American Reacts to Heritage Minutes: Maple Leaf Gardens, Dextraze in the Congo & Étienne Parent

[@normjones4204]

General Dextraze was my cousin on my mother's side. I met him a few times, quite the accomplished soldier. Centre is not a weird Canadian spelling it is the proper way to spell center.

[@daerdevvyl4314]

What I learned in school is that "centre" is only correct if it's used as a noun referring to a place for an activity. "Center" is correct when used as a verb, or referring to a spatial center, like the center of a circle, or the geographic center of a country. Hopefully my teachers had some basis for this, because that's what I've always gone by since then.

[@normjones4204]

@@daerdevvyl4314 That is what they are taught in American English. In Canadian and British English it is centre, centred, and centring.

[@Aughtel]

And defence, as opposed to defense. Deriving from the word Fence, like to fence with swords.

[@teressamirault4729]

My father was part of the Peacekeepers. I still have his cap badge. He served in the military for 21 years and the Corps of Commissionaire for 17 years. And, Maple Leaf Wrestling was taped in the Maple Leaf Centre.

[@danhei]

I have not seen all of these historic minutes. Glad you are showcasing these. Cheers from 🇨🇦

[@LoveCats9220]

Tyler, in regards to Maple Leaf Gardens you have to keep the time frame in mind. This was built during the Depression. People were struggling to put food on the table and keep a roof over their head. Workers were willing to work for reduced wages, taking shares instead. This would have been a huge deal at the time

[@makaylaforbes6719]

It's been so many years since I've seen these and I remember every one of them as I see them again

[@howardhales6325]

Glad you're okay with centre being spelled correctly.

[@christinec1928]

Yes ... correctly :D

[@christinec1928]

For those of us that grew up attending hockey games, concerts and other events at "The Gardens", this really is a historic building.

[@hazelmaylebrun6243]

I remember being at Maple Leaf Gardens as a young woman and I found the seats to be the most uncomfortable arena seats I ever sat in, but otherwise, it was just great to be there. The Leafs have won 11 Stanley Cups, but the last time they won won, I was three years old... 1967.

[@hockeyaddict7007]

13 Stanley cups...not 11

[@gaylecheung3087]

Seen a lot of great concerts at the Gardens ❤️🇨🇦🌎

[@pattyslater514]

I was at Maple Leaf Gardens last night, buying groceries. The build is split into the University, a Loblaw's grocery story, and an LCBO. It breaks my heart just a little more each time I see the marking of Centre Ice in the iche ban section......

[@gregplaxton2682]

Loblaws, Canada's largest retailer, is using it as a huge grocery store now.

[@maggieyanor5082]

The French and English have a very long history of hostility. I grew up in Quebec and discovered how English based companies promoted English speaking workers over French. The French had to learn English but the English workers didn't have to learn French. The French rebelled again and English based companies left Quebec. My own family moved to Ontario. The Quebec government was corrupt and my own father was thrown in jail a few times for speaking out against the Maurice Du Plessis and his cronies. Lots of competition between Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs. And the English NHL teams threw things on the ice at French players, even in the States. What I did like about Quebec is how fluid bilinguals are when switching from French to English and back again. My mother and cousins were part of that group.....never mind neighbours and school friends.

[@darlenephillips9357]

The Best concert I have ever seen was Alice Cooper doing his Welcome to my nightmare concert. It was at Maple Leaf Gardens. It was a big night coming from my hometown of Nobleton Ontario to go to Maple Leaf Gardens downtown Toronto lol. I think it was 1975.

[@conradmarcotte6749]

Google : 1837 rebellions or Movement Patriote

[@allanwhite5747]

Before becoming the Maple Leafs, the NHL franchise bore the name the Toronto St. Patrick's. Before adopting the traditional Blue and White, the Maple Leaf in the center of the jersey was Green.

[@larryking4519]

the cathedral of hockey was the Montreal forum

[@howardhales6325]

Maple Leaf Gardens is the Canadian equivalent of Madison Square Garden in the US. Kind of a big deal.

