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One of the best things we can do as a country right now is helpful acts like these.
These actions show the world Canada can be trusted for the leadership role being thrust upon us.
These random acts of kindness in the face of what’s going on show Trump and his masters that love beats everything.
Please send them solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries. Not fossil fuels!
Unfortunately aircraft still run on fossil fuels, which is a big part of getting goods into the country.
Also ships, but I’m not sure if the blockade is effectively stopping everything, or just oil tankers.
In a somewhat sick kind of way, would be kinda cool if they start using sailing yachts for local trade since they don’t have any fuel.
Ships have run on wind for a lot longer than humans have discovered how to make internal combustion engines…
… which I did mention… but there aren’t a whole lot of sail based cargo ships around anymore.
Longer term yeah, moving away from petroleum is obviously the move. But they need stuff now. And again, air travel is a huge problem right now. It’s hard to send aid there when the planes cant refuel. Not impossible, just more of a logistical problem.
People literally paddled between Florida and Cuba. Crocodiles migrate between the two. They’re very close.
Yeah, I’d love to see something like a Gaza flotilla of sail boats going from the Keys to Cuba to deliver aid like renewables
you have no idea how a power grid works.
Cuba already has large solar farms.
Decentralized grids is the solution. Other Caribian islands have done it.
Just because the grid is centralized doesn’t mean it needs to be that way. You sound old.
Why not just give them cash so they can buy them from China themselves?
Then China can just spin up another coal plant to sustain the extra demand.
Please go away, MapleMAGA.
Isn’t that what they’re doing, does someone other than China even refine enough rare earth to build them?
I always find it frustrating when people say “Washington is doing x” in reference to Washington DC (US capital) and not in reference to Washington (the state). I personally know people who were confused by this and didn’t know that Washington state existed.
If possible, please say the full name of Washington DC, or even just DC.
Oh I get it, it’s a bit like how it’s super annoying that America is used to refer to the US and American is commonly used to mean Estadounidense. Yea that’s frustrating.
People from the US who didn’t know Washington state existed, or elsewhere? It only actually matters if Washington state suddenly goes off the rails, which would be weird. We say “Ottawa” in Canada to refer to the federal government and we all understand what that means because of very obvious context clues.
In general I don’t disagree that being more accurate is a good thing, and “DC” is easier to write, too, but if people need the clarity here then they’re dumb as hell.
LOL, now I’m tempted to be a troll when someone bitches about Ottawa setting payments, and state, “I did not know that municipality had the power to determine how much a province receives.” or “Mark Sutcliffe must really hate Alberta.”
Numerous people from the US. It’s not a matter of stupidity, but of education.
I have to wonder, last time I checked Canada is a sovereign country, why can trump dictate who we can help and who we can not. My opinion: we should help the Cuban People as much as we can and give the Trumpsters the middle finger salute.
I mean, sanctions and blockaids are an important method of diplomacy (as an alternative to war). It worked for ending South African Apartheid.
But the UN has overwhelmingly voted to end the blockaid on Cuba.
In conclusion: sovereignty doesn’t make you higher than the UN. But it does make you higher than one country’s deranged fascist leader.
I agree but when the bully that gets away with everything makes a demand they should not be appeased. Personally I’d never want to do what they asked even just out of spite, but if taking a country into consideration then I see why concessions are made. It can only last so long though.
Canada bullshiting again. What cuba need is fuel.
No. What they need is solar panels and factories for manufacturing batteries, so they never need fuel.
You really shouldn’t be getting downvoted on this. Sending $8 million dollars & no fuel is basically just a PR stunt for the politically shallow. It is bullshit.
They should get downvoted for ignorance. You cannot run a grid on solar and a few batteries.
Also, Cuba already has large solar farms. 92 of them near completion.
They need a solution today, not in a few years. Today. The solution today is fuel, either via the blockade being ended or fuel aid being delivered. Canada is neither delivering fuel aid nor even calling out the blockade.
If the US succeeds in overthrowing their government, there’s a pretty good chance the electrification effort underway will be going in the bin.
I expected the downvotes . Lemmy communities about specific country are always over protective of their countries. They can’t accept a single criticism like cultists. They looks like fools to me
This doesn’t say they aren’t sending fuel.
There you go. As of OP being written that wasn’t public, though.
There is a fuel embargo. You really believe thst Canada would ignore it?
99% of the time I’d agree with you, but Canada is close enough to Cuba that I can see it happening.
If it was true it would have been mentionned in articles and in Anita annand statements
The US has an embargo, we don’t.
I would hope that we would continue to send fuel to them.
Trump threatened anybody who does it with tarrifs
The tariffs that were deamed invalid? Or the new tariffs that will also be deamed invalid?
