"The plains provinces said they'd rather join America than be in a country ruled by Ontario." That's the most Alberta sentence I've ever heard.

@TheJewishAzovMember

2 жыл бұрын

I'm from saskatachwan and I agree that we would rather join the usa when Quebec leaves. Hell I want to join now.

@Jacob-df5hr

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheJewishAzovMember doesn't surprise me. I'm up fishing in Saskatchewan/Manitoba at least once a year and I've got family out in Edmonton and Calgary. Once people find out I'm American they always want to talk about Trump lol.

@gavinsmith9871

2 жыл бұрын

Heck, I'm Ontarian and I'd rather join the US then be in a country ruled by Ontario.

@katlynklassen809

2 жыл бұрын

Alberta would have a much better deal were she a state. Canada offers no advantage and has no moral quality from which it may derive authority. Just a matter of time.

@minerveo

2 жыл бұрын

im from alberta and i hate america more then I do Canada . I just want our own independent country now. im done with this "union" when it was never equal for my province in the first place

Anytime somebody says "liberalism" I have to triple check what they actually mean. It means like 5 different things depending on where you are.

@spartanx9293

2 жыл бұрын

It Can mean pertaining to liberals or it could be the liberalism style of the government that most western nations are built on

@fduranthesee

2 жыл бұрын

_that_ ideology to the left of Conservatism

@kennyholmes5196

2 жыл бұрын

For instance, the US and Europe have very different definitions. Safe to say, the US has a far more right-wing view than anyone else on the matter, for the most part.

@marten779

2 жыл бұрын

@@kennyholmes5196 It's even more diverse. In Europe, "liberal" typically refers to centrists parties with strong focus on free market economy and civil rights, while in Brazil and Australia there are "liberal" parties that are actually far right conservative. In the US it has somehow become synonymous with "left-wing". It's even worse for "socialist" which, depending on who you ask, can mean anything from full-on communism, social-democracy or "when the government does stuff".

@BoqPrecision

2 жыл бұрын

Applies for most abstraction... People's Democratic Republic of Korea vs the Democratic Party etc

Being raised in rural Ontario and now living near Toronto (very urban), the differences in this country aren't provincial but urban vs. rural Canada.

@wanyelewis9667

10 ай бұрын

Similar here in the states

@thomasjefferson6

10 ай бұрын

I can only partly agree with this. It is certainly true when it comes to social issues, but when it comes to economic ones, I still think that the country is run to benefit mostly the provinces of Ontario and Quebec. This was true long before the urban came to dominate the rural. Without a real senate to properly represent and protect the smaller provinces, there is always going to be great tensions between East vs. West, for example in Canada's federation.

@richardwagner8498

9 ай бұрын

We don't see that here in Alberta! We been paying the east for decades ! for what exactly ? I am gen X, I remember talk of separation from the 70s till the present. This hasn't been dealt with in any meaningful way. It's a pressure cooker the flame has been left on and the check valve is faulty!

@thomasjefferson6

9 ай бұрын

@@richardwagner8498 The West can forget about Senate reform or even Senate elections, now that the Supreme Court has ruled that to reform the Senate requires the approval of all 10 provinces plus the federal government. The message of the Supreme Court with its 7-2 East vs. West majority on the bench is: "Alberta, go pound sand."

@OgMcFaded

9 ай бұрын

They are provincial as well. I've just moved from Ontario as I simply couldn't make rent work being a low skill worker. Now I'm back in Alberta and I can live easier again. I lasted 3 years but Covid ruined livability in Ontario for good. You need external help to be able to live in Ontario unless you are educated and make good money. Being a student, I simply can't make that work.

I'm no expert on Canada but when you live in Michigan you speak with Canadians pretty regularly. I have more in common with them than I did with my neighbors when I lived in Texas.They are almost always polite and reasonable. They are certainly friendlier than we are. Canada will be fine. If I'm wrong...if Canada ends up in some sort of trouble, I'm all for helping them in any way possible.

@TheLorax-2012

9 ай бұрын

Yeah Canada is not fine sadly, I am an Albertan (Canadian Province) and let me just say, it is a total mess here with Justin Trudeau. Lots of school force LGBTQ down your throat, Trudeau just keeps raising taxes where some gas stations are $3 a litre, and we are starting to lose our rights and freedoms (People getting arrested for peaceful protests).

@invertedsavage3978

9 ай бұрын

Youre in Michigan youre talking with Canadians from Ontario, you're talking mostly to Canadians that the west absolutely cannot stand.

@TheLorax-2012

9 ай бұрын

@@invertedsavage3978 Yup, here in Western Canada, we hate mostly Trudeau in the east, he hates Alberta and the west.

@chetisanhart3457

9 ай бұрын

@@invertedsavage3978 Fair enough.

@chetisanhart3457

9 ай бұрын

@@TheLorax-2012 How could the U.S. help ?

Canada's problem is not that it has divisions, it's that Canadian politicians - practically all of them - see our divisions as something to exploit for political gain, not to heal.

@thomasjefferson6

Жыл бұрын

Remember Liberal Senator Keith Davey? He said: "Screw the West, we'll take the rest".

@Vidz.3901

Жыл бұрын

Just like the United states or in the future it will be called states rather then United States it’s corruption leading it people to fight against each other so one politician can choose one said and fight for one group rather then solving it for both

@Oiceoptoma

Жыл бұрын

As a Québécois that is in the same time proud to be french and Canadian, I totally agree

@steveharris9861

Жыл бұрын

Wow. Kinda like the USA🤣

@canadiansoviet

Жыл бұрын

Exploit for money because a Canadian politician is a good paying jawb

I'm a Canadian and I'm ashamed how far we've fallen from our previous values. Housing market on fire, political tensions on both sides, a PM who fails to take responsibility, and being a wannabe america where the majority of our influential figures defect to the US.

@jacobkobald1753

2 жыл бұрын

@Joe Green I'm a not wanna be America. Quite happy to blaze our own path thank you

@JackRabbit002

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah if they wanted to be American they wouldn't of kicked your arses every time you've made the attempt even when you sent the Irish to do it for you! No all jokes aside Americanism infects everywhere I mean it's where the money is in the West I guess and the English language being a major factor! Funny how many actors in Hollywood etc are Brits though ......Your Welcome!

@miggypeso909

2 жыл бұрын

@@jacobkobald1753 yeah but everyone that makes it big goes Stateside. In a lot of ways Canada is an American vassal state.

@SKBottom

2 жыл бұрын

@Carrasco sure, 250 + years ago. I think now, it would be a different outcome. You might as well be bragging about Italy's military prowess based on the Roman Empire. Get a grip.

@michaela2634

2 жыл бұрын

@@jacobkobald1753 Lol. Your own PM says there is no such thing as a Canadian. Have fun blazing your own trail with that kind of leadership.

As a resident of Michigan,s up ,I feel particularly close to Canada. We feel isolated and ignored by our state governments

@user-3550

Ай бұрын

when people say that our govt sucks, ALL GOVERNMENTS SUCKS(dont worry im not an anarchist), I HEARD THOUSANDS yap about how there govt should be replaced by (insert dictator).

Guys let's keep our country united!!!!!❤🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

@restoredtuna8264

Күн бұрын

It’s not a country anymore. It’s an experiment. And I’m getting ready to leave.

A video similar to this about the UK’s current political issues would be really great. I don’t think collapse in the British system is as likely as it is for the Canadian one, but it would be very interesting to see your perspective.

@britishguy54dx

2 жыл бұрын

I’m personally split on how Britain would turn out. Scotland based its independence on joining (or remaining) in the EU and to spite the English, but if the EU collapses as a coherent entity in the future… why would Scotland want to be independent at that point? Ireland will likely reunify, but if the EU collapses as the Long Peace ends, what next? Ireland would likely either revert to neutrality or become like Britain as an American puppet state. England is facing issues like a left/right divide. The right, like in America holds all the cards. Most of the Anglos and Euro-Immigrants in London’s suburbs detest the leftists, but only vote for them because the Tories don’t have their interests at heart and because they themselves are broke and can’t move up the broken housing chain, and I can see fringe areas like Romford joining back with Essex. Social Justice has shot itself in the foot, as most of the young male population detest them. Like America, Britain has an oddly high proportion of African stars in the mainstream. Britain is unusual as it is halfway between a pluralistic (like the US) and a homogeneous society (like Japan). If you’re born in any of the four nations or Ireland, it’s easy to become British. It’s harder for immigrants to become ‘British’ meanwhile. I think the Isles will generally be under American influence. The cultural similarities are too strong. Britain doesn’t have much differentiating itself from the States. Most Brits eat the same food, listen to the same music, etc. Ireland also wouldn’t want to listen to England again. The Troubles are too strong to think about that. Ireland and England would have America as a mediator. If the EU splinters, the Brits and Irish won’t want to be involved. Ireland would likely have a wave of nationalism, uniting the island. Britain would either splinter into England and Scotland, or maintain itself as the only pre-existing framework left as the EU rots from the inside. EDIT: I forgot to mention that Britain has had two main waves of immigration. I will cover the black immigration. Britain has both West Indian (Caribbean) and Continental (Africa) immigrants, and these groups are different. Most Carribean Brits assimilate well into British society, while the Continental Africans tend to end up poor and broke, unable to be assimilated.

@felipemilian4000

2 жыл бұрын

@@britishguy54dx How aplicable is Irish neutrality (anglo-skepticism/more european vision) in reality? I thought it was largely a puppet state of the interactions of american investors and companies as a door into the EU and of the EU itself (weak euroskepticism).

@Ryzeex.

2 жыл бұрын

@@britishguy54dx a fair analysis of UK current social/political climate but im 99% sure (from the Commission on Race amd Ethnic Disparities Report came out during 2021) its the africans (particularly Nigerians- who on average are more wealthy than white britons) that are doing very well in the UK, and the Caribbeans that are not (pretty sure they are the worse performing demographic).

@Ryzeex.

2 жыл бұрын

@G C hahahahaha celt fan fiction

@lord123j

2 жыл бұрын

This, it will be absolutely facinating on his take. I see a Children of Men outcome or something similar to it.

Interesting to note perhaps the parallels between US/Canadian nationalism and English/Scottish nationalism. In both cases the southern partner has a nationalism that rotates for the most part around conservatism and free market capitalism, whereas the northern partner has a nationalism that rotates more around social democracy.

@karlnord1429

2 жыл бұрын

Great point!

@skaldlouiscyphre2453

2 жыл бұрын

In both cases the smaller one is likely reacting to the politics of the bigger one. Canadian and Scottish nationalism both seem to largely be driven by not being their southern neighbour, everything else is grafted on to justify why they're definitely not their southern neighbour.

@Laotzu.Goldbug

2 жыл бұрын

i.e. COPE

@Amadeus8484

2 жыл бұрын

I am Canadian and we don't have a social democracy, we have neoliberal decay and its not going to go anywhere until we get rid of the First Past the Post System.

