Canada Is Woefully Unprepared

[@metapills]

As a Canadian vet who joined right after 9/11, I would not sign up today to wear the uniform and would discourage my children from doing so. We don't want to be sent to die defending the borders of countries that mean nothing to us. "Allies" who have never done anything for Canada. I won't die in a field in Ukraine or Romania over a local border dispute, or in the Middle East helping to advance Israel's or America's interests while my own country is flooded with foreigners. Our "global responsibility 🤡" means nothing until our own room is clean. Our own room is fucking filthy at the moment.

[@saucyrossy3698]

You can have America's agenda in the middle east or you can have China/Russia/Iran's agenda in the middle east. There is no third option. Pick one.

[@blingbling574]

Vet here to, 89-93, infantry. I re-enlisted in 2009 and left after a year. The Canadian Army has been in decline for years.

[@DarnThatDragon]

I was warned early in life to stay clear of the CAF by friends and fam. Seeing what it's turned into now I'm happy I stayed away. Sad to see. Most of the fam served.

[@charlenelohnes4698]

Thank you for this great post. I truly appreciate your time 🙏🇨🇦🍁

[@philipwebb5065]

As an old American Cold Warrior who spent more than a bit of time in C. America during the so-called War on Drugs, the American government does not even advance America´s interests. I wholeheartedly share your sentiments and have encouraged my children not to serve as well. Semper Fidelis.

[@Myahpd]

At my daughter's elementary school remembrance day ceremony, the principal went on and on about how people who died in war are NOT heroes and there's no glory in war. And they had honored members of the military in full garb there. Couldn't believe how disrespectful it was. But now you know why young people won't sign up to fight, it's being taught right in the schools.

[@unendingseeker4274]

@@frankmilitary4121you appear to be frank but not a military 😂 wars are not always about invading territories., the said shitty principal is not supposed to vomit out his disgrace in the name of freedom fighters and the ones who actually died for our real good, in front of elementary kids… their intention is quite clear., make them a lump and add to that, feed them with woke culture and drugs., it’s pathetic 😢

[@teddyruxspin8480]

soldiers are brainwashed people who fight for the rich

[@ktoth29]

Something can be true and also disrespectful under the circumstances. Pick your battles.

[@xxrudebouyxx1363]

I won’t sign up to fight for a country full of Indians….

[@skelter1153]

Canada. ELECT THIS MAN AS YOUR DAMNED PRIME MINISTER ! He literally cares about humanity. And the fact that he doesn't even want the job is all the more reason he should have it.

[@sophiahunter7880]

I agree!

[@ChristopherDwiggins]

😂😂 so sadly true 😂

[@willywantoknow2563]

Cia /rcmp wouldnt allow a country to have such power to the people.

[@DarrenMossman]

He doesn't want the job

[@MelissaHogwood]

The best person for the job is usually the one who doesn't want it, who is called to action.

[@robertlenders8755]

Don't die for a government that hates you

[@devilsoffspring5519]

Especially don't die for a country that TORTURED you

[@tdeo2141]

Yeah. I don’t think anyone would be willing to die for trudeau.

[@mrnoblemonkey8401]

It’s horrible being a Canadian.

[@86lngd25]

the country lost all sense of character awhile ago it hasn't been this divided in some time and most of this is from the country's lack of direction and feeding into other countries desires saturating the population with people of all different mind sets and predominantly ones who could care less about the long term stability of this country's growth/people and more about other places no majority body in Canada has noticed or cared about the state its been in for over 30 years I personally don't see any change for better until a new power ends up moving in and pushing the change like with most of the worlds major issues dramatic situations are what push change humans dont switch things up in calm collective ways were a sound mind influences everyone its always a war or something similar to one but if majorities would learn on a global scale that those methods dont last then perhaps they would as one unite for a globally better situation but again just wishful thinking at this point its never happened in the past and it never will in the future with populations being this high the higher the global body count the lower the quality just my opinions on the general state of things

[@maxweinbach3996]

Which government?

[@ramahadranhennessy9300]

I wouldn’t fight for Trudeau with a gun to my head. I love Canada more than I can express. I’m disgusted, ashamed, and I cannot articulate how angry I am with our government…I do not have the words. Until they are made accountable, all of these points and discussions are moot.

[@undisputed6034]

Idk how the canadian secret service guys that protect Trudeau do their job.. and then go home and look in the mirror. Most miserable existence of a life.

[@maxweinbach3996]

Want to explain what you're talking about?

[@godzilla0083]

Nobody in Canada wants to join the Canadian military because of Justin Trudeau. He and his government are clearly against the Canadian military and could not care a less about the men and women who serve. They are demonized and that is sad.

[@mrwelshmun]

I'm from Wales. My whole life I've always heard about how Canada is such a good place to be and live and how Canada has got it figured out. Its sad to see the state Canada is in now. From the outside it looks very divided and directionless.

[@jeremythebeer8609]

One could argue that it started when Justin Trudeau was elected. For every person that hates him, there is another that loves him... While I do not truly hate him, I can say that my life has certainly not improved. My quality of life has dropped... But the shrieking types tell me I'm wrong.

