First of all, I do not mean blame Canadians, or the country as a whole. The vast majority of Canadians are very progressive, and vote that way. But that majority has been held hostage for years by a political logjam.
The problem is that the center and left in Canada are divided into three significant parties. And all of the right wing support is in the hands of a well-disguised far-right circle of corporatists. People used to call them Bush/Cheney light, when a more accurate description is probably Bush/Cheney sly. Rand Paul on mute.
They are one with the oil industry in every practical way, and as a result the current Canadian government is partnered with big oil, and working hard to weaken climate legislation in the US.
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