@corneliuscapitalinus845

2 жыл бұрын

There's a strange dimension to the Nationalisms wherein in many ways there was a stronger implicit Rightism (not using the term in the modern, Anglo-Americana informed, liberal-whig v Marxist framework/conception, but in a more historical kind of way) for a great deal of the time, until the postwar modernity in which global financialised economic crossover & restructuring came to predominate (likely perceived as England and the USA respectively using economic power to keep the neighbour tied and saddled, which isn't entirely wrong in fairness), the second world war and the Civilizational processing of it which included the larger than life civic mythos of & around the war stoked the patriotic flames while also compounding on the WW1 trauma and other episodes to throw a wrench into the works of how we believe in and conceive of ourselves - which was instrumental in this strange type of identity forming wherein there is pathological self critique coupled with this sense of the right and Duty to force upon the world the way that the Anglo-Atlantic sees things. In accord, Canada and Scotland are completely part and parcel of all of these things *AND YET* the national rivalries/distinctions with their southern neighbours didn't just evaporate but found new expression that is in line with these new civilizational consensus: Bandying about conquering everything and oppressing the 'Other' is what we believe we fought against in the War, and so the USA & England having histories involving Such (and being open to engaging in a little more of that here and there, as a wee treat) opens them up to that whole Avenue of critique, and one can hoist the national colours in opposition to such things and in opposition to practitioners or symbols of such things. Ofc the hilarity is that this quasi-moral consensus is very much of American & English making, so it's kind of like Canada & Scotland are basically saying USA & England are not living up to the American promise, unlike us who do much better at it. It basically is just quasi-National bickering over who most exemplifies and is a true believer in the NewAge interpretation of Americans. The EU, or Western Europe more accurately, aswell is an exemplar of this phenomena. It's very strange and not at all Nationally affirmative, but there it is.

I feel strongly that Northern BC would join Alberta, Sask, MB in either independence or joining the US as a state. That would give the Prairies access to a coast and possibly build ports to get their resources to market.

@briancote8216

4 ай бұрын

BC might wake up

@sleelofwpg688

4 ай бұрын

We have a port. It's called Churchill. And it could be expanded to be a massive one servicing the Arctic if the Feds would pull their thumbs out of their asses and take Arctic sovereignty seriously. Which would also bolster our territorial claims TO it in the UN bullshit that's going on. USE it or LOSE it.

@jelkel25

4 ай бұрын

Eastern BC has no real connection to the BC coastal cities, they go to Edmonton and Calgary, not Vancouver. They also resent the higher BC taxes when they see the lower Alberta ones. It wouldn't take much to get Eastern BC to become part of Alberta. Vancouver can join Seattle and Portland, they can all be a failed state together.

@kennethmelnychuk9737

4 ай бұрын

TMX would have transported Alberta oil to the west coast ports and onto overseas markets.

@coolioso808

3 ай бұрын

How about better than that? Each community of over 10,000 or so people can work towards being sustainably self-reliant via local production of as much essential goods and services as possible, like has been possible to do since at least the 1960s, but we didn't do it because it's not profitable for capitalists when we create abundance. Just look at what Nikola Tesla ran into when he tried to create free wireless electricity with the Wardenclyffe Tower and capitalist JP Morgan stopped it.

Actually their is a lot of french speaking people outside of Quebec who didn't came from Quebec.

@zachweyrauch2988

4 ай бұрын

Ya i literally laughed out loud at the idea that french and english canada dont mix. I can drive from my town named after a british town for about 40 minutes and get to a region called 'the french shore'.

@Damesanglante

2 ай бұрын

When the english came and stole everything, not everyone could move to Québec. The english way of "living together with the french" is the same as the Borg.

@Gergentine

2 күн бұрын

Guessing this is northern Ontario/Quebec? I know MB is supposed to be part French and has tons of French streets, but I've met more Punjabi, filipina, German, Ukrainian, Congolese, and Nigerian speakers than I have French

Finally, the moms in South Park are rejoicing right now

@Tom-lw5oq

2 жыл бұрын

Lmfao!

@Via-Media2024

2 жыл бұрын

Blame Canada

@kdjdjsj3645

2 жыл бұрын

man, Kyles mom is a bitch.

@davehoward7641

2 жыл бұрын

@@Via-Media2024 they're not even a real country anywayyy

@praisethesun.praisedeussol6051

2 жыл бұрын

I see you every where i look get out of my head

I went to Florida State from 1970 - 1974 and took a class called "Canadian Geography" because I needed a credit in social studies and the class I wanted to take was full. The class was about 1/2 English speaking Canadians & 1/2 French speaking Canadians (I was the only US citizen - I almost said "American" out of habit). FSU had lots of foreign students back (and may still have a lot). I learned that the grain of the continent runs north-south, as this video pointed out, and that Canadians have more in common with their US neighbors just south of the border than their neighbors east or west of them. I realized that in the case of Canada, it was impossible to separate geography from politics and the conclusions the teacher and students came to were similar to what was mentioned in this video, mainly that Quebec would eventually become independent, and the prairie and maritime provinces would become US states. The politics was very heated in the news between the Anglo and French Canadians but quite civil and polite in the class. I mention it here because while that was almost 50 years ago, nothing much has really changed. The author of this video suggested that Canada wouldn't last another 30 years, but I am not sure that 50 years from now there will not be a similar video speculating on the future of Canada.

@andrewlechner6343

2 жыл бұрын

Don't be afraid to say American when referring to Americans. It's the colloquialism that the US and much of the rest of world uses to refer to the citizens to the United States.

@phoenixjones7191

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewlechner6343 yeah I second this most of my friends from other countries call us citizens Americans while calling citizens of Canada or Mexico, Canadian and Mexican respectively. They also refer to the USA as America or the States. No idea how we pulled off hijacking the name of two continents to refer to ourselves but everybody from other countries I've run into uses it that way.

@boobah5643

2 жыл бұрын

@@phoenixjones7191 Easy. First mover advantage. It was decades before any other American state existed, once everybody got done mugging the natives. Plus we put 'America' prominently in the name.

@andrewlechner6343

2 жыл бұрын

@@phoenixjones7191 We were the first independent country in the Americas. No one cared to stop us when we could be stopped, even if they wanted too.

@xELITExKILLAx

2 жыл бұрын

@@phoenixjones7191 little fun fact, the British started calling us Americans first, we rolled with it and thus the rest of the world adopted it too

“Never can true reconcilement grow where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep...” ― John Milton, Paradise Lost

@jubbydubby8275

3 ай бұрын

Kind of a retarded take, it'd be so easy for the government to just stop taxing us to kingdom come and everything would be great again.

@williaminnes6635

2 ай бұрын

@@jubbydubby8275 You're never going to convince the equity people to support that.

@DG-wf2tc

2 ай бұрын

@@williaminnes6635 “we have to try” they would say , unfortunately

Canada is a good neighbor, I hope they stay together

@martinkent333

2 ай бұрын

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM..............

@LaMach420

3 күн бұрын

Remember that offer you guys made us after we bickered? We'll take it.

@martinkent333

3 күн бұрын

@@LaMach420 Read the New York Times and stop being a poorly informed patriot, Dude. Let's chat! Pleased to meet you!

To say that Canada was on the brink of civil war because of the Quebec referendums is a bit of a overreach lol

@fritoss3437

2 жыл бұрын

Canada litteraly had a plan to invade

@HeavyMetalorRockfan9

2 жыл бұрын

FLQ crisis, martial law in Quebec?

@keegansimmonds4339

2 жыл бұрын

@@HeavyMetalorRockfan9 I agree it was a turbulent time, but I don't think the majority of Quebecois were on the brink of fighting a full scale civil war.

@cuddlemuffin.9545

2 жыл бұрын

@@keegansimmonds4339 a full scale civil war would be pretty quickly shut down when it's a few miles from major American cities

@johnshaddick6858

2 жыл бұрын

I believe that it is more of a meta fore. Canada would have civil war,but it will be through governments arguing.

“90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border.” I’ve always felt that we’ve been focused on the wrong border. If that’s not a prelude to invasion, I don’t know what is. And as plucky as Montanans and Dakotans are, I don’t think they can stop the Maple Tide on their own.

@wecare838

2 жыл бұрын

@blackdog7859

2 жыл бұрын

thats funny lol

@Schlabbeflicker

2 жыл бұрын

The Leaf fears the Rake.

@lecoureurdesbois86

2 жыл бұрын

"The are up to 200'000 Russian troops ready to invade Ukraine" Looks like there are 19'000'000 Canadians ready to emigrate when shit gets real

@BigBoss-sm9xj

2 жыл бұрын

Lol

The most appropriate statement in this video is, "I'm oversimplifying here." He knows a bit but understands basically nothing.

@kennyg1358

3 ай бұрын

He understands more than ninety percent of Canadian voters.

As an American I get more culture shock traveling in Canada more than i ever have in any Latin country. Its so similar but the mindset twards authority and rules always sends me on a tailspin.

@KenseiSwords

9 ай бұрын

Where are you travelling in Canada?

@avroarchitect1793

8 ай бұрын

Its easy to explain, the US was settled by the brittish empire earlier in the colonial era and was much more individualist and anti-authoritarian, Canada meanwhile was largely settled following the mass success of the empire and was much more approving of imperial authority and loyal to the crown, simultaneously the US functionally forced the loyalist americans out and they resettled in Canada. Canada has always taken a more European stance on authority and governance. Similar culture but with diametrically opposed values and principles in some areas. The US was founded on what became the "American Dream" and "manifest destiny". Canada was founded and run on "Peace, Order, and Good Governance" its literally in the Canadian constitution in that sort of wording.

@mjh48059

8 ай бұрын

I lived in Canada for seven years, and I ultimately found their attitudes towards rules and authority to be incompatible with my own values. This seems reflected in how bitter, resentful, and passive aggressive they act towards each other, and towards myself. They may seem "nice", but it's just a facade. Forgot making any real friends. You're just there to exist, and to feed the endless scandals and authoritarianism with your taxes. In the end, I ended up moving back home. It just wasn't worth it.

@DustyLamp

7 ай бұрын

​@@mjh48059cool anecdote bro. Ive got one for you too: americas tend to be arrogant, dumb and undisciplined. Realistically, you probably needed to get out of whatever area you were in. Sounds like you had the misfortune of living in a city or a very very small town.

@mjh48059

4 ай бұрын

@@-09800 I lived in different parts of Ontario for several years before moving back. What I've seen in Canada after I left, and especially since the pandemic lockdowns and beyond, has only added to my further negative sentiment towards the country, and has since further reinforced my view on the matter. To be frank, the people there have voted for this on three different occasions, and if they're now starting to have some sort of collective regret regarding the government they've chosen for themselves, well, it's a little late for that now, isn't it?

As a Quebecer, it still baffles me that in the span of only a few years, Alberta has overtaken it as the province that most wants to GTFO of Canada. For a country that is always seen as peaceful, boring and friendly we sure are way more dysfunctional than people give us credit for.

@projektkobra2247

Жыл бұрын

I know Canadians who would tear your liver out for you. Don't mistake "polite", for "nice".

@daylenferro7881

Жыл бұрын

Alberta doesnt want to leave. Its a fringe minority, "wexit" has largely fizzled out

@projektkobra2247

Жыл бұрын

@@daylenferro7881 You and your pinko friends who have moved there to spread your woke filth that is.

