Geopolitics of Canada

[@CaspianReport]

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[@pyeitme508]

Meh

[@polarbear3940]

Can u do a geopolitics on lebanon ✨

[@aquilatempestate9527]

Geopolitics of CANZUK please.

[@raymonstevens4610]

@@pyeitme508 dok

[@lalruatdikavarte7943]

Nice video and very informative and very entertaining and very satisfaction more videos.

[@rnb7727]

Ironically, by ignoring the Atlantic provinces, you've effectively summarized the issues in the Atlantic provinces

[@michaelkaylor6770]

Like Newfoundland, and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and their fellow “forgotten places over that way”?

[@rnb7727]

PEI? Whats that?

[@Darkdaej]

@Dave White And yet the Atlantic provinces keep voting Liberal hoping to get a few crumbs

[@michaelkaylor6770]

@@rnb7727 you spelled pie wrong 😖😖

[@hopingforaces]

@Dave White Western Canada is supporting your province and rest of maritimes all year round, yah you have a bit of oil and fish, but most of time you guys are being subsidized just like Quebec!!! You're welcome!!!

[@EnginAtik]

So Alberta is Texas, British Columbia is California, Toronto is New York and Montreal is France.

[@nicholaslutsch5036]

I didn't think anyone could summarize geopolitics quicker than the Caspian Report. Apparently I was wrong. A+ for you.

[@PastaEngineer]

Yeah, it is exactly this.

[@paranoidrodent]

Close. BC is more like neighbouring Washington state with a dash of Utah in the interior. Alberta's got a lot of Texan ex-pats and investors but it actually resembles neighbouring Montana. Toronto is basically a midwestern city, more like a nicer Chicago, although it does share some of New York's cosmopolitan nature. Toronto is remarkably bland for a city that large and diverse. There is an old trope about it being "New York, if it was built and run by the Swiss... too clean and dull". Montreal is closer to New York in flavour in many ways (including having an old established Jewish population with a rival bagel style and a cured beef rival to pastrami). I usually describe Montreal to American friends as "imagine New York and Paris' love child, only she loves to party like her cousin New Orleans". Basically, the various regions of Canada often resemble the neighbouring border states of the US. Those are usually the closest neighbours. BC resembles Washington. Alberta and Saskatchewan resemble Montana and North Dakota. Manitoba resembles North Dakota and Minnesota to some degree. Northern Ontario is a bit like a gigantic upper peninsula of Michigan. Southern Ontario is kind of a liberal version of the Midwest (Michigan & western NY especially). Eastern Ontario resembles upstate NY. Quebec resembles a French speaking northern New England and northern upstate NY (with Montreal having that NY meets Paris vibe). The Atlantic provinces have a lot in common with coastal New England. The Yukon resembles Alaska, the NWT somewhat so and Nunavut is kind of like Greenland.

[@antonboludo8886]

Montreal is not France. It has a North American culture in the French Language. It is not a slice of France in North America.

[@ahmed11hussein]

The Maritimes are the Iron Islands

[@EhdrianEh]

As a Canadian who grew up in the prairies (middle-west), lived on Vancouver Island for 13 years and visited Toronto (promptly left too). I can say that this is a great video describing Canada - all the way down to the fact you forgot about our east coast lol

[@benjamindavidovichwaals2899]

who cares about them

[@enotsnavdier6867]

@@benjamindavidovichwaals2899 I assume the people living there

[@benjamindavidovichwaals2899]

@@enotsnavdier6867 dude know people iving there. people living every part of the world. what i meant the east coast doesn't add up any value culturally, economically, politically;

[@cascadianvoidmapping8642]

i think this is me in the future. i grew up in the praries and am living on vancouver island right now and im planning to go to toronto soon lmfao

[@cascadianvoidmapping8642]

@@benjamindavidovichwaals2899 i know people living there

[@alexmanzer5756]

When you're an Atlantic Canadian and that part of the country doesn't even get a passing mention :(

[@Anouyz]

Well it doesn't help that all we really do in Atlantic Canada is take handouts from Ottawa and light it on fire

[@drunkensailor3736]

Another country facing unity problems with a fragile federal arrangement is Ethiopia. If you're interested there's actually a great video that goes in depth about possible solutions to the ethnic regional divisions and current unrest in Ethiopia: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nX7Tk6ungdiXkLs&ab_channel=MyTake

[@AlexPeace246]

Go fishing.

[@xortan666]

Maybe you guys should stop voting Liberal eh?

[@alexmanzer5756]

@@xortan666 I've never voted Liberal in my life. I wish they were gone though frankly none of the parties care about the Atlantic region ever since King sucked the remaining wealth out of the east coast. Don't worry though, Ottawa will suck the prairies dry too soon enough. The oil industry there is on life support and the Libs are itching to pull the plug.

[@AirShark95]

When the Maritimes are so irrelevant they don't even get mentioned in the video. RIP

[@OnlyOneHunnids]

Ow

[@marcushunke229]

Also, the Natives.

[@AirShark95]

@@marcushunke229 Unfortunately true as well

[@maoama]

Capsian did a shit job

[@SharpieLEET]

@@marcushunke229 idc about the natives

[@maxwellsugerman]

Does a lack of inexpensive domestic flights count as a geopolitical issue?

[@jjjiljjjj]

The absence of time-efficient, cost-efficient, resource-efficient and climate-friendly high-speed rail is even worse imo. The Quebec City-Windsor Corridor, as well as Edmonton-Calgary absolutely need high-speed rail, and Toronto/Montreal need to be connected to NYC/Boston/DC/Philadelphia.

[@quinnodonnell3906]

Whyyyy does it cost less to go to Bangladesh, than saskatoooooooooon

[@FreedomFox1]

@@jjjiljjjj Agreed. I live near Boston and my Montreal friend feels so far away... she may as well live in Europe.

[@KapitanPoop]

@@quinnodonnell3906 because hundreds of ppl want to cram in a big airplane to go there... and the federal govt TAXES airports, unlike the US, who give airports tax money.

[@djblackprincecdn]

@@jjjiljjjj I'd vote for any party who would seriously propose those rail links.

[@sandeep7090]

It’s insane that Tokyo metropolitan area has more population than that of entire Canada

[@utkarshg.bharti9714]

That's because Japan doesn't diversify its commercial hubs. Just 2 or 3 major cities in total while the rest are just small towns. Therefore Tokyo is like a province in itself.

[@vetabeta9890]

@@utkarshg.bharti9714 Osaka, Kyoto, tokyo, yokohama, nagasaki, sappor and hiroshima...?

[@mariusbleek]

@@vetabeta9890 Tokyo is Japan's economic, cultural and political capital. It puts all its eggs in one basket, very similar to the UK where London dominates the rest of the country in most measures. Canadian cities are more like Germany's, where not one single urban is at a commanding position that monopolizes the country.

[@vetabeta9890]

@@mariusbleek no one said otherwise but the claim it's the only major city is fasw

[@Boalmighty]

@@mariusbleek country no, but several provinces are essentially monopolized by individual cities.

[@alexw8867]

The script is so good this channel is such a gem

[@singhanmolpreet5935]

I agree. There is very little bias because the channel is funded primarily by us, not by some government agency or lobbyists.

[@drunkensailor3736]

Yeah I agree he did a great job analysing the Ethiopia conflict, the only thing I missed was solutions. If you're interested there's actually a great video that goes in depth about possible solutions to the ethnic tensions and current unrest in Ethiopia: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nX7Tk6ungdiXkLs&ab_channel=MyTake

[@oldmanhair0]

Its a blessin

[@pmathewizard]

Having bias is bad. Ignore, it is several parallel universes ahead bad.

[@hershchat]

@@6Ligma it might appear biased from the Muslim world perspective. I agree that the prevailing conditions in our world have not United the perspectives of European vs. third world, US vs. Latam, China vs. Indian perspectives. I think it is difficult, if not impossible to publish content that can transcend the author’s own vantage.

[@jeffk3746]

This dude makes the Canadian Shield sound like an actual shield and not just a big fucking forest that is tons of small towns and highways connecting them

[@michaelweston409]

He says it’s mostly volcanic rock with a thin layer of soil making growing agriculture or large communities out there near impossible

[@Steve-dx6dq]

@@michaelweston409 the issue isn't really that. It's just convincing people to live up in the more northern sections is fucking hard. No one like -40

[@rashidsabri7319]

@@Steve-dx6dq lol -40, my uncle I'm Edmonton just had -50 last night. And that's a major city 😂

[@jeffk3746]

@@zedfret nah, the vast majority of the Canadian shield is covered by a huge boreal forest what you even talking about

[@jeffdelaney8934]

Only 37 million people and yet our economy is larger than Russia's.

[@adrianparker3116]

> Geopolitics of Canada > not even a token mention of Atlantic Canada

[@DanielKivari]

When it comes to geopolitics what does Atlantic Canada contribute? Is it a major trading hub, military installation, industrial center, technology incubator, or seat of political power that was missed?

[@danthemango]

Yeah that basically sums up the way the rest of Canada treats Atlantic Canada

[@karpashimala6927]

they busy eating bologna steaks

[@novaexplorer2397]

Daeniilanen E Halifax is major enough to qualify for some of those

[@jdlc903]

But he just said there's no significant population there

[@NemJani]

Quebec, Ontario, BC and Prairies: cultural and political squabbling, economic paradigm shift. Yukon with 35k people: *MY TIME HAS COME.*

[@MrAlen6e]

If Ottawa was really interested in developing the north Yukon would be a good starting point, they're quite in a unique position.

