New Rule: Whoa, Canada | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

[@knelle1114]

It’s also worth pointing out the New York Times has defended Sweden’s new strict immigration policy while simultaneously condemning similar proposed immigration policies in the U.S.

[@wesjones1417]

Bernie Sanders also praised Sweden for their worker standards, while condemning their no minimum wage. It's amazing how much people cherry pick what they want from other countries.

[@ryankuypers1819]

Yet another reason to never take the NYT seriously. It pains me that I once had to read the entire front page every morning although that was in the 90s so perhaps there was still some journalism occurring.

[@bl9531]

@@wesjones1417 Cherry picking or misinformation: Sweden operates without a nationally implemented minimum wage. However, minimum wages are set by sector or industry through collective bargaining using the krona.

[@armondtanz]

yes sam seder said similar, said there's loads of jobs in America all immigrants are welcome... then condemned any1 for saying Egypt should take on Gazan refugees because of infrastructure and recourse issues???

[@justfedup]

Immigration how is going down now is a disaster , Calgary is cheap and my house is 500 usd, go to Toronto or Vancouver and you’ll spend 3x that,

[@snacktime2497]

As someone from Whitehorse, I can confirm that the air quality was so poor last year because the whole ass territory was ON FIRE for half the summer.

[@Jedi.Toby.M]

No joke, I mean California should have at least a small idea about that...I mean it's only on fire during the spring to fall months these days... Cheers mate!😅😂

[@pault3179]

Exactly, it was all because of forest fires. Bill positioning is as anything else, which he did, diminishes his credibility. I know he's not a journalist, but I at least thought he was a credible source of information.

[@Darkdragon5544]

Bud I'm in Québec and OUR FIRES WERE BIGGER THAN YOURS!! BEAT YOU WESTERN CANADA!! NA NA NAAA!! (Seriously tho, it's a real problem and it might happen again this year... We should get coffee and plan out something... 🤔)

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[@iankane1733]

“Calling it racist doesn’t solve the problem” well put.

[@ClaudiusCaelum]

@iankane1733 5 hours ago “Calling it racist doesn’t solve the problem” No... It underlines ANOTHER even WORSE problem...

[@deebee4575]

@@ClaudiusCaelum I would say that a country going from the lowest s*xual assault rate to the highest in just a couple of years is a far worse problem than some people calling names. Continue to keep your head in the sand though.

[@yourmother4898]

It identifies the problem in order to address it . Why don't you understand?

[@deebee4575]

@@ClaudiusCaelum So the country with some of the lowest s*x assaults in Europe is now the country with the highest number and the perpetrators are 99% "migrants". And wanting to stop that trend is somehow racist?

[@authenticallysuperficial9874]

​@@yourmother4898 It misclassifies the problem

[@jebroniemyles5333]

Hi Bill, as a wildland firefighter for the province of British Columbia, I just wanted to point out that the air quality was so poor here because we were experiencing a devastating record breaking Wildfire season last year. All the best to you, Love to our American brothers and sisters of the wildfire hot shot crews, we couldn't have gotten through the season without you.🇺🇲🇨🇦

[@cedricwilford]

We have wildfires in the U.S. as well. Lots of them.

[@Desmondbrown73]

Arson created fires is not climate change

[@nostrum6410]

​@cedricwilford not even remotely similar

[@jeremieheon-miousse2811]

​@@cedricwilfordcorrect, and you also blame democrat for it because. It is mostly in washington state, oregon or california. Yet, when it is Canada most conservative province, Alberta, it is because of Justin Trudeau, not Danielle Smith Double standard is it?

[@cedricwilford]

@@nostrum6410 I don't understand. How is a US fire not remotely similar to a Canadian fire?

[@fujibosco]

I'm a college educated Canadian, who works 40 hours per week in a white collar job, and I can't afford to live in the country I was born in. Tough to date from your moms basement. America, do not go down the road we went... Bill is not wrong.

[@monicabeaston4996]

In the neighborhood I grew up on you woukd consider yourself lucky to find a house under a million. The New York Times published advice on how to afford a house if a young American: buy your parent's house from them at a reduced price. Well, what about all those you g Americans who aren't only ch8lsren abd whose parents don't own homes? Bill is very out of touch here.

[@corerlt]

@@ClaudiusCaelum You're funny.

[@ClaudiusCaelum]

@IDontBuyIt50 "(...) there is more and more properties owned not by families but by large investment companies. They can sit on something for years" BINGO !! Blaming a Country ( or it's government ) for the lack of affordable housing is like blaming it for the weather, lol America may have the monopoly on institutionalized, systemic greed, but Canada is not immune to it unfortunately...

