Constitutionalism: Lessons from Canada | Conrad Black

Watch the full speech at freedomlibrary.hillsdale.edu/programs/constitution-day-celebration-2023/constitutionalism-lessons-from-canada?sc=Black
“Constitutionalism: Lessons from Canada”
Conrad Black
Publisher, Businessman, and Author
This speech was given on September 13, 2023, during a Hillsdale College Constitution Day Celebration.
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  • @waynesimmonds9646
    @waynesimmonds96462 ай бұрын

    Thank god for those few who have the balls to speak truth. If it hurts, too bad, just listen.

  • @HavingFunYet-zc8wb

    @HavingFunYet-zc8wb

    2 ай бұрын

    Please stop .. The man gave up his Canadian citizenship t be come Brit Lord [ Traitor ] .. worse a monarchist ..believes i RIGHTS by BLOOD this is some thing you scrape off your shoe ..

  • @HavingFunYet-zc8wb

    @HavingFunYet-zc8wb

    2 ай бұрын

    Question what do Monarchist , Zionist , Bandara and Classic NAZI ? Answer Rights by blood

  • @chrisgreene2623

    @chrisgreene2623

    2 ай бұрын

    Depends if you are so insular and parochial you take at face value he is speaking the truth

  • @bearowen5480
    @bearowen54802 ай бұрын

    I went to Hillsdale's site to hear Lord Black's speech in its entirety. It was a virtuoso performance from beginning to end. Even if one were disinterested in the topic, which I am not, this man's incomparable command of the English language would still be mesmerizing. It was a pure joy to listen to even though he annunciated themes which are deeply troubling to both Americans and Canadians. Well done, Lord Black. I eagerly look forward to your future lectures on important topics of our times.

  • @franciscafazzo3460

    @franciscafazzo3460

    2 ай бұрын

    Sounds like a bag of wind

  • @mattplaschka1873

    @mattplaschka1873

    2 ай бұрын

    The title “Lord” is not recognized in Canada.

  • @canoeman1961

    @canoeman1961

    2 ай бұрын

    This man could recite a phonebook and still be interesting.

  • @markmckaig2168

    @markmckaig2168

    2 ай бұрын

    More like Ex convict Conrad Black

  • @t.b.g.504

    @t.b.g.504

    2 ай бұрын

    @@mattplaschka1873 Due to that Nickle Resolution, unfortunately.

  • @katherinejaconello7334
    @katherinejaconello73342 ай бұрын

    This lecture by Mr. Black boosted my morale. I have taken all the online Constitution courses at Hillsdale College over the last few years. I would like to do one on Canada presented by Conrad Black. I am Canadian.

  • @omegaman7377

    @omegaman7377

    2 ай бұрын

    The latest studies of the Covid vaccines will had the opposite effects. The Canadian Constitution is a big piece garbage. Trudeau had proved it. I'm sure the people dying of cancers are happy to learn the action of governement was inconstitutionnal.

  • @lc3853

    @lc3853

    2 ай бұрын

    Black is a convicted fraud.

  • @TheVeritas2100

    @TheVeritas2100

    2 ай бұрын

    ditto

  • @user-qx2pd2yh7k
    @user-qx2pd2yh7k2 ай бұрын

    Appreciate/respect/admire Mr. Black's intelligence 🦉

  • @paulyarek

    @paulyarek

    2 ай бұрын

    He is a slime

  • @user-qx2pd2yh7k

    @user-qx2pd2yh7k

    2 ай бұрын

    @@paulyarek Edithhhhh! Get me a bearrr, would yah huhh? 😁💚

  • @marcdb1412
    @marcdb14122 ай бұрын

    I am reading your books about the History of Canada, in three books, Thank you so much for such presentation. I think such books should be used in the Universities as History lessons. Thank Sir for your excellent work.

  • @techapps2

    @techapps2

    2 ай бұрын

    D the day h off for CG h high get to h off FG hurryf test off the s egg hutch feet j Fox

  • @robm9581

    @robm9581

    2 ай бұрын

    Lol convicted criminal, man who gave up citizenship to be a lord, what a joke of a human

  • @gillesblanchard1699

    @gillesblanchard1699

    2 ай бұрын

    Oh! It is like reading history in Poutine's history books or the right in the USA!

  • @marcdb1412

    @marcdb1412

    2 ай бұрын

    @@gillesblanchard1699 I'm sorry Gilles, what is the Poutine's history book? Sorry for not knowing it.

  • @myleghurts3546
    @myleghurts35462 ай бұрын

    Mr. Black, thank you for telling us what we've known for 380 years.

  • @SteveBene
    @SteveBene2 ай бұрын

    Blessings from Montreal Canada

  • @pool2587

    @pool2587

    2 ай бұрын

    Chilliwack,Cascadia

  • @Saratogan
    @Saratogan2 ай бұрын

    Love the Twain comment; "Wagner's music is not as bad as it sounds." Lord Black's erudition is at least as good as it sounds.

  • @dy6682

    @dy6682

    2 ай бұрын

    Lord Black is wonderful so too is Richard Wagner ‘s music .

  • @sonnylambert4893

    @sonnylambert4893

    2 ай бұрын

    Twain was/ is FANTASTIC also.

  • @gillesblanchard1699

    @gillesblanchard1699

    2 ай бұрын

    Frightful to see ignorance in action!

  • @PeterQuentercrimsonbamboo
    @PeterQuentercrimsonbamboo2 ай бұрын

    Fabulous… but why cut his speech short ?

