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I asked my boyfriend in Canada once, how he deals with polar bears because I was curious about what to do and he was like, just be calm, let them know you’re there, and give them space and they’ll usually just go away. 

In Finland on the other hand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7_pVrIshxA

Lmao Finland Man ain’t taking shit from bears.

PERRrrRrrRrKELE

((Two kinds of people))

always remember gay men are the reason we dont have to pay for public bathrooms in canada

WAIT HUH??? IM CANADIAN????? WHY HAVE I NEVER HEARS ABOUT THIS UNTIL NOW??????

two gay men got arrested for fucking in a public bathroom but they argued since you had to pay for it it was a hotel and it was fine. their defence worked and we dont have to pay for bathrooms anymore

it's so *nice* to know homophobia won out over capitalism /s

If y'all wanna know how Canada is doing with the apocalyptic heatwave, an entire town spontaneously combusted the other day and is now Gone

This sounds exaggerated but Lytton B.C. is now uninhabitable and missing a number of residents. Please y'all pay attention and prepare for evacaution warnings

Holy Shit

Spread and donate please.

How DARE Indigenous protestors (*checks notes*) mildly inconvenience Canadians by demonstrating against (*checks notes again*) an illegal invasion of unceded Wet'suwet'en land in support of an industry that's (*checks notes a final time*) actively working to kill all life on Earth!

Yeah, if only they’d... *checks notes* wait, they have no legal form of protest? None? All the white settlers I know seem so sure there’s a politer way to do it!

(For clarification about this addition: Yes Canada literally passed a law that marks Indigenous protesters as terrorists. [Link] [Link] [Link])

Netflix really knows how to attract an audience huh

I don’t know why he’s pretending he doesn’t know what he did. HE KNOWS.

An Artist 👌🏻

Imagine getting arrested for trespassing and your only excuse is this

Are we all just passing over the fact that he’s called Bichelangelo

To all binary trans & non-binary folks born in Ontario

Ontario is temporarily waiving the fee for changing your sex indicator on your birth certificate. There are other fees associated with ordering a copy of it, but go forth and change your flag, folks!

Temporarily = through April 2019, so this one will stay good for a bit!

submedia has posted a video of anti-fascists shutting down the far-right anti-immigrant group, La Meute in Montreal on July 1st, 2018:

“On July 1st, far right group #LaMeute planned to hold their “largest and best rally ever” in #Montreal. #Anti-fascists outnumbered them, surrounded them, and prevented them from marching by keeping them confined to a single block.“

I asked my boyfriend in Canada once, how he deals with polar bears because I was curious about what to do and he was like, just be calm, let them know you’re there, and give them space and they’ll usually just go away. 

In Finland on the other hand.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7_pVrIshxA

Lmao Finland Man ain’t taking shit from bears.

PERRrrRrrRrKELE

((Two kinds of people))

How To Support Canadian Net Neutrality

Posted December 19th, 00:45 PST

If you are currently unfamiliar with the unexpected net neutrality battle, please refer to this post.

As a short summary, Bell Media, backed by Cineplex and Rogers Media, is attempting to take control of net neutrality in Canada by going directly to the CRTC (who regulates most Canadian media related leglislation).

This allows them to skip the regular court process that would normally open them to public disapproval and is a dangerous and underhanded move for all Canadians.

This guide will show you how to directly comment to the CRTC on the proposal put forward by Bell step by step. The comment process should take less than ten minutes and could make a huge difference on tomorrow’s outcome.

The following is for Canadian citizens or permanent residents only. If you are neither please follow the above link where you can still make your voice heard by signing the active petition. Please also continue to circulate information including this post and the post linked above.

You can continue to do this until the hearing period is over, but comments submitted in the next few hours will also hold a lot of weight.

First open a new browser tab to this page: https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/CommentForm/Default-Defaut.aspx?lang=e&EN=2017-429&ET=N&S=O&PA=B&PT=A&PST=A&FN=

You will see a feedback form. Select all three applicants listed (Bell Media, Corus Entertainment, and Rogers Media).

Next, select your intervention type as opposition. You will also submit your comment here. If you don’t know what to write or don’t feel comfortable writing from scratch, you can use the following skeleton:

“My name is [LEGAL NAME], and I am writing my intervention in opposition to this application.

The application will set a standard for media moderation without input from the majority of Canadian consumers. As a Canadian citizen, I do not believe this is in line with our right to freedom of speech and furthermore does not accurately represent the majority of consumers desires.

As a consumer I ask for this application to be denied, as it stands in opposition to the beliefs of the CRTC as well as the values we as a people hold for our freedom of information and speech.”

I recommend changing the wording slightly if you are able. However even just a direct paste if you agree with the message still is a good contribution.

This next part is optional, but I would recommend selecting “I do not wish to appear” unless you are completely confident should you actually be asked to defend your message in person.

Unless for some reason you actually are a respondent or a designated representative (if you are one you’ll know, don’t worry), skip these two. Agree to the confirmation of service, you won’t be asked to provide evidence or proof as you are responding as a consumer not as a legal or commercial representative.

Finally, before completing make sure all necessary sections are properly filled out. Use your legal name and most professional email.

If you have any questions or if I missed something, please let me know.

I mean this sincerely to my Canadian followers, and with no amount of malice to my non-Canadian ones: this will not be talked about internationally the way the FCC’s repeal was. These companies have a much better chance of getting what they want through discretion. 

Canucks, do your fellow citizen a solid and attempt one/both of the two options listed: sign the petition up top (takes no time at all) and/or write to the CRTC directly (takes 10 minutes tops, I’ve done both already, can confirm), and make those comically polite voices heard, please and thank you!

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For Canadians Who Are At A Loss As To What To Do To Help Muslim Refugees Being Targeted by Trump’s Ban { source article from greatislander.ca }

All links:

Asylum from the US. Let that sink in.

  this pun is entirely worth breaking my tumblr silence for

FROMIDABLE

@copperbadge

IT’S EVEN BETTER IN FRENCH THAN IN ENGLISH

C'est brie-llant!

I see what you did there, you muenster.