[@zombieat]

@@MrAlen6e its also landlocked so it would be completely useless.

[@HamishDuh2nd]

How is the mining up there these days?

[@darkraven8103]

@@zombieat Only Saskatchewan and Alberta are landlocked.

[@zombieat]

@@darkraven8103 the yukon is effectively landlocked by alaska and bc.

[@noumankhan4528]

As someone living in Nova Scotia, this also summarizes why no one gives a duck about the 4 atlantic provinces 🤣

[@noumankhan4528]

10:58 yeah we are neglected

[@ILikeCatsMoreThanILikeYou]

As a Torontonian, I can say, you should feel lucky. The Atlantic provinces are full of good people and beautiful landscapes, I know you have your share of hardships too but I'd swap places in a second

[@noumankhan4528]

@@ILikeCatsMoreThanILikeYou yeah certainly we have amazing people here. But the sad truth is that we are forgotten when everything was "normal" and since the pandemic everyone started paying attention to the atlantic provinces.

[@noumankhan4528]

@The Alchemist I'm not too sure about that. The economic situation is terrible now and all around canada

[@noumankhan4528]

@The Alchemist no lockdowns right now. But no dine-in in Restaurants only takeout and delivery. Gyms and social gathering places are also closed. Everything else is normal

[@sunwheel3806]

Me, as a Canadian: I feel like we're doing ok Shirvan: p o l i t i c a l a g o n y

[@baa0325]

I do think he may have overstated it a bit. If nothing else, the Canadian-American partnership is a huge help to both and multiplies our strengths. If Canada does fall apart, we’ll probably be circling the toilet as well. In that case, each of the regions except Quebec will fit hand in glove with the bordering American region to its south, as everyone sorts themselves into new countries. I’d then be a citizen of the Great Lakes Republic, and I wouldn’t have to worry about customs if I wanted to go to the casino in Windsor 😃

[@neilguenter7037]

@@baa0325 Let me guess - you're from Ontario?

[@SvenDzahov]

@@baa0325 as a Wisconsinite whose lived in Minnesota, a Great Lakes republic would be DOPE, I feel like the northern Midwest US states have more in common with the Great Lakes region of Canada than we do with someone in California, Texas, New York or Florida. Plus our nation would be a world superpower due to the value of fresh water in these coming decades. We would control which nations rise and fall and as long as we could defend our borders from a still superpower USA, a Great Lakes Republic would be a powerful bond with like culture and politics

[@jordanknight336]

@@baa0325 I suspect if Canada really did splinter, many of it's territories would seek to become states in the US. Access to that huge stable market would be a big deal in all that economic chaos after all.

[@MichaelDavis-mk4me]

@@jordanknight336 I seriously doubt about that lol.

[@haroeneissa790]

I never noticed this but british Columbia looks like a chubby California.

[@realtissaye]

@Anti Tengu bruh

[@carlosandleon]

where is British Columbia?

[@jk-gb4et]

@@carlosandleon The province with a Pacific coast

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

where is California?

[@a_human8489]

Anti Tengu damit you beat me to it

[@travelsofmunch1476]

Somehow Shirvan made one of the best countries in all metrics sound like Iraq

[@prajnaseek]

LOL!!!!! EXACTLY! HOLY F....NG MISSING THE MARK!!!!

[@m.chumakov1033]

He has a darn good imagination. He can imagine the problems of Canada in 80 years from now when climate will be warmer and we will have 100mln people. BTW on the climate scare activists maps after a terrible warming by 5C by 2100 Canada and Siberia are shown as the major crop growing regions. Get ready!

[@jonathanlanglois2742]

@@m.chumakov1033 Canada is already and has been one of the major crop growing region for more than a century. Even with climate change, we don't stand to gain much. Most of what can reasonably be farmed is already being farmed. A very large portion of Canada is covered in mountains and was covered by a glacier about 10,000 years ago. There isn't much topsoil at all. You can literally dig a foot and already be at bedrock. There may be a bit more that can be done in the prairies as the north warms up, but that really won't account for all that much, especially when considering what will be lost to climate change. At best, it will likely even out.

[@KleptomaniacJames]

@@m.chumakov1033 100 million is a pipe dream

[@jaidengabriel1675]

@@m.chumakov1033 well he said Canada is planning on trying to get 100m

[@MatthewBoonstra]

Amazing work on this! Just a bit of info about the Arctic: Calling it neglected is accurate, but doesn't do the situation justice. Geographic factors like perma frost make development expensive and difficult; we only have one permanent road that connects "southern" roads to the Arctic coast, and it opened just a few years ago. Food and other supplies are very expensive in the north, and so is traveling there; few "southern" Canadians have ever gone to the territories. TB rates, alcoholism, and other issues are very prevalent up North. The territories are mainly inhabited by the Inuit, who are a group of Indigenous Peoples. At one point, the federal government relocated some Inuit families much further North in order to legitimize its claim of sovereignty up there; they suffered from isolation, lack of food, etc. and those communities still exist today. The territories are different than provinces because they are the responsibilities of the federal government instead of being a body of power equal to the federal government. The newest territory is Nunavut, which was created in 1999. Just this year, the first university fully based in the Arctic opened: Yukon University. Before this, it was a college that partnered with southern institutions to offer accredited degrees. This is what the other institutions up there still do. Also, Canada is launching a class of patrol vessels called the Arctic and Offshore Patrol Vessel. These can break first year ice, and will be used to provide an armed presence up north. They'll also have the capacity to transport vehicles (like pickup trucks), helicopters, federal officials like border and police officers, etc. The first ship, HMCS Harry DeWolf, has been handed over to the Royal Canadian Navy and is currently undergoing crew training. The RCN will get six of these ships, while the Canadian Coast Guard will get two unarmed variants.

[@jrt818]

Go Yukon Huskies!

[@randybell5461]

Canada sucks in all aspects, from the people to the land.

[@wolfsbaneandnightshade2166]

Not to mention the economic hardships in the atlantic provinces.....

[@StormCreeper98]

Yeah...I wouldn't be surprised if the federal government forgets we exist from time to time. Everyone else does.

[@craigh2205]

surprised newfoundland didnt join the uk in 48 and become the 5th country because that would have made them much more influential and stragically more inportant

[@MighoulEL]

That would be an interesting video topic

[@k4ir0s]

The Atlantic provinces is the Florida of Canada. Nobody cares.

[@StormCreeper98]

@@k4ir0s No, because Florida is actually worth something. We don't have that.

[@Ericlee-ne7du]

I'm Canadian and this was the first time I heard of the term "Laurentian corridor.

[@kepi8893]

Same

[@celarc99]

Likewise. Though, if you're from Ontario like me, I suppose that goes to show our general ignorance for most issues outside of Ontario.

[@celarc99]

@smith simon Spoken like a true Ontarian, my friend.

[@thaiter]

I guess public school doesn't teach this stuff anymore in social studies. I remember learning it, in the early 90's.

[@blackoak4978]

Most Canadians don't actually pay attention to federal politics, except to complain about the party forming government at the time.

[@Fastfish3]

As a Canadian (Albertan), I can say this is an excellent summary, with which I could not find fault. Congrats. It gives me great confidence in your analysis of other countries.

[@johnransom1146]

Seriously. I’m Canadian and thought there were a lot of errors. The main points are valid but enough errors that I’d think twice

[@mosesracal6758]

@@johnransom1146 Errors such as what? Would love to know what went wrong with his analysis

[@johnransom1146]

@@mosesracal6758 read my comment. I have a geography degree from a Canadian university

[@Preston241]

@Fastfish3 I couldn't have said it better myself.

[@jjjiljjjj]

The bulk of the research done for this video is either outdated or inaccurate: - Atlantic Canada was completely ignored in the entire video. - Canada is in fact a federation, not a confederation as mistakenly repeated in this video. In Canada, sovereignty over the entire country is vested in the federal government, and the provinces have only jurisdiction within that framework to apply their own laws. - No one calls it the "Laurentian Corridor". It is the Quebec-Windsor Corridor. - Alberta is now a net recipient of federal aid spending. They aren't complaining anymore about unfair taxation for years now. - The main problem Alberta has had with Canada is having pipeline plans blocked. - Alberta's oil sands caused an economic boom for the province for no more than two decades, and it was the fault of the Albertans who reduced all taxes and let the profits go off in the hands of private investors, leaving only laid off workers and idle industry once international oil prices returned back to normal. - The Quebecois separatist movement is pretty much nonexistent in current day, and it's been like that for 20+ years. The Bloc party is more about pushing for Quebec interests at the federal level than separation. - The primary rival/opponent of Canada in the Arctic is America itself, so there's no way Canada can have America help it against America. And in fact, Canada very well has the resources, manpower and finances to protect its arctic interests on its own, but it lacks the political will. One can just look at Denmark or Norway, two countries with combined population barely 1/4 of Canada's and able to stand their ground in the Arctic, while Canada - a major economy and G7 country - has been so much of a pushover whenever tested by America. - Manitoba and Saskatchewan were only lumped in with Alberta. There's no real separatist movement there. - The "separatist" movement, or as they call it "Wexit", is mainly over-hyped by the media. They're no more than a few thousand cranky vocal minority. - The video is called "Geopolitics of Canada", but you only brought up Canada's internal issues and its Arctic situation. A huge missed opportunity not to bring up Canada's long history of peacekeeping, its position at the UN, and its shift in foreign policy from an independent peacekeeper nation to a forgettable US-NATO puppet state, used as an attack dog in America's confrontations with Russia and China.

