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tachyonbeam | 4 years ago

Nice baiting there Jcowell, well played. No country in the world is perfect. Canada is still near the top of the list when it comes to safety and quality of life.

It's true that many first nations people struggle. Canada is taking steps to help them (see accelerated vaccination of native communities) and I sincerely wish them all the best. However, dismantling the police probably isn't going to undo things that happened several centuries ago.

In fact, I am no sociologist, but I would surmise that telling cops that all of them are bastards and exposing them to budget cuts will probably make them behave with less kindness, not more. ACAB is the opposite of constructive. In my opinion, it's a toxic message with the potential to make things worse for everyone, first nations included.

All of that being said, I'm 100% in favor of body cameras that are always enabled, and stricter limits on weapons use by police.

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jacquesm|4 years ago

No, they're right. And it's not just first nations people. Being a person-of-color in Canada is definitely no picnic as soon as you get out of the larger towns. I've seen quite a bit of this first hand and up close while living there.

Consider that your viewport is small enough that the rougher parts of Canadian life for minorities are invisible to you.

tachyonbeam|4 years ago

I believe you, and I would rather live in a larger town myself. However, I think that on this front, Canada compares very well to the US, France, the UK, Brazil, China, and Japan (known for its xenophobic culture), to name a few places. No place is perfect, but we have it better here than a lot of other places, on many fronts.

catgary|4 years ago

They literally dug up 200 kids outside a residential school like a week ago.

refurb|4 years ago

Saying Canada is “close to utopia as any country” and then when someone points out a group that repressed for centuries is not a “gotcha”.