2016 Trump: We’re gonna build the wall 10ft higher!

2024 Trump: We’re gonna make the price of everything 10% higher!?

If you want the extremely brief version of the history, Canada was kind of a thing but not officially until 1867, with the British North America Act, making it officially a country but still a Dominion of the United Kingdom.

In 1949, the Supreme Court of Canada disconnected itself from the British one.

In 1982 the Constitution Act formally removed the power of British Parliament to override the Canadian Parliament, enacted a Constitution and more or less fully established Canada as independent from the UK, in every matter except specific ones relating to the Head of State and the Crown. The Crown’s powers are vested in the Governor General and Lieutenant Governors, and they play very important, but mostly ceremonial roles today.

I sometimes do that, but only like 3 or 4 posts/comments, not the whole history.

When I read a comment that makes me double-take, I check whether this is a troll that spouts a certain kind of contrarian take on every thread (you know the kind I’m talking about), or if it’s someone who posts reasonably most of the time but will put out a mind-provoking thought once in a while. I think the latter is fine and part of healthy discourse, so I’ll upvote the unpopular take and some of their reasonable takes that I checked.

If there was any time for any non-politician that wants to make a difference in politics to have a break, it’s now. There’s a long 4 years ahead of us.