I am not actively following Canadian politics, but recently Reddit swarms me with media/videos about Canada, with the kind of rhetoric I know from right winged people in Germany (AfD, CDU).

They are blaming Trudeau and immigration for everything that happens in Canada currently. Calling immigrants terrorists etc.

I always had to imagine in my head, that Canadians are friendly, open-minded people, but the media suggest otherwise.

So dear people, enlighten me with your opinion please!

  • zcd
    581·
    5 months ago

    The right are overrepresented online due to foreign influence campaigns

    • Daniel QuinnEnglish
      171·
      5 months ago

      I think you give foreign actors too much credit. Canada’s got plenty of gullible right wing idiots on its own.

    • Frog
      11·
      5 months ago

      Are there sections of Canada that are overly right leaning? Kinda like Texas or Florida of the USA?

      • zcd
        27·
        5 months ago

        Alberta is the Canadian Texas/Florida unfortunately. The two large cities vote left, but the rural / agricultural voting block outweighs them, so the provincial government has been right wing for decades. With one exception in recent years there was a Premier that was so insufferable and corrupt that in protest an NDP government was elected but that was just a one shot.

          • zcd
            5·
            5 months ago

            Orange = NDP = left. I was talking about the provincial government and premier

            • Slabic
              4·
              5 months ago

              Right. That’s why I said partly false. Perhaps, “not the whole truth” would be better working? By stating the cities vote left and leaving it at that implies they always vote left, when they don’t. All I was saying. Thanks.

    • Avid Amoeba
      10·
      5 months ago

      foreigndomestic influence campaigns

      Canada Proud, NatPo and Post Media in general, etc.