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Y'all remember when the BLM protests burned down every city in the country? Because reactionaries do.

For a large number of people, it is to get drunk somewhere different.

"Senior associate deputy minister" of Finance apparently. From 2004-2007, so he was actually in with the Liberals for a bit before Harper came in in 2006.

Despite the three qualifying adjectives, it looks like he actually was responsible for quite a bit of policy. I would've figured only an elected representative could become a minister, huh.

What does third world mean, motherfuckers

Looks like the options are passport, birth certificate, certificate of citizenship or naturalization, or certificate of Indian status. Never realized you could get in with just a birth certificate. But then again, who carries that with them?

If whoever's president in 2029 threatens to invade again that'd probably do it, though the conservatives have 4 years to come up with propaganda suggesting they're anti-Trump as opposed to getting caught unaware this time. Outside of that though, I can't see Carney being materially different from Trudeau, and if the government fails to address people's concerns, they will lose long-term. Very classic liberalism.

True. And you know what, another major thing I overlooked is that canada has a weaker and less well armed paramilitary militia movement.

First off: I am by no means an expert.

Pretty sure that if you try to cross without a passport you're going to get turned around 90% of the time, with the other 10% being much worse because canadian border cops are cops. Assuming you do get a passport, you could probably get in by a train or bus somewhere in the northeast going to Toronto or Montreal for recreation (6 months with no visa) and then just not leave. You'd be there illegally, though, and you wouldn't be able to get legitimate work without the appropriate visas/permits. They won't give you a work permit as a non-resident if you have a criminal record. Canada actually has pretty strict immigration requirements that you probably don't meet (things like "has a job lined up and your prospective employer has to prove that there is no resident who could do it").

Before all that, though, isn't some paradise. The last federal election, earlier this year, had the liberals squeak out a win over the conservatives entirely due to reflexive anti-Trump backlash. In 4 years, it's likely the conservatives win, and afaik they're just as virulently anti-trans as the republicans. Obviously you have to decide what's best for you, but in my mind, getting 4 years of extremely stressful illegal existence before the fascists take over up there is not much better than just moving to the pacific northwest or something. Note that all of the trans-friendly places in canada will also be major cities with huge cost of living crises.

E: No matter what decision you end up making, just make sure that you've thought it through, and have a concrete plan.

Wait, wasn't the one that they crashed supposed to hit the white house? My only problem with that is that Bush wasn't there.

Nobody's talking about how Saw and Rhydo's relationship was incestuous and tbh it's fucked up.

It's a rare but fun occasion when we get to reply with "Tiananmen Square".

I don't think the timeline lines up for that. PS5 release was in 2020, rate hikes were in I think 2022?

E: also Sony being a Japanese company probably makes their loans somewhat different? idk.