the kind of scum that the mobsters in government choose as allies.

Not sovereign countries that were attacked because another Mob state unilaterally decided they dont get to exist anymore, like Ukraine , Not oppressed people who've been systematically denied representation and genocided for centuries, Like the Kurds

Instead, We cosy up with Regimes with abhorrent human rights abuses who win favor in the west with bribery.

Countries that wage war against us from the inside, trying to convince us they're friends whilst having no intentions other then destroying us, like Russia,

Wasting money trying to prop up regimes that want nothing to do with us other than our money, like Afghanistan and Iraq.

or the never ending blank check to Israel who freaks out every time someone sneezes, Who will never run out of enemies, and make new ones when they do. citing the Holocaust as an excuse to butcher 80,000 people in a month all while threatening to use nukes if they fail.

I'm so sick of this.

the Tariffs are only a secondary reason why foreigners and tourists are staying the fuck away. its the Internal nightmare, Geopolitical policy and commentary thats pissed people off

• its the whitewashing of genocide and blank cheque attitude toward Israel after it went way too far.
• its the whitewashing of genocide and devils advocacy of Russia as it is de-facto at war with America and its Allies now.
• its the constant comments of Invasion of Panama, Greenland, Mexico and Canada, and the utter disrespect / jingoism in it.
• its the constant demonizing of Americas military allies in the face of the most turbulent period since the cold war.
• its the inhuman treatment of its own people, and the administration basically saying "get mad, fuck you gonna do about it?"
• its the plainclothes gestapo prowling the streets of its own country looking for people who are deemed too mexican to be allowed.
• its the hostile treatment of tourists to begin with, laughably suggesting torists who come from europe, australia, etc, places that are fundementally better places to live. are actually coming to america to work illegally, and they end up in a cell for 3 weeks with no contact while the "investigation is pending"

and so much more.

Tariffs are an insult , but they're not the reason foreigners are avoiding the country,

its because America has become a bed of Pig Shit Fascists.

He tried to mimic 2016 2020 trump. And it was palatteable to many

But when the 2025 version came out. It disgusted people

this outcome has less to do with trump's actions, and more to do with how the conservatives behaved in spite of those actions.

I think enough people were like me, ready to vote conservative, but then lost faith in the party since they didnt really seem to have a plan on anything once trudeau was gone early. Pollievre's stock tanked once people saw that Trudeau was gone, and what was happening in the world

the last 4 elections I'd voted L > C > C > L

Im a moderate. I thought that the Trudeau Liberals had gone too far left back during the Scheer and Otoole days. Come this time around, I just lost any confidence I had in the Conservative party because they built their identity on "we're not the liberals". and failed to convince me they werent just going to kowtow to American Corpo-Fascist interests.

But if you would have asked me about specific policies that irked me to turn Conservative during the past .. its been a long time, I'd probably just point to specific times and incidents over the gun policy, immigration, corruption with the SNC lavalin scandal, and maybe foreign policy. I live in a very ignorant and uneducated town in a NS riding that had been pretty hardcore conservative the last 2-3 elections, and my peers probably played a hand in influencing my issues. I thought our riding was solidly going to remain Conservative, CTV projected Cons won, but several hours later they reversed it and Libs have apparentley won it.

Foreign Policy has always been a major "issue" of mine too, Until 2025 when we were faced with the nonzero possibility of actual aggression and conflict with America, the biggest thing that would influence my vote was how seriously the party was going to take the issue of us being more or less, de-facto at war with Russia, Because the "shadow" World War III is something that in my mind took precedent.

excerpt of facebook comments Ive seen since last night

• "this country is a disgrace"
• " sad day for canada"
• "fucking rigged!"
• "west time to become 51st state"
• "alberta saskatchewan manitoba 51st state of USA!"
• "time to secede"
• "trump will save alberta"
• " insert conspiracy here already picked their candidate, our votes dont count"
• "time to leave"
• accusations of Chinese meddling
• accusaions of European meddling
• accusations of Globalist meddling

Jagmeet was getting wiped out regardless. The fatigue that existed for Trudeau was also present for Singh and Pollievre.

Honestley, I was going to vote conservative, even after Trump. And then Pollievre went into third gear with Woke Derangement Syndrome, the guy was having unhinged rants. Couldn't get a paragraph out without mentioning woke. Ask him to define it, and he'd either PP.EXE stop responding, or he'd fly off the handle with pre-programmed slogans.

Stupid people on both sides of the race. But that was what turned me.