Sure, I agree with that rephrasing. If your only measure is whether violence would break out, then sure. Russia is more likely to go to war with Canada over the arctic territores than Israel.

But considering that the reports put Israel high up there with external interference, then, yes, i wouldn’t use “friendly” terminology with a genocidal supremacist state that supports rightwing politicians in our neighboring country during elections. Definitely more detrimental than a bunch of hick truckers not liking masks.

To use your argument, it’s not an “either” argument of “more of an ally”. Israel is not an ally to Canada and never was - let’s not excuse or normalize double standards.

Canadian security agencies literally flag it as 1 of 6 countries (amongst Russia, China, India) trying to meddle in Canadian affairs and push disinformation.

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/ottawa-must-sharpen-its-monitoring-of-foreign-interference-in-elections-report-says/article_91413eb3-0f60-5b66-bfb6-78eb86d6f930.html

Literally published by Israeli journalists too (Haaretz): https://archive.ph/DBpdE

primarily aimed at Black lawmakers and young progressives in the United States and Canada

Faking polls in Canada to steer public discourse: https://breachmedia.ca/israeli-consulate-backed-aurora-strategies-poll-gaza/

Misinformation campaigns about the genocide 2024 report: https://globalnews.ca/news/10559838/canada-concerns-israel-misinformation/

It’s funny how once China is involved, the Government all of a sudden cares about consumer privacy and data protection.

All modern vehicles collect a ton of telemetry through their telemetry units and these companies are being advised by consulting groups to monetize the data.

Hell! Even Israeli intelligence is hacking into these telemetry units because their security is piss poor

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/security-aviation/2026-02-16/ty-article-magazine/.premium/your-car-is-spying-on-you-and-israeli-firms-are-leading-the-surveillance-race/0000019c-6651-d2f0-a19c-7fdd81920000

But, yeah, now it’s a problem when China might have a backdoor.

The US definitely is! Maybe not sending members of Congress as far as I know, but fully supporting separatists. That’s why I asked OP if they accept it, since they seem to be up in arms about China pulling a stink about Canada doing the same with Taiwan.

Would you accept the US sending members of congress to meet with Danielle Smith and encourage Alberta separatists?

Or just direct involvement of Zionists (which, given their record on pedophilia, there’s a Venn Diagram overlapping with Epstein).

BBCs editor for the Middle East (Raffi Berg) is a hardcore zionist who has support from advisor Robert Gibb (worked with the Jewish Chronicles and is very right wing, appointed by Boris Johnson) the executives at BBC

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/bbc-civil-war-gaza-israel-biased-coverage

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/2/over-100-staff-accuse-bbc-of-bias-in-its-coverage-of-israels-war-in-gaza

LOL! And here I thought Lemmy was like old reddit. But reactionaries is the new norm online I guess. Nobody needs your bad vibes dude, glad there’s a block option.

Hahaha I don’t care about the Star, just the story because it hasn’t been reported on and it’s as important as ever. Whitewashing with true stories is a common tactic used by the media, we all know that.

It’s ok bud, not everything is psy-op. This is Lemmy, not Reddit.

Unless you just want to angrily wave your fist at clouds…

It happens in so many counties where migrant workers are taken advantage of and scapegoated simultaneously, while employers and government policies are rarely ever criticized as the cause.

Not sure why people would rather blame someone simply for trying to improve their material conditions than the actual institutions taking advantage of them.

I’m not a fan of The Star’s owners - and a quite a few of their journalists/editors - either, but they have most recently reported on the exploitation of migrant workers in Canada that’s been documented for several years.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/un-report-abuse-temporary-foreign-workers-canada-1.7293495

https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr20/8807/2025/en/

https://ijb.utoronto.ca/news/this-is-the-new-slavery-migrant-farm-workers-underpaid-abused-and-injured/