Toronto Wounded Pride. Another Example 'Team Canada' Is Theatre

Well, this is interesting.

So, Toronto Pride is cancelled because....American money won't pay for it?

What happened to Team Canada and Buy Canadian?

We can't even pay for our own festivals?

And we think we're not a 51st state because? 

But this is very much in line with Canada. I've been talking about this feature in Canadian culture on and off for years now.

We simply don't invest in ourselves.

Even the hallowed Montreal Canadiens - a cultural institution in Quebec - rely on American corporate capital. It's the difference between risky dink and major leagues. The NHL itself became a viable commercial enterprise because of the United States. 

The Liberals and Freeland love to boast about how businesses invest in Canada. What they don't tell you is America makes up 50% of foreign direct investment.

Continue antagonizing them and you'll see that figure evaporate. 

Of course, the response will be "we'll replace them". No, they won't. They can't. These people don't understand business. They're bureaucrats. They know how to grift and hand money to cronies.

As usual, the media and Canadian culture tend to fall back on blaming the U.S. whenever there's a problem. Easier that way. The odd thing here is we didn't fund it ourselves. And that it comes after USAID was basically a CIA front as was suspected for decades. Chalk another one up for the conspiracy theorists. If they were a baseball hitter or slugger they'd be Tony Gwynn and Ted Williams.

We relied on American money. As we've always done. 

"Team Canada" hypocrisy on full display.

Want Pride? Show real pride and pay for it.

Alas, always easier to virtue signal and attack low hanging fruit like Trump.

Lazy.

Dumb.

Pathetic.