[@shel-f7c]

@@ClaudiusCaelum Heads up: Every sentence does not need to be its own paragraph. Also, the ideological bullshit has gotten out of hand. People are hired because of their skin color now, instead of their qualifications. How great will that be when it's the doctor that does your surgery? Or the pilot that flies your plane?

[@ClaudiusCaelum]

@@shel-f7c "Heads up: Every sentence does not need to be its own paragraph." Why ? Are you renting KZbin comment space, lol I'm French Canadian, and English being a second language, spacing makes it easier to write ( and re-read and edit ). Also, that format of 'arguments vs counterarguments' is my attempt to apply the Dialectic Debate format to KZbin. "People are hired because of their skin color now, instead of their qualifications." I'm gonna pass on this one, not because it's relevant or valid, but because i might say things i may regret saying ( while calmly sipping tea on a lazy rainy Sunday afternoon, lol ) "How great will that be when it's the doctor that does your surgery? Or the pilot that flies your plane?" Seriously ? Do you have ANY idea on how those professions stringently CERTIFY their members for competency ? Speaking of Competency...Please THINK about what you are saying before posting it... You Anti-Woke crusaders are not making a good showing here on this thread when it comes to intelligent discussions, that's for sure, lol

[@AgentJayZ]

As a western Canadian who takes motorcycle road trips through the USA, I often hear people say how polite and nice Canadians are. My experience has been that over 90% of the time, Americans are nicer and more polite. ... and we do have a serious doctor shortage.

[@pablonutribar8708]

Americans are friendlier than Canadians. However, talk to them for more than 15 minutes and they're going to say some wacky stuff (probably about guns or Jesus).

[@billm5555]

Thank you

[@histman3133]

I grew up in the big cities and now live in small town Saskatchewan and it's honestly not that bad out here with regards to doctors. You guys in the big cities have it WAY worse. It all depends where you are in the country. My conscience is clear though because I voted for Stephen Harper back in 2015. I knew Trudeau was gonna be a wreck for the country at the same time every other Canadian was foaming at the mouth like a girl scout about how apparently sexy he was and how he had nice hair. 🙄😒 You reap what you sow.

[@carmenmccauley585]

It's called over population. Let a million ppl a year in and you have an everything shortage.

[@TheBirdierouge]

I hate that this is true 😢 I am from Canada but live in the US because I married an American. American have always been kind to me and show interest when they find out I grew up in Canada… they all have nothing but nice things to say out it and if they felt negatively about Canada they never have been so bold as to say it to my face. On the other hand, the shit my American husband and kids get from Canadians is disgraceful, brazen bigotry and ignorance.

[@UncleBobo]

Everything in moderation. For some reason, that phrase never applies to politicians.

[@TheAdamReedThomas]

or lefties

[@cpthornman]

Or capitalists

[@katyaflippinov9197]

Or some boob jobs?

[@georgeandreoff]

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely

[@jokeassasin7733]

acting like an adult capable of nuance doesn't sell well during elections. It's the loudest voice that carries.

[@rixxy9204]

Immigration is completely crazy in Canada. Over a million in one year, mostly from countries that have no understanding of Canada at all. Suddenly all of your neighbors not only don't speak English but also have zero respect for the rules & culture of the country. It's a mess.

[@silviaquesada2499]

Justin Trudeau must be dancing, exactly what he wanted. What a jerk!

[@ryanchristiansen]

Very sad. I just can't understand why Canadians keep electing him into power. Immigration needs to slow drastically to under 100k and with the majority coming from western cultures. Canada will never be the same anymore. Immigrants have the most babies and so the demographics of Canada are now forever changed. Founded by white, western European people and values, and morphing into arabic, african and indian religions and ideology.

[@terryrobertson111]

And no where for them to live. Thanks Justin. Well played.

[@MSgt5J071]

Unfortunately We The People of the United States have been seeing this for well over two decades. Most of the immigrants who come here legally are honest, law abiding citizens who appreciate the opportunities they now have and are very pro America. It's those who don't put their American citizenship first and want us to conform to their wishes that drag the country down. Sounds like the same thing is happening in Canada...

[@rhymeswithteeth]

The flooding of Canada with non-Whites is the same program,currently, going on in the US and the same program that went on in Europe in previous years. It's a program of the United Nations, the WEF and other similar groups.

[@ensontaylor4836]

"going too far left can push people in the middle to the right" this is happening to me and a lot of my friends and family

[@deathlynebulaLIVE]

Yep, exactly. The trans issue in particular is making me see how crazy "progressives" can get. Coming from a fellow leftist, it's extremely sad and infuriating.

[@wasabiflavoredcocaine]

Welcome to the club

[@SplitFinn]

Happened to me. Voted left in UK, Australia and New Zealand but just cannot anymore.

[@virvum_cypher]

@@deathlynebulaLIVE Yup. The phrase "I didn't leave the left, the left left me,' exists for a reason.

