I think its true that Canada overall is much more progressive (though also smaller, more homogenous and possessing a much different history). Also I tend to take the words of people from big cities like Toronto and Vancouver with a grain of salt-I very much doubt a UofT grad living in Toronto is very much representative of Canada as a whole.
EDIT: I'm also amused by Canadians who say they are further to the left of any American moving to the Bay Area for the big $$$$ in tech.
Toronto maybe a special case, but 49.9% of the population is foreign born, and people are generally encourage to keep their culture... I'm not sure if I'm misunderstanding your homogenous statement.
Definitely, the article is cherry picking really bad examples from centuries ago and bashing Justin Trudeau's social media fan club to support hes argument for pollution and exports.
Seems like the author just has some personal grudge.
Actually, the author cites a number of issues with modern-day Canada as well as Trudeau's lip service to these issues:
"These days, Canada is the second-largest arms exporter to the Middle East. Our Alberta oil sands produce more carbon emissions each year than the entire state of California. Our intelligence agency is allowed to act on information obtained through torture. And a lot of French Canadians are into blackface comedy."
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 49.1 ms ] threadi.e. "Yeah, America is shit but Canada is no better" - is not a way to improve anything - only comparing yourself to the bad, not the best.
EDIT: I'm also amused by Canadians who say they are further to the left of any American moving to the Bay Area for the big $$$$ in tech.
Seems like the author just has some personal grudge.
"These days, Canada is the second-largest arms exporter to the Middle East. Our Alberta oil sands produce more carbon emissions each year than the entire state of California. Our intelligence agency is allowed to act on information obtained through torture. And a lot of French Canadians are into blackface comedy."
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/bad-water-third-world...
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/09/27/liberals-to-d...
Milder extremes but basically the same.
Almost talked my neighbor / friend into eating one but didn't have the heart to see him do it.