r/VictoriaBC • u/artdecotech • 2d ago
Vancouver Islanders urged to get their elbows up in show of national pride
https://www.comoxvalleyrecord.com/home2/vancouver-islanders-urged-to-get-their-elbows-up-in-show-of-national-pride-792571061
u/Familiar-Risk-5937 2d ago
You can tell who are the Conservatives by how upset people getting together as a sign of unity gets them. Just the word unity to a Conservative is like holy water on a Vampire.
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u/69xX_MarkyMark_Xx69 2d ago
Parroting the liberal parties slogan and then pretending it's a rally for everybody is just lame.
Pretending that conservatives are anti-unity because they don't want to join a liberal rally is disingenuous.
Bleating out "lol upset" when someone pokes fun at your expense is... really something. Makes me want go stand around on a lawn with all you fun people
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u/TadUGhostal 1d ago
Okay but, if you go back and read statement PP had made since becoming party leader he is clearly trying to divide the nation. You may hate the liberals and there’s plenty to criticize, but the CPC have definitely done their part to earn their current label.
Signed
Someone PP labels as a woke radical
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u/EntrepreneurLanky973 1d ago
Liberals under Trudeau were more divisive and racist than any government since the ‘60s
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u/RTM9 1d ago
You sound like the funnest guy to be around. What would be your rallying theme be?
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u/WithMyLeftHand 1d ago
Fight the Power by Public Enemy or there is several Rush songs that would fit the bill.
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u/Internal-Food-5753 1d ago
I was there and it was for everyone. There were Liberals, there were Greens and there was a guy in a MAGA hat. It was fun. Unity is cool.
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u/WithMyLeftHand 2d ago
How can you tell someone’s a liberal or socialist? They’ll lecture you on the evils of being conservative while sipping an $8 oat milk latte they bought with their iPhone
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u/ToobularBoobularJoy_ Metchosin 2d ago
"You critique society yet you participate in it. Curious"
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u/WithMyLeftHand 2d ago
“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.” - Bertrand Russell
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u/TerpleDerp2600 2d ago
Ahhh not the big scary “s” word!!! Those damn commies trying to give workers rights!! What’s happened to the world???
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u/Familiar-Risk-5937 2d ago
Hmm, I dont see any lectures. I do see someone getting kinda upset though....
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u/NewcDukem Oak Bay 2d ago
Comments like this are how I can tell someone's brain damaged.
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u/WithMyLeftHand 2d ago
t'was a joke. Duke Nukem would be ashamed.
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u/NewcDukem Oak Bay 2d ago
I'm just mad because I like oat milk lattes but not iPhones. WHAT AM I
Hint: it's also brain damaged
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u/WithMyLeftHand 2d ago
A stereotypical Pacific Northwest hipster zombie sipping oat milk lattes for the eco-friendly, dairy-free vibe, aligning with the crunchy, sustainable ethos while shunning iPhones—too mainstream, too corporate, favouring a retro flip phone to signal anti-consumerist street cred?
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u/RTM9 1d ago
That’s hilarious. Great observations. You are the smartest, quickest guy in the room. Go Trump! 😐
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u/WithMyLeftHand 1d ago
Quick, get the holy water! Or a wooden stake, or some silver, or another hypocritical jab to ward off any contrary thinking that may not align with your own!
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u/driv3rcub 2d ago
They will claim to have a moral superiority - then defended Carneys idea to not remove Paul Chiang from running. Thank god Paul Chiang had the balls to take himself off the ballot. Liberals are such a bizarre social experiment into themselves.
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u/FootyFanYNWA 2d ago
I don’t see the point in standing around to prove we stand together. Thought it was a metaphor.
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u/Internal-Food-5753 2d ago
This is a global day of action, to unite in support of democracy and against hate. What a great way to build community and celebrate the freedoms we have here.