[@MicahMicahel]

in Canada people .. some people are so confused tehy will never know how to get back to common sense though. the government destroyed their ability to see right and wrong. They are de-moralized, as BEzmanov said.

[@BWalker9313]

As a Canadian born and raised I’m sick too my stomach seeing what’s happened to my country. Our immigration system is completely fucked Our prices on homes and basic food needs are insane. Everything’s gone to shit. Our country is BROKEN

[@williamwillow9868]

well said...and so true

[@bobbyzahabi6349]

Don't feel too bad my friend ... as your neighbor to the south we are right behind you.

[@condolife6507]

Move to the U.S.

[@tontoldoos]

Thanks to the current government...

[@weaselsoup3105]

Agreed. I would rather live in the US.

[@travelwithtony5767]

“Calling it racist doesn’t solve the problem” 👍👍👍👍

[@mdjambazky4968]

And highlighting that Trump will solve the problem :)

[@TC-ic1ic]

@@mdjambazky4968 he will. Get over yourself.

[@DwightStJohn-w1l]

@@mdjambazky4968 What did that mustached buy say in the 30's in Germany?? Give the people simple slogans, repeated over and over.

[@romnesia7729]

​@@DwightStJohn-w1l "Ever wanna find an inçel online? Just look for the idiot making up quotes about Hitler" - Mark Twain

[@ClaudiusCaelum]

@@romnesia7729 "Ever wanna find an inçel online? Just look for the idiot making up quotes about Hitler" - Mark Twain" What exactly does quoting Hitler and being Incel have in common ? I'm sure White Supremacists would love to hear your reasoning ( before beating you to a pulp... ) It was not Hitler that said that quote about repeating a lie over and over, it was Joseph Goebbels: - “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." That's EXACTLY what Drumph has been doing with his "save the steal" Big Lie; fooling gullible people like you. “It’s Easier to Fool People Than It Is to Convince Them That They Have Been Fooled.” - Mark Twain ( REAL quote... )

[@lawneydigravio7388]

Love Bill Maher! As a Canadian, not offended at all! PM is destroying the country!

[@NobodyNobody-sz8mb]

Well the healthcare issue he mentions of course is a provincial responsibility and has gotten worse with all the conservative premiers. Air quality issue is all the forest fires made worse by climate change, hotter dryer seasons, which conservatives don't want to do anything about.

[@lawneydigravio7388]

@@NobodyNobody-sz8mb and the liberals are helping climate change how? Carbon tax?!

[@jasonforsyth5015]

we collect unemployment data differently, so it's not a really fair comparison.

[@DannyXXXXX]

A crap house in Vancouver is over a million dollars now. It is completely insane.

[@pawel115]

Yep and a dump is Toronto is the similar price range.

[@breebartkowiakova]

A 2 bedroom condo in Toronto is over $1.5 million.

[@Djamonja]

And it's all mostly legal immigration too. I'm amazed they haven't reduced it, I think Canada could handle about 150-200k immigrants per year, but 1 million plus is crazy.

[@Brad-99]

I was born in van but I can't afford to live there now ,it's a playground for the rich now .😮

[@tony2888]

How is every city now a playground for the rich. How many r8ch people does it take to make NYC fall apart cause of cost of living.

[@davedawe2420]

As a conservative Canadian I agree 150% with everything Bill said here. My problem is this; if it was a conservative saying it, all Bill's audience would be booing.

[@jeanthepants7905]

He talks a good gamev - Except, unfortunately he got a lot of the facts to base these arguments, wrong. Just to start, Unemployment isn't calculated the same between the two, and so does not mean the same thing when comparing as a %, - not going to get into the other logical fallacies he goes on about . But if they change the facts, to improve their arrangements... then the argument itself is insupportable by actual data. People who want to manipulate you, change the facts so that reasonable people believe they are making up their minds based on information, except they are just being led into a narrative

[@renemichaud4935]

@@jeanthepants7905Right on the spot Jean.

[@renemichaud4935]

Canadian here. I use to be on the left, but with the wokeness of my country, now I am neither right or left. That being said, Bill misrepresents a lot of things in this clip; unemployment rates, pollution, health care. BTW in a country where a large percentage of people just can't afford to see a doctor, it's normal that they are not in the statistics in regards to delays involved in seeking medical care; they just are not rich enough to get in line to wait! Yea here in Canada you have to wait, sometimes to long, but at least you still have a system in wich you actually can seek the medical care you need regardless of your revenu. I strongly beleive that most people in Canada, left or right, would no change our health care system for someting resembling that in the US.

[@karltannerfookinlegendofgi5243]

i’m in the same boat as you. give them all a break. Bill Maheris finally catching up to current events, and he’s holding the hands of his audience along the way.