[@fume-calico]

the maple leaf garden was closed and restructured, into mattamy centre, basically a combination community centre, grocery store and university dormitory residence. it has a pool, ice rink, auditorium, a small shrine/museum dedicated to "the gardens'' history. last i was there it was a boxing exhibition. great venue.

[@corywinning6655]

check out the log driver song its a short 3min cartoon we used to watch on sat morning during cartoons

[@JamesSerapio]

Maple Leaf Gardens' rink still exists as the Mattamy Athletic Centre, but part of the building is now a Loblaw's grocery stof and i think the Days Inn is part of the old building too.

[@kontiuka]

Tip for Tyler. When pronouncing French words and names like "Jacques", you don't pronounce the "S" at the end. Also, it isn't "it col". It is "lt col", short for lieutenant colonel.

[@JoannDavi]

He's dumb; he's an atypical, below average American.

[@NatoBro]

I can't fault him for the poor publishing of "lt-col". It's confusing for the layman to read. Had to send a correction notification to them! lol

[@realscience948]

Typical average American?

[@JoannDavi]

@@realscience948 - Thank God, he's not.

[@supercloudreed]

I think we need to also tell him that the French word of "Le" is "the"

[@joehall6390]

The Maple Leaf Gardens still exists. It has been subdivided and is now a grocery store on the lower level and they have a hockey rink on top of it, taking up the upper portion of the arena. The arena is the Mattamy Athletic Centre. Home of the Toronto Metroplitian University hockey team. Toronto Maple Leafs moved to a newer larger arena in 1999. The new arena is called the Scotiabank Centre.

[@JerryMcFarlane-t9g]

My Grandfather was one of the workers...Proud

[@scottw12]

You've watched more than most Canadians!! The "Leafs" were 1st named the st. Patricks. The Shrine was magnificent. It's now a grocery store - sacrilege, tabernack!!

[@kathysmith6413]

this was in memory of the Seven Years War between England and France. Quebec at that point was a fairly recently conquered people and the Brit admin was still fighting the war.

[@wombatwilly1002]

"Lt-Col" is LIeutenant Colonel.The Leafs last Stanley Cup was 1967...lol

[@dmprotector]

Hi. Concerning the "Étienne Parent" bit, the "armed insurrection" he is referring to is basically the 1837-1838 Rebellion. In this rebellion (and for one of the rare times in history) both English (Upper Canada) and French (Lower Canada) stood up together against the British Crown to demand a "responsible gouvernment". (Basically, they wanted the gouvernment to be held accountable towards the people, rather than a monarch.) The rebels won the very first battle at Saint-Denis but were crushed later on at Saint-Charles and Saint-Eustache. At the later one, the British sent 1,500 professionnaly trained soldiers against 200 militia men... No need to tell that it didn't go well for the rebels...

[@eyez274]

Indeed, I went and saw the church of St-Eustache and the museum they have to comemorate the rebellion, the damage made by the canons used on it were kept while making reparation to the structure to remember that fight, the british army burned the church whit the patriotes in it.

[@MariePerkins-d8q]

Remember that the letter "s" is silent in French when it is at the ends a word. Therefore the name Jacques is pronounced "Zhawk".

[@Asher8328]

Never even heard of Maple Leaf Gardens. I could I could hear the collective sigh of Leaf fans everywhere after that sentence. lol

[@alexrompen805]

interesting fact, Canadiens still use the British term of "Leff-Tenant" as opposed to the American pronunciation of "Loo-Tenant"

[@daerdevvyl4314]

It wasn't a mistranslation. It's just that we think of race differently now. There was a time that all of humanity was broadly grouped into three or four races, and then those were divided into smaller and more specific races, and so on, until you could refer to quite small groups as a race. I'm reminded of an anecdote I heard once, where someone was going to see a doctor for the first time in England. They had to fill out an intake form, and it asked their race. It gave three choices: English, Irish, or Other. Something tells me that form would be a little different now.

