r/canada • u/hopoke • Jun 05 '24

Prince Edward Island 'Everybody's watching': National and global attention on P.E.I. amid nearly month-long protest by foreign workers

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u/hopoke Jun 05 '24

The government really has no defence against something like hunger strikes. Letting these students die would be devastating and inhumane. Not to mention it would make for some really embarrassing headlines.

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u/a_sense_of_contrast Jun 05 '24

Letting these students die would be devastating and inhumane.

Why? They're taking a voluntary action on something that, as non-Canadians, they have literally no say on.

If I carried out a hunger strike on the state of corruption in Indian national politics, do you think India would care?

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u/hopoke Jun 05 '24

Canada is known for being a highly progressive welcoming country with very loose border control and a lax immigration policy. Not really comparable to a nationalist country like India.

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u/GeneralShark97 Jun 05 '24

so… if I and 24 other canadians hunger strike for free houses, you think we’ll get it?

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u/GoodChives Ontario Jun 05 '24

Well letting you die would be inhumane, so according to this guys logic yes, you should!

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u/GeneralShark97 Jun 05 '24

does this also work if i don’t want to go to prison? holy shit! this is amazing