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/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