[@davedawe2420]

@@renemichaud4935 Not a system entirely like either Canada or the U.S., if I had to choose. I think a Triple "P" system (Public/Private Partnership) would combine the best of both. OR Introduce "user fees" here in Canada. The system here is definitely broken but nobody seems to know how to fix it, or doesn't have the balls to do what needs to be done.

[@craighudy4196]

Canada's cities having worse air pollution currently its technically correct but the statement is misleading because the air quality issues is caused by wildfires rather than industrial or automotive pollution and this is only true in the last few years as wildfires have increased dramatically. So I get that you're a TV program with limited air time that makes it difficult spell out all the details but when you're willing to make statements that are misleading because they fit your narrative then you are contributing to the degradation of trust that everyone has in the media. Do I expect that Bill Maher is the bastion of journalistic integrity? No, but do I wish they would try harder to make their points with well researched legitimate arguments rather than the same sensationalized garbage that they criticize FOX News for.

[@wallace44able]

Well said. Bill's lost the plot these days.

[@fredherfst8148]

Agree

[@kt798]

Bill just needs a reason to rag on liberals and blame them for Trump these days. I agree, he's being misleading.

[@Aloysius10]

Also Canada can give notes to America on how to better mistreat asians.

[@mofishin2648]

Kind of like when he lambasted Canada for having healthcare take up 13% of GDP while the US is at 19% .. lol Too many editorials not enough actual information. Bill needs to let go of his ego and stick to one editorial max per episode, more conversation instead.

[@sonofculloden2]

Trudeau made this country what it is now - laws need to change - Trudeau needs to go. Fully agree with Bill.

[@theakountant8444]

The last minute of the video hit HARD. "Blaming rising crime on immigration is racist. Yeah, but is it true?"

[@brutustantheiii8477]

As the child of Chinese immigrants, I 110% AGREE. Facts are facts

[@DreamingDarlin]

Muslims in Sweden are also a problem. A major problem is not trying to adapt to their new country who took them in and living exactly as they did in Africa or the Middle East. It's slowly happening here in America.

[@jfkst1]

@@DreamingDarlin Because genetics matter.

[@mgraulau]

@@DreamingDarlin The USA refuses to admit that multiculturism is a flop when migrants refuse to assimilate. They are shredding their new countries apart.

[@ALT-vz3jn]

@@DreamingDarlinit’s the same in Quebec. Huge influx of Muslims from North Africa, and the cost of public safety net systems went up exponentially. They’re experts in taking advantage of every and all public programs, which puts a huge burden on the taxpayers.

[@KurtisC93]

At 0:31, Maher says: "And of the 15 North American cities with the worst air pollution, 14 are in Canada." This sounds pretty convincing, until you look into the _actual_ report that he was citing-the 2023 IQAir World Air Quality Report. Excerpted from pg. 27 of that report is the following: "During May, the monthly average PM2.5 levels in Alberta, Canada, surged almost ninefold compared to the same period in 2022. This trend persisted through late spring and summer, with the state experiencing PM2.5 levels nearly three times higher than those recorded in 2022. Consequently, 2023 marked the first instance in this report’s history where Canada surpassed the United States in regional pollution rankings, with Canada’s annual PM2.5 concentration of 10.3 µg/m3 exceeding the U.S. level of 9.1 µg/m3." If you were just watching this without any kind of fact-checking, you'd think the U.S. generally has far better air quality than Canada. But the above excerpt tells us two things: 1. 2023 was the first year in the report's 6-year history where Canada surpassed the U.S. as the North American country with the worst air pollution. 2. This was pretty much _entirely_ due to the wildfires that raged across Canada last summer. I live in Edmonton, smack-dab in the middle of the region most affected by wildfire smoke. Of the fourteen Canadian cities that ranked as the worst for air pollution, _fully half_ of them are directly within the Edmonton metropolitan area-St. Albert, Sherwood Park, Fort Saskatchewan, Spruce Grove, Leduc, Camrose, and Edmonton itself. Out of these seven cities, six are within a 34-kilometer radius of Edmonton's city center (34 km = approx. 21 miles). And _all_ of the fourteen, without exception, are found somewhere in Western Canada. If you take the statistic as Maher presented it, you'd think that Canadian cities generally have worse air pollution than American ones. In reality, this year was an anomaly due to the devastating forest fires that engulfed much of the country, which hit Alberta particularly hard and the Edmonton area _especially_ so. There's plenty to criticize about Canada. We do indeed have a housing crisis, much of which is the result of unchecked immigration. Prices are through the roof. The healthcare system can definitely be inefficient, though Maher also cherry-picked the data to paint a bleaker picture of Canadian healthcare than is born out by reality (my comment is long enough as is, so if you're interested, Google it). However, the air pollution tidbit was poorly scrutinized at best, deliberately misrepresented at worst. It feels very emblematic of what Bill Maher's show has devolved into over the past five years: poorly researched talking points, cherry-picked statistics, and strawman assertions. Very disappointing.

