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It was 1930.
> In 1939, MS St. Louis carried Jewish German passengers fleeing the Nazi State to Cuba, where most were denied entry. The Canadian government under Prime Minister William Lyon MacKenzie King chose not to admit the passengers in Canada, and they returned to Europe.
Bro sent Jewish refugees back to Germany to die. Also notice the similar talking points about Jewish immigrants in the 1920/30s with the immigration talking points we're hearing in Canada right now. Just a different minority group slotted in this time. Canadians need to wake the fuck up about who actually is responsible for the faults in our country for more than a century (it's the people with money, regardless of ethnicity or religious affiliation.)
Also, fuck the telecom cartel. How the hell is my phone bill CAD$100/month in the most populous city in the country, you assholes.
How the hell indeed? Mine is 16,90€/month. 300mpbs internet speed, no data limit, 150min of free calls, 150 free SMS.
My boss's mom was on the MS St. Louis, and came to Canada eventually many decades later.
And my phone bill is CA$19/month in the most populous city in the country (Public Mobile, I think I have 1 GB a month that I never get remotely close to using up, unlimited calls and texts). I know that by international standards $19 should get me more than 1 GB, but just putting things in perspective.
But when I say Canada is an eugenics-practicing genocidal state, I get permabanned from the Canada sub
Somehow, I piss people off there regularly and am still fine.
I'm guessing you were shoehorning that into every conversation in a trolling kind of way.
Edit: Oh wait no you called for genocide of all Canadians. Yes, that will upset people.
Well, they pissed me off first!
So basically, what every British Empire guy was saying at the time.