[@jagerbudansew4291]

Good points!

[@RT-nh6mw]

Well said. I know most people in Saskatchewan don't particularly care about the rivalry between BC and Alberta.

[@AtzeHHouse]

Pretty much my thoughts as well!

[@ecogeilsnw]

Perfect comment, was going to write exactly this!

[@sebastiantru4702]

MaTo knows what hes talking about. The guy who made the video needs to do some better research.

[@SirSpiderPig]

Ngl he makes Canada seem like it’s on the break of collapse where as a Canadian I don’t see that at all. We’re not perfect, no country is, but we are a very stable country. There are grumblings of Independence in Alberta, but it’s the same in Texas. Same for BC with California. We’re a proud and strong country.

[@nicholasbrassard3512]

@E D yeah, it's quite nice here if you don't mind harsh ish winters :P

[@erichhartmann1]

@E D It’s not for the military to “compete in the Arctic”, it’s NATO procurement requirements which the Liberals aren’t keeping up with.

[@ItsMeDarrenB]

out here in alberta, the people you hear about separating are the same type as the trump crowd, just a loud minority of oil workers stuck in the past.

[@SirSpiderPig]

@@erichhartmann1 I have a generally positive opinion about the liberal party and agree with them on many things, but I completely agree that Canada needs to bulk up it’s military. The world is destabilizing every day and we need to be able to protect Canadian interests, especially in the Arctic

[@erichhartmann1]

Michael Clark I’m not here single out all of the liberals policies regarding human rights, etc., I am speaking about how much they give to our forces. It’s not that “Canada needs to bulk up it’s military”, it’s that the liberals need to increase how much money is allocated to the military. Past PM’s have always met the percent of GDP associated with defence expenditure requirements for NATO and the 2020 report has recorded Canada only allocating 1.45% of the required 2%. It is a threat to the security of our nation if we are no longer a part of NATO and Trudeau doesn’t seem to recognize that.

[@metarus208]

Glad someone is speaking up about how much angst the Canadian Shield is causing the country geographically.

[@aSlice0fSam]

Finally speaking up, #wakeupcanada🥺

[@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry]

@@aSlice0fSam There isn't a day goes by that we here in Brampton don't pause and think really, really hard about the Canadian Shield.

[@zenhenko]

@@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry I've met your mans I wouldn't be surprised

[@denelson83]

You mean costing, right?

[@metarus208]

@@denelson83 both words work

[@thatdudeoh7]

As a Canadian, you beautifully summed up a number of problems we face as a country. Cheers!

[@MiSt3300]

@Renato unREAL go take your meds

[@patricefrancq2277]

@Renato unREAL ok boooomrrr. Caspian report is da shot bruh

[@wolverine9655]

@Renato unREAL ok, follower of p*** sy grabber party

[@chrism.t.7726]

Canadian unity is far from sustainable but since it’s been already more than 250 years, I’d say it’s quite stable though. I think Ottawa will have more work to do with the Prairies than Quebec. The population shift will only make the Prairies stronger and so will the need for accommodation. As a Quebecker myself, I don’t think separatism gains much traction these days.

[@WanukeX]

@@MrShpoulsen No, Canada has its issues, but the one thing we almost all agree on when push comes to shove is that we aren’t American

[@Markfr0mCanada]

Don't worry maritimers, this BCer hasn't forgotten you.

[@bigchickentime7391]

Thanks :) from a NSer

[@jasonlauritsen5587]

You maritimers should realize where your medicare, education, and infrastructures finances come from and stand up for Alberta as we have stood up for you.

[@bigchickentime7391]

@@jasonlauritsen5587 I’ll stand up for you but have you actually been here? Are education, infrastructure and healthcare is pretty bad

[@senorswordfish6019]

Canadians as world powers: *I am not sorry anymore*

[@carlrodalegrado4104]

no more mr. nice guy

[@drunkensailor3736]

Another country facing unity problems with a fragile federal arrangement is Ethiopia. If you're interested there's actually a great video that goes in depth about possible solutions to the ethnic regional divisions and current unrest in Ethiopia: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nX7Tk6ungdiXkLs&ab_channel=MyTake

[@ducktube7473]

US: Wait you are not sorry? CAN: Never have been bud

[@a_human8489]

*you’ll be sorry when I’m done with you”

[@ff_mcgee]

Sorry not sorry

[@pkz420]

Canada, the largest small country in the world. We're huge in area, but even we think of ourselves as small and quaint.

[@bobbymcbobington1637]

Just like us in Australia

[@sharksvvv8110]

Ya Canada and Australia are very similar.

[@sharksvvv8110]

@সুদীপ্ত দাস Yes but on a political, cultural and geographic level Canada and Australia are very similar. Both very large, both small populations distributed by climate (Canadians all along the south, Australians all along the coast) with majority of the country uninhabited, both have plastic money too lol, both with deep British roots, both commonwealth members etc etc

[@ddoumeche]

There are no identity troubles than some Rafale planes and atomic bombs can't solve

[@erichhartmann1]

You know what I hate? When people talk about their country and their opinion in comments and refer to it as “we think...”. Speak for yourself buddy.

[@fujibosco]

Alberta's issue about succession is just a vocalized frustration of a loud minority that the larger majority vaguely feels. It is not a philosophical difference like many in the comment section have related to Texas in America. If one were to walk around Calgary or Edmonton, they would see that most people are well-educated, progressive, far-thinking people like in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal. Albertans are upset because they feel like they are dictated to by the coastal-connected cities that shift Canadian politics without considering the rest of the country. To put this into perspective for foreign readers, from Banff, Alberta to Ottawa is roughly the same distance between London and Ankara, or Paris to the Syrian border. Its a big distance! The idea promulgated of Albertans as oil and gas obsessed, and like Republican Texas, with a semi-large Trump crowd, has been damaging to the sense of unity we share with our coastal neighbours. Eventually, many Albertans have developed a sort-of resentment towards the eastern provinces and British Colombia. Many of the cities in those provinces with access to large population centers and the world markets for their goods and manufacturing industries assume that Alberta can and should diversify their economy away from oil and gas. Alberta is a landlocked prairie province and has only a few natural resources in which to develop industries. In terms of market-places, it only has access to a sparsely populated mid-western USA, prairie-tundra to the east, in-hospitable tundra-forest to the North, and a world-famous mountain range separating them from the west coast. Alberta's agricultural industry is limited by the harsh winters, and they do not have any comparative advantage over the other provinces in other industries. However, they have access to one of the largest oil and gas reserves globally with no way of delivering it and selling it to the world market. This is due to political in-fighting between the conservatives and liberals in Ottawa and the ideological differences relating to global warming between those two factions. Most Albertans strongly believe in global warming, but like any sibling rivalry, cant help but point out the hypocrisy when the federal government allows dangerous mining that damages rivers in Quebec, pollution-filled manufacturing plants in Ontario, the environmentally invasive fishing and shipping industry on the west-coast but limits and caps oil and gas production in "hick-ville Alberta." The matter becomes worse when Albertans' mischaracterization as the stereotypical oil and gas worker is used as a political club against them whenever they dissent. They are depicted as having little-to-no education, low-intelligence, behaviour deemed under-classed, and just being upset that the "more environmentally caring and sensible provinces" have finally stopped their undeserved access to wealth. That access to wealth only being possible for Albertans because of their "lowly blue-collar origins" and a uniquely evil willingness to destroy the environment. The irony of that is, that most of the people who make-up that stereotypical group of oil and gas workers are people who have come in from other provinces to work in Alberta because of the opportunities that industry provided. You put all that together, add a terrible five-year recession and a global pandemic and that is as best as I can articulate the sentiment that is felt in Alberta today.

[@mpsplatt7561]

@C S Hunter: yes that is a good analysis of the Albertan psyche. one correction - " and a world-famous mountain range separating them from the 'east' WEST coast. "

[@prajnaseek]

Well said! I have never lived in or spent a lot of time in Alberta, other than short tree planting stints. I've never had any bad relations or bad feelings with anyone from Alberta or any other part of Canada, of course. I am glad to hear such a thoughtful and multifaceted perspective on Alberta, however. Thank you!

[@whitedo1]

Alberta is sort of like a gold rush era miner who after squandering several fortunes prays for one more chance and swears he won't waste it. They (wisely) in the 1970's established the Alberta Heritage Fund - a sovereign wealth fund, funded by oil royalties. It was established to support economic diversification for when the oil revenues ran out. But they (foolishly) stopped funding it (from oil royalties) in 1987 and since, it has basically stopped growing. It is at about $16B now - a sizeable amount, but nowhere near enough to buffer a transition to a more diversified economy. They also had tough regulations to require oil companies to pay into a fund to decommission exhausted oil and gas wells and reclaim and restore oil sands mines. But they lacked the courage to enforce this so the oil companies just walk away from their environmental liabilities when they have extracted all that is profitable. By latest estimates - there are over $200B in unfunded environmental liabilities that basically the rest of the country will end up having to pay to clean up. I guess at least those are jobs for Albertans. But they whine about Quebec.

[@SolarFlareAmerica]

@Matthew Mitchell technically, you're both right, as there are example of each. Often, however, the truth is somewhere in an unsatisfying middle ground, where the oil companies will contract out the oil well clean-ups to other companies, and both entities care more about saving money and getting the tax breaks than doing a good job, which ths government then has to account for.