[@HughJass-313]

Not Disappointing at all. its Pretty much _EXPECTED._ 😂😂

[@aspman97]

Report the vid for misinformation?

[@Valpo2004]

Thanks for the background, I did think it was odd that most of those cities were clustered in one area where statistically a very low percentage of the Canadian population lives.

[@latulip100]

Thanks for doing the research. I don’t think Canadians are under the illusion everything is perfect. Or even better then the US. The debt makes me sooo angry. Guys no, no the bank did not just give you a present, that line of credit is a debt slavery sentence not a gift.

[@arynrowland862]

So, he was right. It sounds like you, like most Canadians, have a hyper-sensitivity to *any* criticism your country receives. Canada had worse air quality last year, compared to previous years. That is a fact. Thank you for going into the long winded context behind that, but it doesn’t change the fact, that your country, for whatever reason, had worse air quality than you’ve ever had in 2023. Canada being the fourth largest producer AND exporter of oil and petroleum products has nothing to do with forest fires by the way. Maybe all that oil extraction and processing had *something* to do with the air quality in Canada, but what do I know?

[@marcusjaybrode2129]

About the air pollution… To be fair it should be noted that last summer’s wildfires are responsible for the air quality.

[@danielmaloney946]

Also to be fair, air pollution was about five seconds of an 8 minute video

[@blazingstar9638]

That’s what I was saying.

[@blazingstar9638]

@@danielmaloney946doesn’t matter at all

[@Gzoratto]

@@blazingstar9638 Bill has lost it. He considers a weirdo shop teach a "threat". America had 80 school shooting in 2023. Canada had 19 since, 1867. US schools have monthly, "active shooter drills", but think wearing a mask creates anxiety. Guns are the leading cause of death of kids under 17. Canadian students rank 7th when tested for Reading, Science and Math. America ranks 20th. Canada doesn't fear immigration, roughly 25% of Canada is foreign born, compared to 14% in the US. Canada's unemployment rate is always higher, because the number is calculated differently. Bill has bought into the culture war distraction. MAGA uses it to frighten people into voting against their interests on policies that actually count. It disappointing.

[@seandixon7387]

@@danielmaloney946yes but he led with it.

[@karenhunter3113]

As a Canadian, sadly, this is all true. Except the US is not quite alone on the gender stuff. Canada is right there with you.

[@grahamcawthorne3720]

I'm from Montreal, Québec, Canada and in 2007 I paid 425/month rent minimum wage was 8 bucks ish, same place now with minimal renovations and upkeep is 1675/month minimum wage now is 15.75. So minimum wage has doubled but rent is nearly 4x

[@neisanland2503]

Salary barely goes up and prices goes up 4x meaning that eventually it was going, will go collapse.

[@mathieuduval7544]

Americans have to stop thinking Canada is this great country with polite ppl, its a dumpster fire over here and no one wants to put it out!!!.... the government will have to do something with regulating the prices of rent and food or alot of ppl will be.... well... burning in that dumpster fire!!.... you commented on things were better in 2007 and you're right.... but i think back in the day my dad made 20$/ hr and he bought a house for 34K.... and to think ppl used to bitch back then!!??

[@steelcom5976]

Voters keep voting in the same parties. Whose fault is that?

[@Plax123]

I lived in Guelph, ON in 2013 and my 2-bedroom apartment near downtown was $950 CAD + utilities and minimum wage was ~$13 CAD/hour. Now minimum wage is ~$16/h and rent for a 2-bedroom in the same place is now $2300/month + utilities

[@Section5_CdnIntelService]

How much are house prices driven up by foreign investors who don't even live in Canada.

[@codingsenju4189]

“You couldn’t have used another word? We were using that one”😂

[@Rathkryn]

The Chinese use homonyms for their version of the masculine and feminine pronouns. Why couldn't we have done that instead? It would freaking solve the problem instead of just confusing everybody. 🤣

[@Fomites]

@@Rathkryn That's a good idea. My wife is Chinese and sometimes forgets to nominate masculine or feminine in English and it seems to me that would be a better way to converse.

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[@ljprep6250]

@@Rathkryn Where in =other= Leftist crap have they ever used logic to guide themselves? I rest my case.

[@TheAngryAtheist]

@@Rathkryn You being confused is entirely a you problem. What do the gamers say? "Get good"

[@PUBHEAD1]

Air pollution was due to exceptionally bad forest fires, not industrial pollution.

