I would like to see the daughter's proposal on leaving, listing the reasons why she thinks Canada will be a better solution. Every time something appalling happens in the US, I see Americans proclaim that they plan to immigrate here. (I live in Canada.) I understand and sympathize, I do, but imho moving here is not the ideal solution they think it will be. And that's because most of them don't seem to be aware of the issues Canada has. A lot of issues in Canada are very similar to the US, just not as well-known.
A lot of people don't understand just how much Canada and the US are intertwined and interdependent; what happens in the US spills over here to some degree. Our judicial/legal and political/democratic institutions have been more resilient to right-wing machinations true, but they're not entirely immune; Canada is becoming increasingly politically polarized too.
Canada does not have an abortion law, it's a medical procedure--but timely abortion access is difficult to impossible in many regions, like in Atlantic, rural, or northern Canada. (In most areas, anti-abortion "pregnancy crisis centres" outnumber legitimate abortion/reproductive health clinics.) Basic healthcare access in general (ER wait times, access to family doctors) is rapidly getting out of reach for millions of Canadians, because of decades of cutting it beyond the bone.
Hate crimes against minorities are increasing. Police in Canada are not much different than in the US re interacting with indigenous and racialized groups. Our federal government has fought in court for *years* to avoid providing proper health and education funding for indigenous children. Effects of climate change in Canada are just as serious as in the US. And so on. LW's daughter clearly thinks Canada is better than the US, but from my pov our situation is not as solid as she thinks.
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A lot of people don't understand just how much Canada and the US are intertwined and interdependent; what happens in the US spills over here to some degree. Our judicial/legal and political/democratic institutions have been more resilient to right-wing machinations true, but they're not entirely immune; Canada is becoming increasingly politically polarized too.
Canada does not have an abortion law, it's a medical procedure--but timely abortion access is difficult to impossible in many regions, like in Atlantic, rural, or northern Canada. (In most areas, anti-abortion "pregnancy crisis centres" outnumber legitimate abortion/reproductive health clinics.) Basic healthcare access in general (ER wait times, access to family doctors) is rapidly getting out of reach for millions of Canadians, because of decades of cutting it beyond the bone.
Hate crimes against minorities are increasing. Police in Canada are not much different than in the US re interacting with indigenous and racialized groups. Our federal government has fought in court for *years* to avoid providing proper health and education funding for indigenous children. Effects of climate change in Canada are just as serious as in the US. And so on. LW's daughter clearly thinks Canada is better than the US, but from my pov our situation is not as solid as she thinks.