[@mrwelshmun]

@@jeremythebeer8609 nah, they might say you're wrong. But they're not living your life. So they're not experiencing what you are. Whatever you're feeling it's not wrong. It's just what you're feeling

[@elizabeth1703]

As a Canadian I can tell you this representation was crafted because Canadians are pretentious. It's all passive aggressive niceties to your face and talk behind your back afterwards. If narcissism was a country it would be Canada. We think too highly of ourselves. We have had no major problems until now. For being such a large country our population is actually rather small. We have benefited from all of our natural resources. We were in a nice little privileged bubble until recently.

[@williambarker9889]

You observe very well. Canada Was a Great country Prior to this "Leader". We, by no means were perfect, but We pulled together to get through tough times. Today or since 2020 on has been right down Miserable. Stay Safe.

[@bradendocherty4816]

Canada has become Whateverland.

[@KGFlyer55]

100% true, Canadians need to listen to Mr Peterson!

[@curtisking-d7b]

Canada has not been able to defend itself for a very long time. Our Gov't Leaders have been depending on the US to protect us.

[@margareta9081]

Same

[@blackberrythorns]

it's their empire.

[@devilsoffspring5519]

I could be wrong, but I thought that Canada spends almost the same percentage of our country's total tax revenue on our armed forces as the USA. The difference is that they can afford to, and we cannot :)

[@JohnDoe-uk6si]

Canada is f'ked

[@chipcook5346]

@@blackberrythorns Guess how much they care about the Canadian part of that empire.

[@PaulB-m4x]

I really need to say thanks for the straight talk on issues and the stand point of making Canadians aware rather then the Party bashing. Thank you.

[@daves5443]

Ive lost my sense of Canadian pride. Im honestly embarassed about what our country had become. Too many foreigners. I dont feel the kinship i once did

[@user-zu5do6ri6r]

It's 1 planet and 1 country. Nobody is foreign on Earth.

[@JosePineda-cy6om]

As a Mexican with several acquaintances who migrated legally to Canada and are over there contributing to both the economy (IT experts) and the population, i'd say the problem is not "too many foreigners", but the kind of foreigners you've allowed to enter as of recently. Some migrants contribute to their adopted country, others are net drags, you need to chose more wisely who you let in

[@mattsmith6666]

I completely understand.

[@franceskavalec350]

I want the kinship back!! I go shopping and I find myself in a foreign country!

[@Reanimator999]

@@JosePineda-cy6om Yep. Vetted immigrants. And Skilled and competent immigrants should be always welcomed.

[@TheFuelInjected]

Canada's military is 46% understaffed and its Navy 52%. It's not that Canadians aren't interested in joining; 70000 applied to join last year but only 4000 were accepted, or 5.7% of applicants. Of the applicants 60% didn't show up for their aptitude test while the majority of the remaining 34% are disqualified for medical reasons varying from food allergies to anxiety or depression (which are incresingly prevalent in today's youth) to obesity, asthma, or heart conditions.

[@KillingTrust]

I watched four teenagers struggle and fail to use a bike pump the other day. They’re not fat but they are definitely anxious and depressed. So am I after seeing that shit 🇨🇦😅

[@TheFuelInjected]

@vangoghsear8657 It doesn't help that our healthcare systems first line of defense is prescription drugs when therapy would often be a better choice. I was also prescribed an SSRI after a TBI which made absolutely no sense to me, firstly because it would have made more sense to focus on the underlying cause and not the symptom and secondly because I could barely walk yet they knew that physio would help me more long term than just giving me a wheelchair; so why not consider the same with therapy.

[@rthivy87]

Canadians are losing their sense of national pride which is the biggest downfall of our Country and this is being caused by our media and our politics. Nationalism and Patriotism is a necessity to move forward.

[@Fireneedsair]

Losing

[@devilsoffspring5519]

I'm 47 and aside from my love of Canadian musicians, I've never been patriotic because Canada fucking sucks. Too many losers here. Too much antisocial bullshit like gangstalking. Canada is my home country, but it's a B-grade country for losers and I've always felt short-changed in life by being born here. I would have left a long time ago if I were able to function, but I grew up being tortured by the police.

[@RyanMacWee]

bullshit, how is a country full of Canadian Nationalists and patriots going to help us? Is it because you want to force everyone to think and behave the way you want them to? You are no better than the woke liberals. The internet has shoved us all into echo chambers (via "the algorithm"), which has led to everyone becoming radicalized to the point where the right thinks the left is the downfall of society and vice versa. The solution is inter-dialogue, its as simple as that. Once you see that the other side is not some scary movie villain enemy of pure evil, and see them as people. Then we can inter-dialogue and this will result in the more extreme ideas on both sides being challenged. But now we have it so that you can only voice extreme opinions from the left side publicly because that echo chamber is easier for corporations to sell to their audiences. And yes, they have demonized right leaning views just as the right demonizes the left, which is wrong. But the solution is in both sides de-radicalizing themselves and allowing opinions of other sides to challenge them. The only way this will be achieved is individually, we must individually realize that we have become radicalized and put in the effort to de-radicalize ourselves. The solution is not forcing nationalism and conservative patriotism any more than is the solution to force wokeness on everyone. We all have to live in this society together, so we have to consider all of our opinions. But "the algorithm" shoving us into echo chambers has been the single worst thing to happen globally to humanity. Most people are too blinded to see that we live, right now, in a dark age; the opposite of a golden age. And it is so bad that people think we are close to a golden age, just only need to enforce their ideology on everyone then we can enter it. Both the right and the left feel this way. This means most people are trending towards fascism regardless if they are right or left leaning. We are in dark times indeed

[@Dandelionfleur]

Bullshit, try getting off your keyboard and volunteer to do something useful and needed, that is how you get some pride!