@pussydestroyer1191

Жыл бұрын

Of course Albertans are not happy paying the largest share to Quebec every year....

@ivanlaplante

Жыл бұрын

@@pussydestroyer1191 Albertans aren't paying us shit. Equalization payments is deduced from federal taxes, which all Canadians pays, including Quebec, not only Alberta, bunch of liers. Alberta contributes 45 Billions to federal taxes while Quebec contributes 60 Billions... Take back that 13B, and we still contribute more then you do. Repeat a lie just enough and people will take it for a fact.

You are so brave to come out as half Canadian. Stunning and brave.

@stevenkuski5916

2 жыл бұрын

That must be why he is only half right. Lol, I laugh at my own lame jokes.

@Nozoroth

2 жыл бұрын

You can’t be half Canadian. He’s European. He’s a Canadian citizen, not half Canadian

@halomena

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nozoroth shut up and enjoy the joke

@stefanodadamo6809

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@songcramp66

2 жыл бұрын

@@Nozoroth Yeah, the concept of a half-Canadian does not compute. You either have Canadian citizenship or you don't. You can say your father or mother is Canadian and that's fine but you're not half-Canadian because it's not an ethnicity in any sense of the word when Canadians can be any race, religion and native language.

Everybody wants a piece of the alberta pie, yet no one wants to let alberta cook. Simplest way to put it.

@JasperElvenSky

4 ай бұрын

Why do Albertans constantly gripe angrily about Canada? As far as I am aware, it is the wealthiest province in the country, with comparatively low real estate prices, business is booming, and all is going rather well. What exactly are Albertans complaining about? And how many Albertans really believe joining the USA, with its guns and crime and militarism and plutocrat-ruled fake democracy and deep, bitter culture wars, would somehow be an improvement over staying in peaceful, low-key, low-crime Canada? WTF?

@karenjobagy5822

4 ай бұрын

Quebec by their actions,wants the biggest piece of the Alberta pie and made laws to do just that.

@k3digichaos

4 ай бұрын

Alberta gave me the best years of my life. I miss her

@kennethmelnychuk9737

4 ай бұрын

That is why the energy east pipeline failed…..the Quebec government tried to shakedown the Alberta government for more money When the Alberta government refused, the Quebec government cited “environmental concerns” for preventing that pipeline from going through their province. Ironically, the Saskatchewan government was more vocal in favouring energy east pipeline than the New Brunswick government whose province would be the recipient of Alberta crude

@coolioso808

3 ай бұрын

Hell no. What Alberta pie? The oil sands pie? I'll pass on that junk. End capitalism before it ends us. That includes transitioning away from fossil fuels as efficiently and effectively as possible. Community by community becoming sustainably self-reliant and using renewable resources and a near zero-waste system to do it. "A Viable Society" as Peter Joseph has explained. The way forward is not conservative backwards.

Sweden, Norway and Canada are seen as having the best quality of life based on their education and health systems, job markets, income equality, family friendliness and more.

@mikejames5743

6 күн бұрын

all exploited to the max by foreigners

"Canada will not survive the next couple decades" and "canada will most likely make it into the 22nd century" seem to contradict. Did i miss something?

@haroldjones9321

2 жыл бұрын

"...won't survive the next FEW decades"

@darrellhawkins9409

2 жыл бұрын

@@haroldjones9321 few is definitely less than 7 lol

@timewarpdrive77

2 жыл бұрын

I believe he means AFTER all of the annexation it won't make it.... Timeline wise: 2050-60s Canadian territory annexation into usa, a couple decades go by, and then collapse

@hukenon

2 жыл бұрын

It's an alternative history video, he makes predictions that are hypothetical based on what we see today. Although I'd love to see our Canadian brothers join us 🇺🇸

@Blessed2bFresh

2 жыл бұрын

@Simon Bolduc I can't fault you for that. However, I would love to see your beautiful country. I don't play the political game. Canada has always been a bucket list goal for myself personally. Just out of curiosity, where do you live in Canada?

Coming from someone who lives in the middle of the Canadian Shield, where you said almost nobody lives and is the split between east and west Canada, this video feels mostly accurate. Some of the earlier points just about bashing the Liberal Party and how central they are to Canada don't make sense when you consider that 8/10 provincial governments are held by Conservatives, which have greater power than the Federal Government (all of the lockdowns you were saying came provincially, not federally). This includes Ontario, which you called the center of the Liberal Elite, which is true to an extent, but there is an election this year where the Conservatives are the favourite to win again. The last points were spot on though, Canada doesn't have anything to point to to show itself how united it is, and being from rural Northern Ontario I don't really feel a connection to the East or the West. Good video Mr. AltHist

@Riayz0

2 жыл бұрын

Never expected you to be here H0ser

@masonator4032

2 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, another northern Ontario man? I thought I was alone up here!

@hornetguy9063

2 жыл бұрын

Calling the Doug Ford led party “conservative” is a stretch. I’d figure they’d be doomed if the NDP and liberals joined forces, too.

@evandeneault186

2 жыл бұрын

I'd say that even the politics of provincial government differs region to region. Ontario Conservatives aren't the same as Albertan Conservatives. Coming from an Urban Ontarian's perspective, the reason the Conservatives are winning again is because the other two options are simply worse. Del Duca has been portrayed as a return to the Winne (Whynne?) times, which the Conservatives remind us are keen to remind us were pretty shit. Horwath comes off as whiney and a general nuisance to the average voter too, so unless Doug has a Rob Ford moment it's pretty much a shoe-in for the Conservatives. Federally, the Conservatives have a bigger problem with what kind of conservative they want to be, fiscal or social conservatives. Scheer wasn't really all that charismatic or had anything to offer moderates and O'Toole strayed too far from what many thought a Conservative should be, flip-flopping on issues. Who knows what the next party leader will bring to the table. I don't see any major shifts

@maYTeus

2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure I'm subscribed to this guy

I live in Alberta, and I can admit that everything said here is pretty accurate.

@TBonerton

4 ай бұрын

As long as Biden isn't president.

@novacadian4745

4 ай бұрын

Except for the part of the armed population of the USA not decending into civil war and division long before the Great White North.

@dankelly5150

4 ай бұрын

I also live in The Republic Of Alberta !! 😉

@kenf8378

3 ай бұрын

except for most of it.

@maximelavoie717

3 ай бұрын

Same, as a Quebecois

Well there are some decent points in here there’s also some seriously unhinged stuff lol

@CrispBaker

2 ай бұрын

Dude actually said "okay yeah the United States is a dysfunctional mess, but according to this weird astrology stuff I read one time, it'll be in a golden age in the mid 21st century" And nobody in the replies called him on it because Trudeau gives them scary pants feelings

Speaking as a Metis Canadian, and fellow dual US citizen, I sort of disagree on your points about indigenous people. It wasn't done so much by treaty as it was, well, swindling. The treaties often weren't even signed by Native leaders. So sure, it wasn't done so much by active warfare (except for when my people rebelled lol), but it was just as scummy and abusive. Not to mention the social ramifications of even being native in public up until very, very recently.

@futureshocked

2 жыл бұрын

He's so off base with the indigenous section of his video that it makes his work questionable. He just yada yada'd decades of child rape and family destruction. The only valid way to destroy a people is with bullets? What kind of sociopathic nonsense is that?

@lucasharvey8990

2 жыл бұрын

@@futureshocked I don't know why whatifalthist is so worried about time, since I would totally watch hour-long video essays, but I think he was rushing through that section on the Natives to prove a point. Yeah, it was done from swindling though.

@futureshocked

2 жыл бұрын

@@lucasharvey8990 It's not just that though. The issue of the res schools was not just some minor 'sad' thing and comparing it to American violence against indigenous people is asinine. Child rape and family separation will destroy a community just as thoroughly as war. Just because a canon wasn't fired doesn't mean horrific damage wasn't done. This lack of emotional regard is the exact problem with hyper-analytical people like this. He's being sadistic here, he literally didn't even have to bring it up to make his point.

@mnforager

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. He didn't have to bring it up for his overall point and it was very weakly done. It actually takes away from his credibility and overall point. A seemingly rare misstep by him that has, thankfully, made me realize I was accepting his videos too much at face value

@isaacintner5831

2 жыл бұрын

@@futureshocked not that your points aren't valid, but I don't think you understand the extent of the genocide of the American Indians. Now I admittedly only know about the specifics to some degree in California, but it was not just coming in and shooting all of the natives. The reservations where could probably be described as concentration camps. The Californian government made war bonds for the explicit purpose of killing Indians. I also have personally heard some truly horrible although anecdotal and not necessarily factual stories from a park ranger about how at one official military encampment they had taken a whole village captive, and Indian women were raped so often that the officers in charge made the all of the Indians sleep in a walled enclosure. You can read An American Genocide The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe by Benjamin Madley if you are interested in a well researched book on the topic. I assume similar events happened in other states/territories that "dealt" with Indians but I haven't read or heard anything about it.

I love Canada, but there definitely is a difference than the stereotype. But once again I truly love Canada and it is my favorite place to go!

The recent India-Canada flare up got me to watch your video. Very interesting video.

Alberta as a US state would be like a Snowy Texas. Hell yeah😎

@jedpeeler4199

4 ай бұрын

We have a lot of Albertans show up here in Nevada. We love to have them here!

@martinhickman8747

4 ай бұрын

YEEEEEEEEHAW!!! SELL IT BROTHER!!! we got oil, beef, and SNOW baby!

@martinhickman8747

4 ай бұрын

@@jedpeeler4199 Bless you!

@martinhickman8747

4 ай бұрын

​@@-09800 laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/f-11.6/ prepare to read. alot... its a royal pain in the aardvark if you catch what im saying.

@k3digichaos

4 ай бұрын

I moved to Alberta in 2001 and felt it was very much Americanized and I loved it. I Ralph Klein was in charge then and I didn't know I was conservative until I listened to him speak. RIP RK

As a Canadian living in Ottawa-Gatineau... I can affirm that a Quebec split is HIGHLY unlikely at this point in time.

@canadaman8597

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it is

@monkey_d_taha4967

2 жыл бұрын

@@canadaman8597 How so? Not sure if you speak from a suburb perspective, but all the folks I know from Gatineau and Montreal wouldn't support this logistical nightmare of a split. Post 1998 polls have been showing a continuous decline of voters for it. An overwhelming majority of millennials and gen z Quebecers would vote against. I'd like you to explain how it's likely despite the sentiment favouring Canada's sovereignty.

@chrisfernandez8916

2 жыл бұрын

The CAQ voted in as a majority in the last elections, does show the shift in Quebec's politics. The middle class has had enough of the Liberals vs Parti Quebecois's never ending non productive constitutional skirmishes that has left the province in a stalemate for decades. The new party is still very nationalistic but it is focused on creating wealth to grow Quebec's influence. The province to this date has the best unemployment rate in the country at a stunning 4.6% leading Manitoba at 5.1% for March 2022. As a matter fact i do believe that an independent Quebec if it ever happens would be short lived. The land is too well strategically situated by being the entrance of the great lakes and by having abundant primary resources and none the least by being a Hydroelectric powerhouse. Therefore America would offer a mountain of gold for it to become one of its states.

