The more I see of Eric Andre the more I’m convinced he is some chaotic neutral trickster god sent to the mortal plane to torment us
Happy Canada Day our supes prog, totally-not-like-Trump federal government spent $4.5 billion to build an oil pipeline through unceded First Nations territory.
Trudeau’s first action as prime minister was to grant Saudi Arabia, the country currently starving Yemen and beheading Shia Muslims and minors, 15 bn in weapons ((: happy Canada day we’re so advanced
Some other fun facts about the Great Progressive North that people like to forget:
- the last residential school closed in 1996. You were probably born before then
- approximately 4,000 Indigenous women and girls have gone missing since the 1970s. One stretch of the Trans Canadian Highway in B.C. has had so many Indigenous women disappear along it has been dubbed the Highway of Tears
- you thought mass incarceration of minorities in the U.S. was bad? Well wait until you hear Indigenous people make up 4% of Canada’s general population while making up 24% of the adult prison population. For Indigenous women, the incarceration rate is as high as 33%. Let me repeat that: one in three adult female prisoners in Canada is an Indigenous woman
- British Columbia, where I live, is almost entirely unceded First Nations territory. This means the vast majority of the land in this province was never given to white settlers by way of treaty or agreement from the Indigenous people of this land, but was simply occupied. To this day, Indigenous land defenders are being arrested by federal police for resisting the construction of ski resorts, salmon fisheries, oil pipelines, and other colonial institutions on their sacred land
- just this year Ontario elected a Canadian Tire (read: discount) version of Donald Trump named Doug Ford to be their Premier (governor)
- that universal healthcare system people love to talk about? Yeah, it’s actually pretty shitty compared to most other countries, with the biggest failure being the fact that there is no universal pharmacare plan for the country. This means life saving medications are still at the price-gouging whims of the extortionist cabals known as pharmaceutical companies
- a nasty and growing underbelly of reactionary misogyny and transphobia in Canadian journalism, universities and politics lionized by pieces of shit like Jordan Peterson that is now directly contributing to violent and terrorist actions like the April 23rd vehicle ramming attack in Toronto that killed 10 innocent people
By all means, enjoy your Canada memes and posts about all the quirky, harmless stuff in Canada. But also don’t ignore the fact that Canada is a deeply flawed nation that has gravely wronged and continues to wring it people - especially its Indigenous people - to this day.
This tweet by Luke Ottenhof is a big mood:
“hey quick reminder that canada day is a celebration of genocide and colonialism and none of your fav canadian radio bands playing today will say shit, but on july 4th they’re gonna tweet about how fucked america is“
i love how Tom and Carrie are going full out “behold the majestic Gary”
and if you zoom in
majestic af
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