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u/artdecotech 2d ago
I'll stand up and be counted for the favorable media coverage and hopefully people in a position of power to change things will take note.
Armchair activism does nothing in the age of bots. Hard to be dismissed when you're on the lawn of the legislature.
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u/WithMyLeftHand 2d ago
So do it for the feels?
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u/Internal-Food-5753 2d ago
Possible Neil Young drop in
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u/WithMyLeftHand 2d ago
“Keep on rocking in the free world”
Until Bill 7 or C-26 passes.
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u/computer_porblem 2d ago
i get the sentiment, but it doesn't feel particularly helpful to sit around on the BC Leg lawn.
why not use the energy and, i dunno, clean up every beach in the country? raise a bunch of money for charity? go volunteer with the old ladies to pull invasive species in our parks?
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u/luciosleftskate James Bay 2d ago
Organize an event if you're so passionate. This protest is about something else.
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u/frog_mannn 2d ago
Going to be hard to get a great coffee that day
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u/WithMyLeftHand 2d ago
Can’t wait to see the line up at Brazilian owned Tim Hortons. Elbows up tho…
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u/Necessary_Island_425 2d ago
How about vote out the Liberals that created the state we are in?
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u/AnSionnachan 2d ago
The liberals elected Trump, those rascals!
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u/Corruption555 2d ago
Have you looked at the data for Canada over the last decade? Affordability, gdp per capita, Happiness metrics, crime, birth rates. Our countries quality of life for people under 45 has become worse than virtually all other developed countries.
Our politicians have failed us, and have made us less capable of withstanding the economic turbulence that our southern neighbours have created. Trump is at best a convenient excuse for how badly the Liberals have mismanaged the country.
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u/ILiterallyCannotRead 2d ago
So let's vote in the anti-choice climate change deniers? No thanks.
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u/69xX_MarkyMark_Xx69 2d ago
You should look into each parties policies.
It's clear you don't actually know what you're against.
A woman's right to choose is not on the ballot.
And the liberals just removed the carbon tax, so who is really anti climate?
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u/ILiterallyCannotRead 2d ago
Every CPC MP is listed as anti-choice according to the ARCC.
The CPC wants to remove the industrial carbon tax (which we can't do if we want to trade with the EU) and multiple MPs have made climate change denial comments. The LPC has no members who deny the existence of human driven climate change.
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u/ChiefSitsOnAssAllDay 1d ago
Carney’s in the pocket of China and they’re the worst climate offender. The hypocrisy is staggering.
The CPC plan to export our LNG would make Canada carbon neutral.
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u/Likely_Unlucky_420 2d ago
The liberals forced trump to threaten annexation and impose tariffs..... will they stop at nothing to destroy this country?!?!?!?!?!?!
But also, Carney sounds like the man for the job to get us through economic turbulence, as you call it.
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u/GoodResident2000 2d ago
He’s been an advisor for the last five years of economic turbulence, so probably not
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u/Mustardisthebest 2d ago
Oh my god the Liberals are to blame for the low birth rate? I had no idea! I thought it was a deeply personal choice based on global trends and shifting social norms but it was actually the Liberals all along?
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u/Corruption555 2d ago
The liberals promised to make life more affordable in 2015.
If you don't have the intellectual honesty to acknowledge how failing to address the affordability crisis, and then worsening it with levels of immigration designed to destroy working class incomes can affect "deeply personal choices based on global trends" then you're not here to think.
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u/Internal-Food-5753 1d ago
I want a PM that actually believes in science and equality. I have a uterus and care about my rights being taken away. Conservatives with their hard on for big oil and money should probably look at your portfolios. Having an actual economist with like real world experience should be your jam.
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u/Corruption555 1d ago
Canadian conservatives have no intent to limit abortion rights. Religious zealots don't have political capital here like they do in the states.
Energy is one of the only realistic diversifiers away from the American economy. Something that Europe and Asia would actually buy from us.