@casaraku1

2 жыл бұрын

need money from canada...

@russellj2987

2 жыл бұрын

A parasite doesn’t willingly leave its host!

I live in Ontario, Toronto in fact. When I went to Winnipeg, in Manitoba - I was in shock. It felt like a small US town in comparison. As much as I hate to admit it, this country is culturally fractured. My Winnipeg friends say I’m from New York, and I say they’re from North Dakota. It’s funny how none of us were calling each other Canadian

@larryc1616

2 жыл бұрын

Teabaggers = American Taliban What do you call these dumb, violent and racist losers in Canada, eh?

@kevin7151

2 жыл бұрын

Welcome to my America, but know you are good people and would both be welcome here!

@user-cz8gi2om3n

2 жыл бұрын

I'm from Winnipeg, but did my undergraduate in Ottawa. Living in Ontario for 4 years deepened how much I despise that province and want to see an independent west.

@Bolensgoldrush

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-cz8gi2om3n Why do you despise Ontario so much?

@TRIOPSable

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-cz8gi2om3n I guess we’ll always have our differences. I can understand the western sentiment, but I would hate to see such a thing happen.

As a southern Manitoban I can confirm that our region if given the choice would join America in a heartbeat

@michaelvickers4437

4 ай бұрын

Is that why you just voted in an NDP provincial gov't, headed by an indigenous leader? That wouldn't go over very well in the US.

@Trucker_Josh

4 ай бұрын

@michaelvickers4437 Southern Manitoba didn't vote NDP, we are Conservatives. Our team didn't win this time but that's okay we'll regroup and try again next time... the NDP have a strong leader that outshone ours.. and the province didn't elect an "indigenous leader" ... the province elected a MANITOBAN leader. He doesn't deserve to be viewed only by his skin colour. He's not your typical NDP leader, he's a good man and great Manitoban. We don't see things through the prism of skin colour as many clearly do.. Don't forget... Indigenous people don't recognize the border between Canada and the US. It's all one land to them. I'm sure he would happily reunite his people from both sides under one flag.

@coolioso808

3 ай бұрын

Hold on a second there, partner. You speak for Southern Manitoban's? I don't think so, Josh. I don't even know what the point of 'joining America' would be? Do you want MB to be North Dakota? The system is the sickness here and around the world. We can't expect a sustainable, healthy society using a structurally unsustainable, unjust and unhealthy monetary-market system for very much longer without a better system being built for people who don't want to be exploited and oppressed for the rest of their waking hours of life. Far too many people focus on symptoms of the sickness and not the root cause of the sickness. And then focus too much on political 'answers' which don't do much even if they were to happen. A way to understand this would be watching "A Viable Society" by Peter Joseph. Puts the current problem into context and gives options for viable solutions.

@RobertRitchie-re5pt

3 ай бұрын

I don’t want to join America. I want an all Canadian country. Send all the foreigners home.

@kenf8378

3 ай бұрын

not likely!

As a Canadian who’s sick of this country, watching this video is one of my guilty pleasures

@TheCertifiedLegend

11 ай бұрын

wait until you go to other countries and face the reality and then come back to canada to realise it is still better than any other country on earth

@penguinswim1549

10 ай бұрын

U.S. is welcome anytime now 😅

@doom5895

10 ай бұрын

​@penguinswim1549 as long as they don't push their leftist shit here that'd be like another California

@happygilmore1844

10 ай бұрын

Same

@yannislaurin-kamouche

10 ай бұрын

You're the same who want Québec to lose his culture

When it comes to immigration I believe part of the reason that it hasn’t become as large of a political issue is partially because we have a very small amount of illegal immigration and our news rarely covers immigration issues as they do in the states. Although polls have shown that a majority of Canadians want Canada too cap immigration or lower it.

@DennyPenn1981

2 жыл бұрын

I think you guys take more “Skilled Immigrants” most of our immigrants in America are very “Low Skilled”.

@TheRaviotar

2 жыл бұрын

@@DennyPenn1981 Canada has the "Temporary Foreign Worker" program which is how low-skilled labour is imported to suppress wages. It's supposed to be for niche jobs that can't find a Canadian candidate but it gets used by places like Subway all the time so that tells you how that's going.

@sittingbullsittingbull783

2 жыл бұрын

@n1uk this is very false you are a racist. Refugees and asylum seekers are a very small minority of immigrants coming to Canada. The majority of the immigrants coming to Canada are skilled workers just because they’re brown does not mean they don’t have an education you damn racist dog. Look at the damn statistics fool

@shahriarhakim6673

2 жыл бұрын

@@DennyPenn1981 all the people I know immigrated to Canada from my country are either engineers or .........engineers

@MegaAvalonn

2 жыл бұрын

The biggest reason it hasn't become an issue is because any politician who dares to bring it up is branded a racist and a Nazi by the mainstream media and the gullible Canadian public plays along. It's a non-starter for most politicians. Thanks to the media and the rich, the people can never get a say on immigration.

For a guy that says he grew up (partially) in Southern Ontario, I'm surprised that the presenter is unaware of the widespread love of French immersion schools in English-speaking Canada and the fact that the majority of people in Ontario north of Sudbury are francophones who are fluently bilingual. He also seems unaware of New Brunswick's large francophone population and the fact that many of them live almost entirely in French, although many have very good English as well.

@ryanelliott71698

2 жыл бұрын

I feel like him saying “well I’m half Canadian” is used as an excuse for getting a lot of stuff wrong in this video. Like Monsieur Z levels of bad. And his takes on current events are really, really bad.

@ryanelliott71698

2 жыл бұрын

He acts like it’s destined for Canada to split apart, but doesn’t point out that aside from changing the way we vote (I’d prefer the German model) many of these issues he listed are quite fixable.

@Mixima101

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, listening to this as a Canadian is painful. It makes me question his other videos now, if he's murdering facts in the one I know about.

@frozzie108

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mixima101 most of his takes are very wrong, and from a very american perspective

@subdeaconk

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve not met many bilingual people up here. Nor francophones. Maybe can count on one hand those I’ve met outside of Ottawa, even in the south.

Really loved how the whole video was capped off with "Yeah actually pretty good bones, pretty solid, so, just disregard the last hour" Great video as always !

Just saying, as someone who lives in Manitoba, we do have a large French speaking population here. People will often say the only one is in Quebec, but there are regions where people speak only French, and there are people in Winnipeg (the capital of the province) that are monolingual French speakers. I think the demographics of Manitoba are highly distinguishable from Saskatchewan and Alberta in other ways as well. Like literally if I go somewhere like the Zoo or the Museum I will hear English, French, and German almost every time, (German less, but still quite a lot). I think that this plus a demographic strangeness of out large Icelandic and Ukrainian populations means that in a collapsing Canada I think Manitoba would be likely to go its own way, weather that means being separate from the Praries as its own nation or staying closer to Ontario and the East. I just think there are interesting things going on in Manitoba that perhaps people should bear a little more in mind when making scenarios like this, because people here defiantly don't really consider themselves just an extension of the rest of the west. Also the larger than average Metis population in Manitoba would likely have some larger effect as well.

@tastyquenuck639

2 жыл бұрын

New Brunswick is also like, half french

@katlynklassen809

2 жыл бұрын

I agree with your statements on Manatoba. It is ignored but very complex. More so than saskatchewan by an order of magnitude. I also agree your province would stay attached to Ontario although I do not think it would be for the best.

@martins.2502

2 жыл бұрын

Northern Ontario also contains many French communities with some monolingual French speakers. I find many people from southern Ontario tend to overlook that and consider Quebec to be the only French speaking portion of the country.

@katlynklassen809

2 жыл бұрын

@@martins.2502 lets extend that to people from southern Ontario ignore everyone except Quebec. Canada's penis pays the majority of it's attention to Canada's va.......

@NightmareForge

2 жыл бұрын

People forget the money part of this, as Ontario and Quebec age the bill to support equalization is going to rise significantly and Ontario will support that even less. Sask, is a producing province and this will become massive contrition. Language is all well and good, ones pocket book is another. How this relates to Manitoba? Well Manitoba does depend on these two. And frankly, the US also has a loooot more capital for actually using the resources within Canada and getting the infrastructure to it. So it's not so much an extension of the west, but it nonetheless is linked to it has issues of its own and these issues are still very much tied to the east vs west divide.

I think it's important to keep in mind the American position when considering the possibility of Canadian collapse. The United States currently has two mainland neighbors, both of which are tied in to her system and aren't hostile. Annexing Canadian territory would spread revanchism among what's left and open the northern border to hostile foreign influence. A united and dependant Canada is what serves the interests of the United States, not more territory filled with resources she already gets through trade.

@justinpederson2217

2 жыл бұрын

My question for you out of genuine curiosity. I grew up close to the Canadian border in the states. I have noticed the stereotypes he speaks of from my time playing hockey in Northern US and Souther Canada. Would the Canadian people be that resentful of joining the US at the current rate of trust deterioration in the Midwest we provinces of Canada?? I recognize that isn’t a decision taken lightly on regional levels. But I feel like either way they go they won’t exactly be overly excited about it.

@ralphnoyes4366

2 жыл бұрын

America is NOT going to annex any of Canada unless that part of Canada INSISTS, and even then I have grave doubts it would happen. Where I do agree is that Canada is on the road to dissolution, but what happens from there is absolutely uncertain. Given the geography, the demographics, I don't see a solution, none at all.

@sheetgravy255

2 жыл бұрын

@@justinpederson2217 The parts of the federation that don't join the States would be the areas of concern. Even if they changed their name, they would inherit the territorial claims of Canada. I'm under the impression that the United States would decline admitting any of the provinces to the union unless all of them requested to join. Since that seems unrealistic, it looks like the Canadians are forced to deal with each other and work things out.

@cowboybeboop9420

2 жыл бұрын

The US would never allow foreign influence. If that ever happened they would do what Russia is doing now with Ukraine and just invade.

@sheetgravy255

2 жыл бұрын

@@cowboybeboop9420 Which is why there wouldn't be admittance of any of the provinces to the Union, prevents the entire unnecessary situation.

As a french canadien now living in mexico, i think you have the best description of the country, well explained.

Canadian here! I love your videos! Let me be honest, most of Canada has already been taken over by the USA. Britain was in economic decline well before World War One and after World War Two, the British Empire was essentially wiped out (bankrupted). Our economy has always been heavily dependent upon exporting resources to the USA or relying upon American commercial/industrial giants such as Ford/GM for economic vitality. Also, in many Canadian cities (especially Toronto, Ontario) you’ll see MANY Americans from New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and even Florida doing business or visiting the city as tourists.

"The Canadian practice is just what you would expect--a middle-of-the-road course. We think the Americans edit too heavily and interfere with the author's rights. We think that the English publishers don't take enough editorial responsibility. Naturally, then, we consider our editing to be just about perfect. There's no doubt about it, we Canadians are a superior breed! (in a letter to author Margaret Laurence, dated May, 1960)” ― Jack McClelland,

@the3zoooz1

2 жыл бұрын

everywhere i go i see you. Are you a god?

