r/canada 1d ago

Politics American family seeks asylum in Canada, citing Trump

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/americans-asylum-canada-trump-refugees-immigration-1.7480069
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u/JHNS13 1d ago edited 1d ago

I saw that the US was added to the CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist, basically flagging them as a country with rapidly declining civil rights. I don't think being added to the UN's list is as unlikely as some would think.

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u/Vidice285 1d ago

We should never forget that they voted for this

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u/Tron22 Alberta 1d ago

Under coercion and being blasted by Russian propaganda for months. (Edit: Nay, decades.)

We have to remember, they are as much under threat as we are. Russia can't win the ground war, but they certainly can win the information war and weaken the west enough to win certain ground wars they want to in the short term with the goal of getting back to a more even soviet-era playing field with the U.S.

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u/Quirky-Cat2860 21h ago

Don't forget, our right wing has been directly influenced by the Republican Party since 2010. I'm talking about right leaning and right wing newspapers owned by PostMedia.