  • @zakstev

    @zakstev

    2 ай бұрын

    I asked the same question. Maybe it exists elsewhere...does anybody know the answer?

  • @MrCanadave
    @MrCanadaveАй бұрын

    Conrad Black is a great Canadian

  • @honahwikeepa2115
    @honahwikeepa21152 ай бұрын

    Personal peace and affluence as Francis A Schaeffer put it.

  • @aljorgy2310
    @aljorgy23102 ай бұрын

    Thanks Conrad, you are one of the best Canada can offer !! 😊

  • @obhytheophanous7348
    @obhytheophanous73482 ай бұрын

    Great 👍👍👍

  • @jz5005
    @jz50052 ай бұрын

    While it’s easy to dislike the Lord, it undeniable that he has a rare set and depth of abilities and has lived a fascinating life.

  • @sonnylambert4893

    @sonnylambert4893

    2 ай бұрын

    Why easy? Too white, male, patriarchal? Lol

  • @jz5005

    @jz5005

    2 ай бұрын

    @@sonnylambert4893Is it outlandish there could be reasons some people may not like others, aside from the immutable groups to which they belong? I didn’t even say I don’t like him. But I acknowledge many don’t. He’s certainly arrogant, ethically challenged, abandoned his Canadian citizenship just to get a title, and takes joy in commonly using words most don’t know exist. Is it shhhocking that not everyone admires those sorts off qualities?

  • @misterparadise9542
    @misterparadise95422 ай бұрын

    Wonderful!

  • @senorjp21
    @senorjp212 ай бұрын

    Love him or hate him, Black is an astounding history scholar

  • @gillesblanchard1699

    @gillesblanchard1699

    2 ай бұрын

    and is also an staunching criminal lacking morals!

  • @brustar5152

    @brustar5152

    2 ай бұрын

    Scholar my arse! He's just parroting a variety of historical narratives written by far better people such as Pierre Berton.

  • @kenf8378

    @kenf8378

    2 ай бұрын

    He had lots of time to study while he sat in the slammer.

  • @kenf8378

    @kenf8378

    Ай бұрын

    only if you happen to believe his version of Canada's history.

  • @AMG-BENZ-1
    @AMG-BENZ-12 ай бұрын

    As a French Canadian, I salute Lord Black’s profound respect for all Canadians and especially our French roots. We’ve always strived to protect our native language through several Provincial legal steps. Vivre le Québec libre!

  • @dabrack9350
    @dabrack93502 ай бұрын

    Franklin got the French to join the Revolutionaries in part by giving the army his invention of lightning rods. French armories had been exploding when struck by lightning at an alarming rate and the rods cut those losses. Then the army helped convince the King to help the Americans.

  • @rickarmstrong4704

    @rickarmstrong4704

    2 ай бұрын

    That is still diplomacy is it not?

  • @dabrack9350

    @dabrack9350

    2 ай бұрын

    @@rickarmstrong4704 Of course it is. Franklin was on a diplomatic mission to get French support for the Americans and used all the tools available including making himself a celebrity in Paris salons as well as entertaining the influential ladies of society.

  • @honahwikeepa2115
    @honahwikeepa21152 ай бұрын

    I think that New Zealand and Australia could have this conversation. The obvious difference between them are the Anthems.

  • @jvc43523
    @jvc435232 ай бұрын

    👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @b.alexanderjohnstone9774
    @b.alexanderjohnstone97742 ай бұрын

    Brilliant stuff - only quibble is that it was Durham report, surely, not any farcical Canadian rebellion that won self-government for you (and for us here in Australia too. We had some drunks carrying on at gold mines, but it was by Act of the parliament at Westminster, signed by Victoria, 1900, that gave us what Canada, the senior Dominion, already had: self-government in all things but foreign affairs). No revolution required. London seemingly learned its lesson from the folly of America circa 1776 - the only time we have ever learned from history, that I can think of. All of which should make it easier to undo the mistake of parting and restablish the empire! It was a suggestion made by Hong Kong street protesters and the idea really grows ...

  • @craigyirush3492

    @craigyirush3492

    2 ай бұрын

    Why do you think Durham wrote his report?

  • @pool2587

    @pool2587

    2 ай бұрын

    Yeah William Lyon Mackenzie,eh❤

  • @6663000
    @66630002 ай бұрын

    great

  • @04eire
    @04eire2 ай бұрын

    watch the full speech. It's important.

  • @guineveregruntle6746
    @guineveregruntle67462 ай бұрын

    Very interesting

  • @mikefarmer4748
    @mikefarmer47482 ай бұрын

    He hit the nail on the head about the sad state of affairs here in blue jurisdictions. The law abiding are persecuted and prosecuted while crime is legal and criminal are virtuous victims.

  • @brndxt
    @brndxt2 ай бұрын

    Excellent talk 👍👍 I am a Canadian who came from Hong Kong and Asia, where totalitarian regimes still reign. 1) The West, with its ideas of liberty, freedom, and democracy, is under attack from without e.g. 🐼🐻‍❄️ and from within e.g. wokes. 2) To the US, 🐼🐻‍❄️ wish to see you ☠️. And 🐻‍❄️, the weaker link, also wishes to see 🐼⚔️🦅. Just watch the Putin's interview with Carlson. He says 🐼 is your biggest enemy, while not untrue, he is manipulating the US audience, seeking to deflect attention on his own invasion into Ukraine and Eastern Europe. 3) Infantization: While wokes cover various topics, their roots are the same, communism. And communism preys on the young minds, preferably young and immature minds. 4) Covid, Wuhan Lab, and WHO: Black is correct. And at some point in future history, those who intentionally perpetuated the virus should be denounced, similar to the Numerberg trials. 5) CCP: Never mean well. Trust them at your own peril. And kick their illegally operated police and intelleligence stations in the US and Canada out. Same for the Confucius schools, which aren't teaching Confucius anyway. 6) Do watch the Hillsdale clip on China and Elite Captures. The West needs to choose between Having Spine and Being $pineless.