@BoqPrecision

2 жыл бұрын

@@the3zoooz1 that should be a hint for him to get off the internet. Never a good sign when people recognize you from the comments section.

@villasave3806

2 жыл бұрын

Her contact info 👇

@villasave3806

2 жыл бұрын

Tell her I referred you ASAP👆

@Andrew-rd9zq

2 жыл бұрын

@@villasave3806 fail

10:59 In fairness, the Haudenosaunee confederacy (that’s a mouthful) and the Huron and other tribes fought an Anglo-Dutch proxy war with the French sparked by the insatiable European market for beaver pelts. The Haudenosaunee practiced hunting controls to maintain the beaver population but the Huron did not. They practiced total war but also mass assimilation of conquered tribes. The children of the Huron would become the Mohawk or Oneida of the future. The Canadian government shouldn’t necessarily treat them as owners of the land as allies. Their true homelands are in the United States. Having a random university talking about this is just self absorbed smugness.

@snakesmcgee7640

2 жыл бұрын

I think it should also be mentioned that the standard Iroquois assimilation process was basically the hazing ritual from hell. We're talking torture, rape and occasional mutilation. Although, curiously, once that process was over, you had all the same rights and protections as any other tribal member, with adoption into new families being pretty commonplace. Human culture is strange sometimes...

@zebruno9879

2 жыл бұрын

@@snakesmcgee7640 It is, since that is the normal process

@zebruno9879

2 жыл бұрын

@@snakesmcgee7640 historically speaking of course, we are not forced to be the same as yesterday

@danieltchernov7745

2 жыл бұрын

Its only normal depending on who you talk about. for all their brutality the mongols killed leadership of tribes or kingdoms they conquered. Not that they weren't brutal to said leaders but overall a night and day difference compared to the "assimilation" in canada.

@FK-tz7gs

2 жыл бұрын

It’s not just a random university my high school in Toronto acknowledges that tribe as the rightful owners of the land every day at the same time as the national anthem. Also U of T isn’t a random university it’s one of the top universities in the world.

I would say the degree of separation between Canadians and Americans is how other Americans saw each other before the Civil War. Virginians and Pennsylvanians saw themselves as distinct, but had a brotherhood. If we talk to a Canadian, we feel like we're talking to somebody from a state north of Michigan than a foreigner.

Canada was a high-profile and heroic participant in World War I as well (Vimy Ridge e.g.)

@angelawalsh8355

4 ай бұрын

Sadly, a different Canada. A Canada before the coming of Pierre E. Trudeau!!

@billfarley9167

4 ай бұрын

We kicked butt in WWll as well. The Germans knew who we were and had much respect. Ask the Hollanders.

i am currently developing a decent thesis on why this channel may not survive after the 24th century

@rdarealspeedy4679

2 жыл бұрын

300 years and surviving

@josephfox9221

2 жыл бұрын

Dont say something so dark!

@NiskaMagnusson

2 жыл бұрын

@@josephfox9221 i suppose we must make the most of the channel here and now then, shouldn't we? 😉

@Scrubermensch

2 жыл бұрын

NISKA BRINGING UP THE TRUE QUESTIONS

@zaneyates5704

2 жыл бұрын

due to the on-going geopolitical and socioeconomic strains facing the channel, exacerbated in no small part by the ever-growing range of influence of increasingly fascist-minded liberals, I would actually hazard that the channel has a high of not making it through the 22nd century, but I can see where you're coming from.

I spent my first 54 years in agriculture, near the border town of Sarnia, Ontario. Moving West and then in Alaska, I see Western Canada more in line with the US. Outside of the ultra-liberal Vancouver BC area, most residence are opposed to Ontario and Quebec dominance of governance against the West.

@TheSulross

2 жыл бұрын

definitely have a lot of love for Alberta - gorgeous country (e.g. Banf national park) and great people. Would be nice to be able to road trip to Alaska and not have to do any border crossing checks.

@keikosmith3856

2 жыл бұрын

People’s are so SILLY 😂😂😂😂😂🙄🙄🙄🙄😂😂😂🤡🤡🤡🤡

@lomiification

2 жыл бұрын

Alberta won't want to be run by the dominant american states, either

@dougw7587

2 жыл бұрын

@@lomiification If Alberta was a state with state rights how would it be run by dominant states? Alberta would have the same amount of senators (2, elected not appointed) as EVERY other state. It would have representation in the house dependent on population the same as every other state. Alberta as a state would not be dictated to & controlled by 2 other states as it is with ont/kbek. Alberta would not be forced to send 10's of billions each year to a central government. Alberta could develop it's natural resources without a federal government continually moving the goal posts to restrict it moving forward. A state in the union has far more autonomy than a province in canada which is based under the English system that the US forefathers wanted out from. They saw the tyranny under that system & designed the republic which is superior for the individual person which is a republic wit a constitution & a bill of rights that cannot be changed or avoided like the recent party in canada is doing & said they would do.

@vdfsbdz

2 жыл бұрын

True. Fort St. John and surrounding areas would love to even just be part of alberta because Vancouver and Vancouver island just don't represent them well.

Canada likely won't split because there simply aren't enough people in Alberta, Sas. and Manitoba to make it happen. Only way it could happen would be if Quebec split, then the rest would too.

As a canadian myself the Quebec could be independent themselves that be nice honestly, and in Nunavut alot of us are sort of like Siberians but without any trees

Informative video. From Saskatchewan here. If we had a PM that actually loved all of Canada and not their own political agenda, the divide among Canadians would not be as wide.

@almightywang

Жыл бұрын

Could you be more partisan? Lol this kind of attitude is one of the reasons Canadian unity is threatened. Name one politician you couldn't say that about - they're all like that but Trudeau specifically for some reason "doesn't love all Canadians" like Stephen Harper cared about people in Newfoundland give me a break

@almightywang

Жыл бұрын

@@northernlibertymedia You mean progressive liberalism has destroyed Canada's economy, which is 10th largest in the world? How so? How is the economy destroyed?

@200beluga

Жыл бұрын

@@almightywang No at this point in time it is, Justin Trudeau that is a threat to Canadian unity. Trudeau the worse MP ever. Do your research. The man is a lying fake feminist, whom has 4 ethics violations.

@almightywang

Жыл бұрын

@@200beluga Every PM is a threat to Canadian unity since, as this video points out, Canada has major problems with regionalism. Trudeau specifically is no more or less of a threat than any other PM. You just don't like him because he's liberal lol like, you wear your partisanship on your sleeve. Your feelings do not equal facts - you know this as well you just can't admit it

@almightywang

Жыл бұрын

@@emeraldfinder5 So then you agree with the previous comment that the Canadian economy has been destroyed because of Trudeau?

I believe one of the biggest problems Canada faces is it's lack of national identity. The US may be sometimes dysfunctional, but it's core nationalistic identity keeps it together. Whereas in Canada the there is no identity anymore. Canada is essentially a hotel, you show up and make yourself at home and never assimilate. I've been born and raised in Canada but have never called myself Canadian (speaking from Montreal especially), you're either Italian, Greek, German, French.... but never Canadian.

@kennyholmes5196

2 жыл бұрын

Kinda like how the USA used to be before we had our little... schism... back during the Lincoln presidency.

@Laotzu.Goldbug

2 жыл бұрын

When Trudeau says there is no core Canadian identity, he doesn't mean what most people mean (he just hates white people). But, there is an element of truth to it. Canada has defined itself for so long in negative terms, in not be in the United States, that it really doesn't have much else going for it to hold on to.

@andrewlechner6343

2 жыл бұрын

@@kennyholmes5196 Not really the same. Pre-civil war US citizens identified with their state more than country; which is different than in Canada where many people don't identify with either, instead basing cultural identity based on their ancestors culture, i.e. British, French, or Italian.

@kennyholmes5196

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrewlechner6343 That is fair, but if you look at canada nowadays, the stronger of the two if it is there is identifying with the province as opposed to the federation.

@avroarchitect1793

2 жыл бұрын

I've found that we were on our way to forging an identity as a nation during and after the world wars it was still in its infancy and forming, but then Pierre showed up and pushed multiculturalism and focusing on the idea of "we are not Americans" and heritage over any current tangible identity. There by murdering it before it could finish forming, the Quebec independence movements were a driving wedge that were never sorted out and stalled any other development of an identity. The 60's and 70's were showing promise as to forming one (despite the other issues of the later decade). However since Pierre's rule we have imported everyone and anyone and their associated identities too. Diluting and erasing everything that was starting to happen naturally.

I think he kinda glossed over/ over simplified Canadian's true treatment of Native Americans

I was a landed immigrant in the mid 60s after we moved back from Africa to Calgary, though I grew up south of the border in Montana. I really loved it there. When I fly from Europe to visit family, I generally, fly into Calgary. My niece is in Edmonton, and other family members are in Montana amongst other places. I also remember the ABC provinces (Alberta, British Columbia) vs Quebec political squabbles. Great country, love the people!

I'm desperate for you to make a video about Australia, considering the similarities and differences between it and Canada. As an Aussie watching these videos, I still can't decide if our situation is more similar to that of Europe or the United States.

@shorewall

2 жыл бұрын

Australia, Canada, and the UK will be in orbit around the US. The US is the middle point and strong lever between each of those countries, and the common culture makes things easier. US has stable geography, decent demography, great economy and military. Canada is already a free rider, and Aus and UK are the extensions of USA into SEA and Europe respectively. USA can't run the world anymore, but it can secure both the Pacific and Atlantic, which is a pretty good chunk of change.

@artman12

2 жыл бұрын

Politically, Australia is more similar to CANZUK countries than either the US or Europe.

@kennyholmes5196

2 жыл бұрын

@@shorewall What's ironic is that the USA used to be the UK's extension into NA. Talk about turning the tables!

@infoseeker3047

2 жыл бұрын

@@kennyholmes5196 The UK is smaller than Texas! America always had the potential to become a superpower just from it’s sheer size & richness in resources and that’s exactly what has happened.

@adammillington1596

2 жыл бұрын

@@infoseeker3047 Russia is the World's largest country and they are a mess. The UK is a small Island and essentially it conquered the world. The size of a country doesn't determine its success.

One key angle you're missing is about those Amish settlers. They have a phenomenal growth rate, while Canada as a whole is barely breaking even. Before long, we'll all be bowing to our Pennsylvania-Dutch-speaking overlords...

@NWP_railfan_ZMT

2 жыл бұрын

I heard a bunch (like 50,000+) of them moved to Latin America because Canada was getting too involved in their homeschooling...

@mygoogle1594

2 жыл бұрын

The Amish are currently reaping the consequences of 200+ years of inbreeding. There's a fair chance they could die out in a couple more generations without the infusion of some 'new blood', their reputation for industriousness notwithstanding.

@sotch2271

2 жыл бұрын

@@NWP_railfan_ZMT yes

@danbernstein4694

2 жыл бұрын

You'll eat better...