[@jgsimonian]

The same is happening in all Western countries. I’m in the U.S. and there is hardly any patriotism or faith,especially in younger generations.

[@Liquidsemtex]

Thank you for continuing to bring awareness to Canadians

[@JohnDoe-uk6si]

It goes over their heads

[@Stridsvagn-PanzerKommandant]

At some point Canadian soldiers were some of the most feared men in battle in several wars, notorious for fearlessness and utter destruction of the enemy. The tale of Bill Millin, a man who marched onto the beaches or Normandy while playing the bagpipes, the German machinegunners did not fire upon him at the thought he'd gone mad. Boy how has poor Canada declined, from steel pairs to cutting the pairs.

[@maxweinbach3996]

Want to explain what you're talking about?

[@joleaneshmoleane8358]

I can’t think of any nation who’s earned their current reality/situation more than Canada. Things are going exactly as they should go based on what Canadians have voted for and put up with.

[@juliahuang8108]

But the elections were rigged! Voters couldn’t do much about the election results!

[@Jehoshophat]

It's Representational Democracy at it's finest. If only we had 1001 ways of asking Canadians what they think and want. Candidate usual spout crap, from memorized talking points, lie about what they'll do once elected, deny everything brought up concerning who they are, what they've done, and what they intend to do, by resorting to the usual accusations of isms, ists, and phobias. Then once elected they ignore their electorate and force their personal beliefs and "projects, down peoples throats. They act like trust fund babies splurging on everything they desire while robbing the taxpayer blind to pay for it while the country, the infrastructure, and systems all deteriorate. Billions disappear while they, their families, friends and "fellow travelers" become overnight millionaires. Then an election rolls around and we get to support a selection of prescreened and vetted true believers selling whatever snake-oil their parties selling.

[@positivelydisliked]

Bot!

[@Heartwing37]

Harsh but true!

[@robertchatterley7245]

We Americans can give you a run for your stupid voter money.

[@kcjones6034]

Some people don't even have a room to clean 😑

[@martinb4093]

These are the types of things on Canadians minds. Not the pretend to care about diversity lgbtq and disarming Canadian citizens.

[@JohnDoe-uk6si]

U sure about that?

[@teds7379]

No one in their right mind would join the military to fight for those things but that's what our government seems to expect.

[@whiskybravo4648]

We have been woefully unprepared to defend ourselves for a long time.

[@captnkirk6180]

Our lack of presence in our north has been a massive concern of mine for far more than the Lieberal Regime. The northern resources and our water is going to play a major role in the future. China and Russia will simply take it.

[@Dandelionfleur]

Who the hell is going to invade us?

[@HomelessWhiteMaleStartingOvera]

Defend ourselves from whom ? When I walk down the street in fear in every major Canadian city I see who is the enemy. I see who seeks to destroy us.

[@maxweinbach3996]

Cite a time when we could

[@theresal.howard6882]

Only Dr. Peterson puts us in Reality Shoes: boots on ground Competent @ a minimum- Yes Enough is insufficient for what we're in 😮 Thank you for bringing this to their forefront ...Unite

[@Livefreewhileucan]

Jordan is an amazing man. And a true lover of truth, and justice. Keep going my man

[@MaineEveryday]

I'm not Canadian but I'm born, raised and continue- and always will- live in Maine. We have a good relationship with our north Eastern Canadian neighbors (Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia-mostly N.B and N.S). It's Important to me what happens in Canada as many Mainers have family across the border. We used to cross all willy-nilly with only an I.D and I'm only 33. NORTH America is quickly and surely decending into a point of no return- if you will. Quite frankly RFK Jr and Trump is the U.S only hope. J. Peterson would make an outstanding president. Oh also. I hate that Canada swept the Nova Scotia swept their corrupt mass shooting under the rug. That particular story is INCREDIBLY corrupt with Government stench. The more you read into it the more you realize Canadas goverment failed you. If Trudeau didn't ban guns that gunman would have been put down way sooner by an armed citizen.

[@user-zu5do6ri6r]

Violent crime and murder rates go up in every single country, shortly after arms are banned.

[@garicb9271]

Maybe the kids of the rich should have to serve since THEY are the ones with something to fight for.

[@Prince-gu8or]

Wait the poor need more lol

[@gman7640]

In theory a good idea. But I recommend you watch the movie FULL METAL JACKET. Last thing I would want as a soldier is to have to carry around a entitled rich - fat brat to call day.