[@SharonStelzner]

Tylor as for the Toronto Maple Leafs name being so in your face Canadian you have to remember of the original six NHL hockey teams 4 were American. There were only two Canadian teams. The Montreal Canadians and the Toronto Maple Leafs. So the name makes sense. And yes it was more than a hockey rink. A lot of historic events happened in the arena. Today as far a sports go I only ever hear about curling happening. Could be more but I never hear about it and if I’m not mistaken there’s a Loblaw’s grocery store in there now as well.

[@paulloper3940]

We are still capable of building things quickly, its all the construction corruption that slows everything down.

[@curmudgeonaf]

Only people from Toronto think MLG is the cathedral of hockey lol. Toronto is very proud of itself

[@daletrecartin1563]

In the 1800's and especially outside the US 'race' was often used for lots of differences, nationality, language, culture, etc as well as what we would today call 'race'.

[@murraytown4]

Loblaws shares the space. Centre ice can be seen near the freezer section.

[@sadp9013]

Canada is basicly the only place in the world that have 2 group of people that dont speak the same and dont have the same religion. To end up somewhat friendly.

[@JamesSerapio]

Are we talking Leafs fans and Habs fans? 🤣

[@fedodosto3162]

@@JamesSerapio I guess so

[@blanchemoyaert3714]

Belgium also has the French and Dutch people forming one country working together. (There’s also the German section) They have three official languages.

[@wilomica]

When there were 8 NHL teams the Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens won a lot of Stanley cups. That was a long time ago.

[@gilliesiut2332]

The Toronto maple leafs used to be the best team in the league and sits in 2nd for cup wins, It’s still currently the most profitable team with the highest fan base. Unfortunately there are very few Toronto fans that are still alive to have seen them win a cup. 😅

[@-R.Gray-]

The last time the Maple Leafs won the Stanley Cup was 1967, and Tim Horton was on the team. Until bigger, more modern venues were built, every big touring rock group would play there.

[@wysetech2000]

I was 16 yo in 1967 and 74 now. OUCH!!

[@-R.Gray-]

@@wysetech2000 I guess I was 17 then. What a team. Mahovolich, Keon, Bower, etc.

[@stephaniec9539]

Wow these are newer ones I haven't watched before

[@enzopalumbo2164]

The last time the Maple Leafs won a Stanley Cup is 1967. The Maple Leaf Gardens is only the "cathedral of hockey" to Maple Leafs fans. I never heard of that term and I have been a hockey and Montreal Canadiens fan for over 60 years. Yes, I have been around enough to see the Maple Leafs win their last Stanley Cup. LOL.

[@captlazer5509]

A zamboni driver with diabetes issues helped to beat the Leafs. 😂

[@GabLeGamer]

We didn't lose the technology to build stuff, we just added hundreds of layers of red tape.

[@rickncam3]

Toronto did win 11 Stanley Cups, but not one since 1967. And that will probably be the case for another 100 years.

[@Veggamattic]

April 1 1985 Deep Purple my favourite moment at MLG.

[@RockinMamaT]

Goodness I've seen so many artists at MLG but my first was Prince purple rain tour in 1984..but my first concert was 1980 Bob Seger at the CNE grandstand...memories..plus my Dad had season tickets for the Leafs so the 70s and 80s I was there at least 3 times a month

[@ginettegagne5918]

Tyler, just Google: “Quebec bashing”… You will see that the “feud” is still (sadly) pretty much alive… 🙁

[@jetstream6389]

It's the elderly like myself who remember the crisis in the former Belgian Congo in 1960 when they became independent. There was a power struggle between different factions. The pro-Soviet leader Patrice Lumumba was assassinated and leadership went to pro-Westerners like Casavuvu and Mobutu and there was civli war with the breakaway province of Katanga.

[@revmurrayarchibald-fisher7729]

There is a “Centre Street” in New York City (yes, with the “re” spelling)

[@johnnygood4831]

London, Ontario has the oldest official baseball field in the world.