  • @pool2587

    @pool2587

    2 ай бұрын

    Hey from the ❤ of Cascadia

  • @shawnwright5332

    @shawnwright5332

    2 ай бұрын

    👍🇨🇦🇺🇸

  • @pool2587

    @pool2587

    2 ай бұрын

    Welcome to Cascadia

  • @pool2587

    @pool2587

    2 ай бұрын

    Natural borders

  • @zakstev
    @zakstev2 ай бұрын

    Outstanding and fascinating, many thanks, Lord Black! But I was expecting more, like a Part II of your dissertation.

  • @d46512
    @d465122 ай бұрын

    Where's the rest of this talk? 🇨🇦 EDIT: Link in the video description

  • @love_4_life865

    @love_4_life865

    2 ай бұрын

    Try the website. You may need to register to gain access. Not sure if a small fee is entailed? I don’t recall paying a fee but I know I registered a while ago and get their news bulletin by regular mail which are always have incredible articles!

  • @love_4_life865

    @love_4_life865

    2 ай бұрын

    Wait….I just discovered that you only need to click on the “more” tab and you can click to watch the entire video. 👍

  • @waynemullally6423
    @waynemullally64232 ай бұрын

    Canada, not as bad as it sounds. That should be on a billboard on the 401 as you enter Ontario from Quebec

  • @JamesThompson-vs4kg
    @JamesThompson-vs4kg2 ай бұрын

    We need change in Canada in our political system our justice system etc

  • @noneofyourbusiness3553

    @noneofyourbusiness3553

    2 ай бұрын

    I agree as a Canadian. In my opinion, if we do not receive recall and accountability in those that occupy public office, this country is destined to a pretty sticky situation. The only question is when. There are aspects of our American's cousin's system that we would be well to approximate here.

  • @meagainandagain5756

    @meagainandagain5756

    2 ай бұрын

    @@noneofyourbusiness3553Have you not heard of Trump?

  • @smartypantsinc.gameon6978
    @smartypantsinc.gameon69782 ай бұрын

    ❤🇨🇦❤️

  • @graciousgreek
    @graciousgreek2 ай бұрын

    It's time to have a serious discussion about a new continental order.

  • @the_Kurgan

    @the_Kurgan

    2 ай бұрын

    What do you mean? A new continental order? I'm guessing that you're either American or Canadian. I'm curious which. If you are Canadian I'd say it's an even bet that you're an Albertan. I'm an Albertan by the way.

  • @graciousgreek

    @graciousgreek

    2 ай бұрын

    @@the_Kurgan Before I answer, how much are you willing to bet?

  • @the_Kurgan

    @the_Kurgan

    2 ай бұрын

    @graciousgreek I'd go as high as a free weekend stay in tho hometown of Nickleback.

  • @graciousgreek

    @graciousgreek

    2 ай бұрын

    @@the_Kurgan Ha! Guess I'll have to take it. I'm from Toronto.

  • @pool2587

    @pool2587

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes

  • @maureyrca
    @maureyrca2 ай бұрын

    Very good...now what about the Constitution?

  • @dalisemeyers620
    @dalisemeyers6202 ай бұрын

    The native treaties and all the related land issues and people and territorial tensions is real Canada.

  • @meagainandagain5756

    @meagainandagain5756

    2 ай бұрын

    It is certainly part of real Canada.

  • @just-me-where-ever-ek8kp
    @just-me-where-ever-ek8kp2 ай бұрын

    Good ole Conny, haven’t heard from you in a while! Sarcasm out……

  • @ianmacdonald9635

    @ianmacdonald9635

    2 ай бұрын

    Egad, don’t encourage him!

  • @niningsetia4213

    @niningsetia4213

    2 ай бұрын

    😢😢😢😢😢🎉🎉😂

  • @niningsetia4213

    @niningsetia4213

    2 ай бұрын

    😮😮

  • @yesh3279

    @yesh3279

    2 ай бұрын

    @@niningsetia4213 Every time I hear people like Mr. Black speak on anything ( appropriating a George Carlin Line : It induces an involuntary Protein spill in me !)😚

  • @pool2587

    @pool2587

    2 ай бұрын

    Jean Chretien ,Royalty,well I've never been to Davos,but the times they are a changing, Ludlow massacre,woody Guthrie, William Lyon Mackenzie King,Ivy Lee,Adolph Hitler,Donbass

  • @Brutal_truthus
    @Brutal_truthus2 ай бұрын

    Ole Connie is as pompus as they come, a brilliant wordsmith. His fans are usually sheeple who want to appear smart

  • @tdwebste
    @tdwebste2 ай бұрын

    You forget that Canada was transformed with the 1982 constitution in ways most don't realize!

  • @scytale6

    @scytale6

    2 ай бұрын

    It was a terrible thing. We need our old system back.

