Trump tariffs booed in Canada as Trudeau calls for national unity
www.bbc.com
Canadians have begun booing the US anthem at sports games, signalling the depth of anger at steep tariffs issued by Trump.

A few hours after President Donald Trump announced that he would impose steep tariffs on Canada, hockey fans in the capital Ottawa booed the Star-Spangled Banner during a National Hockey League game against a visiting US team.

  • Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca
    4·
    12 hours ago

    Hockey is the antithesis of nationalism in Canada just as “professional” sports are in many countries. Happens at kids games even.

    • Viri4thus@feddit.org
      91·
      12 hours ago

      I don’t think you understood what I wrote…

      Canada, as a civilised country, should refuse to play anthems for team sports…

      • Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca
        4·
        10 hours ago

        Oh I completely understand what you wrote and I agree with you. Nationalism in North America is rooted in pro sport. Lots of pro sport and the antics from it in North America were developed in wartime to help distract from major negative news events and help create a “national pride” in wartime. Thus nationalism and sport are intertwined quite closely here.

        Hockey in Canada is just a dry run for nationalism and blind dedication to state. It teaches kids the exact same traits the military does. This is by design and few question it because it is so ingrained and even expected. My kids don’t play hockey. They get mocked and teased because of it. Not for long though. They’re learning Jiu Jitsu.

      • Cruxifux@feddit.nl
        41·
        11 hours ago

        As a Canadian I agree. It’s fucking weird and I’ve thought so since I was a child. Every Monday they’d play the anthem at schools too which I always thought was fucking weird.

            • Bo7a@lemmy.ca
              1·
              3 hours ago

              Aging myself here - But we used to sing the anthem every morning at school. And when I was in catholic school (montreal in the 80s only had catholic or protestant schools, no secular board existed in public schooling) that was followed by the lord’s prayer.

              I hate both now.

            • Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca
              2·
              10 hours ago

              Yup. And they are expected to stop what they are doing immediately. Remove any head cover aside from religious articles and stand at attention. It’s fucking insane. Public school.