful protest in Windsor last night, no tear gas or anything. huge difference from the poo poo happening across the river in Detroit Rutibex has issued a correction as of 15:29 on Jun 2, 2020 |
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thank you for the status update, I will proceed to not panic yet please notify me when it is time to gather the dragonballs and wish for a well-stocked bunker in the mountains
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Canadians are too busy clucking their tongues at us racism to take real notice of any here Meanwhile, we're 3 months removed from nationwide rail blockades because the government is trying to force oil pipelines across first nations land Yeah this too. Canadians aren't quite at the same level of hopeless despair yet vvvvvvvvvvvvv
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i don't think you have much to worry about in Canada. its not that american cops are less racist, but their government response to covid-19 has been abysmal. millions in the USA are out of work and receiving no support, and evictions are starting up again. these people have nothing to lose CERB is preventing this from happening in canada
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Another Bill posted:Yeah this too. Canadians aren't quite at the same level of hopeless despair yet Plus we're a lot better at making sure that our oppressed folk don't get platforms or have their voices heard
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and our police tend to murder fewer people
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cougar cub posted:and our police tend to murder fewer people [citation needed]
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like, in an absolute sense.
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The economic response to covid in the US has been a lot more generous than Canada's. Their small business wage subsidy covers over 100% of wages (vs 75% in Canada), so small business owners who get the subsidy have no reason to fire their employees at all. If you lost your job, you get your regular unemployment benefits plus 600 USD a week. That's a ton more money than CERB, and they've extended unemployment to cover self-employed folk like CERB has. CERB does cover some people who wouldn't get covered under the US unemployment plan (I think mainly "if you worked last year, were not currently working when COVID hit, but were about to get to work"), but let's not pretend that Canada's economic response has been better than the US': it's been a lot worse.
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ChickenWing posted:Plus we're a lot better at making sure that our oppressed folk don't get platforms or have their voices heard Watching how poo poo the CBC has been about limiting the scope of the discourse to focus entirely on America has been incredible. Usually they aren't so blatant about it, but it feels like people are more willing to talk about how poo poo the CBC is, probably because the insularity of the Canadian mediasphere is starting to break down, for whatever reason. I assume it's because most people aren't getting paid poo poo anymore.
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Pinterest Mom posted:The economic response to covid in the US has been a lot more generous than Canada's. These responses don't exist in a vacuum, Americans still have to deal with ridiculous medical bills, but ultimately I agree that the Canadian response has been pretty pathetic.
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Pinterest Mom posted:CERB does cover some people who wouldn't get covered under the US unemployment plan (I think mainly "if you worked last year, were not currently working when COVID hit, but were about to get to work"), but let's not pretend that Canada's economic response has been better than the US': it's been a lot worse. no one is checking who is qualified for CERB. it is covering the exact people who would fall through the cracks of the US unemployment system. the people who currently have nothing to lose
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cougar cub posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers_by_country Get this 'well actually our cops are better' poo poo out of cspam they aren't
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does your goalpost moving help with your faux outrage?
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cougar cub posted:does your goalpost moving help with your faux outrage? gently caress off nerd
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"well actually our violent fascist gangs aren't as efficient as germany's!" cougar cub in italy, 1940
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I knew you were an idiot / bad take poster and canada 2020 being italy 1940 is an amazing chef kiss example
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DariusLikewise posted:https://twitter.com/petermackay/status/1267601394942513152?s=21 It's just literally reusing Scheer's playbook to shore up Quebec ridings. It'll probably work. No idea why you needed a disgusting milk moustache in the photo though. 'Tough Man' Mckay needs a sippy cup.
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flakeloaf posted:montreal police are kinda doing a thing poo poo, I live in Montreal and haven't followed any of this.
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DynamicSloth posted:It's just literally reusing Scheer's playbook to shore up Quebec ridings. It'll probably work. https://twitter.com/jwsthomson/status/1267665551704207360?s=20
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lmao read the fuckin room, jackass. there are no good cops
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cougar cub posted:I knew you were an idiot / bad take poster and canada 2020 being italy 1940 is an amazing chef kiss example When someone tells you who they are, listen. That's how I know you're a cargo cult fashy oval office e: just realized I hosed up my history metaphor, Hitler was cargo cult Mussolini until he met him and realized what an idiot he was. Another Bill has issued a correction as of 18:06 on Jun 2, 2020 |
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