  • @whodarboilebamnames3990

    @whodarboilebamnames3990

    2 ай бұрын

    It's insane how much of our constitutional text which is still in effect is just ignored by our judges, and how section one is used to limit rights and freedoms stated in older still in effect constitutional documents. It also massively expanded the power judges have, it's been filled with activists since day 1 chosen by Pierre Trudeau. Plus Trudeau now has loaded the federal court system with left wing activist judges, same with the senate. Plus the 1982 constitution is used as a censor to prevent mention of the older texts and to refuse to look at issues using text with tradition and history. The court system ruled that assisted suicide needs to be expanded, but the clearly stated right for Canadians to bear arms, which is specifically defended by many Canadians in parliament such as John A. Macdonald, and part of the (classical) liberal british culture of bearing arms is not a right since 2000. The 1982 constitution was a Trojan horse, and it needs to be replaced asap.

  • @scytale6

    @scytale6

    2 ай бұрын

    @@whodarboilebamnames3990 There shouldn't be a constittution. These types of decisions are legislative in nature and should be made by politicians who are members of political parties. that's the only way for a voter to know which parties to support.

  • @gillesblanchard1699

    @gillesblanchard1699

    2 ай бұрын

    @@scytale6 and what would be the "old system"?

  • @scytale6

    @scytale6

    2 ай бұрын

    @@gillesblanchard1699 British Parliamentary Democracy - the only system that works.

  • @peterjaniceforan3080
    @peterjaniceforan30802 ай бұрын

    Lord Black please❗️

  • @KH4444444444N
    @KH4444444444N2 ай бұрын

    🇺🇲🇨🇦🇺🇲

  • @jeanmorin3247
    @jeanmorin32472 ай бұрын

    Conrad Black I used to hate your guts as a condescending and pretentious multimillionnaire with a too big mouth... until I read your biography of FDR. Since then I just shut up and gave you your fair space. The book just had to come from an immensely talented biographer. I am looking forward to your Duplessis, of which I heard comments that match those made about FDR. OK. I'm listening now.

  • @Kenny-re8ko

    @Kenny-re8ko

    2 ай бұрын

    Try reading his book on Trump, I dare you. It got him a pardon.

  • @ldpv
    @ldpv2 ай бұрын

    It strikes me that I haven’t heard a single opinion even slightly in favor of a negotiated solution for the war :(

  • @kevint1910
    @kevint19102 ай бұрын

    The issue with the governments of the former members of the UK is that they are still the same governments that were members of the UK and no amount of plastering over with constitutions or bills of rights can alter the fundamental governmental culture. The US constitution works (to the extent it does) because it is the document that founded and justifies the government as opposed to a bunch of pretty words drafted and resolved by a government post hoc. the difference may seem small but it makes the document superior to those who happen to occupy the positions of power at any one time , they have no older traditions to call on no previous presidencies to quote it is just we the people contract in hand holding those in power to account (at least in theory)

  • @rogerdorsey7823

    @rogerdorsey7823

    2 ай бұрын

    SO WHAT HAPPENED TO TRADITION???

  • @AMG-BENZ-1

    @AMG-BENZ-1

    2 ай бұрын

    And that gave you Trump…

  • @Bunnyroo7

    @Bunnyroo7

    2 ай бұрын

    This shows a fundamental misunderstanding of constitutional law in the Commonwealth Realms as well as the United States. Canada, Australia and New Zealand evolved along British lines, becoming gradually more autonomous before, by the 1980s, cutting the final constitutional links with the United Kingdom. That there are, obviously, more cultural, legal and political similarities between the four biggest realms than with the United States is obvious. It is also, perhaps, we there is a greater sense of community and fellowship shared by people from those countries. Canada developed a distinct form of parliamentary democracy based on its distinct set of circumstances. Australia, in turn, borrowed heavily from the Canadian model and even took some inspiration from the American. New Zealand is the odd one out as it was originally supposed to integrate into the Australian federation, but by the time Australia got to becoming a federation, New Zealand had already become too well established and distinct. The United States, for its part, borrowed heavily from the British tradition. It even passed an act of reception absorbing all English law and legal precedent to that point. Its power structure is essentially that of 18th century Britain and has become fossilised as such. Until the 1850s, the United States still looked to case law in Canada, the UK, New Zealand and Australia. That the Commonwealth Realms retained their monarchy papers over the fact that, in reality, they have diverged at least as much as the Republic of Ireland.

  • @meagainandagain5756

    @meagainandagain5756

    2 ай бұрын

    US constitution needs to be revamped, to keep up with the changing times. Canada has done that.

  • @Bunnyroo7

    @Bunnyroo7

    2 ай бұрын

    @@meagainandagain5756It really doesn't. The US Constitution can be amended when necessary.

  • @danieldydzak691
    @danieldydzak691Ай бұрын

    Black paid a big price in going to jail. But he is a brilliant person with interesting views and understands canada

  • @devdroid9606
    @devdroid96062 ай бұрын

    Lord Black.

  • @ohyaldi
    @ohyaldi2 ай бұрын

    He was granted a peerage in 2001 and because of the Nickle Resolution, which bans British honours for Canadian citizens, gave up his Canadian citizenship in order to accept the title

  • @dy6682
    @dy66822 ай бұрын

    Lord Black ? Good to see you again. How is Barbara doing ?

  • @efrianlavine850
    @efrianlavine850Ай бұрын

    Isn't it lovely to listen to somebody with such a generous command of the language.

  • @ragingchimera8021
    @ragingchimera80212 ай бұрын

    30 years ago this man destroyed independent journalism in Canada. He is no hero, he is the reason we no longer have newsrooms and quality unbiased journalism in Canada.

  • @merlinwizard1000
    @merlinwizard10002 ай бұрын

    3rd, 15 February 2024

  • @ValidatingUsername
    @ValidatingUsername2 ай бұрын

    If you don't draw relevance all the way back to the Magna Carta then you don't know where the legal structures and framework comes from.

