Ezra Klein
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So, yes, immigration was at play, but it was a generational thing. Young people feel a little bit hopeless. They can't buy a house. They can barely afford to get ahead. And they see that mass immigration is driving those things, whereas boomers and seniors, they've already got their home paid off. So they don't care if house prices rise. That's good for them.
So, yes, immigration was at play, but it was a generational thing. Young people feel a little bit hopeless. They can't buy a house. They can barely afford to get ahead. And they see that mass immigration is driving those things, whereas boomers and seniors, they've already got their home paid off. So they don't care if house prices rise. That's good for them.
They don't really pay income taxes because they don't work anymore. And I think that they're oblivious to some of the street battles in Canada over race and ethnicity, diaspora politics. So the boomers and the seniors could afford the luxury political belief of being offended by Donald Trump. Like imagine that is driving your vote for your prime minister.
They don't really pay income taxes because they don't work anymore. And I think that they're oblivious to some of the street battles in Canada over race and ethnicity, diaspora politics. So the boomers and the seniors could afford the luxury political belief of being offended by Donald Trump. Like imagine that is driving your vote for your prime minister.
Who's going to push back at Trump's heckles. That is not a serious reason to vote for someone because it Like I say, it's a luxury belief you can only afford if everything else in your life is going right. Young people didn't really care about the Trump tweets, but boomers and seniors, especially liberal-minded boomers and seniors, they cared a lot.
Who's going to push back at Trump's heckles. That is not a serious reason to vote for someone because it Like I say, it's a luxury belief you can only afford if everything else in your life is going right. Young people didn't really care about the Trump tweets, but boomers and seniors, especially liberal-minded boomers and seniors, they cared a lot.
Sure. Canadian elections, there's a five-week period where everyone goes full guns. Now, obviously, everything before that, there's sort of have the campaign in mind, but there's an intensity of those last five weeks. In Canada, the government has nationalized leaders debates.
Sure. Canadian elections, there's a five-week period where everyone goes full guns. Now, obviously, everything before that, there's sort of have the campaign in mind, but there's an intensity of those last five weeks. In Canada, the government has nationalized leaders debates.
So there was an official government-run leaders debate halfway through, and typically people really pay attention to those. But, you know, there is a lot of money being spent. Canada is about one-tenth the size of the U.S., and we probably had one-tenth the size of the budget. The campaigns have their campaign jets, and it's all about IDing your vote and get out the vote.
So there was an official government-run leaders debate halfway through, and typically people really pay attention to those. But, you know, there is a lot of money being spent. Canada is about one-tenth the size of the U.S., and we probably had one-tenth the size of the budget. The campaigns have their campaign jets, and it's all about IDing your vote and get out the vote.
Obviously, a lot of the campaigning is digital. So it's very much like an American campaign. In fact, the liberals typically have campaign advisors from the Democrats. Let me tell you a quirky thing. Mark Carney... And another candidate named Evan Solomon. They're basically run by a globalist lobby group in New York called the Eurasia Group. It's sort of weird how that –
Obviously, a lot of the campaigning is digital. So it's very much like an American campaign. In fact, the liberals typically have campaign advisors from the Democrats. Let me tell you a quirky thing. Mark Carney... And another candidate named Evan Solomon. They're basically run by a globalist lobby group in New York called the Eurasia Group. It's sort of weird how that –
It's in New York City, but it was sort of running the campaign for the Liberal Party in Canada. Justin Trudeau's former mentor works at the Eurasia Group, and that's where Mark Carney, the prime minister, his wife works. Like this little office in New York is basically being the puppet master for Canada. It's a little bit weird.
It's in New York City, but it was sort of running the campaign for the Liberal Party in Canada. Justin Trudeau's former mentor works at the Eurasia Group, and that's where Mark Carney, the prime minister, his wife works. Like this little office in New York is basically being the puppet master for Canada. It's a little bit weird.
There's a lot of foreign interference in our election, I should mention. In the last election, the Chinese Communist Party was found to be interfering in 11 different –
There's a lot of foreign interference in our election, I should mention. In the last election, the Chinese Communist Party was found to be interfering in 11 different –
districts this election it was even worse in fact um one candidate had to step down because he was a chinese canadian candidate who said if you kidnap my opponent and take him to the chinese consulate you'll get a million dollar bounty i know what i said just sounded insane but he said it three times and finally he resigned as the candidate to be replaced by another chinese communist party
districts this election it was even worse in fact um one candidate had to step down because he was a chinese canadian candidate who said if you kidnap my opponent and take him to the chinese consulate you'll get a million dollar bounty i know what i said just sounded insane but he said it three times and finally he resigned as the candidate to be replaced by another chinese communist party
candidate a police officer chinese canadian police officer who would attend chinese communist party events in his police uniform sing communist songs like the the hand of china is very apparent in our politics in fact our new prime minister mark carney you may know that he was the chair of brookfield asset management which is like a slightly smaller black rock and He's met with Xi Jinping.
candidate a police officer chinese canadian police officer who would attend chinese communist party events in his police uniform sing communist songs like the the hand of china is very apparent in our politics in fact our new prime minister mark carney you may know that he was the chair of brookfield asset management which is like a slightly smaller black rock and He's met with Xi Jinping.