Posted on 02/05/2023 4:20:11 PM PST by Rummyfan
Canada was once a land of fishermen, lumberjacks, oil drillers and Mounties. What the Hell happened? In the Telegraph, Zoe Strimpel writes: “Canada is testing sinister wokeness to destruction.”
The madness of Trudeau’s Canada has reached a fresh, painful high. New rules have come into effect that allow adults in British Columbia – the capital of which is addict-packed, overdose-ravaged Vancouver – to possess 2.5g of ecstasy, cocaine or heroin, as well as the opioid fentanyl, without fear of being troubled by the police. The idea is that with so many shooting up and dying on the streets, the kindest and most helpful thing to do is decriminalise drug possession, ending arrests and prosecution as well as fines and confiscation.
As Kennedy Stewart, former mayor of Vancouver, proudly pointed out: “It gets the police out of the lives of drug users.”
*** Just as heroin has effectively been made legal on the streets of British Columbia, Canadians have been told not to have more than two alcoholic drinks per week – a drastic change from the previously recommended upper limit of around two drinks a day – because alcohol raises the risk of cancer and other diseases. So: a blind eye is turned to heroin on the streets, but a third glass of wine is frowned upon. As far as a philosophy of society goes, at least in 2023, this is a wacky mixture of the controlling and soulless with the callous and wilfully denialist.
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And rich in natural resources.
What happened?
The ChiComs bought Canada’s pols.
“Canada caught whatever the hell Vermont has.”
Much more likely Vancouver caught whatever Seattle and Portland have, where essentially the same situation exists.
And in eastern WA, eastern OR, and much of eastern B.C., for that matter, we are powerless to do anything about it.
A little Fentynal goes a long way in suicidal overdoses of addicts and is cost effective in ridding the streets of derelicts........
i know the weather service there used to be called “ENVIRONMENT CANADA”....Trudeau had it officially changed to “ENVIRONMENT and CLIMATE CHANGE CANADA”.....im not kidding..
Hey!!!!
He’s a lumberjack and he’s OK...
My great grandfather was in the Canadian regiment that defended the Ypres salient from that gas attacks of the German / Prussian army. Arguably the most horrible battle of WW1. Toughest guys in the world. I am glad he passed away before he could see what a disgusting filthy marxist s hole Canada has become. Canada and the ANZACs gave the allies the toughest men of the UK empire. And now look at them. Simpering tranny worshiping “leaders” who enforce the whims of Pfizer.
“the prevailing mindset up there could always best be described using terms like docile, compliant, obedient, and submissive.”
Canada also had a deep problem with the attitude of the politicians and the bureaucrats.
They view the public as peons who must be treated like children.
In the US the “rulers” may think that way but they at least pretend to believe the input of the public matters.
Ping
This is what you get when demonically fueled politically leaders install themselves into power.
“We need to motivate the Neocons to invade Canada...Our Air Force can attack Canada quickly and repeatedly and easily come home for a bite of lunch and to refuel our jets.”
Jets can be refueled because we have ample oil stored in our Strategic Oil Reserves. /
“Is the idea that the addicts will gradually die off as they OD?”
Addicts have got to start somewhere. Let’s hurry and legalize Marijuana everywhere...
The points are valid, but the capital of BC is Victoria, so they screwed up in their first sentence.
Regardless of how you feel about drugs, it is a fact that drug laws are the source of most drug problems. Making them illegal makes them artificially more expensive thereby increasing the profitability of selling them. The supply is decreased but the demand stays the same. The profit incentive is commensurate with the risk of being punished.
The desire of an addict to use drugs is always greater than the abstract illegality. They can always justify why drugs should not be illegal and they will not stop using because drugs are more illegal. They will also use all of the money they have to get drugs. This means that drugs compete with other necessities like housing. Ultimately the housing w and the addict no longer has a place to live but still has an expensive drug habit. You see them at the freeway exit and in the median next to the turn lane.
Nobody wants to legalize drugs because we would get a bunch of crazy homeless people. Like what we have now.
Who would allow a donated organ from someone who poisoned themselves to death?
“Addicts have got to start somewhere.”
They start with cigarettes and alcohol
“They start with cigarettes and alcohol”
...and move on (and on)...
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