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[u/WeightedDips95]

The Liberals managed to convince most of Canada that the runaway inflation we had been experiencing for at least the last 6 years was due to recent Trump tariffs.

They lie and steal because they know they can get away with it, because they have been for 11 years. Canadians are completely brain-dead and brainwashed.

[u/gamercast1337 → u/WeightedDips95]

Can our country hurry up and balkanize yet???? 

[u/OxfordTheCat → u/WeightedDips95]

No.

The Liberals calmly tried to explain to the demographic that gets its 'news' via tweets and YouTube shorts that inflation was a global phenomenon, and that Canada had the lowest amount of inflationary pressure of any of the G7 nations.

the runaway inflation we had been experiencing for at least the last 6 years was due to recent Trump tariffs

It seems like there was some significant event that happened about six years ago. And then every country on earth experienced significant inflation. I wonder what that was.

[u/Lumindan → u/OxfordTheCat]

No one is denying inflation was global after COVID-19 pandemic. Supply chain shocks, stimulus spending, and energy disruptions pushed prices up everywhere. Yet it begs the question, why are WE slumping so hard compared to everyone else?

I always find this dodge super silly because it requires half truths.

You saying “it was global” doesn’t automatically mean governments had no role in how bad it got. Different countries made different policy choices on spending, deficits, and housing that influenced how inflation played out domestically.

Here's the reality, the world will always have some event, there will always be something that affects the global market. Just shifting the blame to that instead of holding our government accountable is why we're in the shitter in the first place.

Did we just choose to ignore the 80 billion deficit?

The crazy spike in food bank usage? The cost of groceries sky rocketing while these corporations are getting insane profits?

We're still pumping immigration to the max, while also giving jacking up our medical care dependency when people can't even find family doctors.

and let's keep it on topic here, the Liberals are still running plenty of useless virtue signaling programs, or did you just forget the current gungrab?

Where are all those houses that were supposed to be built? Everyone's buying a home right? People can afford that right?

I especially find the G7 comparison to be off base, G7 countries all experienced inflation, Canadians still saw some of the steepest increases in essentials like rent, mortgages, and groceries. Saying we’re better than the rest of the G7 doesn’t mean people feel better when their cost of living jumps dramatically.

More importantly, the political frustration wasn’t just about the economic explanation, it was about messaging. When politicians respond to rising costs by essentially saying “everyone else has it bad too”, it comes across as dismissive to people struggling to pay rent or buy groceries.

Trying to run defence for your party of choice while ignoring the facts is always a choice though I guess. Keep blaming 'the demographic'. At least say it with your chest.

[u/WeightedDips95 → u/OxfordTheCat]

Typical Liberal midwit take.

“Everyone is brainwashed except for me who gets all my info from Liebral subsidized mainstream media!” 

And yeah, Covid. All the Neo liberal western government had the same insane overreaction and destroyed their economies.

 It’s funny that it’s literal never the Liberals fault