You think the dictator in the making Trump will keep respecting the courts?
Has he ever? Not sure if he’s ever not failed to comply properly 😂
I want 0 trade with the Americans so that’s a good thing to me.
I mean Canada already has tariffs and their Trade Secretary is not backing down, even adding tariffs to the free trade agreements…
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I mean, apparently they’re willing to go against the US on Cuba, per this article. It’s not specified which things Cuba needs they’ll be sending, but it’s something.
Like Canada claimed to oppose Iraq war while sharing intel with the Americans and providing naval and air support? Canada has always been a disgusting hypocritical country
Cool.
There is a tariff threat to those who would help. It is disgusting in of itself, but everything Canada says/does is met with a tariff threat, and so we should call the bluff. Cuba is a much better place to visit than Florida, and Canadians are lucky to be one of the few who get to go there, and Cuba would be much better off if US lifted its oppression, but its important to not tolerate pure evil.
Pushing back against the US, or even contributing to its collapse, is the only path to respect for Canada. Doug Ford sucking every dick in Washington not only has it gotten him nothing, he had to apologize for daring to say that tariffs hurt everyone. While sound logic, the guys getting their dick sucked aren’t complaining, and don’t mind that he obeys orders to suck harder.
Good on you guys for having balls. Here in Estonia we can’t even move off fucking Microsoft Teams in government services because they’re all too busy sucking American cock (I mean the decisionmakers, not regular employees lol), I can’t imagine we’d ever do anything to upset Trump at this point.
Here in Estonia we can’t even move off fucking Microsoft Teams in government services because they’re all too busy sucking American cock
Canadian government uses Teams.
Why smart? The goal is to get the oppressive communist regime of cuba to collapse, how is helping them going to get them further towards this goal?
Same with the UK not letting the US use bases against Iran, why are western governments pussy footing around with awful regimes that kill their own citizens?
Can you cite the oppression? Because I have seen you get free medical school there and they have cancer treatments other countries don’t.
But insulin is 80 CENTS! Who can afford that?
The guy support israel no wonder that he love collective punishement of cuban people
Can you cite the oppression?
Why do I have to do all the work
Because I have seen you get free medical school there and they have cancer treatments other countries don’t.
By other countries do you mean America?
We also have access to free education: https://tafeqld.edu.au/courses/apply-and-enrol/subsidised-training/fee-free#courses
We also have universal healthcare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_Australia
They also can’t afford it
while historical allies such as Russia and China no longer offer unlimited financial support due to the island’s crushing public debt (108.6% of GDP) and deficit (about 17% at its peak), as well as its record of defaults on loan repayments.
Can you cite the oppression?
I did here: https://aussie.zone/post/30024551/21613626
https://www.amnesty.org/en/location/americas/central-america-and-the-caribbean/cuba/report-cuba/
Sounds like Cubans have almost made up their mind and voted with their feet:
, one in four Cubans have left in four years
Most Cubans want change. But you cannot lead opposition inside Cuba because the regime jails any potential organiser
Thanks for links, I asked because you came across as knowing more than I.
The Cubans I have met didn’t talk very negatively about their homeland, just that the US embargo’s cripple their country and so life is harder than what they see in rich countries, and so wanted more.
We have some subsidized enrollment in Canada too, but in a communist system its not about subsidizing a for profit system by application approval, its about providing it to all as a service.
As for cancer treaments mine was head and neck cancer (all free in Canada) but it was old medicine techniques of blast and (hopefully) recover. Cuba with non profit pharmaceutical had come up with a “cure” for it but not available in USA or Canada because of the stupid politics and restrictions.
I’m not purporting they are a utopia, but I think USA media paints a dictator regime propaganda, while doing the exact same thing themselves.
Political scientists characterize the political system of Cuba as a single-party authoritarian regime where political opposition is not permitted.[12][13][14] There are elections, but they are not considered democratic.[15][16] According to the V-Dem Democracy Indices, Cuba is the second least democratic country in Latin America.[17] Censorship of information (including limits to internet access) is extensive,[18][19][20] and independent journalism is repressed in Cuba;[21] Reporters Without Borders has characterized Cuba as one of the worst countries in the world for press freedom.[22][23]
If this is the comment you meant, then its not really a good one, you are describing the current US ADMIN.
The western governments, I will remind you, are run by nazi pedophiles
Canada is run by nazi pedophiles? Damn I had no idea
Australia isn’t, when you say western governments are you meaning to say the American government?
Don’t be naive
In short, helping any regime do collective punishment on a group of people is bad.
The goal is to get the oppressive communist regime of cuba to collapse,
And replace it with an oppressive capitalist regime willing to sell the country to American capital, don’t forget that part. We already fucking know what America bringing “democracy” means, and nobody with any decency should be cooperating with that. Clearly Canada’s goal is to not (or at least look like they won’t) let America starve Cuba to death.
why are western governments pussy footing around with awful regimes that kill their own citizens?