[@devilsoffspring5519]

You're forgetting that the "kids of the rich," as you put it, want to die a hell of a lot less than the kids of the poor!

[@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin]

The rich can just move out of the country though

[@devilsoffspring5519]

@@Usammityduzntafraidofanythin Which is what they do.

[@scaxxce9022]

Well, it’s emergency for Canada to force someone foolish to resign ASAP

[@A92_]

When I left high school I was about to join, I had a meeting scheduled with a advisor and i just didn't show up. All these years later reading about the current state of the Canadian military and talking to friend's that left after 6 years i'm really glad I never joined.

[@iam1smiley1]

Same here

[@tdeo2141]

You guys dodged a bullet - both literally and figuratively.

[@StuntManCanada]

Thanks 🙏 I'm grateful for the opportunity to listen to your opinions. It helps. Half broken half fixed

[@minavanderleest9493]

Personally I have to ask. Can we trust a military to actually protect Canadians or will they take away more of our rights?

[@antp9838]

Remember truckers?

[@andyloebrown8250]

​@@antp9838exactly!!!

[@minavanderleest9493]

@@antp9838 yep

[@bdwoodworking6411]

As a retired Vet with over 24 years service I find our current military state a complete disgrace on the national and international stage. I joined in the mid 80s when we all had one uniform and if you were 5 minutes late for parade you were charged with no questions asked. People thought it was harsh but we all knew the rules and we agreed to obey them as serving our country was more important than our personal freedom and comforts. We were broken down as individuals and built up as a team. You could bet your life that whoever shared your trench would sacrifice his/her own life to save yours. There was a real sense of commraderie. Inside the military we always had our internal fights of which trade was better than the other and disagreements would even end up in fist fights, however; those same two service people would put away their differences and would join forces should a 'civi' (non military person) disrespect our military. It was tough to say the least but the military was our family. So much so that even after retirement, I'm more military than civilian. The Canadian Armed Forces was a career and a way of life, not a job. Today is completely different. I was so proud of our military I used to do a lot of recruiting but now I discourage everyone from joining. I once suggested to my kids they should join but now I'm glad they didn't. Our military is an utter disgrace. For the most part it's no longer a family but a whole bunch of civilians going to work at a job. Because of budget cuts over many years, pay freezes, and recruiting freezes, this has left us with a very slim military and managers (I call them managers because I don't see a lot of leading going on) are willing to look the other way on a lot of Code of Service Discipline infractions in fear of being second guessed by their chain of command or even disciplined for hurting someone's feelings. (I've seen this done. Anyone remember the Red Card days?). This has led to a power shift change from commanders to the lower ranks and you can see where this has led us.

[@tdeo2141]

Thank you for your service. And it’s such a sad state of affairs we’re in now.

[@bdwoodworking6411]

@@22GreenForever Yes, but in a supportive role. I was in charge of the aircraft security officers and as a team we would fly with all aircraft in and out of Kabul and kandahar on a daily basis from Dubai. I was also deployed to many other places and spent my final 2 years posted to Pakistan without my family.

[@FourOf92000]

3:15 "this is the right thing to do[...]intervene, internationally, wherever we want" how about *_No._*

[@freeman486]

I’m not carrying a gun to help the agenda of people who would have me disarmed and effectively neutered at home. The incredible Canadian veterans of WW2 would roll in their grave seeing what they died to protect.

[@sinashahnidanesh6202]

unfortunately great professor, i only got me humble praise to give as thanks. thank you true doctor for your insights to say the least!

[@chrisj5505]

I applaud Dr Peterson's patriotism and determination to stay in Canada and try to help Canadians. If I had the money to leave I would and likely never come back other than to visit. There seems like no future for many of us if we ever want home with a chunk of property. The corrupt Health Canada cracking down on natural health products. I am going into herbalism. Having worked for the pharmaceutical industry for almost a decade I want to help people find healthy alternatives which will benefit their health without the nasty side effects. The pharmaceutical industry kills thousands of people every year yet out corrupt regulators want to go after products that in their entire history have had maybe 2 incidents of concern in the last century. Give me a break.

[@baahcusegamer4530]

And in the US, this news just dropped: “Congressional Panel: US Military Not Up for Current Threats”. 114 page report explaining why the US is also not ready for war.

[@Heartwing37]

Maybe, but our citizens have more guns than all branches of the American military combined. When you have a nation of armed citizens, it automatically demands a bit more respect.

[@tbone8723]

@@Heartwing37Except the next war will not be fought with guns

[@KentoLeoDragon]

That's propaganda. The US could defend itself against the rest of the entire planet combined. It's fear mongering to boost military funding.

[@modelenginerding6996]

​@@tbone8723Very true. A bunch of isolated preppers hiding in bunkers isn't going to stop the seeseepee when they turn 100 in a few years. They are going to be even more hawkish and aggressive in the coming years.

[@Johnnymanitoba91]

You know what we really need? Citizens that can train with firearms, train as paramilitary groups with our armed forces preparing for foreign threats. Kind of like what Norway is trying to incentivize. But our government treats us like we ARE the threat!

