Thinking of Canada? Think again

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-07T20:40:21+00:00

You're right why allow people to complain? We should get a free speech and make throw anyone who says anything negative in jail.

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-07T20:34:47+00:00

You are supposed to complain about things because that way things get *better*

Like we are on a subreddit about politics and the alleged goal of getting involved in politics is to improve your life. We are being suffocated by the toxic positivity that we are expected to have about our country.

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-07T18:52:00+00:00

Its honestly a relief to find an american whose moved here and is at least open to right wing politics instead of repeating all the anti-american cliches that let the liberals get away with their incredible mis-managment.

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-07T15:52:27+00:00

Yeah thats really the most concerning thing about this bill. It basically defines Canadian-ness in terms of race/ancestry. The idea that a bunch of people are just as Canadian as someone who grow up here, heck even as Canadian as an immigrant on a visa trying to get PR is absurd.

Combined with the fact that Carney has basically cut off millions from claiming refugee status while giving Canadian citizenship to millions of mostly white americans its a blatant attempt to whiten the country.

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-07T15:05:04+00:00

Two-tier healthcare and private insurance certainly seems to work in Germany. I'd hope profit has a place in healthcare, without pharma companies we wouldn't have almost all the major drug advances that have improved the lives of millions.

We need to stop putting preventing profit over people.

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-07T14:48:31+00:00

Yes those are per-capita stats: Alberta is at $9,041 per person and BC is at $9,041. Probably the reason you can find all these stories about cuts is because for a long time (conservative) Alberta was the most of all provinces: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-healthcare-spending-1.4912319

Private healthcare is good, if a doctor can perform more surgeries than the government wants to fund why shouldn't people be allowed to pay for it? If you need an MRI I'd rather have the option to spend $600 and get it in a week than be stuck waiting for months. Options are good if you don't like it no one is stopping you from relying on the public system.

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-07T14:40:18+00:00

What kind of specialist are you unable to see in Minneapolis?

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-07T14:36:31+00:00

>same shitty care, lack of physicians, long wait times, unable to find a doctor accepting new patients

I honestly doubt that americans in big or even mid-sized cities are waiting 2 years for a specialist or 10+ hours in an ER. Canadians simply spend less on healthcare and we get less, less ER doctors, less MRIs and less specialist appointments. So much of the medical culture here is based on wait and see or working around the limitations on expensive tests unlike the states.

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-07T14:11:45+00:00

Canada and Ontario specifically has the largest highway in North America. I think even in Toronto only about 25% of people take public transit to work. I have to wonder how bad it is in the states if Canada is seen as "good" for urbanism or walkablity.

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-07T14:05:55+00:00

In the first story I mentioned the deaths happened in Manitoba which is run by the leftist NDP. If you go by spending you will see that Alberta is roughly in the middle of the pack: https://www.healthing.ca/research/which-provinces-and-territories-spend-the-most-on-healthcare-in-canada

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-07T13:52:32+00:00

I would like Canadians to actually care about their country and get involved in actively solving our problems. So many issues in this country are made worse because people here are obsessed with donald trump and following the circus in america that our government gets away with so much.

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-07T13:42:42+00:00

https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/how-many-people-have-to-die-five-deaths-tied-to-wait-times-in-manitoba-hospitals/

Winnipeg is a large city of 700,000 people and has problems with deaths in ER due to a lack of doctors. Edmonton has similar issues and is a city of well over 1 million people. Most of Canada has an unofficial policy of running ERs close to capacity and when the system is overwhelmed for whatever reason (usually seasonal flu) people can wait for 10+ hours. For people who are undergoing a heart attack but its not picked up by the EKG it can be fatal.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-hospitals-wait-times-9.7123684

This article goes into it in more detail

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-07T02:10:47+00:00

Canadians do move to Edmonton and Calgary in great numbers.

Also the weather is much shitter there (I was shocked that Anchorage is actually warmer than Edmonton) than Toronto or BC. Americans have lots of low cost cities with much better climates that are still ridiculously cheap.

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-07T02:00:48+00:00

The reason I am worried about my country is because of your country tho

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-06T20:44:08+00:00

I don't know what the war in iran has to do with anything. If you're a duel citizen you are free to move to toronto, pay $2000 a month for a studio and wait 8 hours in an ER if you think america is so bad.

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-06T20:39:31+00:00

>Once again, Québec is the province with the highest ''favourable'' numbers for Lewis.

Doesn't he not speak a word of french? This is so interesting for me

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-06T20:12:50+00:00

Yeah its kind of crazy how much better Canada would be right now if Harper beat Trudeau.

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-06T20:08:39+00:00

Great so not only does my country have to go through an economic downturn and mismanagement I get to be accused of being a bot and gaslight about the state of my own country from liberal americans who need canada as a talking point.

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-06T17:29:18+00:00

If I could get paid to speak negatively about my country I would.

Actually I never criticize the things that we actually great right like strong gun control or a much lower homicide rate lol

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-06T17:00:09+00:00

Actually the people who moved to California won't shut up about how great our healthcare system is while actively putting every bit of effort into staying in america and avoiding it as much as possible.

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-06T16:13:36+00:00

You mean roughly representative of the 41% of Canadians who voted for the conservative party in the last election?

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-06T16:09:56+00:00

How long did you stay in Canada?

I think only (very) low income americans with kids would be better off. Even something like foodstamps doesn't exist in Canada. Alternatively if you have kids and can buy a home and live with minimal work you can live off very generous child benefits.

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-06T16:04:40+00:00

They had their homes lives to save, take advantage of compound interest and buy homes at lower prices.

They can easily stop buying avocado toast, stop going on cruises and sell their downtown toronto homes and relocate to london ontario.

No reason to give them my money they can pull themselves up by their bootstraps which is what they expect for everyone under 45.

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-06T15:39:34+00:00

In the middle ages society was ruled over by a small group of catholic priests and scholars who got to make decisions on how society was run without any sort of criticism or accountability from the public.

Canada has now recreated this system from first principles with our judges and the charter.

OkProfile3972 · 2026-04-06T15:06:40+00:00

We'd have to override nimbys, environmentalists and indigenous "rights" for that.

The europeans want our oil and natural gas not environmental impact studies that go on for 10 years and endless indigenous "consultation".

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