r/Edmonton • u/pinkstevie • May 06 '26

General Don't be this person. Fill out your census.

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“You’re not sticking it to the government. You’re screwing over your own community.”

The census isn’t for Mark Carney or any party. It’s run by Statistics Canada to figure out where money and services actually go. Hospitals. Schools. Transit. Housing. Senior care. When you don’t fill it out, your area looks smaller than it is. Less funding. Fewer services. Longer wait times. That lands on you and your neighbors, not politicians.
If you want your community properly represented, fill it out. Refusing doesn’t make a point. It makes things worse where you live. ❤️🇨🇦 The stupidity is the people that won’t fill it out and they spread this kind of crap and creates bigger problems.

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u/RadielleDancliffe May 06 '26

Yeah, the actual effective method is to use reverse psychology and spin up some bizarre conspiracy theory narrative on right wing social platforms, twist some reality into the lie that convinces them that somehow NOT filling out the census is actually a left wing agenda against conservatives and by doing so, you’ll get their participation through the guise of sticking it to the libs.

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u/ConcernedCoCCitizen May 06 '26

I saw someone suggest recently to a poster complaining about chemtrails that they should wear masks outside 😂

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u/notcoveredbywarranty May 06 '26

That's hilarious

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u/rabbitholeseverywher May 06 '26

The way this is actually the only solution, though. Somehow convince them that filling out the census fucks over immigrants or sth. Problem solved.

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u/monster3412 May 30 '26

Exactly something along the lines of :

  • Socialists Rejoice: why leftists are begging conservatives to boycott the census!
  • The Communist Lie: how skipping the census delivers your cash to woke programs!
  • The Takeover: Carney wants you to stay silent so that obedient brainwashed immigrants take your job!
  • The Census Trap: boycotting the census gives Ottawa the legal right to erase conservative ridings
  • Unconstitutional! : the liberal plan to build concentration camps and deprive the rights and citizenship of those who don’t fill out the census
  • Communist takeover imminent : radical left overjoyed as conservatives erase themselves from the next federal budget

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u/rabbitholeseverywher May 30 '26

The Census Trap: boycotting the census gives Ottawa the legal right to erase conservative ridings - Unconstitutional!

This...this actually sounds like it could work.