In this post, ATB is generally correct about Canada, and he points-out he's focusing mostly on the government*. I've gone on a rant or two-ish elsewhere on TCS about our current government (short version - they are shit, shitty, shit). It is a strange thing that a majority government (PSTN nailed it - it is as close to absolute power as it gets in a democracy) can be formed by a party that gets significantly less than half the popular vote.
On our police, I think he's wrong. The "shoot a kid nine times" thing does, I believe, refer to the shooting of
Sammy Yatim. Here's the latest on that:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/tor ... e26415027/Two lawsuits, and this:
Constable Forcillo has been charged with second-degree murder after discharging his firearm nine times during a confrontation on a TTC streetcar on Dundas Street West at Bellwoods Avenue.
Let's also keep one small thing in-mind - that's national news about something that happened two years ago, not page three on a Tuesday in East Whatchamacallit. I see the point ATB is trying to drive toward - that being something about how our cops are crazy... but it just does't ring true.
Hell, we haven't had a really solid, police-inspired, race riot in... uhm... looking for it... ages? There was a thing in Vancouver, and another in Montreal, but those are about hockey... erm... anyone? Bueller?
Circling-back to the federal government - yeah, we have had a highly conservative bunch running the show for quite some time. Yes, that means things are generally more conservative; by definition, I would think. Sure, we seem intent on buying overpriced F-35's, doing lots of shrugging about refugees from ME while investing foreign affairs effort in squealing about oil pipelines and trade deals, of course, we rely on Australia to out-insane us on climate change, but, our Quebec French are at least as French as the French French!
*reads bit about France*
http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/mulcair- ... -1.2580427http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada- ... -1.3241895http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/pol ... le4482390/Merde...
* Does he fear the common Canadian? Is this his kryptonite, fore he seems gleefully happy to insult every other living creature, or plant, or amoeba, or virus, or chemical, or taste in music, to get a reaction. Maybe a Canadian sweatered him on the ice one time and it left deep emotional scars.
A quantum state of signature may or may not be here... you just ruined it.