I feel like a broken record sometimes, but I am a left-leaning American living in Alberta for nearly a decade now. I watched first-hand the slow downward spiral of the American Republican party. I watched conservatives in my country become dumber and more impressionable with every election, absorbing the hate, the conspiracies, and the ridiculous rhetoric like a sponge.
I am now watching this same process play out here in Canada, albeit with a bit more resistance. I firmly believe that Canadians, as a whole, are more sensible and better educated than their North American counterparts. I don't say that with shade toward my fellow Americans, but the last election speaks volumes. But now with these tariffs I am surrounded by proud conservative Canadians who are angry at the Trump administration and the atrocities south of the border. They want to buy Canadian. They want to remain Canadian. And yet many of them are still proudly standing by Danielle Smith and the UCP.
I do believe there is a slow awakening taking place, but I'm fearful that it's not happening quickly enough. I'm fearful that if enough people do put their country over party and elect Carney, they'll eventually consume so much of the bullshit pie that they will do everything in their power to vote him out after a few years. I just hope that Canadians are not so forgetful.