[@ghostic3011]

@@SolarFlareAmerica that’s just incorrect there’s a set standard that the companies have to reclaim it to. They don’t just work tell it’s “ahh good enough”. People have to go through years and years of training to do land rec and they pay really isn’t that good compared to other jobs. Sure in the past they weren’t treated as good but that’s for literally every oil field every where. And albertans whine about Quebec because all the other provinces pay them to basically stay a province.

[@zanedietlin7645]

The saint Lawrence streams eastward from the great lakes, not westward.

[@gabrielniklasschildt5612]

exactly what I came here to say.

[@IanHobday]

Came here to say the same thing. Such a simple mistake really casts doubt on the rest of the content.

[@OuterHeaven210]

Eastward through America

[@canadaboy5005]

@@IanHobday Maybe because english is not his first language? when you talk about winds blowing east, you say " westerly winds". Not everybody has the benefit of an entire life to figure out the nuances of English

[@IanHobday]

@@canadaboy5005 With 679k subscribers I think he can afford a proofreader if language is the issue.

[@svenjorgenson3224]

I wouldn't exactly call the Rocky Mountains impassible as there are both southern and northern major pass ways. You made it sound like B.C. is totally cut off from the rest of the country, which is not true. Just wanted to clear that up. Always enjoy your content.

[@joeblow5178]

So hmmm British Columbia has NOW built a WALL. and a big wall it is. ( waiting on their "sorry" ; )

[@supersasquatch]

A lot of the narrative is doom and gloom and not anchored in reality, especially the radio silence about atlantic Canada and the native nations

[@stevedavenport1202]

I have actually traversed the Canafian Rockies from west to east, surprisingly low elevation and nice bighways....Kamloops to Calgary.

[@svenjorgenson3224]

@@supersasquatch Believe me, it's not just Atlantic Canada, it's all of Canada

[@peterg76yt]

British Columbia is isolated demographically, because there is a zone of sparse population between the main centres of British Columbia and Alberta.

[@patrick647]

I live on the border between Ontario and Québec. I speak both languages and my parents are of both sides. I have heard the two sides of the arguements. Family is family, but when it comes down to it the english dont like the french, and and french dont like the english. Anyone who lives on the border tells you otherwise is a liar. It's sad but true.

[@erichhartmann1]

@killover true You didn’t specify you live on the provincial border. That tells me that you don’t which proves the original comments point that those who live close to the border would be lying if they said there wasn’t a divide. They drive like shit, have an insensitive culture and are overall very aggressive. That is a stereotype on my part, though it is common in their cultural values and how they commonly act. ON is required to be fully adapted to French and you go into QC and you’ve entered a new country where they don’t give a shit that you can’t understand. Sounds to me like you’ve either got a relative who’s a Frenchie or you’re full of it.

[@erichhartmann1]

@killover true I took French Immersion in high school and received my certificate. It doesn't change that most of them really don't give a shit about the English which isn't how it typically is in return.

[@DeezerWeazer]

Yup. "Let's cross the river to go drink on the French side and start a fight"

[@Thor_Underdunk_Caballerial]

I hear French Canadians will often pretend they don't understand you if, as an English person with moderate French skills, you try to interact with them. If the video is anything to go by, it sounds like Catholicism is still deeply ingrained in them. I fucking hate religion, and my impression of French Canadians is that they are some particularly undesirable people with an inflated sense of self importance. There was a case recently with an indigenous person who was dying on a hospital bed and two of the nurses were insulting them while they died. The victim managed to record them so their family could show the world. What are peoples thoughts, anyone interacted with French Canadians?

[@sauceless6107]

@@Thor_Underdunk_Caballerial All my family is french Canadian yet I’d rather just refer to all Canadians as Canadians but any arguments that the french and english may have is more often than not just friendly back and forth

[@earthtourist-99]

As a Canadian who has lived in Montreal, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, worked up north, has family in Ottawa, Kelowna and Vancouver (and very very good friend in Saint John), I say If these problems are our worst problems, then we are doing quite well. Thanks Shirvan, Caspian report is truly awesome.

[@asadaden]

First time i got KZbin upload notification. Glad its Caspianreport

[@drunkensailor3736]

Yeah he's good he also did a great job analysing the Ethiopia conflict, the only thing I missed was solutions. If you're interested there's actually a great video that goes in depth about possible solutions to the ethnic tensions and current unrest in Ethiopia: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nX7Tk6ungdiXkLs&ab_channel=MyTake

[@ruisen2000]

How Canada will compete in the Arctic: "Hey Merica, they need some freedom up here!"

[@jackgadoury52]

O I L ?

[@FfFf-gi1hd]

@@jackgadoury52 america doesn’t need oil there, it’s already a net exporter

[@jackgadoury52]

@@FfFf-gi1hd Actually, for a variety of complex economic reasons, (not the least of which involving NAFTA and American monopoly markets) they do.

[@jwadaow]

@@jackgadoury52 Do you mean Joe Biden cancelling planned pipelines to reduce production and justify more involuntary freedom in the Middle East?

[@tomatop6754]

@@jwadaow litterally this rofl

[@bossbale9979]

Why must you release this at 2am. I need sleep, but I can't skip your vids

[@rubaiyatdunno482]

4pm here in Bangladesh

[@TorontoDrivers416]

5 am here :) OH Canada!

[@briaormead4239]

1.10 pm here.

[@chewbaca6971]

10 am here in UK

[@kunalpal3492]

3:48 pm in India bro

[@The_Shan96]

Hell yeah, my country!

[@curiositysatisfier]

helo

[@mihaidiaconescu7452]

Heck*, you don't swear.

[@sorcierenoire8651]

*Our

[@crownedpleb9747]

Tales of your misdeeds are told from Canada to Cathy!

[@curiositysatisfier]

any body would help me leatn English by talking with me on whatsapp

[@TuskanDelight]

Learning about Canadian geopolitics is way more interesting than it sounds.

[@daltonmiller5590]

Ikr. Canada seems like a boring country. And it is. But not entirely.

[@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry]

@@daltonmiller5590 Sorry for seeming so boring. But thank you!

[@chrisscott6254]

@@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry Eh indeed we are very sorry

[@galvanaut7119]

I had no idea either.

[@jamessimpson7133]

Pretty accurate relationship with usa id say, rocky mountains are not impassible lol

[@Eric-bs9xp]

I'm from Québec, Canada is rock solid together. Yes we fought against each other but then we fought together. We are building a great nation of multiple identifies and ideas, this is just the beginning. Canada will be strong for centuries

[@dgh6g33gf]

If we don't figure out efficient, quick and cheap national infrastructure the country will break apart, the railway built this country, but it is now near obselete, if it is not replaced nothing will hold this country together. Canadians and Goods need to be able to move from province to province easily, cheaply and seemlessly if this country is to have any future.

[@SeoDeadeHenn]

"Hey America, could you do me a solid and colonize the arctic for me?"

[@nobodyherepal3292]

We already got problems doing that in Alaska. What you want us to do?

[@baa0325]

There’s another issue in the way as well...a dispute over what constitutes international waters. The US maintains that the multiple waterways between the Arctic islands are international and free for passage. The Canadians claim them as internal waters. As an American, I have to say that I can see the Canadian point of view on this one.

[@automatik4192]

Ya got any oil?

[@travisjohnson6703]

Canada lets the US trade over the Northwest passage tariff free. The US builds the icebreakers and frigate fleet to patrol the area. Win-win.

[@maoama]

Cuz our new modern navy is irrelevant. I guess employees of John Irving building our new navy can just get in the grave of their dead co-worker. Caspain did a bad job here bud..

[@Bhembca]

I live in Calgary, and have lived across Western Canada. I would say that you are sensationalizing separation. I would say most Canadians are proud, and proud to live together. Sure, we have regional skirmishes, but what good democracy doesn’t!

[@Bradymcbridhe8304]

Exactly!

[@SS-xl6lo]

🙏👏👏👏🤝

[@s.u.n.t.a.n6573]

Agreed! As a fellow calgarian, I agree that we really aren’t THAT divided. He exaggerated for sure.

[@sethhayto5878]

The Rockies are not impassable. It is difficult terrain to build through sure, but there are three highways and two railway lines going through there.

[@dylanboilard3997]

Yup, and a feature of the Canadian rockies is that they are more glaciated than the American rockies. They are lower elevation and have much wider river valleys than the American rockies. Despite having steeper and more imposing mountains at eye level than the craggy rockies to the south, they're not as much of a natural barrier between east and west.

[@TheBurge87]

Also the shield is pretty passable.

[@noelfalls1240]

You forgot to say "sorry"

[@AmritSinghAuja]

Your wrong and never drove a big truck through the mountains through winter

[@dantetre]

You forgot to talk about the "serious" land dispute with Denmark over an small island. :D In which soldiers exchange bottle of alcohol every time they change the flag on that rock. :D

[@johnpijano4786]

You also forgot thr"""Serious"""" land dispute between Canada and the US between a single Island.

[@MichaelDavis-mk4me]

They no longer do this ritual. Canada said it was a stupid waste of tax money.

[@dantetre]

@@MichaelDavis-mk4me I though they are doing it, from their own money. So there is no dispute? Or they still go there and change the flag?

[@dantetre]

@@johnpijano4786 Isn't that only spikes every US election year, when clownish republicans uses patriotic, nationalist rhetoric to convince the voters in Maine? In other 3 years: "Canada can have it".

