I applaud Peterborough mayor Diane Therrien's assessment of them. And rather than treat them with kid gloves or pander to them a la Pierre Poilievre, more political leaders need to strongly denounce them and their disruptive, illegal tactics. I want nothing to do with them.
And I will lump these people into the results of a recent Abacus poll. When asked the question, All things considered, which is a better place to live - Canada or the U.S.? 91 % of Canadians polled preferred Canada, of course, The other 9% did not.
Looking into how they answered the other questions, reveals that the plurality of younger men [those under 45] think they would be better off financially and enjoy life more if they were living in the US.
Conservative voters also tended to be less keen on Canada.
Only 60% think they have better health care than they would have in the US, and only just over a third think Canada is a better place to earn a living and enjoy life.
Those who are unvaccinated against Covid, of which the deranged are a large part, also have reservations about our home and native land.
Only half of this group think living in Canada means being safer from violence or having better health care. A plurality thinks they would be better off financially and enjoy life more living in the United States.
Now I realize that I am conflating the 9 % with the crazies, but it seems to me that they all have something in common: an unwillingness or an inability to see things as they really are. By objective standards, there really is no basis to argue that life in the U.S. is better, unless one thinks the freedom to engage in violence, to carry and use guns at will, to support insurrectionists, and elevate cult-like movements as legitimate expressions of democracy is preferable to life here at home.
In which case, all I can say is, Don't let the door hit you on your way out.
