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The Great Canadian Rights Grab (jacobin.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/canada@lemmy.ca
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To keep the US happy, Mark Carney’s Liberal government is pushing Bill C-2 — expanding surveillance, limiting refugee protections, and eroding privacy in the name of national security. It’s Canada’s own PATRIOT Act, minus the excuse of an actual attack.

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[–] 13 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Canadians voted for someone who they thought was going to stand up to Trump, and they were bamboozled.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    You think Poilievre would have done a better job of standing up to Trump?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Oh absolutely not, but it still stings. Dude tricked all of Canada into thinking he had a semblance of a backbone. At least we would've seen it coming with PP.

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