[@MichaelDavis-mk4me]

@@dantetre They just don't change the flag. It does not mean Canada does not claim the territory, just that they don't go switch the flag anymore. Denmark agreed to stop doing it too, since the UN will choose who it belongs too.

[@lagunas.jl.1]

So you all know, we got lots of new bike lanes in Halifax this year and we even have Theodor the boat in our harbour

[@thejesusaurus6573]

I havent been to hali in a very long time but im going to take a punt and guess that the bike lanes suck ass

[@maninredhelm]

Why do northern cities add bike lanes? It's going to be 4 or 5 months before the next decent day for bicycling.

[@tonybezanson9625]

My hometown! Moved to the NWT a few years ago

[@thejesusaurus6573]

@@maninredhelm so people can bike 6-8 months of the year...

[@thegamewinner67]

As a Canadian I have to say that there are a lot of generalizations in here and would take it with a grain of salt. Also how on earth are the Rockies impassable, not only are there several roads through them but also many town along the way

[@Telluwide]

Not to mention the coast to coast transcontinental rail line finished at the end of the 19th century, no small feat btw....

[@Schlabbeflicker]

Earthquakes and artillery make those connections more tenuous than most people think. Try marching across the Rockies in the dead of winter because Albertan guerillas placed landmines and machine guns along Kicking Horse Pass.

[@charlesharper2357]

They may not be impassable, but they are a cultural barrier. Compare the cultural differences between Southern BC and Southern Alberta. Then have a look at the Peace country further North...very little difference culturally between Alberta and BC there.

[@Tata-ps4gy]

You are right but this video is about geopolitics, not tourism. You cannot take rappidly a missile or tons of grain from Ottawa to Vancouver.

[@sklitterbeer106]

Accept this sacrifice for the algorithm

[@prajnaseek]

Content-free viewing! Oh my, how sweet! And virtually fact-free as well! Even better! And there are people applauding this drivel?! Wow, my fellow Canadians..... Some are highly thoughtful and aware, and others.....not quite so much.

[@sklitterbeer106]

@@prajnaseek I'm... sorry?

[@NigwardTheSquid]

“Impassable rocky mountains” Bruh.

[@backalleycqc4790]

It's such a dumb thing to say 🤣

[@Hollywood2021]

Right? I just passed over them this summer! Lol I used a car

[@abbottabbott1120]

This is just amazing writing, I'm blown away. You really have a talent for combining multiple complex narratives into a cohesive picture, packing in tons of info, and leaving the viewer with a understanding of the past and future of some really complex systems. Bravo!

[@prajnaseek]

Except that his "understanding" of Canada is.... pathetic - is the only term I can come up with that is adequate. So far off the reality, it is hard to know where to begin. Yes, he may be a good writer and narrator - but he is abysmal in his understanding of Canada, and from this video, I would have to conclude, he has no serious understanding of global geopolitics at all. (See my longer response to the video above.)

[@flamingmuffin666]

Canada's centre, covered Western provinces, covered Arctic, covered East Coast? not important at all XD ...I'm not crying.

[@major0noob]

he mentioned them, as "immigrants" lol

[@utkarshg.bharti9714]

You guys need to up the ante and make something unique to grab attention. Or follow Quebec with a 'Viva la Revolucion"!

[@alexandrebischoff1157]

@@utkarshg.bharti9714 Viva is spanish but yeah, could work maybe lol.

[@robmorgan9391]

I appreciate the video but I think there's some things being under and oversold in your piece. The enmity between Ontario and Quebec is well oversold here. The cultural and political friction between BC & Alberta is far deeper than any division between Ontario & Quebec and though it's touched on, any discussion of shifting political power to Canada's west has to start with the deep, deep division between the two provinces. They're simply not and likely never will be unified politically in any meaningful way which causes you to oversell any possibility in a power shift to the west, over any reasonable time frame. Demographics are dragging them further apart, where a few generations featuring high levels of international immigration to Ontario and Quebec have brought them closer together in culture (despite the language barrier), especially from Montreal westward. Your nod towards the cosmopolitanism of the region is spot on here and it's a shared cosmopolitanism. The "Pure Laine" Quebecois are a dying breed and with them goes much of the old cultural resentment. From the Ontario side of the equation, the western cries of unfair advantages for Wuebec don't really reach our ears as Ontarians largely understand their position as the centre of Canadian economic and political power. Net migration to the prairie provinces was largely driven by the semi recent oil boom in Alberta but went negative in 2020. Migration to the region lives and dies with the oil economy. Ontario has gone back to receiving 40-50% of international immigration as has been the norm for most of the last few decades and short of some sort of technological miracle that allows for a far more efficient extraction of Alberta's main resource, that's an industry that will likely limp into the future and not have nearly the immigration drawing power it saw between 2005-2018. Spot on with the arctic stuff, though I think more specific reference to the challenges with Russia (and mention of the disagreements with the Americans) would have provided a better understanding without much more heavy lifting being required.

[@randybell5461]

The Midwest will join the US and Ontario and bumass Quebec will drown in their tears and rightly so.

[@jj70098]

I like how the maritimes are no included in the real shape of Canada lol

[@StormCreeper98]

We could form our own union and split from the country and nobody would notice the difference lol.

[@maxsmith3113]

@@StormCreeper98 ironically we formed the Atlantic bubble and not many in upper Canada knew for awhile that was happening

[@IGMattDaMan]

@@StormCreeper98 probably hit up New England in the USA to push them to independence & then join them once achieved

[@Memento-_-Mori-_-982]

@@StormCreeper98 don't do that guys, we need you 😜

[@TheLocalLt]

Tbf Newfoundland didn’t even joint British Canada until like the 1940s, before that it was its own separate British dominion

[@PradhyumnaSrivatsaH]

The last time I was this early Canada was still a colony.

[@D_Marrenalv]

The last time i was this early, Canadians were French.

[@johnpijano4786]

Last time I was this early, the mailboxes were speaking quebecqer.

[@monarchblue4280]

The Queen of England is still technically our Queen. So you could say we still are a colony lol.

[@johnpijano4786]

@@monarchblue4280 first of all, a dominion is not a colony. 2nd, the contitution act of 1982, ended all real notions that Canada is under any authority of the UK. You might as well say that the UK is a colony of the Crown since they call the Crown its Head of state (which obviously is not).

[@monarchblue4280]

@@johnpijano4786 Of course. But I was simply being facetious.

[@morbojobo8951]

"Canada aim at reaching 100million people by 2100, which could affect it's cultural identity" Understatement of the year.

[@djgolf3256]

Not the end of the world, we'll develop a new one

[@morbojobo8951]

@@djgolf3256 With 500,000 immigrants per year coming mostly from India, Pakistan, Bengladesh, Middle-East and Africa, you might not like how this turns out. We cannot integrate that many people into canadian culture. This will be a mess, a huge mess.

[@djgolf3256]

@@morbojobo8951 With all do respect I hope you're wrong lol but I also do see how the far right loonies would lose their minds with all those immigrants coming in lmao

[@letdomf]

@@djgolf3256 IMO, if this really happens - it's the end of Canada. The country will break apart

[@etherealkraken2662]

@@djgolf3256 I think a lot more people than just the "far right loonies" would be concerned. When it comes to half a million people pouring into a country year after year, a different "i' word would be used rather than "immigration"

[@fernandoperez-pardogonzale7839]

Next Spain geopolitics pls🇪🇦 It is a very interesting place to do a video about

[@drunkensailor3736]

Yes Spain also has unity issues. Another country facing unity problems with a fragile federal arrangement is Ethiopia. If you're interested there's actually a great video that goes in depth about possible solutions to the ethnic regional divisions and current unrest in Ethiopia: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nX7Tk6ungdiXkLs&ab_channel=MyTake

[@SvenDzahov]

@@drunkensailor3736 your hustle is immaculate😂

[@drunkensailor3736]

@@SvenDzahov 😂

[@mabd7340]

@@drunkensailor3736 spin is the best country to live in for homo sapiens. I envy every single Spanish citizen.

[@Atilla_the_Fun]

@@mabd7340 Spain has an extremely high emigration rate despite being a developed country. So I wouldn't go that far.

[@James-zg2nl]

Coming from British Columbia, born & raised, I believe this short documentary hits the nail on the head. Great research, Caspian Report. Cheers eh

[@MuffHam]

Not really. He missed all of this. As a Canadian you missed talking about are Communist Minister Truduea. Who's working closely with the PAL and the CCP. The CCP is also buying up large parts of Canada. And theres already 75,000 PAL troops in China. Are Commie Minister is slowly selling Canada out too China. He just tripled the carbon tax. To 170 dollars a ton. This will utterly destroy the oil industry. And Canadas encomy. Trudeau is anti Canadian. He dosent care about Canada nor it's people. Hes focused on pleasing China. And lining his pockets with money. Hes a traitor to Canada and a dictator in disguise. Many already see him for what he is. Many refuse to believe it. Canada could be heading towards a civil war, or civil unrest. Maybe even separatist. Who knows it all depends if people choose to be Patriots and stand up and fight for there country. But my guess is many will remain cowards

[@James-zg2nl]

@@MuffHam I do not disagree with what you have to say at all however all those facts are a bit outside the relatively narrow subject matter of these types of short documentaries. They are not supposed to go into highly controversial political issues of the day, they focus on generalities that foreigners would care most about to gain a better understanding of Canada’s significance on the world stage.

[@qaiser648]

@@MuffHam Can you tell me what communism means?

