Considering we had a dentist go and buy a bunch of RCMP uniforms and guns. Then sit on a road for several hours dressed as an RCMP stopping and killing everyone who came near... AND we still don't have a reasonable explanation for how this happened (the government response was to ban 1.5k types of guns including guns that don't exist and ignores the fact that you don't need any special kind of gun to kill people who think you are a police officer and have stopped their vehicle also the fact that his weapons were illegally acquired)... I'd say yes.
This isn't even mentioning the obviously corrupt antics of a certain prime minister.
I agree that Uvalde and Vegas shootings are pretty similar.
The key thing is that Uvalde shooting and Vegas shooting don't involve what obnoxiously looks like federal support. Maybe the Vegas shooting has some suppressed information that suggests the feds were involved but nothing gets more ridiculous than someone being allowed to impersonate federal officers (an officer already contacted the killer before the spree and told him that he is not allowed to drive the car as it was currently painted... somehow not realizing that no one paints their car like a federal officer's car by accidental) and get more way more guns than he could have possibly acquired without someone noticing (Canadian gun laws are very strict).
I'd say Canada is worse because things like this happen and then no one does anything or even remembers. Our Charter doesn't even have free speech in it and your right to representation isn't even properly enforced.
2020 Nova Scotia attacks. Dentist with known history of violence gets RCMP uniform (no clue how he got it) and car (via auction) and despite police knowing that he painted the car to resemble an RCMP vehicle was allowed to go on a large killing spree targeting people's homes and then eventually random people driving down the road.
Everything he's touched for 7 years instantly becomes embezzled and corrupt.
Canada also doesn't have a true right-wing tradition or opposition.
Essentially every elected right-wing politician in Canada would be considered a RINO in the US.
There's also not much of a regional base for conservative values outside of Alberta (and possibly Saskatchewan). And somehow (likely due to immigration), even Alberta's two main cities, Calgary and Edmonton, have been overrun by progressives similar to Austin, TX.
That's a dumb question. The US is a quickly sliding target and trying to measure yourself against such an increasingly corrupt and despotic regime is only going to lead to confusion as the two states hurdle faster towards the abyss occasionally passing each other.
If you're going to compare yourself to something you need a fixed point of reference. Something that's a known quantity and not going to change by the day.
Something like China.
Now the answer to THAT question: Is Canada (or the US) freer and less corrupt than China? THAT'S a question I'm not sure how to answer at this point.
The answer is obvious: They are freer. There are attempts, ongoing attempts, to change that fact, but for the moment, even if Trudeau is on record saying "I admire China's dictatorship", they've not reached that point yet.
As for "corrupt", corruption is literally a part of everyday life for all Chinese citizens. Common lifestyle questions like "should I toss some money into the stock market for a lark?" literally require assessing the current corruption levels since their government controls the valuation of their stock market and alters it specifically to fuck over political adversaries, regardless of actual fiscal value of companies involved.
Canada has PM Blackface giving mega-contracts to close personal friends. USA has Biden Jr taking 10% for the big guy. And both manipulate their personal little armies to mess with their direct political opposition. But they don't drag the rest of the country into their personal feuds, not yet at least.
so at this point, all things considered, is Canada actually more corrupt than the USA?
Considering we had a dentist go and buy a bunch of RCMP uniforms and guns. Then sit on a road for several hours dressed as an RCMP stopping and killing everyone who came near... AND we still don't have a reasonable explanation for how this happened (the government response was to ban 1.5k types of guns including guns that don't exist and ignores the fact that you don't need any special kind of gun to kill people who think you are a police officer and have stopped their vehicle also the fact that his weapons were illegally acquired)... I'd say yes.
This isn't even mentioning the obviously corrupt antics of a certain prime minister.
I agree that Uvalde and Vegas shootings are pretty similar.
The key thing is that Uvalde shooting and Vegas shooting don't involve what obnoxiously looks like federal support. Maybe the Vegas shooting has some suppressed information that suggests the feds were involved but nothing gets more ridiculous than someone being allowed to impersonate federal officers (an officer already contacted the killer before the spree and told him that he is not allowed to drive the car as it was currently painted... somehow not realizing that no one paints their car like a federal officer's car by accidental) and get more way more guns than he could have possibly acquired without someone noticing (Canadian gun laws are very strict).
I'd say Canada is worse because things like this happen and then no one does anything or even remembers. Our Charter doesn't even have free speech in it and your right to representation isn't even properly enforced.
2020 Nova Scotia attacks. Dentist with known history of violence gets RCMP uniform (no clue how he got it) and car (via auction) and despite police knowing that he painted the car to resemble an RCMP vehicle was allowed to go on a large killing spree targeting people's homes and then eventually random people driving down the road.
Canada probably is under Trudeau.
Everything he's touched for 7 years instantly becomes embezzled and corrupt.
Canada also doesn't have a true right-wing tradition or opposition.
Essentially every elected right-wing politician in Canada would be considered a RINO in the US.
There's also not much of a regional base for conservative values outside of Alberta (and possibly Saskatchewan). And somehow (likely due to immigration), even Alberta's two main cities, Calgary and Edmonton, have been overrun by progressives similar to Austin, TX.
That's a dumb question. The US is a quickly sliding target and trying to measure yourself against such an increasingly corrupt and despotic regime is only going to lead to confusion as the two states hurdle faster towards the abyss occasionally passing each other.
If you're going to compare yourself to something you need a fixed point of reference. Something that's a known quantity and not going to change by the day.
Something like China.
Now the answer to THAT question: Is Canada (or the US) freer and less corrupt than China? THAT'S a question I'm not sure how to answer at this point.
The answer is obvious: They are freer. There are attempts, ongoing attempts, to change that fact, but for the moment, even if Trudeau is on record saying "I admire China's dictatorship", they've not reached that point yet.
As for "corrupt", corruption is literally a part of everyday life for all Chinese citizens. Common lifestyle questions like "should I toss some money into the stock market for a lark?" literally require assessing the current corruption levels since their government controls the valuation of their stock market and alters it specifically to fuck over political adversaries, regardless of actual fiscal value of companies involved.
Canada has PM Blackface giving mega-contracts to close personal friends. USA has Biden Jr taking 10% for the big guy. And both manipulate their personal little armies to mess with their direct political opposition. But they don't drag the rest of the country into their personal feuds, not yet at least.
How long do you think this answer will stand for?