https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2025/06/30/canadians-react-to-cancelling-digital-services-tax/

Duh. No one elected them to go elbows down. Gonna be a short lived minority.

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[–] 68 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Already sent an email to my MP, at least it’s something.

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  • [–] [S] 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Me too - people are pissed. We do not capitulate to fash. Poland and Austria did and Germany still invaded them.

    I’m curious to hear Charlie Angus’s response to this capitulation.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Just a sidenote, Austria was as much victim as it was perpetrator under the nazi regime.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I would send an email to my MP but he is a do nothing back bencher who will take credit for Carney’s failures.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Mine's a cabinet minister 🤢

    Like I'm emailing anyway but it's gonna be swiftly ignored.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Try sending an actual written letter: maybe it will be a little bit attention because in this day and age of e-mail, it's actual paper letters that are oddities that get people's attention.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    What sort of thing do you write? I'm always uncertain how to word these types of emails.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    My two cents: Imagine you're writing a polite (or not) note to your neighbour about something they or one of their family members is doing that is causing harm to your neighbourhood.

    State what you don't like, why you don't like it and implications, preferred paths forward, and outcome you'd like to see. If you know what your 'neighbour' campaigned on/the rhetoric they used, particularly if you voted for them, you can reference that (for example, "The Elbows Up movement united Canadians at a time of great uncertainty. It is incredibly discouraging to watch our representatives drop their guard against US interests with no regard for, and active hostility to, the interests of Canadians." or whatever).

    If you want, you can close with the suggestion that should you feel they are not adequately advancing your interests as a constituent, they will not have your support in the next election. Taking from the neighbour analogy, think "If you don't shape up, we'll take this to the HOA (your fellow constituents) and kick your ass out."

    How much good does this all ultimately do? Depends on who you ask, really. But as a Canadian you have the right to express your opinions and concerns to those who represent you in government - so say what you want heard. No matter the impact, it's better than silence.

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