I've looked at all of the data that matters to me, and have come to the rational conclusion that the Conservatives couldn't possibly do a worse job than the liberals over the last decade on virtually every subject that is important.
Equality means opportunity for young people. Not just funding fat cat liberal boomers wealth transfer schemes.
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u/Internal-Food-5753 1d ago
Well with a 120 Conservative MPS that identify as anti-choice let’s just say my trust is very low.
Agreed, or if we reinvest in green energy and boost tech maybe we could diversify in a sustainable way. With Fort Mac, Jasper and Kelowna burning down, this must be the way we move forward.
The Conservatives can’t do worse than an actual decorated economist in a hostile trade war. Dude, what are you even saying?
PP hasn’t even passed a bill. Not to mention that he has been endorsed Trump/Musk and the US is an actual dumpster fire. The Liberal candidate for Vic is a National security and expert in US -Can relations. Like actual experts in their fields.
I appreciate the dialogue, and appreciate that democracy doesn’t always go in my favour. That’s why I was at the leg today, maybe I’ll see you there next time.
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u/Notacop250 2d ago
Liberals 2017: Canada is a post national state!
Liberals 2025: Elbows up!
Canadians really are some of the most easily manipulatable people who will believe anything the government tells them to. The level of trust in government really is unparalleled throughout the world.
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u/Likely_Unlucky_420 2d ago
Oh no! Here comes the government with free healthcare, dental, and birth control! Run for your lives!!!!!
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u/Notacop250 2d ago
That’s like being excited that the person who robbed you for $20 is giving you $5 for free!!
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u/ILiterallyCannotRead 2d ago
Kids, this is your brain on right wing propaganda.
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u/WithMyLeftHand 2d ago
Kids, this is a brain without critical thinking skills.
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u/Old-Rhubarb-97 2d ago
LOL.
There is a whole Country full of people with your mindset just a ferry ride away. I implore you to have a peek at how they are doing these days.
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u/WithMyLeftHand 2d ago
Oh no! There goes the government with $3.8M to help the Lebanese Armed Forces update their Mountain Warfare Ski School to allow for multi-gender occupancy. Sorry plebeians, no more money fou you at home.
https://search.open.canada.ca/grants/record/dfatd-maecd,064-2024-2025-Q2-00216,current
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u/NPRdude James Bay 2d ago
Oh give me a break, the US is giving an active lesson as to why you shouldn't throw away soft power, and you're over here trying the "foreign aid is bad actually" argument.
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u/WithMyLeftHand 2d ago
Please argue the facts and provide the net benefit to Canadians for this specific endeavor.
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u/Old-Rhubarb-97 2d ago
Is being critical of issues in your country while also loving it somehow a problem now?
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u/No_Access_5437 2d ago
Man I wish it was September. Then this would be everywhere: https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/robert-carney-jbt-day-school-1.7501066
Since we are all about the sins of the father on the left these days.
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u/pinjimin1 1d ago
Maybe the op can afford to give the government 60~70 of their income. But I have to vote on that tax break. Things are real struggling financially
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u/artdecotech 1d ago
Wouldn’t you want someone in office who has a track record of dealing with financial crises and is a celebrated economist?
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u/Awake-Not-Woke-90 1d ago
Agreed! We cannot continue down this path of spending. It’s time to do more with less and remove the wasteful spending. The liberal/Ndp coalition has ran up the bill that future generations will need to pay. Life will never be more affordable under their leadership.
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u/RumpleMyForeskin 2d ago
For all of what? It’s a bunch of people standing on the lawn of parliament on a saturday
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u/six-sided-bear 2d ago
George Soros is paying for everyone's parking
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u/Angry_beaver_1867 2d ago
“ Greater Victoria residents will stand shoulder-to-shoulder on the grounds of the BC Legislature Saturday for the Elbows Up, Victoria!”
Stand shoulder to shoulder or elbows out.? Make up your mind. :/