[@jasonmckinney474]

Exactly but that will never come out in another monologue from Bill. It paints a different picture when you put some factual information behind it. Bill's monologue was funny but not overly informative.

[@kimchristensen2175]

Fitting that it was in Alberta. The province's oil industry drives most of Canada's CO2 emissions..

[@aaabbbccc1939]

@@kimchristensen2175 it was mainly in BC, who, like Alberta, encouraged the fires due to ecological preservation theories.

[@user-nh3gu1ge3d]

That doesn't help the liberal's case at all, though. If anything, it just proves the right's claim about how insignificant their cars are and how pointless the carbon tax is.

[@usernameisusername]

So? Still pollution Poindexter

[@zenni3401]

Mr. Maher, I'm a Canadian and let me say this about your opinion of my country. You sir, are Right on the money! Do not let the far left push your beautiful Republic into a dis functional situation.

[@sabbyg725]

Amen to that.

[@lorrainejohnson7910]

Agreed!

[@keithlightminder3005]

Most of our cities are within 100 km of the us border. The immigrants are awesome, but we are not a progressive country, it’s only when the USA looks and compares itself. Canada is centrist right with no real left wing party in parliament.

[@raphaellavictoria01]

Canadian here, I would vote for ANY party that would remove the mandatory pronouns. Right now, the Conservatives don't seem to talk about it. This shit appeared on HOSPITAL admissions in the last 2 years. Can someone remove this, please? It's fine to write in brackets whatever gender you want to have, but don't make it mandatory for the rest of us, as if it's normal for people to not know your gender unless you tell them.

[@zephsmith3499]

@@raphaellavictoria01 The idea is to force everybody to specify pronouns, so that those who want unusual ones won't feel different. Of course that doesn't work, but at least it provides a signal of what politics rule the organization adopting such mandatory measures. Think of it like a tribal territorial marker.

[@bs6938]

Ugh, that lady who laughs too loud is back!!!

[@zacharywhite211]

😂😂

[@Sabien]

Professional laugher

[@frankpalancio8471]

Exactly. Female Ed McMahon

[@forman208]

The worst part is, that dumb bish has to laugh at EVERY joke too lol

[@moriahmcgill3687]

Come to the comments to say just that!! Shut her up!

[@MuckoMan]

California = Gavin Newsom Canada = Justin Trudeau

[@lindaleelaw5277]

Denver - Governor Jared Polis, Mayor Mike Johnson - cutting tax- payer - paid - for - services to pay for Illegal invaders ... People - Socialism defined " To each according to our need, to each according to their ability to pay". No more sanctuary cities

[@saigon68foxtrot83]

And you MuckoMan = Donald Trump?

[@AlexAnder-rv1gu]

​@@saigon68foxtrot83 Is that a slander? Let me just remind you: Donald trump is/was -the only president in modern history not to start a war -the only president to even make contact with North Korea for peace talks... yeah, he failed at that, but instead of praising him for doing a better job and trying harder than any other president, he was slandered as a failure. -maintained peaceful relations with a traditional enemy (Russia)...and was slandered for that too, calling it "Collusioin" or some shit. It was GOOD DIPLOMACY -he also maintained good relationships in the middle east (and while I personally despise Saudi Arabia and Israel, the bottom line is, Trump did a GOOD JOB with DIPLOMACY - maintaining stable and fair economic ties.) Trump was perhaps the most peaceful and anti-war president in modern history. ...and THAT is why the msm hates him: He won't give the msm war porn to exploit for cash. That's why the deep state hates him: he doesn't give the Military Industrial Complex a reason to demand more money from the government. Even if you don't agree with his PEACE MAINTENANCE, he still deserves massive props for having done what is best for the safety and prosperity of human lives all over the world.

[@jmac5937]

Yes, and Maher LOVES Newsom. He doesn't know why though. Patrick Bet David asked him on Club Random why and Bill couldn't think of one good thing Newsom has done. He just said "because he can win elections." Very strange.

[@jmac5937]

@@saigon68foxtrot83 I would also like to = Donald Trump.

[@ienekevanhouten4559]

I am Canadian, grew up in Amsterdam. I have always loved my adopted country, until recently. Something has gone very wrong. The increasing surveillance, the trans madness, I am seriously considering voting conservatives for the first time ever. You nailed it Bill.

