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Speakers at the Democratic Party conference in Canada argue over their "gender equity cards" which allows them to skip the line to speak.

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2038286883965358201?s=20

Canada is cooked. It's over.


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On 2026-03-30 12:27 a.m., BTR1701 wrote:

Speakers at the Democratic Party conference in Canada argue over their "gender
equity cards" which allows them to skip the line to speak.

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2038286883965358201?s=20

Canada is cooked. It's over.

There is no Canadian branch of the (American) Democratic Party. None.

That footage is from a leadership convention of the New Democratic Party
(NDP) of Canada which is NOT affiliated with the Democratic Party you
know and despise in any way - except that they share a number of
ideological positions with the current far left wing of your Democratic
Party.

However, unlike the American Democratic Party, our New Democrats are not
in any position to run the country, not even close. In the last federal election, they were reduced to just 7 seats (in a Parliament of 343
seats). Since then, they have lost 1 seat to one of their MPs "crossing
the floor" to join the Liberals and are poised to lose another to
retirement. Their leadership convention, which culminated in the
election of Avi Lewis yesterday, may help them in the next election but
only with the most radical of Canadians. Lewis was arguably the most
radical of the candidates for the job so, unless he moderates his views dramatically, he is unlikely to be their ticket back to being a
significant factor in Parliament.

Mind you, Mark Carney seems to be pulling the Liberal Party back towards
the centre a bit so I suppose that gives the NDP a little more breathing
room and a chance to grow its support among the supporters of the far
left in this country. If the rift between Canada and the US heals
somewhat before the next election, some of their many supporters who
deserted the NDP to vote Liberal in the last election may find their way
back. But it's VERY hard to picture these clowns becoming the biggest
party in Parliament.
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On Mar 30, 2026 at 7:06:04 AM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

On 2026-03-30 12:27 a.m., BTR1701 wrote:

Speakers at the Democratic Party conference in Canada argue over their
"gender
equity cards" which allows them to skip the line to speak.

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2038286883965358201?s=20

Canada is cooked. It's over.

There is no Canadian branch of the (American) Democratic Party. None.

Yes, I wasn't claiming it was part of the American Communist, er... Democrat Party.

It's interesting, however, that during the victory speech of Avi Lewis, the
new leader of the NDP, there was only one flag on stage and it wasn't the Canadian flag.

(I'll give you one guess which flag it was...)

https://ibb.co/d0Qmnkj4


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On 2026-04-04 1:56 p.m., BTR1701 wrote:

On Mar 30, 2026 at 7:06:04 AM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

On 2026-03-30 12:27 a.m., BTR1701 wrote:

Speakers at the Democratic Party conference in Canada argue over their >>> "gender
equity cards" which allows them to skip the line to speak.

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2038286883965358201?s=20

Canada is cooked. It's over.

There is no Canadian branch of the (American) Democratic Party. None.

Yes, I wasn't claiming it was part of the American Communist, er... Democrat Party.

It's interesting, however, that during the victory speech of Avi Lewis, the new leader of the NDP, there was only one flag on stage and it wasn't the Canadian flag.

(I'll give you one guess which flag it was...)

https://ibb.co/d0Qmnkj4

That is certainly in keeping with the Far Left mentality of the NDP
these days. Another of the contenders for the leadership bellowed "Eat
the fucking rich!" in his run for the top job. However, there was
apparently a single Canadian flag on the stage in addition to the
Palestinian flag - but it was way off to the side where it didn't get in
the shots that the media used. Various observers, including Douglas
Murray, have noticed that the pro-Hamas crowd NEVER carry the national
flags of whatever countries they are protesting in so perhaps that lone Canadian flag was a (feeble) attempt to mitigate that.

I'm sure Avi Lewis would make a fine legislator in the Palestinian
parliament if they ever got around to having elections again but it's
been 20+ years so it's anyone's guess when or if they will ever have
another election. In the meantime, Comrade Lewis will no doubt keep
ranting about solidarity with the oppressed.

There is ONE positive aspect to the NDP having a new leader: they may
attract the return of their former members who voted Liberal in the last election. The reason that is positive is that it *might* split the vote
of leftists between the Liberals and the NDP, giving the Conservatives a chance to win. Then, Pierre Poilievre would be our PM and could begin to restore what we were.
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On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 17:56:21 -0000 (UTC), BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
wrote:

On Mar 30, 2026 at 7:06:04 AM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com> >wrote:

On 2026-03-30 12:27 a.m., BTR1701 wrote:

Speakers at the Democratic Party conference in Canada argue over their
"gender
equity cards" which allows them to skip the line to speak.

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2038286883965358201?s=20

Canada is cooked. It's over.

There is no Canadian branch of the (American) Democratic Party. None.

Actually there IS a group called Democrats Abroad - it's mostly about
'getting out the vote' for Democratic party supporters (US citizens of
course) living outside the US. I served on a municipal government
appointed committee with a person who was president of the Vancouver
chapter at the time (about 15 years ago) and she said that most
Canadian cities over 100k population had a chapter. I asked her if GOP supporters had a similar group and she just smiled and nodded.

Yes, I wasn't claiming it was part of the American Communist, er... Democrat >Party.

It's interesting, however, that during the victory speech of Avi Lewis, the >new leader of the NDP, there was only one flag on stage and it wasn't the >Canadian flag.

(I'll give you one guess which flag it was...)

https://ibb.co/d0Qmnkj4

Yep - guessed right :)
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On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 14:25:09 -0400, Rhino
<no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

I'm sure Avi Lewis would make a fine legislator in the Palestinian >parliament if they ever got around to having elections again but it's
been 20+ years so it's anyone's guess when or if they will ever have
another election. In the meantime, Comrade Lewis will no doubt keep
ranting about solidarity with the oppressed.

IS there in fact such a group encompassing all Palestinians? I think
you're talking about the assembly in Gaza where HAMAS is said to be in
the 18th year of a 4 year term of office.

I agree with your last line since other than breathing oxygen, Israel
was pretty much watching their borders and ignoring HAMAS though they
COULD have legitimately pounded Gaza into beach sand years ago as
HAMAS had been using Gaza for missile strikes into Israel for more
than 10 years LONG before 7 Oct 2023. We're talking several thousand
missiles launched from Gaza.

There would have been no HAMAS war had Israel retaliated one for one
on missile strikes the day after each HAMAS strike. Not especially
ADVOCATING that but just sayin'

There is ONE positive aspect to the NDP having a new leader: they may >attract the return of their former members who voted Liberal in the last >election. The reason that is positive is that it *might* split the vote
of leftists between the Liberals and the NDP, giving the Conservatives a >chance to win. Then, Pierre Poilievre would be our PM and could begin to >restore what we were.

Having been reduced from 25 seats (2021) to 7 seats (2025) I'm sure
the NDP would be keen to get their seats back in the next election.

That said, Donald Trump pretty much won the 2025 election for Carney.
Poilievre had a 20 seat lead in the polls before the dissolution and
after Trump started praising Carney Poilevre's vote share was WAY down
and lost by 2.4% after Trump endorsed Carney.

No question the Donald was the most important endorsement in the 2025
Canadian election, largely based on his belief that Carney could be
pushed around more than Poilievre.

For any Americans reading this, most Canadians were MASSIVELY PO'd
about Trump's talk of a 51st state though it would have been a very
brief anger had he said it once and never said it again rather than
saying it again and again and again. From talking to people most
Canadians I've talked to think Canada-US relations will repair quickly
after Inauguration Day January 2029 though are antsy about how much
further damage will be imposed before then.
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