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Canada IS in many ways better and different than america. The problem is that the bar is DISTURBINGLY low.
true, they have more rights for their citizens, etc...
somewhat European, but the right-wing influence is on American level.
When comparing 2 countries you can't just focus on "Politics". Theres much more like levels of education, wealth disparity, like how the judiciary functions to consider too.
There are many realms of life where canada rofl stomps america.
Yes the right wing political influence is bad. It is a present threat and it comes from america. But you have to see that it also doesn't have widespread support. Canadians hate that shit and refuse to tolerate it more so than americans.
And in a period of post-covid economic struggle, canadians succumbed to the brain worms and immigrant blaming that you see world wide, but they ultimately overcame it.
They didn't allow right wing rhetorician who would inevitably make things worse to seize power. In fact he didn't even win his own seat during the last election.
(This is not to say canada is perfect or even great for it's citizens, but again if you are comparing to america it is bar none superior)