[@bullballsallday]

It's too late. You should've voted conservative over 10 years ago. The country you loved is now gone. 🎺Womp womp womp

[@sophien5416]

Keep drinking the kool-aid. So much FALSE information in the segment but you swallow it willingly

[@JT-gi8rx]

Why have you been voting Liberal then, if you didn’t want this? I’m guessing because you didn’t try to be well informed before voting. You only have yourself, and others like you, to blame for this situation, because you literally voted for this situation. Anyone who was well informed could see this coming from a mile away. During the 2016 election, when Trudeau first was elected, he was widely quoted as saying, “The budget will balance itself.” What part of that gave you confidence in his fiscal management skills??? He was going to have a $30 billion deficit per year, but Harper told us that, if Trudeau was elected, it would be vastly greater. And it was, something like $400 billion, essentially doubling the national debt in 4 years. Anyone with sense knows that jacking up the deficit will cause large scale inflation. Besides this, his focus on the environment over everything else is moronic. He acts like there is an imminent environment crisis, which there is not, there is a housing crisis and cost of living crisis, both caused by him, and both easily remedied if he cut out the carbon tax. And don’t get me started on all the failed ethics inquiries and all the endless corruption he has been found guilty of. No, you should feel guilty and responsible for the current state of affairs Canada is in, because it was completely foreseeable, but you voted for it anyways. Stop thinking like a leftist and stop thinking for yourself, with logic, and put the needs of Canadians above pompous left wing idealism.

[@bullballsallday]

@@JT-gi8rx 🍻 amen. Liberalism is a mental disorder. It's why we have clown world 🤡🌎.

[@bullballsallday]

@@JT-gi8rx 🍻 liberalism is a mental disorder. Your comment was long essay, but worth the read.

[@brendar-b310]

I am an independent leaning Democratic voter currently and I think it’s absurd to do any gender affirming to any child before the age of 18 and if I had my druthers, it wouldn’t be until their frontal lobe completely developed i.e. 21 to 28!

[@wasabiflavoredcocaine]

You will vote blue down the whole ballot anyways

[@terryrobertson111]

After all of the shit that has gone down in the last few years you're still a Democrat?

[@richardkudrna7503]

Have you been shamed and doxxed for your radical views? Here in Canada people who say in public what you wrote risk quite a bit.

[@richardkudrna7503]

To Canadakickass; I think you are implying that you don’t want “religious groups “ forming policy based on their beliefs. But here in Quebec a reporter sent is early teen kids to clinic and they obtained hormones after 20 minute interview. This is certainly Not medical or psychological care, it is leftist dogma invasion into society. So in fact a minority group has imposed their beliefs. Their religion is Marxist / nihilism.

[@AYus2014]

By which time, most individuals change their minds and decide to accept their born with genders.

[@stanzim7612]

I live in Toronto and auto theft is so out of control the police announced that we all need to leave our car keys easily accessible to the car thieves…like the front porch. It’ll prevent the home invasions. I’m not joking. In Toronto you can’t buy a house, even a dump for under a 1 mil CDN

[@Ray-b7l]

The crime syndicates,latin gangs, and the mafia must love doing business in Canada. The citizens don't want to hurt the criminals feelings and the cops don't want to arrest anyone and the courts have made laws protecting the unlawful.What a dystopia nightmare it must be to live their.

[@mariahspapaya]

@T.T.85what a time to be alive

[@frzmtl3849]

And don’t shoot them when they break in your house or you’re the one going to jail. Heil Trudeau!

[@HeadcheeseSmoothie]

That was one stupid advisor and the Toronto Police spoke a day later saying to not do that. Spread more fear.

[@blackvr4tt]

Toronto is Canada's New York. Huge city and high prices. Most of the rest of Canada has much lower house prices and very little crime

[@ozne_2358]

@2:17 Same in Australia : ~500K extra people in one year and the media keep wondering about the housing crisis.

[@aron.gortman]

Australian real estate ponzi scheme is unlike anything else in the world.

[@bradenhue6066]

Reduce migration is a sensible policy

[@Stormie33]

Very true, but in fairness, it's more than just immigration causing the housing crisis, at least here in Canada. Overseas investors (often Chinese) buy up property and just leave it to sit empty, then there's also the rise of Airbnb, which has taken hundreds of thousands of rental units off the market by incentivizing homeowners to prioritize short-term rentals to travelers rather than long-term housing for fellow Canadians. Even the Airbnb's that are long-term rentals in theory provide almost no protections for renters, as landlords can skirt many of the rental/tenant bylaws that are otherwise applied to monthly rentals.

[@jasonmckay8793]

Yeh dude this is all clearly co-ordinated the question is why.

[@jasonmckay8793]

​@@Stormie33same thing in aus

[@chrisr3788]

Our tax rate in Canada is much higher, which Americans always forget. If you think a 7.25% sales tax is high in Los Angeles, it’s 13% here in Toronto.

[@stevenulseth7107]

GST is 5% in Alberta, no PST.

[@labtob]

@@stevenulseth7107 But you have to live in Alberta.

[@CompoundingTime]

You have to consider things like not having to pay for health insurance which make up on average 10.69% of US incomes when you attempt to make tax comparisons. If you add that on top of US tax brackets and compare to Canadian tax brackets US citizens are paying about 5% more in income tax per year.

