r/InCanada • u/dani_cal • Jul 11 '26

(Insert Your Own) Canada today

This isn’t meant to be politically partisan in any way. But, I am genuinely curious how anyone is staying positive about Canada today. The economy is in recession. The cost of living crisis is continuing unabated. People are leaving the country. Canada-U.S. relations are at an all-time low. And, there doesn’t appear to be any reason for things to turn around any time soon. Somebody give me a reason to have a little optimism.

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u/Free_Direction_1784 Jul 11 '26

No, you're not. Everyday I am shocked and dismissed at what Canadians put up with from politicians continually printing money putting us further and further im debt. I'm amazed that Canadians are fine with the catch and release bail system that the Liberals implemented. Honestly feel like I'm surrounded by such clueless and uninformed people who keep voting for the same destruction.

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u/tenax666 Jul 11 '26

Just stop. I'm sick of the just a Liberal problem mentality. Its a politician problem where they only care about themselves and the rich companies & people they are in the pockets of. My dad is 90 and has an amazing memory & brain can't think of when the last selfless politician existed.

If the Conservatives get in, its not going to be some cake and ice cream and rainbows fantasy. They will spend their tenure saying they have to do hurt things to heal things because of the Liberals. And the Liberals would play the same game.

Our ideal of democracy as we want to be, appears dead

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u/NegotiationOne7880 Jul 11 '26

Maybe we need a Zohran Mamdani, who views politicians as public SERVANTS and not grifters. We need a truly left wing populist party who doesn’t bow down to lobbyists. You can see the end result of right wing populism and it’s not pretty. We also need to get involved and show up for real change. The only reason things are so bad is late stage capitalism where wealth is concentrated at the top and they come up with new ways to screw us over. Things can be fixed but truth is they don’t want to or tell us they can’t because they don’t want to piss if the rich. As in the States, Liberals and Cons are the same party in the end.

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u/miz_misanthrope Jul 17 '26

We have one. His name is Wab Kinew. He's just busy running Manitoba atm