[@MuffHam]

@@qaiser648 Its where the government controls everything, massive censorship, your told what to think and how to live. Think about it if I say theres only 2 genders and I hold a government job in Canada I'm getting fired. There was a news story about a father on Vancouver island. Who fought the government and courts over his kid and transition therapy. The dad said his child is too young to fully understand the full ramifications of such a decision. As such that decision should not be up to the child to make but the guardian. The court and government told him he was wrong and to shut up. And if he referred to his child as the wrong pronoun he'll goto jail. If he refers to his child by the name he gave the child at birth he'll go to prison. That's trying to control what he thinks, says and dose. And they forced the dad to take his child to transition therapy. The dad wasnt even against the while idea of changing genders. But was against the idea that a child is capable of making that decision. I have seen Canada change over the past several years. People are getting into trouble for wrong think. Not falling in line with the mainstream group think narrative. You'll lose your job. Some times you may even end up in jail. This happens in communist countries. It's a very slow and gradual change over. Slowly stripping away Canadian National Identity. What it is to be Canadian. You can find a video of Trudeau praising Chinas government. Praising communism and dictatorship. Teudeau stated he loved the idea of dictatorship on camera.

[@qaiser648]

@J G I'm a leftist, I was just curious as to what MuffHam's definition of communism is

[@alexvig2369]

Last time I checked, Ontario is definitely absorbing the largest amount of new immigrants by far. Though British Columbia is definitely the main beneficiary of internal Canadian migration.

[@armadhillo]

Yayyy its finally Canada's time! loved this video... would also recommend an updated video on Indian geopolitics... Your analysis was spot on and as a person living in BC I feel your assessment on regional differences is absolutely true... i know in the end we will come together as a country though because we have gone through tougher times before...

[@justinpatton1091]

Politics and protests aside we are all Canadian, Prairies and Pacific will always have each other’s back.

[@marcchuck-you-farleytrembl2145]

As a Quebecer who has resided in both AB and BC I have to say that I somewhat agree with Shirvan but he greatly over simplifies the situation. Canada, much like the USA, is a country of regions and in order to run the country requires an asymetrical industrial and political policy. He fails to mention that Quebec and ON are essentially one economy, despite what QC cultural/political elites claim. In addition, the century initiative, (increasing Canada's population substantially by 2100) is designed to unify the country by creating an increased domestic market and making the country less dependent on North/South trade. Finally and hopefully we (Canadians) are just real good at striking new deals between the various regions of the country.

[@MrAlen6e]

@@marcchuck-you-farleytrembl2145 absolutely, I also believe more than Alberta British Columbia will play a greater role in Confederation in the future given their diverse economy and with the population increasing been culturally diverse from America it will stamp out any calls for succession, no newcomers will want Canada to break up

[@mosquitobight]

@@marcchuck-you-farleytrembl2145 I am reminded of the 1981 geopolitical book "The Nine Nations of North America" by Joel Garreau. I mostly agree with it, except for making the whole of Quebec the ninth nation. Economically and culturally it can be divided in three pieces among the Empty Quarter, the Foundry, and New England.

[@arbyjack2552]

I remember when Canada went on strike in I believe 2006. Hopefully those Bennigan coupon are helping!

[@SlugSage]

USA: “Sure is a shame you got all that oil up there and no guns to protect it.”

[@KDH-br6hy]

The US dont want it to be honest we are trying to get a clean energy fix

[@johnpijano4786]

Canada: Yeah, would be a shame to break our Trade interdependence.

[@KDH-br6hy]

@@johnpijano4786 lol

[@IanHobday]

No one in their right mind wants the oil sands. Too expensive and dirty to extract anything of value. If the US does want AB though we could probably work something out. It's the Alabama of Canada...

[@dallimamma]

::: It’s the fresh water that is the new blue gold, the complete ownership of which, was lost to the “Elephant” with the first NAFTA takeover/signatures.

[@aneesebrahem6624]

He makes Canada sound like it's a step away from Civil War.

[@prajnaseek]

The video was a disaster, as far as content, but slick on production and marketing, which is all that matters to get youtube views and money flowing. I'm not saying the guy is a money grubber with no soul, just that he was talking out of his ass - not just in terms of Canada, but also in terms of geopolitics. Clearly, he is vastly out of his depth on both counts. See my writings on WordPress, Amazon and Barnes & Noble, for a perspective that does not come out of a CrackerJack box. jtoddring.wordpress.com/2021/02/13/canada-in-the-21st-century-the-path-ahead/#comment-95016

[@prajnaseek]

So there you go - all you have to do to create a successful youtube channel is to grab some soundbites that seem informative, or at least entertaining, whether or not they have any real content or accuracy at all, and pretty them up with some pleasing audio/video packaging and editing - et voila! Deep fried shit on a stick, ready to serve! Yummmm!!!!! Tasty AND nutritious! 🙂

[@cripto136]

tHe laurentian consensus is really unpopular, even in Quebec. Its a way for the federal governement to keep as much power as possible, not to maintain our country.

[@Shadowdoc2]

our constitution is a give away to the frenchies. i fucking hate how we just gave up and let the frenchies bully us around.

[@yaktojason]

@@drunkensailor3736 stop spamming bro

[@salvador1769]

@@Shadowdoc2 quebec never signed the constitution

[@yucol5661]

@@Shadowdoc2 not going to solve anything with that attitude of calling people “frenchies”. Easy to forget how rude Canadians are to different Canadians

[@IkilledPrince]

a deal can be renegotiated, separation is forever.

[@ryanschaefer7984]

Last time I was this early a northwest passage didnt exist

[@MCernoble]

For just one time...

[@pyroman2918]

Sad Franklin noises.

[@CountyBoy78]

@@MCernoble I would take the Northwest Passage! To find the land of..

[@InVinoVeratas]

And they say Global Warming isn’t a thing. Look to the Ice caps melting and you’ll see otherwise.

[@Livingvapour]

@@InVinoVeratas you call it global warming, some call it continuing to naturally exit the existing ice age :P will be a serious problem for all the major costal cities around the world.

[@Merle1987]

There's a lot of shit that doesn't get mentioned here. Chinese influence and our lack of de facto sovereignty come to mind.

[@early7strikeland996]

Northern Canada: *exist* Private Companies: It's free real estate

[@sweiland75]

and just recently Amazon added a depot in Iqaluit

[@E4439Qv5]

@@sweiland75 that's news to me.

[@fangzhoushao5404]

As a Canadian, this is extremely well made. Congrats!

[@IGMattDaMan]

Why do we need 100million peps by 2100? It’s cozy with just a few people

[@nicholaslutsch5036]

Lest the "other" superpowers populate the North for us.

[@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry]

@@nicholaslutsch5036 More so that the economy doesn't collapse. Draw a line on a map from Toronto to Collingwood. In fifty to one hundred years EVERYTHING west of that line, to the Lakes Huron and Erie shores and converging at Windsor, will be built over. It's NEVER a bad time to be a real estate developer or a banker holding mortgages in Ontario!

[@nicholaslutsch5036]

@@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry Sure. That works too. I'm not an expert on such matters; just playing the keyboard warrior game. I'm not sure what compelled me to take the plunge today. I blame the coffee.

[@MagicMike_101]

It'll affect the social identity af. As he described on the video. Multi-tribal country (or basically made of just two countries flooding the immigration process today).

[@hoppingshark7676]

I agree with that I understand the implications of not having more people, but personally I see it as something that hurts the environment more as well as pushes people together more, and I prefer having a bit of space between each other.

[@TheArcadian_300]

Great video, most Americans dont realize that canada is a real and complex country, not some fairy tale land

[@W.LL1999]

@Guy Incognito Why do I get a feeling this is J.J. incognito.

[@___Truth___]

Imagine if US gave Western Canada the option to be US Territories (Not States) by treaty and gave them the perk to be free to secede and be their own country with simple majority vote anytime, and it allowed freedom of commerce across the board as other US Territories (incorporated & unincorporated) you think they'd be interest even a little? If they would be how long would it take for them to join if we just put the option out there? Just curious...

[@krisr.9105]

Can you blame us, considering how much time Canadians spend telling Americans they’re much better, safer, and smarter than us? (....are they wrong tho 😂)

[@SilvanaDil]

Fairy tale? More like a nightmare.

[@TheArcadian_300]

@@SilvanaDil 2021 and its definitely a living hell

[@jonathanhermina1165]

Canada does not claim to be a federation, it has been a confederation since its inception - Canadians recently celebrated 150 years of confederation; there is no confusion within Canada about this

[@RedFireRex]

Yeah. I was confused when he said “the federation it claims to be” we have literally never been a federation lol

[@gabbisss]

We are not a Confederation. A confederation is a union of independent states. Canada is a Federation, check the dictionary. Our founders called it Confederation in a symbolic way, that's it. When Quebec, Ontario, Maritimes, the West and BC come together EU style while being independant states it will be a true Confederation.

[@brucewilson1958]

I live in Iowa, USA. I have family in BC. Thank you for helping me understand many things about our friends to the north. Well Done.

[@FirstnameLastname-ni9uh]

Iowa doesn't exist 🤣

[@PresidentEvil]

@@FirstnameLastname-ni9uh you are cringe

[@FirstnameLastname-ni9uh]

@@PresidentEvil butthurt?

[@PresidentEvil]

@@FirstnameLastname-ni9uh no im cringing at your cringe comments

[@mouktaralbert7062]

Canada was training PLA troops in winter fighting.