[@blanchemoyaert3714]

Race is defined as a group that share similar social or cultural identities and ancestral backgrounds. It doesn’t necessarily have to do with colour. We could say the Jewish race, or the Aryan race. In this case, it was people of different cultures and language: the French and English. The animosity between these two races goes back centuries in Europe.

[@bradkopp4625]

At this point I think you may have seen more of these than most Canadians 😂

[@rebeccaKmua]

The Maple leaf gardens is now a Loblaws

[@Tombzy]

Canada and the rest of the British Commonwealth spell centre correctly. It is you Americans that spell it weird.

[@captlazer5509]

It's an unhealthy obsession with the letter U, overused like dipping sauce at Swiss Chalet.

[@charless2336]

Yes maple leaf gardens still exist

[@LouismarieBelanger]

They won their last Stanley Cup in 1967... only 57 years ago.

[@robert-antoinedenault5901]

In relation to Étienne Parent used term of "race" is exactly what was being held (at the time 1800 - late 1960's). French Canadians (as i) were commonly (publicly) classified as sub race due to our language. The common "slur" said was: " to be considered a white man (human), one must solely speak English". It was common to see in the bustling city of Montreal (1820-1955), signs outside of businesses that refused entry to francophones "uneducated québécois" (as they loved calling us). So the (somewhat) present hatred that English Canada stems from our rebellion/révolution in casting out the corporate "English" oligarchs (elites) out of our own province. Prior to this event Montreal had always been the business capital of Canada, the manufacturing capital of Canada. The rich lost power over it's own constituency 😂😂😂. Some have done the same (in other nations), best example is the 🇺🇸 and their views with blacks, Latinos, Asians. Even if they are all homo sapiens, they had to fight to stop being classified as less than caucasian/human. As an addendum. Prior to 1950 in Quebec (🇲🇶). Francophones which attained higher education (bachelor or more) came from "wealthy families". Which represented no more than 0.6% of the population. The anglophones during this period represented no less than 17% of the population. After the quiet revolution (1970-80), nearly 23% of francophones attained such education. 😅

[@heidimueller1039]

Lt Col. means “lieutenant colonel”.

[@rahjar]

The race bit was totally not an artifact of translation. My parents contemporaries(my father was born in 1923) kept referring to the origin of French-Canadians(who were then local) as a race, opposed to English Canadians, who were in living memory of them, mostly immigrants, either loyalist americans, or british subjects late to Canada. It's part of why the Montreal Canadiens used the term as late as 1909 to mean French Canadians, and partly why Distinct Society would become a thing much later . The american understanding of race(as restricted to visible minorities, instead of more generic lineages) was never, to my knowledge, that popular in Canada.

[@myleft9397]

It's still there. One of the original six. And how dare you Americans tear down Madison Square Gardens.

[@suzannebadger8135]

When people make fun of the Maple Leafs for not winning its because the Leafs haven’t won a Stanley cup since 1967. Im a Leafs fan fan and hope I see them win once before I die lol. Im 47 so I still have a few years lol

[@Jean-FrancoisPelletier-c2u]

Do you know that the province of Québec never signed the constitution of Canada?

[@brenthenderson3983]

It's the way centre is supposed to be spelled.

[@andrer.mallet2410]

Tbh Dextaze doesn't even sound like it would even be a French name in origin

[@ostrowulf]

In the age of muskets there was a distinction between people of Germanic languages (including English) and Romantic languages (those of Latin or Roman background like French). There was even a beleif in some that rapiers and other thrust centric weapons were better suited to Romance language speakers and sabres were better for Germanics because there was some imagined genetic connection. So no, race was what they meant to say.

[@constancep7632]

I didn't know the Maple Leaves had won 11 Stanley Cups either!

[@Sid-gu5qk]

13 actually.

[@Trevlead]

Centre is how the how most commonwealth nations spell. It was the US that change it. Deferences are not wired, just different.