[@devilsoffspring5519]

That last sentence sums it all up.

[@andyloebrown8250]

We are the threat . . . To them.

[@ryeguy7941]

Are you really surprised when some of "our" mps are foreign agents.

[@tdeo2141]

We are the carbon they want to eliminate.

[@cerd6292]

Thank you for leading.

[@alexgreer7700]

Good for VAdm Topshee! (I sailed with him when he was a SLT on the HMCS Winnipeg in the late 1990s.).

[@watching-the-watchers55]

Ephesians 6: The weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in GOD in pulling down strongholds. LORD the world needs you. Canada needs YOU. Please Help us. Thank YOU. Amen!

[@myopinio-m6w]

Aged between 15 -19 , 2 years military time, new to Canada? 3 years military time….stop sending billions to other countries, invest in our infrastructure here in Canada.

[@willywantoknow2563]

Thats the point of wef. Purposly cripling country with new labeled marxism

[@baahcusegamer4530]

I get the desire to focus on our respective countries *many* problems, but that cedes strategic ground to China and other bad actors. The belt and road initiative for example is turning entire nations into China’s pawns through debt.

[@gzoechi]

Supporting Ukraine IS a great Investment into Canada.

[@NoneofUrbusiness-p9w]

I like your thought but I worry what all those “soldiers” will do?

[@SeverSFSs]

​@@gzoechijust shut it. Youre ignorant or brainwashed. Figure it out.

[@joleaneshmoleane8358]

This is honestly the best news I’ve heard in months!

[@joleaneshmoleane8358]

I can think of any country that deserves this reality more than Canadians.

[@joleaneshmoleane8358]

I can’t think of any nation who’s earned their current reality/situation more than Canada. Things are going exactly as they should go based on what Canadians have voted for and put up with.

[@MichellefaithfulChristian]

​@joleaneshmoleane8358 I completely agree. Canada problems are a result of our blatantly mismanaged government. I worked for Prov. Govt and he corrupt ess and cheating and lying and overspending made me want to go to the press but I forgot I made an oath and thry stole my soul for 30 yrs 😞

[@tdeo2141]

@@joleaneshmoleane8358 I never voted for trudeau, ever. He got about 20% of the votes. That means 80% of Canada DID NOT elect him. The system was design to keep these guys in power. trudeau was NOT elected by a majority.

[@mayormccheese6171]

Fight for Canada? Why? The country doesn't exist anymore! It's just an economic zone now. Why fight for a country that you can't afford to live in? To die for the Pride flag?! PASS.

[@tdeo2141]

20 years ago I considered it. I’m extremely thankful I never applied.

[@richardhughes1685]

Ok you guys sign up yourselves and all your families as well!! I’m not fighting anyone’s war

[@nbarealtalker]

I was always proudly Canadian. I was even still proudly Canadian after I started disliking Trudeau’s embarrassing leadership. But the last 4 years, I’ve mostly been ashamed. Not so much of him, but of my country. We’re just becoming the world’s bastion of liberal elitism. Our morals and mostly our PRIORITIES have been bastardized. Canadians have overvalued the wrong initiatives at the expense of literally everyone we claim we’re trying to help.

[@tdeo2141]

Yes, liberal elitism. Nailed it. And trudeau is the quintessential example of that elitism.

[@khanzji061]

"He who wants peace, prepares for war." This saying is forgotten by many western countries. They have become complacent. Its people living the illusion peace will last forever and the unwillingness to defend that which the forefathers fought so hard for, often times with their lives. But that ís life, that ís reality. Sacrifices need to be made. Canada has a vast border in the north and with the ice melting it has to face Russia and China in the future . China who has been spending huge amounts of money on its military power since the 90s, Russia as well, Iran and others too. Many western countries have been relying on the USA for far too long in case of something happening and vice versa. The allies have contributed in wars started by the USA. Within the Alliance many allies have however neglected their own armed forces. The latter being in the same sorry state of affairs like before WWII. An aggressor always pushes on, like the bully who when not stopped, rules your world. Neutrality is out of the question with countries not respecting sovereignty and borders. History has proven this several times. But a strong army is necessary as well in case of domestic calamities. Then there is the trouble of cohesion in society nowadays with so many enemy migrants, because when push comes to shove many of them will be disloyal to their host countries. Western countries face many challenges and cannot affort to be lenient.

[@99guspuppet8]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ blah blah blah are you gonna fight your own citizens?

[@ashamancito4630]

Do one of these for Germany as well please. Our military situation is so unbelievably desolate, it is insane.

[@Samanthael1234]

With the bad government leadership and the constant intake of foreigners this is no longer Canada. I lost my pride a long time ago.

[@coded3604]

Pray for us in Newfoundland Canada 🇨🇦

[@gamingbtc]

I left Canada at age 19 to go to the USA for college. Never moved back and best decision of my life was to leave the socialists.