@thomasjefferson6

2 жыл бұрын

More likely Canadians will be bowing down to their Muslim immigrant overlords, whose population has increased more than 450% since the 1970s, and has a higher birth rate than the Canadian birth rate except for some conservative Christian groups.

You’re partially from Pennsylvania? By chance, you ever been around Lancaster? My parents used to take me and my siblings there to meet my grandma growing up. Fond memories.

Moment of silence for the veterans of the beaver wars

As a small town Albertan, I've never heard anyone talk about Albertan separatism seriously. Just doesn't seem to be a likely occurrence. The people here for the most part are fairly patriotic although the anti-BC sentiment has gained considerable traction since the whole trans mountain fiasco.

@finished6267

Жыл бұрын

Fuck dude. I'm living on trans mountain Ugh.

@kerrryschultz2904

Жыл бұрын

Myles: Albertians should remember that quebec whordes it timber and other resourses that they could use to build their economy and basically when asked about it said that's for their future. Because the east controls the vote in parliment western canada is basically screwed. Alberta spent it heritage fund thru mismanagent and when alberta petroleum supplies run out do you really think eastern canada will support your rainy day fund. Time for Albertains and western provinces to look after themselves.

@martyincanuckistan3635

Жыл бұрын

I agree as someone from BC our province screwed up big time but I’m a rare conservative in BC this is a mostly progressive socialist province and joining Washington/California isn’t that far fetched

@The_Very_Tall_Midget

Жыл бұрын

Dont worry, us in BC feel the same :)

@bruhholmes

Жыл бұрын

@@martyincanuckistan3635 another fellow from British Columbia here just chiming in to say im sick of this as well

On the intro/ad I must agree - Canada punches far above her weight class on the world stage. Her population has not stopped her from contributing in many coalitions with her allies throughout last few deacdes. As for the US being a young country, although this feels true and seems historically accurate, we should remember that it is the 2nd oldest regime in the world. Only GB is older. You wouldn't find a German alive today who thinks his country is essentially the same as it was during Weimar or REDACTED times, and although that may be a cope, they are clearly different nations.

@chardaskie

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting take

@adamtuico390

2 жыл бұрын

They are different states not nations. The nation of Germany has existed for way longer then the US. They are just under different states

@anthonydavis5826

2 жыл бұрын

He meant young in terms of demographics not in terms of how long the country itself has actually existed.

@chardaskie

2 жыл бұрын

@@adamtuico390 Lol Germany is a terrible example as they didn't even fully unify until AFTER the U.S. When they invaded France in 1871. Now you could say Germania has existed longer but that really was an idea of the Romans more than an actual Nation

@alphagamer9505

2 жыл бұрын

That's just different governments, the state is the same, the US has is one of the oldest continuous governments in the world, that different from being the oldest state

I’m half Canadian but have lived my life in the USA. When I visit my relatives in Quebec or when they come visit us, it’s super frustrating for me. Only my dad and Grandma understand them. They don’t speak any English and intentionally so. I feel like this is part of the greater Canadian problem seen from a young person’s perspective on an individual case. I hope future generations can learn to understand each other and blend to make a cohesive partner country to the USA…. Of course the USA needs to do that too…

@billfarley9167

3 күн бұрын

Perhaps you should learn French to show respect to your relatives.

I’m an American living in Alberta, I’m originally from Massachusetts and I’ve never seen more American loving folks than Albertans. It seems like a grass is greener type situation at times but Albertans genuinely seem to admire and envy the US. Above all Albertans value being independent and for people to make their own choice so it’s no surprise they admire the United States. I’ve lived in Ontario too and I see more American flags flown here more Trump flags etc. some Albertans here in the comments talking about how everyone they know hates Americans and I can tell you I haven’t ever found that to be the case. Obviously it goes without saying Albertans are not a monolith. There are nutjob liberals here too but they are definitely in the minority.

Interesting that Ontario, which was founded by American Revolution era loyalist exiles, has the beautiful Red Ensign as it's provincial flag. My father's family settled in Ontario for several generations b4 heading south to the U.S. There are so many things to love about Canada

@canadiancontrol538

2 жыл бұрын

Some Ontarians and I don't like having that as our flag, we think it makes us look like a colony, but we are still kind of controlled by England anyway, so it makes sense.

@lucasharvey8990

2 жыл бұрын

I disagree. Ontario's flag is incredibly ugly. It reminds me of my state's flag here in Wisconsin, but for some dumb reason you guys still carry around that British watermark. You aren't a stock photo, so stop acting like one and make a flag that actually represents yourselves. You deserve to be represented by something better than a red rag with stickers on it.

@canadiancontrol538

2 жыл бұрын

@@lucasharvey8990 the government of ontario won't change the flag no matter how hard we try. it's dated and inaccurate, but they don't care.

@bigwoody4704

2 жыл бұрын

Great post ED

@andrewmarling

2 жыл бұрын

@@canadiancontrol538 Woah majority British populated country pays respect to the country that founded and populated it, thats so crazy!

I was having a good day before I saw this in my recommended! Anyways, as a Manitoban I want to comment on some things: You said that Canadian provinces usually resemble the American states south of them. Well, the only way Manitoba resembles North Dakota is that we both grow wheat. Manitoba has less Germans and Scandinavians and more Ukrainians, Poles, Métis, Icelanders, Filipinos, and Indians (Asian). North Dakota does not have a large, left-leaning, ethnically diverse city with the majority of the population. North Dakota’s hydrocarbons are important to it, Manitoba’s hydrocarbon industry is so small it might as well not exist. Manitoba is more moderate politically than North Dakota as well. I would also caution against lumping Manitoba with the rest of the West. Anti-Eastern sentiment here seems less strong than in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Remember that Winnipeg is left leaning and has more than half the population, and so a theoretical referendum to leave Canada could never pass here unless things change drastically. Manitoba has a puny oil/gas industry compared to the other two prairie provinces, so the complaints about the government being hostile to oil doesn’t apply here. Manitoba in general is a centrist province. I think you understate Indigenous issues in this video. Canada specifically tried to destroy their culture, the Residential schools were rife with abuse and disease, the government used human flagsticks in the Arctic by forcibly moving Indigenous people there to scrape out survival, and the dishonest treaty negotiations (not done in good faith by Canada). This is not just about the past; Indigenous people in this country are still shackled with poverty and racism today, with some reserves not having potable water. About politics; I hate how politics here are today. Our PM is simply a liar, plain and simple. He has few to no accomplishments. No other party has offered strong opposition, Trudeau’s one skill is campaigning it seems. My dislike for him has nothing to do with him being “Liberal”. Unfortunately, it feels to me like there are no politicians in Canada who seem to know how to deal with the problems the country faces, no one with the creativity, vision, or political courage. Interestingly, it seems to me like Canadian politicians were much better in the past. Despite all this, I would be saddened if Whatif’s gloomy prediction came through. Although I understand the strengths and accomplishments of Canada, I am still thankful I was born on this side of the 49th parallel. I still hold out idealistic hoped for this country. Also, keep in mind that the NDP (Who I assume you refer to by saying “socialists”), almost never try and implement actual socialism when they take power in a province. They are usually social democrats, and can sometimes even be pro-business centrists (Gary Doer in Manitoba). Just wanted to add these pieces of context, as I would be surprised if Whatifalthist has spent any time in my province.

@brandonmcauley2911

2 жыл бұрын

Way too many opinions and factually incorrect statements in this video. Unfortunately, historically literacy and understanding is low so many will take this video as “fact.” This video would fail a peer review process.

@josephbrown4331

2 жыл бұрын

completely agree bro, as an albertan we may dislike the east, but we sure as hell dislike the states more

@minerveo

2 жыл бұрын

@@josephbrown4331 Im also alberta, i would never want to join the states. as much as i hate ontario. Btw the commenter of this original comment is a dumbass. probably doesnt know anything about NDP they arent close to social democrats at all.

@dictatorofcanada4238

2 жыл бұрын

@@minerveo What are the NDP then? After all, the NDP is often described that way.

@minerveo

2 жыл бұрын

@@dictatorofcanada4238 far left corrupt socialists

4:22 As a Canadian who's been from coast to coast, this map is f'ing hilarious 😂

The #1 thing that matters to all Canadians is free health care, although here's nothing free about hundreds of billions of dollars and growing.

Another great analysis. To me, as a Canadian myself, this country is like that super polite neighbor always donning a smile and trying to be everyone's friend, but their home life is an absolute dumpster fire and everyone knows it but doesn't say anything.

@kennyholmes5196

2 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile, as a citizen of the USA, we're your cordial, brash, unapologetic, and loud neighbor who is half in denial about their life being a dumpster fire, and yet they and everyone else just politely agree to not talk about how it is one when they're around. Americans, for all their hostility at times, are a friendly people when you get to know them. Canadians are just easier to become friends with.

@SlapStyleAnims

2 жыл бұрын

@@kennyholmes5196 That sums us Muricans up perfectly

@lucasharvey8990

2 жыл бұрын

This continent is such a weird and wacky family, and if you look at it from that perspective, politics becomes a really interesting sitcom. The idea of some Canadian provinces joining the US makes me think of a sibling who is down on their luck and needs to move in for awhile, and I'm all for it. Love, from Wisconsin. I'm down for 12-13 new states, no problem. You guys can come right on in whenever you want, though uh, I do understand if you're hesitant to lose that healthcare you've got going on. We'll get ourselves sorted eventually, so you don't have to worry about joining the party.

@StuffandThings_

2 жыл бұрын

People give America a lot of shit for, well, pretty much everything, but if I had to sum up Americans of pretty much any political leaning, it would be that we're very blunt about things. People don't like it without the sugar coating, but at the end of the day its better to face the issues than pretend that everything is fine. Even with overly-politicized stuff like climate change, eventually everyone comes to the agreement that its a problem and starts working things out. Unfortunately things have become *so* extreme in recent years that this process of grumbling and working out issues eventually is slowing down a tad, but its certainly better than Canada just casually ignoring deep internal struggles.

@jasonchiu272

2 жыл бұрын

@@StuffandThings_ I believe that the reason why we always hear people talking shit about America is because there are so many diverse people in America that those outside of the it will most likely have relatives living in America one way or the other. Of couse people will know the country inside out along with all its flaws. Tldr: So basically America is a punching bag that diverts people's attention away from the problems in other countries.

I have only been to Canada a handful of times and I could tell Quebec acted as its own country and from Ontario to Quebec things go from English to French real quick. Then passed through Alberta heading to BC another time and your map saying Alberta and Texas are alike is very true I saw cattle farms, conservative political signs, welcoming people.

@averongodoffire8098

2 жыл бұрын

Ever seen a buffalo farm? Shit gets very non Texan REAL QUICK!

@TheSulross

2 жыл бұрын

and their Banf national park is something else

@David_Quinn_Photography

2 жыл бұрын

@@averongodoffire8098 I have not seen one up north but have seen them in Kentuckey.