  • @steveburton5825
    @steveburton58252 ай бұрын

    Unfortuately Conrad recomended Canadians vote for Trudeau over the best PM we have had in 100 years, Stephen Harper bringing 8 years of Canada at its peak to 8 years of misery.

  • @jaysonkmendoza

    @jaysonkmendoza

    2 ай бұрын

    Stephen Harper was not a great PM but neither was he a bad one. He did have a vision and strategy which is something many PM's don't do. However, he struggled with the implementation constantly since he was not great at politics in that he had trouble getting people to see his viewpoints and willingly work for him and often needed to resort to coercive forces. He also struggled with populism because he believed in it, yet it caused many of his policies to fail at implementation or enduring the times because of the resistance they faced from both changing times and people who just didn't like him. If a PM was to be chosen as the best in the last 100 years I would think Brian Mulroney would be it since he was ambitious, charismatic, and focused. He was not dissuaded by the hard issues facing Canada and did what was best for Canada in the long run instead of what was popular now. Even though he only succeeded in half of them, they were transformational to Canada. NAFTA transformed our economy and made us prosper. The hated GST made our tax system more efficient than the tax it replaced and provided a lot of windfall along with NAFTA in the mid 90's to get our budget on track and powered our economy far into the 2000's. The acid rain treaty was one of the most ambitious environmental policies of the day and exists until today. That is a true leader. Someone who rises above the normal expectations of government and provides clear direction, even if its unpopular, and has the ability to build a team that sells that vision and makes it a reality that can endure time. Stephen Harper, Jean Cretien, and all the others after couldn't hold a candle to that. Stephen Harper's biggest surviving legacy will likely be the National Shipbuilding Program which has endured both parties in office and will likely become embedded into the maritime culture forevermore.

  • @bunkerhill4854

    @bunkerhill4854

    2 ай бұрын

    Agreed, Harper was not a great PM. It follows that his legacy - as foreshadowed by you - will not be great either! The National Shipbuilding Strategy announced in 2008 has only 2 of the smallest ships in service. The announced ice breakers, frigates, and fleet support ships are still on the drawing boards. The available new ships, while useful, are not adequate to patrol the arctic properly. The projected delivery of the last vessel is (optimistically) in the 2070s. Projected name: HMCS Harper’s Fairy. Some legacy!

  • @jaysonkmendoza

    @jaysonkmendoza

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@bunkerhill4854 Actually I think it's going to be a mixed bag. It will be hated by most Canadians and Governments over time because it will be impossible to kill and during peacetime we all know Canadians would rather offload security onto someone else to pay. However, it will be a lasting boon for the Atlantic provinces and likely help them become world-class shipbuilders as the expertise builds over generations due to the program. It will likely result in Canada being more prepared for conflict and a stronger deterrent in the future since these programs tend to become politically important due to regional dependence on the program and it forces them to order ships and invest in R&D indefinitely. Those ships will look useless in peacetime but maintain potency for wartime and give the Government options to project power if necessary. I think you and many Canadians have unreasonable expectations for the program's first decade, especially considering the circumstances. As I said earlier there exists almost no instance where the first three ships of a new class are flawless. In other countries like the USA and Britain, they don't focus too much on those flaws and see it as part of the expected process. Yes, they do have bad press as issues pop up, but they normally endure because it is normal. Canada in particular is a newbie in this area and never maintained such an industry, so was always going to be harder to build this capability and that will mean more costs and delays. Finally, the fact that the procurement department is bottlenecking the process because they remain at half the size required as a deliberate government policy makes the situation much much worse since they are not timely in evaluating proposals or dealing with vendors. This makes the process take longer, and the LARGEST risk to the cost of any capital project is how long the project takes. Canada's poor emphasis on procurement is a willing choice to make these projects double or triple in price for the same outcome.

  • @russianstronglikebull7695
    @russianstronglikebull76952 ай бұрын

    I agree Canada isn't dramatic, they call The United States, The Excited States of America.

  • @lenenglish-ui9by
    @lenenglish-ui9by2 ай бұрын

    the queen used the french in article 59/23 to insure the constitution was disputed thereby making it null n void

  • @casiandsouza7031
    @casiandsouza70312 ай бұрын

    I believe the French world is in West Africa.

  • @user-ed4tq3vu3f
    @user-ed4tq3vu3f2 ай бұрын

    is it 'sir' conrad black now,or "goodly knight of the round table"?after he got out of the american prison,the only title i'm aware of is "criminal"

  • @mrg8255
    @mrg82552 ай бұрын

    This guy is one of our so called elites.

  • @stratcaptain66

    @stratcaptain66

    2 ай бұрын

    Yes an elitist charged with obstruction of justice, a dethroned media mogul, now making his rounds on the comedy circuit. He’ll never be for the common man.

  • @richardmiddleton4634
    @richardmiddleton46342 ай бұрын

    I don't want to hear a word this wretched robber-baron has to say. He revolts me.

  • @carmenlajoie2719
    @carmenlajoie27192 ай бұрын

    State media in China & Russia have amazing journalists did you know poverty alleviation completed. CGTN The Point-Hub-Heat, Einar Tangan-Martin Jacques-Lijinjing-Tian Wei. Reporterfy Media-Cyrus Janssen. RT International Africa Summit-SPIEF 2023-BRF, 90% countries trading with Russia

  • @RoadTraveler
    @RoadTraveler2 ай бұрын

    Bump

  • @nozrep
    @nozrep2 ай бұрын

    who is this guy? I was mad at first. But I calmed down real quick and started laughing when I realize he is just, super, super boring, but also with a really dry sense of humor and so he throws in super subtle jokes to break up the boredom. And so I am converted and I love him.