[@canadianicedragon2412]

The joke about the Maple Leafs is they were "long ago" a good team that did win the cup 11 time... but: The last time the Maple Leafs won a Stanley Cup was in 1967, and there were only six teams in the NHL. So... yeah they still play hockey, and even make it to playoff season regularly but... not the Cup. No, there were times when differing "country" did in fact mean a different race. It is easier to oppress/suppress another group the less you see them as having common ground with you. You make the enemy into something less than human if you can... it is the way they justify treating them differently, especially if the difference is stripping rights or mistreating them.

[@charlesterry2480]

0:16 well that’s cool but I think that last one you did if I’m remembering correctly had a few nonsense uploads😅 14:43 translation from what?! And no? I’m not sure how this could be a mistranslation. Within the dramatic and romance languages, there isn’t much room for translation when it comes to race or ethnonyms

[@peterzimmer9549]

It was built in the height of the great depression.

[@heidimueller1039]

There were Rebellions in both Upper(Ontario) Canada and Lower(Quebec) Canada. Canada was NOT a country yet. Just a British colony. Wolfe beat Montcalm on the Plains of Abraham, remember?

[@kflowersmith]

I saw Rod Stewart at Maple Leaf Gardens. Sad that it's reputation was sullied by the abuse scandal.

[@ThisTrainIsLost]

Why ask your audience to answer your questions when you have a computer in front of you and real-time access to Google?

[@jennl7099]

Leafs haven’t won the Stanley Cup since 1967

[@rickncam3]

(Lt Col) Lieutenant Colonel

[@deedoublejay]

Race: a group of persons related by common descent or heredity.

[@irishflink7324]

Supermario SuperTyler

[@roseannejacobsen7115]

The reason for all the jokes and memes about the Maple Leafs is because they haven’t won the cup since Feb/67.

[@JoannDavi]

1931 Canada -- Maple Leaf Gardens 1931 USA - Empire State Building (PS. Boston's Fenway Park -- 1912; Chicago's Soldier Field -- 1924)

[@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming]

Canada 2009 - Lowblaws US Present- Empire State Building.

[@basseon]

Racism is not just for race, since races don’t really make sense. The definition of racism includes discrimination against different cultures.

[@saltycanadian5401]

Toronto hasn't won a cup since NHL expanded. When there were only 6 teams, Toronto could win.

[@Jean-FrancoisPelletier-c2u]

French canadians rebel against british colonialism cause they were colons from France.

[@PnCBio]

You literally read out loud what the current use of the arena is.

[@JoannDavi]

He's dumb.

[@prevosfr]

We didn't lose the technology to build anything, there's too much red tape.

[@Angelicus-p5p]

It-col? Really? Lieutenant -Colonel!

[@JoannDavi]

He's dumb.

[@scottw12]

The Leafs are Canadas team not the habs (canadians) hawk tuah!

[@captlazer5509]

Montreal Canadiens won the cup in 1993. Toronto Maple Leafs in 1967. How about the Leafs are Canada's Expo 67 Team lol

[@JoannDavi]

Do you seriously think that much of (if any) Canadian history is taught anywhere outside of Canada? LOL

[@NatoBro]

We know it's not, but a fair bit of American history is taught up here in certain jurisdictions. That's Tyler's point. He wish he knew more about his neighbour.

[@michaeldowson6988]

@@NatoBro It's best to know a potential problem better than it knows you.

[@LoveCats9220]

Taught in the UK

[@richardmtl]

nope, we French Canadians were of a different race. We were no white

[@sudsy7131]

14:30 well I guess that answer's the question. I like black ants but I hate red ants. Does that make me racist? Thanks.

[@RonDoiron-pz3ee]

It was no different than Blacks in the USA. Pure prejudice.

[@davidmalarkey1302]

Tyler your pronunciation is still no better after doing 63 of these heritage minutes.

[@Veggamattic]

Why were they not called the Maple Leaves