[@artscience9981]

U.S. citizen here. I lived in Vancouver B.C. In the early part of the century for three years. I was always kind of bemused by the Canadian attitude that Americans are a bunch of unenlightened warmongers, while Canadians are enlightened and peaceful. At the same time Canada spends way less of its GDP on Defense, and in fact depends heavily on the fact that the U.S. is militarily strong and will not allow an invader to attack Canada because it would put the U.S. a vulnerable position. So you guys get to spend a lot more percentage-wise on your public infrastructure than we do in the U.S. You also benefit from the fact that the U.S. does contribute to international alliances, for example, to deter terrorism and maintain open trade on the oceans. I don’t think you can say, as some Canadians are wont to do: “People don’t respect us as they should,” and also refuse to do your part to maintain peace in the world.

[@gzoechi]

The US liked it this way. There was no danger of unarmed allies turning into enemies. The US got all the weapon contracts from all over the world. It ensured the Dollar was the only international currency, the UN, NATO, ... just did what the US told them to do. Now the US doesn't get enough money out of all this anymore. This is why it suddenly pushes its allies to arm up.

[@jntroisi]

As a Canadian, I will say confidently that you hit the nail on the head.

[@tinalaursen8993]

I am repeatedly shocked and disappointed that so many Canadians have such a haughty attitude towards our (hopefully still) friends to the South. All I can point to is a dulled down, overly comfortable and uninformed mindset curried by a long list of politicians and bureaucrats who take advantage of this complacency. If Canadians were truly aware of not just our dependance but also vulnerability they might wake up from the collective coma. 😢

[@blackberrythorns]

you're the biggest threat to world peace though.

[@emiliek4002]

Yes very true. I live in canada and Canadians don't like Americans. I go to the state for holiday every year and Americans are more friendly than Canadians. They don't also comment about Canadians negatively. I love the state and thinking about moving there .

[@hatenloves]

very very good information

[@CanadianPrimate]

It is hard to prepare for anything if you are unaware preparation is needed. We can thank federal funding via tax dollars to mainstream media for this shortcoming. Unless Canadians are looking they cannot see. It’s…..inappropriate to say the least. 🍻🇨🇦🍻

[@tdeo2141]

The media has become an arm of the government. I wish more people stopped trusting these activists.

[@A.waffle]

Do we really want Canada to have more weapons it can use against its own population?

[@bobdabear8857]

As a person that’s never been north of Ohio I really like Canada and the few Canadian people I know. (Like I don’t know a bad Canadian). I wish they would get their act together so maybe the US could see some goodness around them and aim up instead of seeing every that is bad and aiming down like we currently are, broadly speaking.

[@gcc8584]

We are literally a communist threat right on your northern border. Please send help (marine expeditionary force)

[@planetmilkshake]

I'm Australian and we have a woke leftist government also. Along with this we are having issues with recruitment for our military, young people don't want to sign up and current personel are leaving in droves. The way we are told to hate our own country, told we stole this land and it's not ours at every turn, why the hell would they want to? We have China on our door step, chomping at the bit to attack Taiwan and we are woefully under prepared with the type of modern warfare that would go on. It seems leftist governments have similar issues all over the world.

[@tdeo2141]

It’s the same way in all the western countries. And it’s not a coincidence. This is deliberate.

[@ktoth29]

That’s because all leftist governments operate with the same playbook which was written by china.

[@bushnut8305]

Until Canada can clean up it's own room, we shouldn't be involved in any other countries conflicts around the world. The best thing we could do is to leave NATO and become a neutral country.

[@maggietaylor9713]

Same should be said about the UK. The ordinary folk are suffering terrible economic conditions. Every social provision has broken down :health, education, housing and transport. Seeing our politicians blowing wind on the international stage is a joke. They need to shut up and come home and do the jobs they were elected to do.

[@jus4000kicks]

...that is one big room to clean. Insert picture of hoarders home.

[@ZeroTheHero92]

I agree completely

[@gzoechi]

So, the first thing you suggest is, throwing out the window what ensured peace for 80 years?

[@metapills]

Yes, I hate these globalist hawks talking about our responsibility to the global alliance. Fuck the global alliance and foreign entanglements. Life at home is harder than it's been in my lifetime. Let's fix our own shit before worrying about some country we don't give two shits about on another continent.

[@Ivanna_Jerkov]

If Canada had stayed with peacekeeping instead of following in the hegemonic footsteps of our southern neighbor, we'd be fine.

[@abbush2921]

We had woeful gov'ts for the last 55 years starting with Pearson !!!!

[@hvrtguys]

It is okay to love your country and dislike your government at the same time.

[@Milestonemonger]

Canada needs a wake-up call.

[@2Sherm]

Isn’t the last 9 years enough?!

[@tdeo2141]

We’ve had it. It was the convoy. But the media is powerful and turned a lot of people against the demonstrations. Frozen b a n k accounts, violence, EA… that was a heck of a wake up call but not to the sheeple who believe in the media.

[@JohnShields-df8od]

The biggest shortage felt by the people these days is the shortage of toilets, but our recent immigrants have shown us a simple solution to this. I now just to to the beach. It's quite " poopular" these days!