  • @shawnwright5332

    @shawnwright5332

    2 ай бұрын

    Lol

  • @OldCanadianguy953
    @OldCanadianguy9532 ай бұрын

    As a born Canadian now middle aged and having witnessed much, I can confidently state that Canada would be much better off without Quebec. All that Quebec has given the free world is poutine and the Trudeau family, neither of which are good for you.

  • @user-fe6km7gw8m

    @user-fe6km7gw8m

    2 ай бұрын

    What's wrong with Poutine? As far as Trudeau being from Quebec, it's certainly not Quebec's fault. Pricks come from many provinces and countries in the world.

  • @rboddington

    @rboddington

    2 ай бұрын

    Even separatist premiere Jaques Parizeau called Quebec a "pain the neck" for Canada.

  • @markanthony3275

    @markanthony3275

    2 ай бұрын

    Exactement! Uh...I mean...Exactly! LOL!

  • @olivierlemire-osborne1110

    @olivierlemire-osborne1110

    2 ай бұрын

    The Trudeau family is the product of the Canadian regime and elites to stop Quebec to gain independence. This is not a product of Quebec independent movement or a product close to the idea of an independent Republic. France and the French Republic is much more the model of the independent movement in Quebec and Trudeau father ideas on multiculturalism and individuals rights are clearly British. I think it's fair to say that Trudeau family legacy is a product of the Liberal anglosaxons ideas today and it's evolution today.

  • @vincentlefebvre9255

    @vincentlefebvre9255

    2 ай бұрын

    Dear ignorant supremacist a majority of patent pending in Canada were created by Québécois in Canada. Yes over 50%. Then explain me why hundred of thousands of hypocrit anglophones did manifest for Québec to remain in Canada during the 1995 referendum. Québec is being flooded by countless false refugees causing insane inflation. And all is being said in the roc is that we are racist ? Bankers and economists say that it's really causing inflation. The roc is only emotional when talking about Québec.

  • @derekbentley334
    @derekbentley3342 ай бұрын

    Natural Order. For those believing in God.

  • @williamrallis83
    @williamrallis832 ай бұрын

    Get rid of the not withstanding clause and replace it with the American second amendment

  • @meagainandagain5756

    @meagainandagain5756

    2 ай бұрын

    No WAY. Be easier for you to just move to the US.

  • @louiskelemen8867
    @louiskelemen88672 ай бұрын

    Oh God! This high winded guy is still around. Canada may not be a dramatic country, but he sure is.

  • @kforest2745
    @kforest27452 ай бұрын

    Is it only I or is it strange that he sees himself fit to represent ethics

  • @danielbicknell1483

    @danielbicknell1483

    2 ай бұрын

    Guilty of obstruction of justice.

  • @kforest2745

    @kforest2745

    2 ай бұрын

    @@danielbicknell1483 yeah I know I’m aware he has a criminal past so why he’s out in society speaking is a fkn joke

  • @danielbicknell1483

    @danielbicknell1483

    2 ай бұрын

    @@kforest2745 seems to be the fad these days, Guillbeault, Trudeau, Singh etc. the fact that it is apparent yet Canadians aren't concerned is what bothers me. Where did the morals go?

  • @kforest2745

    @kforest2745

    2 ай бұрын

    @@danielbicknell1483 people make their own beds don’t concern yourself with what others do all you have to do is fkn reject it

  • @danielbicknell1483

    @danielbicknell1483

    2 ай бұрын

    @@kforest2745 ? My reply is literally rejecting it.

  • @user-tz2ep5yg5v
    @user-tz2ep5yg5v2 ай бұрын

    Who , made , who.? 😮 Black Is Back or Back Is Black .? 🎉 AC/DC

  • @user-ye9vz1er3p
    @user-ye9vz1er3p2 ай бұрын

    Didn’t he give up his Canadian citizenship. How dare he speak of Canada

  • @commercialfishingnet2188
    @commercialfishingnet21882 ай бұрын

    Canada would have been swept up by the American if it wasn't for First nations to side with the British, not once has he mentioned how First Nations played a part in forming this land you call Canada, not once did he talk about how agreements that were made with First Nations in the forming of Treaties, We as First Nations still have a say in your Constitution and let's not forget that, still the same old Colonization of thinking...

  • @avroarchitect1793

    @avroarchitect1793

    2 ай бұрын

    you actually have more say in it than any other group of canadian citizens do. You have treaties that override the law the rest of us are bound by. Quite the priveledged position politically.

  • @meagainandagain5756

    @meagainandagain5756

    2 ай бұрын

    ⁠@@avroarchitect1793Sure, take all of their rights and freedoms away from them for over a hundred years, and then try to make up for it once they have been politically and socially alienated. Seems, the charter was the least we could do.

  • @carolaskew4849
    @carolaskew48492 ай бұрын

    Isn't he the guy Trump pardoned? Here's a wikipedia clip: " In 2007, he was convicted on four counts of fraud in US District Court in Chicago. While two of the criminal fraud charges were overturned on appeal, a conviction for felony fraud and obstruction of justice was upheld in 2010 and he was re-sentenced to 42 months in prison and a fine of $125,000. In 2019, then-president Donald Trump granted him a presidential pardon.[3][4]" So the saying that a leopard can't change it's spots comes to mind. Sorry. And the saying Birds of a feather flock together, makes sense of Trump pardoning Black. Though his speech was eloquent, I just can't bring myself to respect this man.

