Based on the track record of the US trying to roll back rights at a federal level and make them handled on a state level, wouldn’t we be basically in the same boat of our rights being eroded?
Honest question, have you thought about joining an organisation locally that advocated for the changes that you would like to see? They say the first step to change is local change. I know municipal and provincial government is less buzz worthy but it impacts people daily a lot more.
I mean if I’m allowed to have a non true or false pride and can have some level of granularity, I’m proud of a lot of things.
I think we’ve done pretty good with national pharmacare, and dental care. I know its not perfect, and it came to slow, and the roll out wasn’t great, but I have pride in the fact that were offering it.
I’m proud of the way we extended the way EI covers maternity and sick leave in the 1970s.
I’m proud of the legalisation of marijuana, because it now means that people have access to a product that gets tested for quality and health concerns.
Sure none of it is perfect, but I’ll take 30% of what it should be as long as its a start. If we wait for perfection well never get anywhere. We just have to keep striving for better.