Despite what Canada’s nation hating extreme right would have you believe.

  • RickyWars1@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Go Canada, but I think this might show how much more of a depressing state the rest of the world is in

  • MooseGas@kbin.social
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    I don’t think you have to be extreme right wing to have legitimate concerns for the future of Canada. The country is literally on fire. Houses are over $1 million and health care is barely functioning.

    I’d hate to see the other guys I guess.

    • Mudface@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Groceries are fucked, gasoline is fucked, interest rates are fucked, can’t buy a house, can’t buy a car (or probably shouldn’t right now), dollar is fucked, schools probably going on strike again, a Canadian team hasn’t won the Stanley cup in 30 years ……

  • Daniel Quinn@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    As a Canadian expat, these sorts of surveys are an embarrassment. Canada is not that great. It has some good things going for it, but “second best in the world” is a laughable statement.

    • The wealth disparity is terrible
    • Nearly every inhabited patch of land is a suburban hellscape.
    • The government is routinely dedicated to accomplishing as little as possible, especially on climate
    • The fossil fuel lobby is embarrassingly strong
    • The cost of living is extreme for many, with little effort to reign it in
    • The country suffers from an inferiority complex in relation to the US of all places.
    • The electoral system is broken

    I mean, I love my country, but I’ve seen a lot of places that I’d rather live. The idea that we’re 2nd best compared to even half of the countries I’ve visited in the last 10 years is just silly.