  • @mariemacavoy1979
    @mariemacavoy19792 ай бұрын

    Mr. Black?…..wasnt he jailed for fraud? He’s the guy to follow?

  • @johnhart3480

    @johnhart3480

    2 ай бұрын

    he has a prison record

  • @GivathBrenner
    @GivathBrenner2 ай бұрын

    The man cheated on his exams when he attended a private boys school in Ontario. Nothing has changed.

  • @TBonerton

    @TBonerton

    2 ай бұрын

    Trudeau wore black face so many times he can't remember. Are we done dredging up the past yet?

  • @matthewsalkeld5326
    @matthewsalkeld53262 ай бұрын

    Ontario grew a lot of Tobacco and had more than 4500 farms. Tobacco is not tropical. Neither is cotton since it grows in the Carolinas.

  • @dalisemeyers620
    @dalisemeyers6202 ай бұрын

    They mad be thought of a faddish or whetever but they are going to solve the housing problem and be a supernatural place hopefully and America cant secure their own borders and students need another perspective next lecture so they learn about politics etc..

  • @pool2587
    @pool25872 ай бұрын

    Pig war

  • @HopeLaFleur1975
    @HopeLaFleur19752 ай бұрын

    Canada needs to be a Republic! That was the problem!! loyalists!! Keeping ties with the Monarchy!! We never had systemic rascism. Nor slavery. Every nation has slaves! So Americans are to me much more smarter than Canadians. They know how to guard Freedom! Canada has loyalty to Kings. And therefore needs to learn!

  • @AMG-BENZ-1

    @AMG-BENZ-1

    2 ай бұрын

    What a bozo you are.

  • @brustar5152

    @brustar5152

    2 ай бұрын

    Yet Canada is rated as being in the top ten freest nations while the U.S. ..- . . well it isn't. All agencies and orgs. with the acknowledged creds to measure freedoms, from individual through to economic put it far above the U.S. sooooo, Americans it would seem, are not "more smarter" 😉

  • @artukmi91

    @artukmi91

    2 ай бұрын

    You clearly don’t know the history of westminister parliamentary system, it’s a history of reducing the power of the monarch, however having a monarch makes a country more stable

  • @kenf8378

    @kenf8378

    2 ай бұрын

    Don't tell me that Americans with their system of electing government is better or smarter. In the last 50 years, only a couple of times has the President been elected by winning the popular vote. 6 or 7 states decided the election with the electoral college. And now Trump is attempting a comeback. If he wins, watch what happens to freedom then, when he suspends the Constitution, with the help of his traitors he placed on the supreme Court.

  • @terrymckenzie8786

    @terrymckenzie8786

    2 ай бұрын

    The ties to the Monarchy has 0 power sharing what so ever. You got your knickers in a knot for nothing. Good luck with the slavery thing.

  • @jafo766
    @jafo7662 ай бұрын

    IT'$ BUMFCUKVILLE.........THE GR8 CANADIAN HOCKEY TOWN !

  • @davidfoster3427
    @davidfoster34272 ай бұрын

    Trump pardoned this LOS, enough said.

  • @nozrep
    @nozrep2 ай бұрын

    2:20; i don’t feel like the Bill of Rights is vague, as an American. But I am also that sort of person and I probably wouldn’t be watching a video like this otherwise, anyway. I’d be in the libtard wokester bubble otherwise, probably, if I was going along with the idea that the Bill of Rights and natural rights and inalienable rights, given me by Jesus at my birth, are, somehow vague

  • @geralddejong3384
    @geralddejong33842 ай бұрын

    Comrad Conrad kindly helped himself to the pension dollars of Dominion Store workers.

  • @jambrenn7843
    @jambrenn78432 ай бұрын

    Conrad Black would be better off giving lessons in US criminal law and how to arrange and buy a pardon from Trump.

  • @user-ez3il1yy6i
    @user-ez3il1yy6i2 ай бұрын

    Convicted Felon And Strip Of The Order Of Canada ... Mr. Conrad Black . 🤣😅😂

  • @RoadTraveler
    @RoadTraveler2 ай бұрын

    Algorithm

  • @bodgitscarper5353
    @bodgitscarper53532 ай бұрын

    Question: Has not, the Canadian Prime Minister proven the Canadian constitution is not worth the paper it is written on?

  • @rboddington

    @rboddington

    2 ай бұрын

    Toilet paper has more value in Canada.

  • @markanthony3275

    @markanthony3275

    2 ай бұрын

    Closet communist, Pierre Trudeau, deliberately made it vague...so it was always in need of interpretation , by Liberal friendly judges on Canada's Supreme Court. I saw the documentary of the attempt to get enough premiers to sign the Charter so that it could become the law of the land. The only bright spot was Alberta premier Lougheed who insisted on the "Notwithstanding clause" , or he wouldn't sign on and there would be no deal, which greatly angered Trudeau. To date, it seems that only Quebec uses this provision...I hope the prairie provinces start using it to protect themselves from federal overreach.

  • @meagainandagain5756

    @meagainandagain5756

    2 ай бұрын

    @@rboddingtonSays somebody who has never read it.

  • @peterm4475
    @peterm44752 ай бұрын

    Is this the same Conrad Black who was jailed for fraud?

  • @pool2587
    @pool25872 ай бұрын

    How about that Prince Harry?

