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  • I studied in Montreal and I left the country a long time ago. Yet I still pay close attention to Canadian politics. Because I really want to see Canada improve.

    How can I say this without offending anyone?

    I feel I can speak my mind bluntly precisely because I am a foreigner.

    Brutal truth

    Many Alberta politicians act like absolute cunts.

    Alberta is one of the Jewels of Canada. It was named after Princess Louise Alberta, the favorite daughter of Queen Victoria, it’s a province that was blessed with great beauty and enormous ressources.

    One of the responsibility of having enormous natural ressources is managing sustainably to ensure the next generations can live in a good environment.

    In 1974, the New York Times reported the province has SO MUCH money it doesn’t know what to do with it:

    ALBERTA FLOODED WITH OIL REVENUE

    At time when most governments at every level, are struggling hard to stay solvent, Alberta, which produces 83 per cent of Canada’’ oil, has more money than it knows what to do with.

    https://www.nytimes.com/1974/10/13/archives/alberta-flooded-with-oil-revenue-16-million-barrels-a-day.html

    Yet all I hear is constant whining, whining, whining. Why? What the hell is going on?

    According to Statistics Canada, under Justin Trudeau, Alberta reached the highest oil production levels in modern history. In fact, Justin Trudeau opened a brand new pipeline:

    For the fourth consecutive year, production of crude oil and equivalent products reached a record high, up 4.3% from 2023 to 298.8 million cubic metres in 2024.

    The Trans Mountain pipeline expansion began operation in May 2024, providing Alberta crude oil with increased access to Pacific Ocean terminals and markets abroad.

    https://www.statcan.gc.ca/o1/en/plus/7940-another-record-year-canadian-crude-oil-crude-oil-year-review-2024

    Despite this, all I keep hearing from Alberta politicians is how evil Justin oppressed/raped/humiliated ordinary Albertans. This is insane.

    Alberta politicians just keep whining about environmental rules. If they want their constituents to have cancer because of heavy metals from fracking and mining, if they want Alberta lakes and rivers polluted by plastics, it’s horrible, but it’s their choice.

    The core issue is these Alberta corrupt politicians seem determined to blow up the planet, claiming there is no alternative. Fort McMurray burned the fuck down. Jasper burned the fuck down. But clearly the Alberta political leaders learned nothing from it.

    Alberta has produced many great artists, historians, authors, scientists. They gave Canada many great figures. I hope that one day, people take back their province from these crooks. They deserve better than their current dumbass leaders. I believe Alberta should aim to be like mini-Norway.

    Norwegians heavily tax oil and don’t let filthy rich Oil CEOs get away with murder. Norway has an investment fund to support the next generations. But they are extremely environmentally conscious. Norway invests heavily in electric cars, public transit, and takes strong measures against plastic pollution. It would be very sad if Albertan leaders led their province to become like so many ressource-rich failed states


  • Oh hey, you’re back. 954 posts in 19 days. Still absolutely normal. Nothing suspicious here…

    I’m posting an absolute SHIT-TON of content because I want to support Lemmy.

    I will spare you the pain of reading through all my Lemmy posts to try to build my psychological profile (some people will do that). There is no need for it. You can just ask me.

    I speak fluent french and lived in Canada for a while. I really hate car dependency and I’m very worried about pollution. I oppose corporate power concentration and I want stronger labor rights. But I lean centrist socially. I have a lot of free time and try to encourage people to engage in local politics. I support open source software like Gimp, Krita, Inkscape, VLC, LibreOffice. I don’t like AI.

    Any question you have ?






  • As a non-Brit, I watch what’s happening like it’s a slow motion car wreck.

    France has 2 round parliamentary elections.

    • First round: You vote for someone to represent your constituency. Only 2 candidates remain.

    • Second round: Two weeks later, it’s the second round. You vote for one of the 2 candidates that won the first round. The winner becomes an MP.

    Throughout France, Marine Lepen candidates won 35% to 40% of the votes in the first round. They qualified for the second round. Luckily, in the second round, citizens rallied against Lepen candidates, voting for whoever was their opponent.

    What will happen if Nigel Farage gets 35% or 40% 😲? You don’t have a second round…

    If France used the FPTP voting system, Marine Lepen would be ruling the country with a huge majority in Parliament.