@averongodoffire8098

2 жыл бұрын

@@David_Quinn_Photography Kentucky? Really? Oh that’s pretty cool, but yeah I have seen one before but I didn’t know they were that far south east Thank you for that

@ungusbungus2486

2 жыл бұрын

@@averongodoffire8098 that’s just a longhorn substitute

Correction Canada had way more than 1 war with the Indians.

@ 4:36, according to the map, we apparently have white walkers in northern Canada.

As a Canadian citizen I feel like this scenario rests too much on the hypothetical of the USA somehow magically ending its current political turmoil and entering a golden age. As of 2022, I find it incredibly hard to believe that most Canadians would prefer to be part of the USA than part of Canada, especially given the many problems the USA has, among them not only the harsh political polarization but the incredibly expensive nature of education and healthcare in the US. In short, life on paper seems better in Canada than in the USA. Besides this, I feel like the political division applied for Canada should also be applied in the case of the USA. There is a vast cultural and political differences between the deep south and the west coast, yet I don't see anyone arguing that the US is going to collapse. In contrast to the division between the prairie provinces and Ontario and BC, the internal division in Canada is negligible. In general while I do think this scenario is interesting, I find total national collapse very unlikely.

@idontknowhatmynameshouldbe

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Most people don’t realize that the usa has a lot of problems as well I mean look at the 2020 protests on blm.

@KCCC326

2 жыл бұрын

out here in the west the separatist movement is strong and growing. We don't all buy the CBC pap about how terrible the US is.

@shushmeadow6574

2 жыл бұрын

The cultural divide in the US is more between the urban elites and the rest of America. The South/West dichotomy is not nearly as stark as hollywood and twitter would make it seem.

@alexanderballa6152

2 жыл бұрын

@@KCCC326 it might be growing but its still quite a small movement. Plus with them being part of the trucker convoy they are not doing themselfs any favor

@KCCC326

2 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderballa6152 yes keep sucking down that sweet cbc Kool-aid

My best experience with Canada was my trip to Montreal. I drove up in my early 20’s from the states. After being stoped for a long Interrogation at the border. I headed up to Montreal to meet my Cusin that was studying French. I pulled over just outside of Montreal to look at my map. Every few minutes someone would stop to see if I was ok and needed directions. At one point I had 4 people just talking and hanging out. Right off the highway. Folks asked if I wanted to hang out. Completely different from the NY or Dc experience. I was only in Montreal for a few days before I went on to Toronto. Man did I have a great time. When I Travel around the world to this date if I want to know about where to go or what to do I often just look for the Canadian leaf. I hung out with some guys from Montreal in Paris. They gave me plenty of cues on how to get good service as an American in Paris.

@lqenr52

2 жыл бұрын

Man... this makes me wanna go to Montreal

@noice1215

2 жыл бұрын

How old r u now?

@fatboy19831

2 жыл бұрын

@@noice1215 56

@tanbir11

2 жыл бұрын

@@lqenr52 wait a little, the covid 19 rules have quebec upside down. Come in the summer, but just pay attention to the Covid 19 rules they change every 2 weeks lol

@imjang2430

2 жыл бұрын

That's funny, i thought we were less curteous than the other provinces...

Good luck with the health care debate, absorbing people who are acustomed to it.

@noah766

4 ай бұрын

As long as state follow the constitution state can make there own laws for almost everything else including healthcare. States do have a lot more freedom than the provinces.

@maxwelldaly5845

8 күн бұрын

Although Canadian healthcare may be free, it really isn’t that good even among other free healthcare countries, honestly I don’t think I would have a problem American healthcare yeah maybe a little pricey but at least it’s good.

@Tjd1982

8 күн бұрын

@@maxwelldaly5845 Did you say free lol. I have private and OHIP. Works out finr for myself.

This is the kind of stuff we cannot stand for as Canadians our governments illegally bringing in an emergency act that is disgraceful

There is a large Francophone population in Northern Ontario. Having grown up in multiple towns and city's north of Subdury, i can tell you that the french speaking polpulation has been relevant in every northern Ontario community I've lived in

@DirkDillingerBlues

2 жыл бұрын

As well as here in New Brunswick it is bi-lingual French/English

@srs1518

2 жыл бұрын

I had to travel to Northern Ontario once. Mostly French speakers.

@jeffho1727

2 жыл бұрын

Northern Ontario is a separate entity from southern Ontario. That isnt addressed here, why would the north stay with Ontario?? And Im not talking about Nunavut or the NWT but the northern part of Ontario and Quebec. It wasnt addressed in the last Quebec Referendum about what happens to the integrity of the province of Quebec if it did go independent? What about the Anglo south or the FN north? Why would they be obligated to the new country of Quebec?

@milo-qh7cv

2 жыл бұрын

maybe that is why ontario went to shit

@OMGaNARWHALE

2 жыл бұрын

from sudbury, I can confirm this

Prediction before watching: Trudeau will play a role in this.

@chickenlegs5061

2 жыл бұрын

Im sure he will

@akmadman36

2 жыл бұрын

He already is. The political divide created by him and his government cannot be overstated. The trucker convoy and his handling of it is a watershed moment. I honestly think that if he were to be re-elected or he continues with his widespread corruption (which is inevitable) who knows what Canada would look like a year from now, let alone decades.

@DQBlizzard_

2 жыл бұрын

@@akmadman36 It'll be fine

@noOneAskedForHandleOnYT

2 жыл бұрын

@@akmadman36 He destroyed this country

@sleelofwpg688

4 ай бұрын

Even if not in power. That family has done more damage to Canada than any other. The problems they cause will be at the core of any split, if it happens.

Aight, so a few things to be said here already, with more to come I suspect in future edits. 1. I have pondered similar concepts and then some on this matter, and your end map is relatively the same as mine. But. Some differences. Keep that in mind when reading further. 2. Shared culture map at 4:26. My boy, have you ever heard of Manitoba's most friendly gesture? The Winnipeg Handshake? (Sorry Manitoba, but your secret handshake is important info for him right now.) I would say what it is specifically, but YT filter will definitely block it. Go ahead and google on your own time. Also for point #2. You could really just combine the red and orangey yellow areas of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and combine them into a darker orange with all the things combined from both. For the most part that is. There will be fringe differences along the edges a bit, but it's mostly the same between these two provinces. I know, I was born in one, moved to the other, and back again, and again, and again. There are some differences, but it's mostly the exact same with different landscape. Oh, and BC infiltrated the cities in Alberta and Saskatchewan a long time ago. You could probably meld some green in there too. It was a slow crawl, but they managed to reach all the way past Sask. At first it was kind of nice, because some of the right wingers here need to be put on their place now and again. But when the lefties get too raucous, the right wingers do too. Hence a lot of the mayhem lately. Lefties got too full of em selves. Righties ain't taking it anymore. Hence why currently the political maps are showing a giant swath of blue support in Canada as per current polling accumulation in 2024. 3. To be continued. -edit- Continuing: "The plains provinces said they'd rather join America than be in a country ruled by Ontario." : Yes, very much so especially in today's time when it is very much more so Toronto that decides anything and everything due to sheer population there, than anywhere else in Canada. The whole FPTP seats allocation issues aside for moment, the sheer concentration of people in that singular area makes it the most focused on place in Canada for basically anything that occurs. This includes polling, research into the 'solutions' required to solve the problems caused by current and even previous governments, so on and so forth. Due to that sheer focus, they miss the nuances and intricacies of how their resulting policies affect the rest of the nation. For those from Toronto and general area reading this, know that I at least hold no ill will towards you, like many here. But we are definitely getting tired of being dictated to how to run our lives by people who have almost nothing in common with us beyond the nation we live in and the resulting fact of life as it is. Like having similar buildings, etc. Fact is, things kind of need to be done differently here, which is why we have provincial governments as well as federal. But due to the sheer weight you have in regards to any decisions made by the federal, it creates an imbalance between the powers that be, and those that wish they could be but aren't. I.E. You. Just go become a city state already, and stop being a problem for the rest of us, please and thanks. 4. New continuation point. Edit: J.J. McCullogh... Let's just say we have very different opinions about his videos. Been a long time since I've bothered watching any though, so perhaps he's changed his views on some things? I dunno. Haven't watched in a few years. So that's all I will say. 5. Okay, so I'm at 19:32 and while I'm letting some things slide right now on earlier points made because I would prefer to do a little more analysis myself before saying anything on them, I will say right now that you might want to look into the creation of one of the most left wing parties in the Canadian political system. The NDP basically owe their birth to the Prairies provinces, for better or worse. Yes, we have a lot of conservative voters here, I will not argue this. But it would be good for you to acknowledge things like this, because there was a time in the 2000's where some papers were trying to state we were more left wing than the people in Ontario. 6. A few tweaks to your end map. - Manitoba would be its own nation much like Quebec. Parts of Sask along the border might join, while others remain with Alberta. Ontario would probably give way as well up to some point between Hudson and the Great Lakes. Manitoba and Nunavut would essentially become their own nation combined possibly too. NWT to some extent might get includes, but only up to a point along that Sask border again. - BC would lose some land to Alberta connecting to Yukon and Alaska through them. I suspect it would be something along the lines of the Rockies being engulfed, and a diagonal line draw from mid way tip of the current border, all the way over to the American's coastal reaches Alaska side. The remaining chunk of BC would become its own city state/nation. The remaining area of NWT closest to Yukon would likely be included with... - The prairies and Alberta connecting to Yukon and Alaska. it would basically look like America growing a big arm to connect to Alaska. Manitoba would like prior stated take some areas in Saskatchewan that really are more like Manitoba's than Alberta's or the rest of Sask as it were. So that border will get kind of wonky in certain parts perhaps. Otherwise, everything between that and what remains of BC becomes divided up into a bunch of smaller states, because the provinces even as they are right now would be much too large to add to the rest of the USA without huge imbalances in geographical power due to resource availability, etc. IF they remained singular states at all, we would see a mass migration to fill them up with more people I suspect, most likely once again along the southern border mostly. - Climate changes over time are trending towards Canada as a whole right now becoming warmer in the north, and more temperate in the mid areas with the southern getting hotter than usual. Overall this means there is a lot more 'liveable' land available further north for people who don't like the cold as much. So there is a potential that some areas of Canada might see a final migration between the provinces prior to such splits. Ontario for instance might lose enough population to reduce it down to being just Toronto; with the rest going their own ways, and the remaining land between being swallowed up like with the Manitoba taking parts of Ontario situation. Or even Quebec possibly taking Ottawa.

If Canada merged into the U.S., it would be a win win situation for both countries.

I usually agree with your perspective but as a Canadian who has lived in several provinces I think this is a cold take

@BlackWidowMac

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. I usually vibe pretty well with his content. Take was colder than nunavut.

@Habebandebardown

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlackWidowMac damn thats pretty cold

@Handlebrake2

2 жыл бұрын

Yet you offered no reasoning or arguments.

@keynage6693

2 жыл бұрын

@@Handlebrake2 ok

@ironmind258

2 жыл бұрын

How so?

As someone from Saskatchewan I never expected the Wexit movement to really take off but its becoming an increasingly popular movement especially among "zoomer" men

@tentwoXII

2 жыл бұрын

would wexiters like to join america?

