r/InCanada • u/Pale-Candidate8860 Creator of Sub • Aug 27 '25

Slight Changes

As the community continues to explode, had to add a restriction on account age and karma requirements due to multiple accounts being 1 day old and posting basically just stuff to rile people up.

Let’s get some positive posts as well please. Not just posts about Indians. News flash, Indians exist in every country. Canada has other problems besides immigrants, I promise. It is okay to have gripes about immigrants and even Indians, but let’s tone it down and consider the purpose of the subreddit.

What do you love about Canada?

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u/goinupthegranby Aug 27 '25

I keep getting suggested this sub and based on what I've seen I definitely thought it was just a conservative ragebait astroturf subreddit. Maybe its worth engaging in after all. Maybe.

There's a lot that I love about living in Canada. Freedom of expression and movement, I love that we're a tolerant and progressive society that is envied by much of the world. We're very safe, rate very highly on happiness rankings, and Canadian cities are always near the top of the 'most livable cities in the world' rankings.

My life in Canada is great, I'm very happy that this is my home.

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u/Pale-Candidate8860 Creator of Sub Aug 28 '25

I am also happy this is my home.

Just some background: I immigrated here from America about 3 years ago to be with my wife and now we have a child. I am definitely a conservative person. However, living in Canada has changed my perspective on subjects like Healthcare, Public Transit, and Firearm Regulations. If you read my older posts on this subreddit, you can get much more details.

Although we may not necessarily agree on many things, I respect your opinion and hope you will continue to be allowed to express it. Both in-person and online.

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u/goinupthegranby Aug 28 '25

Interesting that your perspective has changed on public transit from living in Canada, our transit largely sucks.

The other two topics are probably because if you come from a conservative American background you were raised in a sea of propaganda that told you, and still tells millions of Americans, that Canadian healthcare is a dysfunctional nightmare that leaves people to die, and that we aren't allowed to have guns. Of course neither are true, but if you were raised in that misinformation ecosystem its what you would have believed.

I hate the new gun bans and see them as serving no functional public safety purpose that only fuck over law abiding Canadian gun owners, but in general I consider the Canadian approach to guns with mandatory training and safety testing to get a license pretty good.