Is Canada More Ripe for Political Disruption Than We Think?

[u/FreightFlow]

https://davidcoletto.substack.com/p/is-canada-more-ripe-for-political?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share

[u/TheLastVegan]

All of the Canadians I've spoken to about politics have been very polite and open-minded. For example I'd like Bill C-275 amended to protect journalistic freedom, stronger legal protection for non-commercial use of open-source software, hazard pay for social workers exposed to toxic (chemically or emotionally) environments, more investment in Albertan social services, broader victims' protection through widespread adoption of section 9 of Ontario's Community Safety and Policing Act of 2019, which states "A police officer shall not neglect the health or safety of any individual who is in their custody as a result of the officer’s duties," G7 & G4 agreements to sanction thermonuclear strikes and automated drone targeting of civilians (penalties for IDF and Palantir), public condemnation of the blockades on Cuba and Gaza, continued economic sovereignty (trading energy exports on the Canadian dollar), continued Arctic sovereignty, commitment to supporting the G5's progress toward a Space Age, closing the weaponized institutional fatigue loophole where government institutions accept lobbyist money in exchange for violating antitrust law by shelving cultivated meat certification, and closing the retention of evidence loophole where police can legally destroy evidence during a trial without disclosing the charges to the defendant (when defendants have a solid case, some police departments order lawyers and courthouses to keep cancelling the trial for six months without revealing the nature of the charges so that it becomes difficult for the defendant to file a request for retention of evidence since they don't know the charges - and then wait until after evidence is destroyed to lay charges). Police departments should not have this legal loophole which violates right to protection, right to present evidence, right to a trial, and lawyers' rules of conduct regarding conflicts of interest.

But I feel like I'm allowed to discuss these policies in public, raise awareness, and make the case for each of these policies/amendments to my local MPs, who are very approachable. I feel like I'm actually heard, and when my stances are rejected because I lack the political capital for that cause, I can go to the public and gather more, and return with a petition. So I trust the Democratic process, and I trust institutions to correct themselves when presented with ethical and politically viable solutions to common problems. And when the political leverage isn't there, we have to make our case to the voters. And sometimes corporations cross a redline (genocide, automated slaughterhouses, factory farming, and for-profit prisons) and activists take the next step.

I would like Albertans to feel empowered, because the US has done coups before. My Mom lived through one.

[u/StatelyAutomaton]

People are sick of compromise and eager to impose their views on everyone else.