[@gurlovleensingh4110]

Lack of availability of Canadian real issues related to military medical economy are not publicly available that much and on grassroots level general public is not aware about such giant issues that can cause the Canada to collapse in future. More public visibility of Canadian heros and their viewpoints are needed from time to time so that awareness and focus of public on real issues can be directed and properly channeled. Jordan Peterson and other members have done an excellent effort in the discussion.

[@Fadesign100]

Why would Canada need military anything when we have what matters most " pronouns "

[@IronheadOutdoors]

Correction , Canada is finished .

[@tdeo2141]

I still have hope that Poilievre can help us stay afloat, and then eventually thrive again. But he’s got his work cutout for him, trudeau has made us into a near titanic.

[@scottthompson3493]

⁠@@tdeo2141correct, if anyone expect a miracle after Trudeau leaves, they are sadly mistaken. Pierre has his work cut out for him, but I believe he’s up to the task. It will take more than 1 term in office to even scratch the surface though.

[@papermind4010]

Canadians think Europe and the Middle East are the only place where conflict is allowed to happen. We can blame the government all we want but most Canadians are unaware of how fragile their way of life is.

[@kostyazen]

7:07 search for the Topshee video title "The state of the Royal Canadian Navy | L'état de la marine royale canadienne"

[@jykl608]

It's just Trudeau. Canada with the right policies is a great country.

[@GottaStaySickWithIt]

We're not gonna take it! Uh no we ain't gonna take it! We're not gonna take it anymore!!!

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[@Kita-Kamakura]

Bots count!

[@ScottCalvin-qb3ty]

How could a government let us get to this state of lack of military. But at the same time give Billions of dollars to corrupt corporate car manufacturers same same same

[@Dandelionfleur]

Bring back Canadian Peacekeepers, the World needs Peace. Spread love not hate.

[@Pisti846]

Draft the "New Canadians".

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[@simonwhitehouse1753]

A couple of random thoughts on this. The first is that when the Liberals were elected in 2015, my interpretation is that there was high hope at the time that figures like Harjit Sajjan, Andrew Leslie, or Marc Garneau would have been pushing hard to advance this file in the name of liberal civic nationalism. What we got, however, was a near decade of an ultra-progressive government akin to New Democrats where giving short shrift to the military for expanded social programs and a fattened civil service goes with the territory. My other point is the lack of serious self-awareness among Canadians about the historical context of their own country. The fact is that Canada as a nation-state is and always will be an outpost of Great Britain and a country born out of the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and the American Revolution under King George III. That we even have a country from coast to coast to coast has much to do with favourable historical circumstances under favourable/friendly great powers like the U.S. and UK throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. John A. Macdonald's establishment of the Dominion of Canada to counter a growing American dominance in North America happened at the height of British power while the post-WWII establishment of the United Nations, NORAD, and NATO happened at the height of American power. If the international structure either shapes favourably toward the leadership of hostile countries or if the great powers of which we ally ourselves themselves turn hostile, Canada's situation will become quite dire because we are not self-sufficient on national security. Never have been.

[@kamillaribeiro-ek1id]

He is amazing he's literally an expert on everyhing

[@antp9838]

I love the elegance of window AC unit in the back... really ties in Canadian theme. I came to Canada 27 years ago and watch country decline steady the entire time, and it's getting worse. Last thing canada needs to worry about is foreign conflict, it's a failed state that's spiraling down. If Canadian politicians can conquer a price of cheese and eggs one day, then they can start talking about foreign wars... not going to happen, Canadian politicians fly high

[@fcharrua]

I'm surprised by this.

[@joshwagar3166]

We need new leadership. Our government is so corrupt right now, I couldn't even imagine being in the military. Would I get to defend my country one day or would I get deployed to shut down the next trucker convoy?

[@Torvzjk]

Will send my appeal to the King to Fix The Broken Egg Man

[@joywebster2678]

Has Canada ever had the equipment to defend its geography? In any forum, you can point out wechave no full Navy, and the coast guard boys jump in about their boats in tne interior. Great i dont consider those battleships, air craft carriers, battle groups ready to fend off China and Russia in tne North, or ready on our coasts. PM has openly talked about the number of military trucks, and stiff sent to the Ukraine border. Hes never talked about the program to replace equipment here in country.

[@hermanvanstaden3758]

Where are the mounties?

[@joywebster2678]

@hermanvanstaden3758 the RCMP? You know they have several divisions as a police force. Federal roles in narco tics, and so federal policing. Local policing in se real provinces is another division. They also have the division like the American " fbi" that includes protection of federal politicians, federal guests, and national security. Then we have CSIS, our version of CIA. So the mounted brigade u mention is a ceremoniously group that do dusp.ays around the country. And include guarding national moments. In the red serge. Otherwise they wear olive green. They aren't military, nor do they " go to war".

[@life.cowboy]

some things never change... old people who want young people to go fight wars that don't affect our country

[@deathsentence87]

Canada agreed to be the ogre of 300 spartans...

[@dwaynegalvin8799]

Unfortunately this government is not governing the country for Canadians! Do yous finally get it?