[@jon_3453]

All training was halted in 2019 for FVEY secuirty interests. As to my knowledge PLA were only going to be here to learn about peacekeeping and winter training which was to be done in 2018. Besides that OMG we told the Chinese to button up and wear warm clothing we've clearly given them too much in our trade secrets.

[@realtissaye]

sources please?

[@jon_3453]

@@realtissaye join the Canadian Forces reddit page and learn more.

[@Jay-bf8yp]

@@realtissaye Also the Globe and Mail reported on it recently

[@EragonShadowSlasher]

What's wrong with them... US should sort Canada out.

[@parryhotter3456]

Everybody is saying the climate but there isn’t really much incentive to move north at all since even the south is largely empty.. 37 million people dwelling in low density in an area larger than much of Western Europe combined and the population growth is only 1 percent annually WITH immigration. Canada was never meant for immigration, even so she failed because the only reason Canada existed was to take resources back to Britain! Mass immigration like what happened in the US 100 years ago will never happen in Canada. Canada will stay as a “small”, wealthy country for a long long time to come!

[@realkosherpork9223]

Alberta has become a net recipient of federal transfers in 2020 and it will likely stay that way for a while.

[@Bangpath247]

I live in Calgary, its started to dawn on Albertans now that it might be forever. The usall lines of Harper-esk rhetoric have fallen with the price of oil, only the real bumpkins still think in that old we're paying for everything way. for instance an awful lot of people in the Calgary sub reddit have started to actually listen when you try to explain how Tesla is a real long term threat to theyre (much fewer) oil jobs.

[@paranoidrodent]

@@Bangpath247 It might well be, at least for the foreseeable future. That tech to extract hydrogen fuel efficiently from the oil sands might allow some regrowth/transformation of the energy sector but you'll need a better electrical source than fossil fuels to help with extraction (hydro from the rest of the country or the new small nuclear plants that are in development perhaps). There are plenty of non-energy industrial uses for petroleum too (including fertilizer, which we might need in bulk if global warming causes our immigration to boom). I feel for you guys and I really hope that the rest of us can help you guys restructure your economy as needed. We'll pick up the slack while you guys catch your breath. Best wishes to you and stay safe, from a Québécois married to a Toronto girl and currently living in Ottawa (with family ranging from Van to PEI). I've lived in a part of the country that felt alienated and wanted a fair shake and I totally get you guys wanting the same. Nothing but love for you guys, even if we sometimes differ in opinion.

[@kennyg1358]

About 60 billion net loss in transfers of the past 40 years.

[@jxavier3876]

@@Bangpath247 yeah Reddit doesn’t represent any demographic very well.

[@thearsenalmisfit2414]

Your absolutely correct about the Transfer payments to Alberta. I don't think that they will ever stop now. The oil industry us in decline now and is not what it was. It is a dying industry and because our oil costs so munch more to produce it is less attractive to buy. As every year goes by the world becomes less reliant on fosel fuels. Even GMC Chevrolet has anounced that by 2035 it will not produce fosel fuel powered only cars any more and you can bet tha Ford and Dodge will follow. The expected population increase of Alberta mentioned in the video will not happen as the industry slows down. Also you will not believe how many people that work in the oil sand are from the maritime provinces. It seems like every other person you meet up there is from East. They work in Fort McMurray for 3 or 4 weeks then fly home for 1 or 2 weeks. For me the worst thing about being an Alberta resident for the last 30 odd years has been watch how the Provincial government has thrown away money by the oil tanker load over the years and not reinvested it in bringing new industry from the renewable energy sector to the Province . The current Keystone pipeline disaster is a good example. Our government sank a ton of money into it with no guarantee that it was ever going to be built. It all hinged on Trump being reelected which he wasn't and as soon as Biden got into office he shut it down to the surprise of absolutely no one except our useless Conservative government that has done this sort of thing many times over the last 40 years.

[@siddharthyadavchekkala2845]

Canada has a lot of unused space for a Khalistan.

[@abhimanyujha5550]

Yeahhh we need a dravida nadu khalistan in canada

[@jaskarnsingh7322]

Then start building...

[@manofculture4249]

🤣

[@krateproductions4872]

*Kanada

[@HamishDuh2nd]

If they want to populate our arctic, and reinforce our position there, I'd welcome them.

[@AlexPeace246]

I'm Albertan and I'd say this is very accurate, especially about Ontario and Québec being estranged to each other and the two of them viewed separately by the rest of the country.

[@TheMoonIsAConspiracyTheory]

As an Ontarian, I agree. In our minds, you don't exist. Our Canadian world is the GTA area, the area near the US border, the area near the lakes, then the stretch of land going to Québec city. Vancouver is spoken of as a far wonderworld. Everything in between, further North, or further East than Québec city is seen as land void of anyone. Yeah, we know people are there. But it isn't something seen as obvious. I'd say this is a pretty fair summary as to how Ontarians, especially cosmopolitan, see Canada.

[@kylejohnson646]

I'm a British Columbian, I'd like to hear your thoughts on our struggling relationship? Reasons why you think its a difficult relationship to manage or to improve upon?

[@yucol5661]

@Symon Mailhot i never thought that you need a unifying culture to be the same country. Much less “feel” anything for each other. You don’t need to feel any special friendliness with other people from your country just because they are form the same country as you. It’s not necessary for a country to exist. It’s just about having the same government have power over you

[@jakesteele7784]

That is the fondemental difference between Quebec and english Canada. Quebec is a nation with a unifying culture and Canada is a multicultural country.

[@AlexPeace246]

@@jakesteele7784 I'm assuming you're Quéerbecuois, I'll admit your women are nice and I've been with a few of them, but everything else from that part of the country isn't worth its weight in straw, or its some cheap European knock-off wannabe shit. Especially the cosmopolitan centers, they're filthy as fuuuuu.... Just my opinion ;)

[@nicholaslutsch5036]

Excellent video Shirvan! That concisely summarizes a lot of Canada's general issues. I'm surprised that you didn't touch on the (arguably hypocritical) "environmentalist" posturing of BC versus the "economy first" posturing of Alberta. It has caused considerable strife in the past few years and has more to do with the inter-provincial hostilities than "cosmopolitan" versus "frontier" mindsets. Maybe it's just a different way of phrasing the same thing. Splendid content all-the-same. May Canada remain unified in these times of such differing interests.

[@Gronk420]

Keep that Canadian content coming boss much appreciate👍

[@passatboi]

Couple of terminology issues. In Canada, we say "Western Canada" and "Eastern Canada" (never "West Canada" and "East Canada"). I had never heard the term Laurentian Corridor before. The Laurentians refer to a mountain range in Quebec, not the St. Lawrence. We normally call it the Quebec-Windsor corridor.

[@Asking-cn6wb]

The west is very diverse. All offering different things. In fact the east is as diverse. But together we are better.

[@paranoidrodent]

Also, what he's calling "East Canada" usually gets called "Central Canada" by anyone not in Western Canada, because for anyone east of Ontario, there's a strong distinction between Ontario/Quebec (Central) and the Atlantic provinces (East). Yes, I know the geographic centre is actually in Manitoba but between being the population hub and being between "out West" and "out East", Quebec and Ontario end up being "Centre".

[@passatboi]

@@paranoidrodent Yes, but in general terms, I was pointing out that no one says "West Canada" or "East Canada" at all. As a Canadian living in the US, whenever I want to describe where a city is (for example, if someone says "Is Montreal near Vancouver? I've been to Vancouver"), I reply "no, it's in Eastern Canada". There was also a video posted about California where the narrator referred to "North California" and "South California". Same issue. No one here says that. It's always "Northern California" and "Southern California". It's normally non-North Americans who make the error (in that case, the narrator was British). Central Canada is basically for internal Canadian use only. Outsiders wouldn't have a sense of where "Central Canada" was (yes, they'd probably think it was Manitoba). It's more of a political distinction.

[@paranoidrodent]

@@passatboi Fair enough. You are absolutely right that no one says "West Canada" and "East Canada". It's not even a thing in French (although a bad translation might render it as those terms - the correct French us closer to "of the East/West", i.e. eastern/western). Central Canada is definitely more of an internal political distinction (it mostly helps avoid turning the Atlantic provinces into an afterthought in the terminology) Personally, it just reminds me of the historic colonial names Canada East and Canada West (which were the names of Lower and Upper Canada after Union but before Confederation when they became Quebec and Ontario - 1841-1867).

[@bahee7108]

In political science they're called the laurentian consensus and the laurentian elite. Mainstream / low register commentary doesn't use those terms but they're helpful for us all to know.

[@Preston241]

You absolutely nailed it. - Albertan

[@1wisestein]

I see a lot of comments on “what was missed” but this is an excellent 3 point focus on the issues that will define our future and identity as a nation.

[@adrianbulfon8430]

As a Canadian, I feel the cultural differences are a bit overemphasized. There is certainly healthy tension between the West, Quebec and Ontario, but not to the point of being significantly detrimental to the country as a whole. I emphasize this mainly to push back against the assertion that it will affect Canada's interest in the Arctic, which I feel is the most significant geopolitical issue for Canadians

[@Grimenoughtomaketherobotcry]

You mean the most significant geopolitical issue isn't, "the Angle"? or Point Roberts?

[@charlesharper2357]

Sounds like your from Ontario. Come out West and see how we think and feel.

[@mrbeaverstate]

I find it most interesting that you find yourself to be an expert on EVERY country in the world. Amazing....

