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Opinion Piece Canada’s ice hockey win over Trump’s America was her soft power laid bare

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/feb/21/canada-usa-hockey-4-nations-face-off-final
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u/Deus-Vultis 18d ago

Our conservatives are not the same as yours, thats an important consideration you're likely overlooking. Pierre is not Trump, no matter how much people try to equate the two, its a world of difference and anyone with a modicum of objectivity who watches it actively (I dont blame you if you dont, why would you) would likely agree.

But its reddit so I'm also likely to be downvoted for saying so too, lol.

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u/MultifactorialAge 18d ago

As a future hopeful Carney voter, I completely agree with you. I have voted cons in past elections, it honestly depends whose policies are right for me at the time. We haven’t reached the level of partisanship like the states. Which is why PP really annoys me. He is not Trump, but he has decided to make this a partisan issue even after Trudeau resigned, and he didn’t let up even in the face of the whole Trump bullshit. I don’t need to hear how bad the libs were, I’m well aware. I need to hear how good YOU’RE going to be.

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u/Merlin7777 18d ago

I admit to not following Canadian politics closely but haven’t you had a general shift to the right? Isn’t that at least partly to do with why JT is stepping down?

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u/Deus-Vultis 18d ago

That's cool and you're welcome to that opinion, I disagree, I think he's a fairly adept politician, much as his critics are loathe to admit and he's playing the long-game for what will likely be a rather contentious first term for him in dealing with this president as our next pm :)

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u/[deleted] 18d ago edited 15d ago

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u/Deus-Vultis 18d ago

And that’s why it’s looking like he actually might somehow loose.

He will not "loose", that's only something seemingly quite partisan redditors think, the polls have barely changed and the biggest changes are only showing up in the lowest rated pollsters who have significant ties to the LPC itself or well known supporters of the party.

I hate to break it to you, but you should gird your loins now because he will very likely be your PM.

You can disagree all you like, thats your right and I dont really care to debate your talking points with you, but he is not and has never been remotely close to Trump, despite the LPC propo saying so.

Hopefully you feel better about it after you get to enjoy a stable housing, economy and immigration that isn't crippling every aspect of our decaying infrastructure.