How I See It

 

AMERICA NORTH

Let me explain my devoted interest in American politics which most people who know me already knew. This year, in particular, has highlighted the best and worst in humanity. We have seen a pandemic grip the planet, no one can escape it. Countries all over the world have dealt with this virus in different ways, some with positive results, others, not so much. By tradition or need, many countries have looked up to the US for leadership, be it in defending freedom and/or as an example on how a democracy works, on social issues, space exploration, science and technology but today, the US has failed on all fronts in the eyes of many nations.

 Before I get to the part why US politics has an effect on Canadians, first lets take a stroll down memory lane to why the US is in the condition it's in, it starts here....

then this...

then this happened

We also have this..

An impeached President

You cannot tell an American from a Canadian, or the other way round, if you do you may result in a discreet sigh or roll of the eyes; it’s just as much the same as confusing Australians with New Zealanders, or the Scottish with the English. While Americans and Canadians share a long border, a language and many cultural traits,there are essential differences though. We watch more American television than Canadian, more American news, music and like most of the world, we watch American movies..What happens in the US has a large impact on the world but more so to its neighbor to the north and to a lesser extent, Mexico.

In Canada, we have 4 major federal political parties and 1 federal separatist party, go figure.. we won't get into the separatist party thing, that's a whole other story...

All political parties with the exception of the Conservative Party of Canada, are progressive even the separatists, of course, they're French. To an extent that even most conservatives (red conservatives) are more liberal than blue conservatives here which would be more in line with Republicans in the US.  

In Canada, here too there are those who one could consider also far-right extremists, much smaller than in the US and don't have as much access to guns, they also ride the conservative ticket.

In Canada, Canadians care to who's in power in the US, be it Democrat  or Republican, it makes a difference. The Democrats are progressive and all progressives seem to share some of the same ideals thus more in line with Canadian values, yes we have had conservative governments too but as a whole, most Canadians are liberal minded and progressive thinking. Liberal or conservative, Canada has always been a Social Democracy.