  • @donmc1950
    @donmc19502 ай бұрын

    Conrad Black has a very selective view of Canadian history. He characterizes the Freedom Trucker convoy that took over Ottawa for 3 weeks 2 years ago as harmless protest. From his priveledged home in Toronto it may have appeared that way, but the residents in Ottawa who had to endure the 3 weeks of horn honking and truck fumes and occupation of their streets it was far from peacefull.

  • @terrymckenzie8786

    @terrymckenzie8786

    2 ай бұрын

    He has his knickers in a knot because Trudeau and Singh brought dental and pharmacy care to the commoners. Much to good for them . This piece of trash was willing to give up his Canadian citizenship for being able to be called Lord Black, then wanted it back when he faced jail time. The on,y thing I will remember about this pompous ass, is he went to jail, and has a criminal record record.

  • @dreamweaver1603

    @dreamweaver1603

    2 ай бұрын

    Well, it was a better protest than rioting and arson like the BLM protests in the United States. At least the trucker convoy inspired every country in the west to lift the Covid lockdowns. Sure, they punished the truckers and pretended it had nothing to do with the convoy, but the threat of a United States trucker convoy in Washington DC caused the lifting of all sorts of Covid lockdown rules and sanctions. They just pretended it was because the science changed. Give the Canadian truckers their due.

  • @mrg8255
    @mrg82552 ай бұрын

    Canadians can’t afford to trash Americans. We are a country of fake celebrity admirers. We fall for anyone who seems to be a celebrity. Present speaker an example.

  • @meagainandagain5756

    @meagainandagain5756

    2 ай бұрын

    ?

  • @user-lo2zb4he8m
    @user-lo2zb4he8m2 ай бұрын

    None😂😂😂😂Invaders😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @user-lo2zb4he8m

    @user-lo2zb4he8m

    2 ай бұрын

    Even our flag is FCKING corrupted😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @patricktruelove464
    @patricktruelove4642 ай бұрын

    Lessons from self-infatuated ex-con.

  • @user-lz7bt5id7e
    @user-lz7bt5id7e2 ай бұрын

    Conrad Black,,,,being a NDP supporter I’m no fan. But he was a fluent speaker albeit confusing in the delivery at times. Some funny moments in here I must admit ❤

  • @margyeoman3564

    @margyeoman3564

    2 ай бұрын

    Wordsmith-wise, Black is self-taught, maybe a bit of help from Barbara later on.

  • @richardarmitage5976
    @richardarmitage59762 ай бұрын

    Canada did not treat former American slaves more or less as equals!!!!!!

  • @meagainandagain5756

    @meagainandagain5756

    2 ай бұрын

    Read about the Underground Railroad that saved slaves.

  • @richardarmitage5976

    @richardarmitage5976

    2 ай бұрын

    @@meagainandagain5756 yes well know history.

  • @jasonhopper2680
    @jasonhopper26802 ай бұрын

    This guy may have ruined more families in the newspaper industry than any other in history

  • @danielbicknell1483
    @danielbicknell14832 ай бұрын

    I find it troubling so many feign over an intellectually speaking man convicted of mail fraud and obstruction of justice. He has done prison time and should not be speaking to anyone.

  • @commercialfishingnet2188

    @commercialfishingnet2188

    2 ай бұрын

    That's what he learned in prison, now seeing how stupid most Canadians are for voting idiot like Trudeau in, why not give it try 😂 see how many intellectual people will fall his opinions 😅

  • @yessir5510
    @yessir55102 ай бұрын

    Who is this guy?

  • @SARWSiddiqui

    @SARWSiddiqui

    2 ай бұрын

    A convicted criminal who did time for fraud.

  • @pragmaticpoet

    @pragmaticpoet

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@SARWSiddiquiI'm glad someone said it 👌

  • @festeCanuck

    @festeCanuck

    2 ай бұрын

    Lord Black of Crossharbour, Knight Commander of the Order of St. Gregory the Great

  • @galerussell1710

    @galerussell1710

    2 ай бұрын

    He was a significant media baron and author .

  • @marcmaren1986

    @marcmaren1986

    2 ай бұрын

    Conrad Black a Canadian had a media empire before being charged and convicted in the US for some reason. I can’t remember what. About 10 years ago? At the time I figured he deserved it but after hearing other reports it sounded trumped up. Watching the political landscape these days I can totally believe it. He spent 2 or 3 years in jail that apparently many people before and after him had done, but,his politics did not help him. Sound familiar? Hope that gives you some background or context.

  • @saddlelac
    @saddlelac2 ай бұрын

    I’m not disputing his intelligence but he stole Canadians money

  • @ErnestLauzon
    @ErnestLauzon2 ай бұрын

    Wasn't Conrad Black in prison for a while ?

  • @davebaker489
    @davebaker4892 ай бұрын

    This guy's 1st name should be a giveaway CON. He's conned many folk of their money. Don't be fooled by this grifter. Research him 1st.

  • @davebaker489

    @davebaker489

    2 ай бұрын

    Although I agree I did not write this.

  • @TeenaParker-ev8ld
    @TeenaParker-ev8ld2 ай бұрын

    Quebec did not win the war in Canada between England and the French

  • @RandyLaye
    @RandyLaye2 ай бұрын

    One lesson is don’t vote for Trudeau or the Liberal regime.

  • @meagainandagain5756

    @meagainandagain5756

    2 ай бұрын

    A dissatisfied,discontent who blames your government for your life when you don’t know who else to blame. Step down from your truck, read a book and realize that you could never run a country.

  • @RC_2002
    @RC_20022 ай бұрын

    This guy belongs in the 1700s with his vocabulary 😂