In a typical, Canadian vanilla, vinyl-seat manner, yes. What we're seeing with the Liberal party is essentially a northern Peronism: an ever-expanding, parasitic public sector that feeds off of the few productive remnants of the economy. And as his reaction to the Trucker Convoy has shown, there is definitely a sinister authoritarianism underneath the sheen of smiley face Trudeaupian progressivism. This is leading to an increasing rot in Canadian civic life, to the point where corrupt institutions are first tolerated, then questioned, then outright attacked for sheer survival, so it's no coincidence he's bringing in ever draconian censorship legislation to keep the lid on the pot (a recent, secret RCMP report essentially says this in so many terms).

My parents left before the dictatorship in 1978; people forget the rot began under Peron's second wife, Isabel, when the economy began to spiral, police stations were attacked, and civic order broke down when leftist violence began spreading throughout the country. In Canada's case I'm not sure we'll get to that level of violence, but in some sense the rot will manifest itself in the face of truly insane immigration numbers, increasing cultural fragmentation and rapid economic degradation where no one in Canada under 40 years old will ever believe they will own a home; we're starting to see significant emigration numbers for example among young professionals, especially in tech.

So no I don't think we'll see Ford Falcons whisking people off into the night, never to be seen again. But I don't see a good future ahead, at all.