I am not actively following Canadian politics, but recently Reddit swarms me with media/videos about Canada, with the kind of rhetoric I know from right winged people in Germany (AfD, CDU).

They are blaming Trudeau and immigration for everything that happens in Canada currently. Calling immigrants terrorists etc.

I always had to imagine in my head, that Canadians are friendly, open-minded people, but the media suggest otherwise.

So dear people, enlighten me with your opinion please!

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The right are overrepresented online due to foreign influence campaigns

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foreigndomestic influence campaigns

Canada Proud, NatPo and Post Media in general, etc.

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NatPo is a foreign influencer - they’re no longer domestically owned.

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Do you mean this - “… Chatham Asset Management LLC is an American hedge fund…”?

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I think you give foreign actors too much credit. Canada’s got plenty of gullible right wing idiots on its own.

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Are there sections of Canada that are overly right leaning? Kinda like Texas or Florida of the USA?

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Yeah, the CBC video comment sections. b’dum-tss

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Alberta is the Canadian Texas/Florida unfortunately. The two large cities vote left, but the rural / agricultural voting block outweighs them, so the provincial government has been right wing for decades. With one exception in recent years there was a Premier that was so insufferable and corrupt that in protest an NDP government was elected but that was just a one shot.

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This is partly false. Edmonton and Calgary vote blue federal and usually orange for provincial. Results from the last federal election https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6183209

Provincial - https://globalnews.ca/news/9633315/live-alberta-election-results-2023-vote/

Which I think has a lot to do with union and provincial government employees. But I’m just another stupid Albertan.

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