@doscassette871

2 жыл бұрын

@@tentwoXII real mixed, the more militant types want a seperate nation or something new with the midwest leaving and joining us as they see Washington worse then Ottawa. More moderates would settle as just the 51st state

@tentwoXII

2 жыл бұрын

@@doscassette871 odds BC would join a hypothetical wexit? besides Vancouver it’s pretty tory leaning.

@doscassette871

2 жыл бұрын

@@tentwoXII likely join

@cheesecakedoublepeanutbutt6511

2 жыл бұрын

I see joining America as a total win lol

As a Canadian,I have to tell you that your view is an American view, the Canadians I know have quite a different viewpoint of these two countries and I am so glad we have a border between us , and we are “ Canadian’s “ !

@kennyg1358

3 ай бұрын

As a fellow Canadian I feel the opposite.

@will21

3 ай бұрын

You must be from Ontario?

@achimotto-vs2lb

3 ай бұрын

right on my man

@redline1916

3 ай бұрын

I'm a western canadian, stop speaking for us.

@redline1916

3 ай бұрын

​@@achimotto-vs2lbthey're wrong

Finally someone who speaks my language. I thought I was crazy for thinking about these things lol

I like how he goes into all this detail and at the end is like “anyways, canada is very stable and i don’t see it falling, bye”

@Revi0us

Жыл бұрын

Yes, we all wasted 22 minutes watching some Canadian ex-pat (he spent 'some time' growing up in Ontario and he has a Canadian friend who makes youtube videos???) go on about how Canada is going to fall apart, except not. That's how youtubers get you.

@micheldumont292

Жыл бұрын

@@Revi0us omg right?! this rhetoric half baked and fairly populist ignorant of real canadian disparities. Im ojibway french and speak primarily english. this guy is fairly clueless and has thrown together a few other peoples opinions haha

@newt21

Жыл бұрын

So some idiot who lived here for awhile is giving us a lecture about Canada? Piss off and at the end you come up with a brilliant surmise that makes think your mother should have swallowed.

@tracerx91

Жыл бұрын

@@micheldumont292 Not to mention he seriously thinks that the shithole america is gonna somehow be unified enough to be in a golden age xD

@edwinve4112

Жыл бұрын

@michel dumont Are you ok?

Canadian identity was intertwined with both the British and French empires so when those disappeared, Canada was left scrambling for a way to define itself.

@Hispania_45

2 жыл бұрын

This. Also the same with Australia and New Zealand, they’ve copied the US identity model of a diversity state with no real identity, abandoning their British Anglo roots which made them unique.

@malenfant21m

2 жыл бұрын

Many Canadians simply identify themselves as "Not American", which I would say aligns itself with your assessment.

@ham.strings

2 жыл бұрын

Anglo Canadians did not even think of themselves as Canadian before WWI. French Canadian identity has been strong from the beginning.

@imjang2430

2 жыл бұрын

@Simon Bolduc The identity key lies within its oldest residents

@c.rutherford

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah when I first saw Canadian money as a kid I was like "aw cool... they've got a Queen, like in the old fairy tales!" and they were like "nah, not really." "oh." I think my father actually said, "They're getting rid of her" lol

10:45 is that “mostly peaceful” or mostly peaceful?

The ironic thing is much of English Canada has its roots in America, Loyalists having left the Lower 48 for Canada after the American Revolution. If Quebec wants to continue being an outpost of Franco-Phone culture it needs to be on its own.

IDK about that BC conclusion. I feel that if they were cut off, they would for 1 lose a whole lot of trans continental trade which in large part is their job(they are the port of long beach and LA equivalent in Canada) and while I do see them being more moved to stay their own course I still would see them become or at least be extremely close to becoming a state. If canada was to fail the US also would have substantial northern bases and other "security" issues, akin to that of the crimea take over, since the territories technically dont get full sway they would just be absobed into the US and likely end up being stuck between a guam or puerto rico type situation(guam because the military bases and substatial population, and puerto rico since it is so small and now relatively resource poor that it wouldnt get close statehood like alaska did. now Yukon has a definite chance of statehood largely cause of the need to have clear drilling rights on the north slope. the other small island territories could be merged in and then the US would finally have the claim to the northeast passage. I do see that as a small caviate since the US currently sways towards it being international waters, but any canadian annexation would make it more favorable to make those waters internal. thus making washingtons current stance towards the passage seem very short sighted. but at the same time, who is going to try to fight the worlds largest navy when they say that some area is exclusively theirs. so thats the only change id make to the map( the only one that makes sense) is the defacto annexation of the territories especially those of the northeast passage.

@Liam-iv7wk

2 жыл бұрын

My girlfriend is from Vancouver and said it wouldn't surprise her if BC joined America since that important highway is blown out from mudslides but also that everyone there would throw a huge bitch fit about now being Americans and then just be more typical west coasters or move to Florida. Plus cleaning up all the money laundering there would be huge for the city and that the Canadian government apparently isn't doing anything about it.

@fifthcolumn388

2 жыл бұрын

Realistically we’d absorb the whole country if we [the US] were already in the mood to expand, with the probable exception of Quebec.

@JonatasAdoM

2 жыл бұрын

Easy, start making artificial islands there.

@michaeldowson6988

2 жыл бұрын

His premise is based on Canada being les united than the US, which is only united in name, but not especially so in fact.

@richardbug3094

2 жыл бұрын

@@fifthcolumn388 The problem with that is Quebec would be so weak and isolated, that it could not amount to being anything more then a puppet nation of the USA while also not being a producer of anything that the world would want and it could not support itself financially. Montreal itself has a large immigrant population, some of them identifying more with their country of origin then as a Quebecois. But whether or not Quebec would become similar to the Louisiana purchase for the United states is a huge if.

This was very informative thank you .

As a resident of Vancouver island, I can confirm we are a separate entity to the city of Vancouver. We just had a “thing” for naming everything after this one guy.

@mrofnocnon

2 жыл бұрын

that good old island mentality eh?

@Josh-wh9uc

Жыл бұрын

I love my island, nothing better than Vancouver island

@youngarchaeotech189

Жыл бұрын

@@Josh-wh9uc It doesn’t get much better than this, methinks.

@Josh-wh9uc

Жыл бұрын

@@youngarchaeotech189 Definitely not

@drazenloncaric5952

Жыл бұрын

Originally "Quadra AND Vancouver" island... but thats a mouthful

I lived in Ontario and Quebec been all the way to PEI and a lot of people talk French in there backyards Iam English speaking myself

Fascinating!!!!

As an American, I want nothing but the best for our lovely Canadian neighbors, but I would gladly accept any province into the US with open arms!

@Shadowfalls89

Жыл бұрын

I agree with you.. except for Quebec. They don’t have enough in common with us for any kind of admission to our union. They need to be their own country.

@Motherfaulk92

Жыл бұрын

Fuck that

@neuroticnastrothomas189

Жыл бұрын

Would you feel the same way about Mexico?

@JayGarrickFlash

Жыл бұрын

@@neuroticnastrothomas189 Good question. If we were somehow able to eliminate cartel presence in the parts of Mexico that joined prior to their joining, then yes. It would definitely be a lot harder to integrate Mexican culture into American culture, but I'm sure we could figure it out. 😂

@michaelbruvolt4221

Жыл бұрын

@@neuroticnastrothomas189 Why would anybody equate Canadian and Mexican entry into the U.S. as the same?? Mexico has a much different social and political culture than the U.S. Canadian society is already almost indistinguishable from American society (I said almost). Integrating a Canadian province as a U.S. state would be significantly easier than a Mexican state. It's a no-brainer.

Right from the beginning when I hear that Canada is made fun of for being sparsely populated I'm here in Wyoming thinking, "I know how it feels."

@user-tx8lp5ny9h

4 ай бұрын

but we like it that way in Wyoming

@jakhamar55

4 ай бұрын

Im planning on moving to Wyoming if turdeau wins again. I know the weather sucks but im used to it

@zakstev

4 ай бұрын

Wyoming is invited to join the independent Alberta confederacy,

"im over simplifying here"... understatement

I’m originally from British Columbia, moved to Alberta over two decades ago… Alberta and it’s more conservative ways gave me everything BC and it’s rampant liberalism and high taxes couldn’t. Yes, western Canada excluding most of southern BC are absolutely culturally different from the eastern provinces. We’re definitely a house divided against itself, bribery has kept us together…but the coffers (outside alberta) are running dry, and the disunity is showing. FTW (free the west)

As someone who’s lived all over BC and Alberta, you have to also remember that BC outside of the Vancouver/ Vancouver Island areas are very different. Other than some small “hippy pockets”(Nelson, Sparwood, Etc), the rest of BC have people with very similar attitudes and lifestyles to those in the prairie provinces. Especially in Northern BC. If the West separated from the East, I can almost promise you that the rest of BC would rather die than be apart of the same country or identity as Vancouver and the Island.

@outrageddeer2101

2 жыл бұрын

Even then the we may not even give you a choice as Americans would let a continetal nation be a Chinese ally

@Shanbo26

2 жыл бұрын

@@outrageddeer2101 You really think Vancouver is hated that much? News flash: it's not. And yeah, good luck surviving on your own without the economic engines of Vancouver and Vancouver island. Yeah, don't think even the red parts of BC are willing to commit economic suicide.

@outrageddeer2101

2 жыл бұрын

@@Shanbo26 I'm not only American I'm in New Mexico I think you mean OP I'm just saying America wouldn't let a pro Chinese nation exist on the main land

@Shanbo26

2 жыл бұрын

@@outrageddeer2101 You're right, I meant the OP. But you're kidding yourself if you think we're pro Chinese, after what those bastards pulled on us.

@outrageddeer2101

2 жыл бұрын

@@Shanbo26 economic interests really wither way I see BC as a part of the union if Canada collapses as really most reservations about health care are negated since the states are allowed to have a public health care system similar to Canada's system where it's managed by the provinces as well more economic benefits than being alone and really if you honestly think about it with States rights as strong as they in the US would be apart of America be that bad?

Guy from Northwestern Ontario, here. It goes deeper! There’s a divide between Northern and Southern Ontario, as well. N.Ontario’s needs are overlooked due to S.Ontario’s population density. Culturally they’re divided, even by accent. People from S.O are so unfamiliar with the shear size of the province that they think parts of S.Ontario are N.Ontario.

@ryeguy7941

2 жыл бұрын

I'm from rural southern Ontario and you're right, mind you we're ignored as well.

@iangeraldking

2 жыл бұрын

Most GTAers will have never gone north past Barrie and even going up to Barrie is a stretch.

@subdeaconk

2 жыл бұрын

@@ryeguy7941 It’s true!

@dictatorofcanada4238

2 жыл бұрын

You guys need to join Manitoba 😏

@2.5chainz

2 жыл бұрын

I’m from the GTA, born and raised. You’re so right, we don’t acknowledge the north, Barrie/Wasaga beach is the extent we’d know about on a good day.

As an American I wholeheartedly ignore this presentation. We have our own problems. Good luck with yours.

Haha In Fallout 4, when the war broke out, the U.S. "annexed" Canada as China was invading!!!