You know, Canada used to be the country that quietly got along with everyone. We were the neighbour who returned your lawnmower with a full tank of gas, the polite one who held the door open for America even while they stomped around like an elephant on roller skates. But now? Now we’re the guy at the bar who picks a fight with his best friend while pretending the guy who actually stole his wallet doesn’t exist.
Take hockey games, for example. Canadians are now booing the U.S. national anthem like America stole our poutine recipe. Seriously? We’ll boo the Star-Spangled Banner, but when flags are literally being burned in the streets of Toronto, when protests in our own cities are chanting for violence against Canadians, we just politely look the other way and say, “Well, that’s their right to free speech.”
That’s what we’ve become—a nation that only takes a stand when it’s safe, when there’s no real risk of pushback. You think booing America is bold? Please. America is like the golden retriever of world superpowers—loud, obnoxious, but mostly friendly. They’re not going to cancel maple syrup imports because a few thousand drunk hockey fans in Toronto got riled up. But if someone actually threatens our national security? Suddenly, everyone’s playing deaf.
And speaking of real threats, let’s talk about the so-called “trade war” that isn’t a trade war at all. No, this isn’t about tariffs or economic bullying. The U.S. has one very simple request: stop the flood of fentanyl and illegal immigrants pouring across the border into their country. That’s it. That’s the whole thing. And our fearless leader, Justin Trudeau, took a deep breath, puffed up his chest, and… lied.
Yeah, he promised the U.S. that he’d put 10,000 frontline workers on border security. Where are these 10,000 people coming from? We don’t have 10,000 spare border officers. We don’t have 10,000 spare RCMP. Heck, we barely have enough Tim Hortons employees to keep the drive-thrus moving. So, unless Trudeau is planning on cloning a border patrol army overnight, that promise was about as real as a Canadian winter without road salt.
Meanwhile, the U.S. is done playing nice. They made the same demand to Mexico, and guess what? Mexico actually did something about it. They stepped up. And in return, the U.S. backed off on their tariff threats. Canada? We just sat there nodding, pretending to be serious, like a student who promises to study but never opens the textbook. And now we’re shocked—shocked!—that the U.S. is losing patience.
This isn’t about an economic war, or Trump being mean to Canada. It’s about the U.S. finally drawing the line and saying, “Enough.” The fentanyl crisis is gutting American cities, and a good chunk of it is sneaking in through Canada. The border is a mess, and while we love to point fingers at the U.S., let’s not pretend we don’t have problems of our own.
But instead of dealing with actual issues, we choose performative outrage. Booing the American anthem? Safe. Calling out real threats? Too risky. Our government is too busy virtue-signaling to actually govern. They’re more concerned with making sure they don’t offend the wrong group than they are with, you know, protecting Canadians.
At some point, we have to ask ourselves: What happened to us? When did we become a country that only protests when it’s convenient? When did we become a nation that punches its friends in the face while giving its enemies a free pass?
Boo America all you want, but don’t pretend it makes you brave. True courage is standing up when it actually costs you something. And right now, Canada seems to have forgotten what that even looks like.
Shame on us.
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