[@MyoclonicJerkCough]

Neither is the US. They both only serve the billionaires

[@86lngd25]

3:55 glad this guy chimed in to save this clip lol

[@Munce72]

Great work Dr. Peterson! Scooby snacks for you. Praying for the USA, Canada, and the entire World. My allegiance is to Liberty, and the Repubic.

[@eugeneferrari4748]

Interesting topic and all but I was distracted with the fact that there's no way that one AC unit cools that entire room.

[@blackberrythorns]

canada should declare itself a neutral country and give up fighting imperial wars, the empire is collapsing regardless. we'd still need to defend ourselves (actual defense) but we could chart our own course.

[@gzoechi]

Being neutral buys you nothing at all. It's as useful as the Budapest Memorandum from 1994 is to Ukraine.

[@franceskavalec350]

Stop putting Canada last and other country first!

[@captnkirk6180]

I was really hoping to find that link that was mentioned regarding Topshee.

[@erich2385]

It all started under Diefenbaker when they canceled the Avro Arrow in favor of pots and pans. The documentary "The Arrow" starring Dan Aykroyd is excellent and sad.

[@Amldihir]

There is a mistake in preview, it's not from 438, it's from 468 episode

[@FourOf92000]

go home I say this as an American who wants us to also go home

[@pamelawalker8052]

I think all Canadians should take a year of military traing as a grade 13 education. All the young from Canada and US have no idea what war is except on a block buster movie.

[@UltraManager]

Pierre Poilievre is a man I can see and trust as a prime minister. I never voted for Trudeau, because when I heard he wanted to focus on allowing drugs to be legalized.. Huh. Not the greatest start for his ruling. And see 9 years later, we got drugs addicts everywhere. Our freedom of speech is literally penalized by the law. And drugs den are obviously rising from all this time. All for the sake of making the true citizen of canada becoming more miserable and the foreigners vote for Trudeau because they go in our country for that matter. Trudeau love making other people trust him, but does us true canadians trust him? No, we will never. He brought us in debt, took many lives in his regimen and laugh at us for it. But like any butterfly that cause hurricanes.. Trudeau will get what he did to us. I hope Pierre Poilievre solve everything swiftly and that Trudeau get caught in any rightful case of justice, and making him pay. Not from money, but by the time of his life. Many people I know, are dead because of his decisions.

[@russellholm742]

Canada needs to expand on its reserve armed forces training starting at post high school age. Give post secondary education credits . Mandatory registration for all , men and women !

[@acanadianineurope814]

4 boomers sitting around, now that they are too old to serve, will sit and talk about why everyone else now needs to go to the army, and pay for it, while they take their RVs on vacation. Thanks for 50 years of nothing. So, no thanks

[@fromSpringfield]

You have your reasons for not wanting to serve in the military, and those reasons may be the exact same ones of the "Boomers" you disparage.

[@XSquidbeatsX]

You know these boomers are trying to fight against policies of the past 50 years that leftists have made to destroy your country?

[@sorinankitt]

Where's the links, Jordan? You asked the man for the links and I'm here looking for them. Where are they?

[@devilsoffspring5519]

It's the beginning of August and it could start snowing in a couple months. I don't think I've changed the oil in the snowblower in 20 years and we don't even have a set of winter tires for the vehicle. Talk about woefully unprepared!

[@w.s.2102]

Sorry Canada, you're asking for more than I can give...... signed an Afghan Vet

[@JuanCarlosNunez-gu4yz]

Welcome to the Technological Age! But those of us that (know better), are (still) here. Please, now think about the beauty of Tradition , that the World shares; but this generation takes it for granted. Thank you Dr. Peterson, for the ARC and your (continued) caring for the Human (condition).

[@FordThunderCougarFalconBird]

Canada will never have a true expeditionary military force without a blue water navy with at least two aircraft carrier battle groups (preferably three) until then they will have to rely on the U.S. and NATO.

[@22GreenForever-n7x]

US/NATO couldn't even succeed in Afghanistan... (Stick to what you understand)

[@OhCanadaGamer]

We would be lucky to have a canoe with some flying squirrels on it.

[@22GreenForever-n7x]

@@OhCanadaGamer I've worked alongside the US military (including SF); the US military is deplorable....

[@jim-se5xc]

One of the really bad things you can do is to dress up the vocabulary looking for big words, because you're maybe ashamed of the short ones. This is like dressing up a household pet in evening dress. The pet is embarrassed and the person who committed this act of premeditated cuteness should be even more embarrassed. Stephen King.

[@kurtisb100]

As a military aged male myself, I find the whole idea of joining a potentially expeditionary military force asinine. Am I willing to fight if Canada is invaded? Absolutely. Will I risk my life, limb, and mental health for some ambitious politician who wants to ‘earn’ an appointment to the UN Security Council? Hard no. I would absolutely support (and serve in) mandatory service. In fact I think that mandatory service is a good idea; and further that anyone who opts out should not be enfranchised to vote. That said, the Swiss model seems appropriate for Canada: be armed and trained in the event of war, but do not commit to external conflicts. Our own house needs cleaned, and we are in no position to wag our finger at anyone else.