As opposed to western governments that kill other people’s citizens?
Don’t you know? When I kill citizens, it’s called freedom. When someone else kills citizens, it’s called tyranny.
Governments I like are called governments, governments someone else likes is called regimes.
Don’t you want to support freedom? Why are western governments so against freedom? Why is Canada playing pussyfoot with oppressive tyrannical communist regimes?
The person who thinks this post is legit doesn’t deserve an /s.
I mean, I’m just listening to Cubans themselves, they call it a regime.
One of Cuba’s most prominent former political prisoners, José Daniel Ferrer García, the founder of the opposition group Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), went into exile in Miami in October after decades of activism and multiple imprisonments.
“Most Cubans, inside and outside, want change,” he says. “But you cannot lead opposition inside Cuba because the regime jails any potential organiser immediately.”
Another exiled political dissident, Luis Leonel León, Miami-based director of the Cuban Studies Institute, argues that forced exile has always been the regime’s fix – sending generations abroad and giving rise to what he calls the “empty island”. For many, he says, hope is so diminished that even rebelling seems pointless; the best option is to leave rather than fight.
The COVID trucker convoy labeled the Liberal government as a regime. They also say the liberal government suppresses dissent and the freezing of bank accounts as totalitarian. They also say most Canadians oppose the Liberal regime and that Trudeau got fewer votes then the Conservatives.
Many such people emigrated to Mexico saying leaving is better than fighting.
Are you going to say the Liberal government is a regime?
I bet there is at least one Cuban who labels the government as the government.
“Cubans” don’t view their government as a regime. You do, then found a Cuban that agrees with you and then put their quote in bold.
You just proved my point. Government I like is called a government, government someone else likes is called regine.
If you are consistent with “regime” you’d call all governments as regimes.
In the Iran case, there’s a concern about what happens after the US blows stuff up and then leaves.
western governments
pussy footing around with awful regimes thatkill their own citizens [and are genocidal pedos]FTFY. I really wouldn’t wanna live in Cuba but don’t tell me the west are the good guys.
Btw "pussy“ as an insult has become kind of weird to me, what makes you use that for something you perceive as "weak“? E.g. being bitch would serve a similar purpose but the meaning of the word seems to actually relate to what you’re trying to express no? Honestly curious.
Btw "pussy“ as an insult
That’s not what the term “pussyfoot” means.
Etymology
From pussy (“feline”) + foot; because of the light and careful tread of cats.
Interesting, thank you! not a native speaker but I guess I could have looked this up myself.
western governments kill their own citizens
How many citizens has Canada killed recently? Is it upwards of 30,000?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_massacres
Can you point to me any recent Canadian government massacres?
Btw "pussy“ as an insult has become kind of weird to me
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/pussyfooting
Also what makes “dick” mean being rude or “dickhead” meaning acting stupid? who knows
Mossad rioters being called peaceful protestors is the warmongering narrative. Israel media proudly boasting about Mossad rioters, and Ted Cruz calling to arm the Mossad rioters more, exposes the pure demonism of the empire. This message was provided in the off chance that you are fooled by demonic agenda, instead of an active promoter of demonism.
Israel killed st least 70k you always defended it
Wasn’t this supposed to be about Cuba? Why are you bringing Iran into it?
My comment was
Same with the UK not letting the US use bases against Iran, why are western governments pussy footing around with awful regimes that kill their own citizens?
but hey while we’re here:
Political scientists characterize the political system of Cuba as a single-party authoritarian regime where political opposition is not permitted.[12][13][14] There are elections, but they are not considered democratic.[15][16] According to the V-Dem Democracy Indices, Cuba is the second least democratic country in Latin America.[17] Censorship of information (including limits to internet access) is extensive,[18][19][20] and independent journalism is repressed in Cuba;[21] Reporters Without Borders has characterized Cuba as one of the worst countries in the world for press freedom.[22][23]
Friends of yours?
Oh, hell, sorry, I had no idea that the “V-Dem Democracy Index” judged that Cuba was the most evil country on earth. Yes, in that case I hope the nazi pedophile government of the united states completely cuts off all fuel, food, and medical supplies, and drops bombs as necessary, until every last man woman and child on the island has been freed. Then they can build some beautiful casinos over the rubble, like they plan to do with Gaza.
Yes. Cuba is lovely. But you’re moving goalposts again. When you decided to weirdly include Iran in all this, you included them due a massacre of 30k people. That’s a far cry from your complaints about Cuba. So why are you conflating them as though they were the same place?
They’re both autocratic. Iran actually has more democratic features.
