> Unfortunately due to the internet the US is a major exporter of insane politics.

We tried blaming our internal problems on external forces for a while too, didn't work out too well.

Really fascinating to me how many political/social influencers from canada have so much commentary about american politics these days. I’m not necessarily saying they shouldn’t but how many americans make 6 and 7 figures commenting on canadian politics, unless alex jones is/was

The tables did turn a bit during the Ottawa convoy protests. Lots of absurdly bad takes from American conservative pundits on Trudeau being a "fascist" for using the emergencies act to bloodlylessly stop a crisis that, in the USA, would've involved the National guard (something that Canada doesn't have).

Ted Cruz, Faith Goldie, Stephan Molyneux, Crowder, the list goes on. Hard right and bigoted and even alt right conservative thought leaders are a Canadian export.

No nation will acknowledge responsibility for Ted Cruz.

That guy is just a ball of jelly, he’d walk around carrying a portrait of Chairman Mao if it got him a vote.

That's kind of the template for Canadian conservatism for the past decade. Flabby suburbanites who'll say whatever to whoever for votes. Ted Cruz looks like the 3rd step in the Andy Scheer->Jason Kenney->Cruz->Stephen Harper Pokevolution.

Polievre is breaking the mold by going full Trumper.