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Politicians in Canada are cowards...

26 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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In this excerpt from a YouTube political commentary, the speaker argues that Canadian political elites suffer from two major problems. First, a subset of politicians are "scraping the barrel" for extra votes by portraying recent protesters as being backed by radical left‑wing forces—such as Antifa, neo‑Marxists, NDP affiliates, and unions—whose alleged goal is to destabilize the city, and who supposedly do not care about the Palestinian cause. Second, the speaker contends that pervasive fear within the city silences citizens, and a society dominated by fear lacks a hopeful future. The overall tone is polemical and critical, emphasizing concern over political manipulation and social intimidation.

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Uh, there's two main problems among the, uh, the political elites. Uh, one is there's a group who are scraping the barrel for a few extra votes. They think, uh, these protesters or mobs are supported, uh, by radical left-wing groups, uh, NDP groups, uh, unions, uh, groups that, uh, that are really there to destabilize the city. And many of them are, uh, are part of Antifa or neo-Marxists are, are communists and defund the police. Most of them could care less about the Palestinians. They are there to destabilize the city. So the second, uh, the second reason people don't speak out is fear. And you've got a lot of fear out there. And a city with— that's, that's got fear penetrating society has little future.