[@GeoPerspective]

Now I'm looking forward to the Canadian Revolution!

[@TheWizardGamez]

Canadian revolution 2 ELECTRIC BOOGALOOO

[@fernandoperez-pardogonzale7839]

also known as sorry revolution

[@blackrabbit212]

We are all looking forward to that!

[@MichaelDavis-mk4me]

VIVE LA RÉVOLUTION!

[@tacobellappreciater]

"Socialist Canadian Rebellion happens" USA: I'm so sorry i have to do this brother

[@Lochness19]

FYI the English speaking areas of Ontario weren't really a thing at the time the British conquered New France. During those days, it was only certain parts of the Maritime provinces that were English speaking and Southern Ontario was controlled by the French, along with most of the American heartland. However, French control of these areas was very loose as they were only very sparsely populated - Southern Ontario only had a small agricultural community in Windsor, across the river from the French "Fort Detroit", and Fort Frontenac in Kingston. French interest in these areas was primarily tied to the fur trade, with a scattering of military forts built to control the trade routes. Following the conquest, there was a significant wave of British immigration into Quebec. Settlement of Ontario mostly began during the American revolution, by British Empire loyalists fleeing/leaving the United States, and then later waves from the British motherland in the late 18th to early 19th century. Some parts of Southern Ontario only began to be settled in the mid 19th century, close to 100 years after British conquest (ex Northern Huron County). So basically, immigration to Canada from Europe was initially from France - even to the currently English majority regions. Then following British conquest of Canada/New France, immigration from France stopped and became replaced with immigration from Britain. In places like Ontario, Manitoba and Saskatchewan, the French population at time of conquest was small enough that it became overwhelmed by waves of immigration from Britain, Germany, Ukraine, Poland, etc. Quebec was much more populated at the time of conquest so it remained majority French. At one point it looked like anglophones could become a majority in Montreal and Quebec City but French resistance to this shift and the rise of Toronto as a competitor to Montreal for the title Canada's financial and manufacturing capital led to emigration of anglophones from Quebec to Ontario and also lead to new waves of immigration to favor Toronto. French speaking Quebeckers also had higher birth rates in the 1800s and 1900s, which lead to Quebec running out of farm land for them and to the French Canadians emigrating to other areas like New England and NE Ontario (Timmins area).

[@JonathanHerz]

Great video on a topic that deserves more attention

[@bramsturk619]

These videos are so good!! They really help me understand the world. It is so intresting that almost every political action has a big geopolitical aspact (seccesionist movements)

[@aquilatempestate9527]

Geopolitics of CANZUK please.

[@sigurdwrathman3991]

Seconded.

[@carlosandleon]

UK gets NZ sheep. Hooray.

[@sagmilling]

Oh, hell yes!

[@qboxer]

For great justice.

[@BB1CC666]

Shirvan: Geopolitics of [10 middle-eastern/south-asian countries] Comments: Great insight! Fantastic content! Shirvan: Geopolitics of Canada Comments: arghhhh, we are doing fine...

[@dylanisthrillin]

Canadian here. This is not wholly inaccurate, but is rather a bit exaggerated. It also ignores indigenous land issues, which I would argue are the main source of geopolitical tension within Canada at the moment.

[@dylanisthrillin]

Also, never have I ever heard anyone use the terms "Laurentian Corridor" or "Laurentian consensus". Seems like something one would find in an encyclopedia.

[@ianscherger6587]

Which province are you from, I don't believe this video is exaggerated, and indigenous issues are more so propoganted in the media.

[@stephenkenney8290]

The Rockies aren't impassable, though the opportunity to make them that way would be the wet dream of many defensive operations specialists.

[@NormanconEVE]

In terms of defence, they are "impassable". It could easily be made difficult to cross and from a defensive standpoint, it would be suicidal to attack through regardless due to the constrained territory.

[@SilvanaDil]

@@NormanconEVE - This is the 21st Century. Mountains mean nothing.

[@brianjonker510]

I have watched a few episodes from Caspian report. The breadth of your topics is stunning and seems to come with a real understanding for the local issues

[@phelimridley6727]

@3:51 "A stable, unified Canada is predictable and admissible to influencing." That describes best a relationship defined by Subordinacy between a geo-politically strong polity and a neighbouring state.

[@looinrims]

They’re friends, but not equals

[@maqoslemaquuste9089]

In my opinion Canada. Is one of the best countries to live in.

[@Pinned2Five]

Canadian here. This was way more interesting, and better helped me understand the different regions, than classes on the subject.

[@LeoMajor1]

Even as a Canadian this was informing.

[@egukoucu]

You know why - because all Canadian media are reading scrips

[@dxlr6358]

Quebec, a state within a state. Quebec know more about cultural warfare than much of the rest, who are beginning to acknowledging it world wide. Quebec is more of a force to Canada than a threat. But the question still is : what is Canada?

[@fipeke]

I'm seriously so impressed by the editing and well delivered information of every single video you guys release. You are AMAZING

[@prajnaseek]

Too bad the CONTENT is pure garbage, and virtually fact-free! But a nice visual job, and that's what counts!

[@quatreunhuit]

@@prajnaseek What are you talking about? This is the greatest video on this platform!

[@matthewnaber3388]

I live in Saskatchewan a prairie province and your very accurate with how we feel about the rest of Canada. Great Video!

[@wyatteldridge71]

Not really accurate in Manitoba though. Manitoba has a very stark urban/rural divide like you see in BC or ON. With half the federal seats normally going NDP/Liberal. And the NDP winning provincially is pretty normal as well still. It's probably because Manitoba's economy has diverged from our prairie neighbours. It's more focused on Manufacturing (Aerospace) and Finance(Insurance) and been doubling down on it. Whereas SK/AB have been focusing more on oil. A resource that Manitoba has very little of.

[@Michaelonyoutub]

too bad you couldn't mention eastern Canada, I know we aren't as big or important as the other provinces but we do exist

[@HamishDuh2nd]

My favourite Canadians! Way less pretentious than the rest of the country. If I could find work in Nova Scotia, I would move there.

[@NBeaver-bx4yl]

Yeah, but thats a compliment ! Means everything is going good !

[@johnpijano4786]

I mean, Eastern Canada is the most stable and docile region between all parts of Canada, they rely on Ottowa then and now.

[@ahillstosky]

@@johnpijano4786 they 'rely on' Ottawa because the surrender of the Atlantic Region's natural resources at Confederation. This province was established under the promise to 'give all' to Canada. In return, we got restrictive trade corridors and mandatory routing through Quebec and Ontario...

[@Sensorium19]

@@ahillstosky NS, NB and PEI should have gone with the original plan and joined the USA.

[@LA-kc7ev]

Highly interesting, thank you very much. A wonderful, succinct introductions to Canadian geopolitics. A friend from the US. All the best to Canada!

[@Gabzes]

I realize this is a 14 minutes video and only so much can be said but just saying that Canada is "subsidising' the economy of the province of Quebec and that it's a preferential treatment makes it sound like Quebec is some kind of burden on the rest of Canada when in reality, it's far more complicated. What you're referring to is called Equalization Payments , they're made to provincial governments on a yearly basis based on a multitude of factors. The reality is that, while the federal government subsudizes industries elsewhere in the country like it's done in the past with, say, the automotive industry in Ontario, and the gas industry in Alberta, and leaving major companies in Quebec almost on their own (look at Bombardier's C Series project) equalization payments are a pretty normal thing for a country that's as "united" as Canada, It has to be done in the name of being united. Otherwise, like you stated, there's not much point in the Canadian federation itself and it's pretty much a miracle that it's existed until now!

[@DanielKivari]

There is much more than that: bilingual requirements for power positions, overrepresentation in power structures, disproportionate federal contracting, greater subsidies for media production, and so on and so forth...

[@Ptitnain2]

@@DanielKivari Can you believe that, a bilingual country that ask their employees to be bilingual. Shocking news here.

[@DanielKivari]

@@Ptitnain2 I believe that bilingualism is important, but not English-French bilingualism. Given our diversity today, this mode of thinking is long since outdated. It is far more valuable for companies to have people that speak one official language, plus another language. Here in Ontario where I am, English-French bilingualism is a handicap, unless it's a government position.

[@sirticklebear5983]

Can you do an updated geopolitics of Australia? The world probably hasn't realised but our relationships with China (our largest trading partner) are getting worse and worse each day

[@meganh9460]

We notice. They seem to be doing everything to Australia that they want to do to the US.

[@krisr.9105]

The CCP is being horrible to Australia right now. It’s mind blowing

[@jesusislordsavior6343]

@@krisr.9105 They have treated their own people horribly since 1949. They have also been the guarantors of North Korean tyranny for 70 years. So they did an immense amount of evil before turning their sights on Australia. They will not prosper in the long run. All 'great empires' fall eventually. God will not be mocked.

[@buckwylde7965]

Was discussing the shape and culture of North America with a Canadian my age in Vancouver on Canada Day. I told him, as an American from Washington State, I feel completely at home in B.C. Yes, the money looks different and the flag is different outside the McDonalds but you have to ask people if they are from the States or Canada you can't tell. He told me he had moved to Vancouver from Calgary for a job. I asked him how it was to move to the Weirdo West Coast from there. He laughed and said "I feel more comfortable in Denver than here, Denver a real cow and oil town like Calgary. He looked at me for a bit and said "Maybe we should of divided the continent north to south instead of east to west". Maybe.