New poll says 27% of Canadians view the United States as an 'enemy' country
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I wonder how things will change in the next few months.
It seems to me it would be such an obvious thing for Canadian companies to change their packaging to prominently feature Canadian flags, but that takes time. Until then, it's still a bit difficult to know which products are Canadian vs. American vs. made somewhere else.
There's a small chance that Trump will back down and try to play nice with Canadians. But, I doubt it. So, I don't think Canadians are going to start changing their mind on buying US products any time soon.
I wonder if retailers will make it easy too. They generally try to stay out of politics and don't want to alienate anybody. But, if anger about the US continues, people might expect retailers to make it easier to buy Canadian and easier to avoid US products.
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What part of the country already felt hostile? The South or some flyover state?
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Yep. I'm a cishet white dude but even just as an atheist I've never been a "real" American in the eyes of far too many. And now the Christofascists are seizing control.
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They can have Kentucky, but I'd fight for the PNW. We shouldn't be one big country anyway.
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Hopefully, in that case, more enlistees than refugees.
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Every time we "do stuff" the mainstream media seizes the narrative and blocks popular support. The big thing from my region was CHAZ... a protest occupying ten city blocks for almost a month in response to police brutality. National media convinced the Right that we burned down Seattle, cops threw a fit and stopped doing their jobs, and if anything things are worse now for having tried.
We need enough general unrest that when things get violent, and they will, they can't monopolize the narrative and send in the military. And even then I think the Right wins that war unless other countries are willing to help.
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I don't think you're all the worst, I think that your best is rare and that most of you are not nearly as great as you think you are.
Well, you have the general US attitude nailed down at least.
But, I do think you're preemptively judging the situation. Most people who helped perpetrate this will go down with the ship. They still think everything is fine. You're kind of just displaying the attitude most US citizens have toward our southern neighbors - and look what kind of leader that got us.
At least Trump's win was enough of a wake up call to the world that it weakened Poilievre a bit. For now.
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We've been breaking treaties for as long as we've been a country, just ask the remnants of the native peoples. We've had brief, shining periods as a force for good or scientific achievement, but mostly it's a big, racist shithole.
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At my grocery store in Canada each Canadian product has a Canadian Flag next to each shelf price sticker. Makes it easy to know what to grab.
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I wanted to visit New York City but never had the chance.
I'm not going to be going any time soon, that's for sure.
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I have relatives who moved to the states, they tend to come down once a year since they have their own business and can easily take off time whenever, whereas for me as a full-time employee it's not so simple. I've already not visited the states in quite a few years so that part isn't a loss for me at least.
I dunno if they will visit this year though, that will be interesting to see what happens with that.
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Is it Loblaws or Metro or another big chain, or is it a smaller store? I'm guessing the big corporate stores will be the slowest to change.
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States dont have a right to exist. People have a right to self determination, which can be exercised through a state with proper representation.
So the US is threatening the right to self determination of the Canadian people, although both the US and Canada have been built as European colonies on the genocide of the rightful people of the continent called North America.
Of course acknowledging the US history of oppression, slavery and genocide is something the Trump admin wants to suppress.
The whole "states right to exist" thing is thrown around by Israel as another genocidal settler colony.
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Lol are you trying to say I’m being racist towards US citizens? No, your country hates Latin Americans because of a myriad of eggregiously false claims and what is real is largely because you fuckers won’t quit meddling with their elections, funding para-military groups, or imposing embargos.
You(generalization) are not the victims, you are the problem finally meeting some consequences. I’d be so much more happy to help if more of you would acknowledge that but too many even in this very comment section are trying to avoid responsibility.
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There is more than just “main stream media” out there. And yes, it’s a hard battle to fight, I won’t deny that, but c’mon, really? And this also goes back to the fact that too many citizens don’t even know what’s going on at any given moment out of willful ignorance.
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As a Californian I can assure you that unless you’re in the absolute middle of nowhere nobody would even bat an eye at you having a Canadian accent.
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I'm guessing it's a split between considering the govt an enemy but not the people, along with people who think it's nearing-but-not-quite an enemy.
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Referring to Canada as the "51st State" and their prime minister as "governor" is a direct attack and invalidation of Canada, its culture, and its people's distinct identity. This isn't just about sovereignty. This is about us trying to erase them
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Absolutely. Trump's and the Project 2025's "America First" strategy is essentially turning US imperialism inward on its own citizens now that the former global dominance is waning.
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You have power. Help us out: https://specificsuggestions.com/
See also: CIA guides to simple sabotage.