[@andrewpierce1588]

We pay a lot in taxes when you add together the seven different excises, property, sales, and income tax.

[@drewnogy]

It's almost 10% in Los Angeles, not 7.25% It has been that in a long time. I live here.

[@robertA19754]

Fed up Canadian here. Preparing to leave the country. I can’t take it anymore.

[@STRM1991]

I'm Canadian and I haven't voted Conservative federally since I was 18, I'm 32 now. The next election I am voting Conservative. The Liberals and JT have failed us.

[@jasondashney]

Always vote for the party that makes more sense. Right now it's the conservatives and it's not even close. When that eventually flips, and the liberals are more sensible, vote for them.

[@gabycesari7799]

Thx😢😢😢

[@LeChevalierduLys]

I have been voting for around 30 years now, I never voted for the Conservative party, until now. PS: Never voted Trudeau either, just to be clear...

[@GoochSushi]

Ah yes, nothing can save liberalism quite like populist trumpism…

[@DwightStJohn-w1l]

Relying on your "supreme leader" is a really false flag. it's slightly more complicated than that.

[@sierrasky2491]

Dang! Bill is killin it these days! Good job! ❤

[@level9drow856]

"Look at me....I'm Swedish now."

[@Grmario85]

You win today. Case closed. ;)

[@linguistengineer588]

Been there recently, they committed suicide, unforced, completely. A country with no history of colonialism decided to import the ordure of the world and ruin itself for no reason.

[@andoceans23]

@JH-im5sk”Diversity is our strength”

[@Navy35]

@@andoceans23then Bernie Sanders said that we need to be more like Sweden and Denmark.

[@MrLee-cy1pw]

Goddammit I was coming here to say this 😂

[@hectatusbreakfastus6106]

I'm a Canadian industrial inspector with multiple inspection tickets and 7 years of experience. I've been unemployed for almost 7 months even when actively looking for work. I have one of the best jobs in Canada as far as the rate is concerned but I spend a lot of time unemployed and looking for work even while being one of the more experienced inspectors. There is always a foreigner with no experience at every job though. Companies get tax incentives to hire "visible minorities" so Canadian born white people lose jobs to foreign workers 100% of the time.

[@NotRiansLuke]

"If you believe that everyone should play by the same rules and be judged by the same standards, that would have gotten you labeled a radical 50 years ago, a liberal 25 years ago, and a racist today." -- Thomas Sowell

[@AldiAldiFPen]

Thomas Sowell, every conservative/Republican's imaginary Black friend. 🤣 Try admiring a Black person that does not mimic everything you say and believe for once.

[@bernardvc5820]

not sure but it's as if this text seems to be missing a then statement to complete the if statement. That or there's some context missing

[@jlpowell51]

@@AldiAldiFPen Pro-tip: You can evaluate the quote without admiring or denigrating who said it.

[@AldiAldiFPen]

@@jlpowell51 Pro tip: People of color were not created to parrot white conservative ideology.

[@IndigenousUndergroundPrimate]

@@jlpowell51 How or why would _ever_ separate a quote from it`s author?

[@richardshort3914]

In fairness to the shop teacher: _That was a God-level troll of the woke school board._

[@tylerdurden8378]

That guy (he/him) played the school board like a fiddle.

[@alex7171]

They must be very gullible then.

[@joetoe9207]

@@alex7171They either are or dealt with it secretly. It’s ridiculous. He won.

[@tylerdurden8378]

@@alex7171 Not really. They probably knew what he was doing but the problem is that woke use bully tactics. So they weren't gullible just cowards. These education bureaucrats earn big money doing little work. They won't jeopardize that.

[@jessicaCrockett-e4n]

He totally did. Personally I get his point but I still dont think he should still be working. He wanted to make a point but it brought unnecessary stress and attention to the kids he was teaching.

[@jacksonian71]

Bill has always been more liberal than me, but today I find our views eerily identical. We met in the middle where I wish we all could.

[@sophien5416]

Well if your idea of views accepts half baked cherry picked information, then keep it moving...but if you really care about accuracy of information, I recommend you watch the RATIONAL NATIONAL debunking of all the falsities of this segment.

[@thanks4that261]

I was thinking the EXACT same thing. Cheers 🍻

[@jessicaleigh6244]

People seem to have a very hard time excepting that there is a middle. It’s left or right and that’s all in their minds. And that’s one of the reasons we’re in the mess we’re in.

[@jimmypeeps8471]

So you're kind of for destroying freedom, but at the same time kind of against it. Congrats, you're not a useless pawn. MY ONLY CONCERN.....is you're STILL not useful though, like you still lack independent thought, which makes you just another NPC. Usually people who "play it safe" opinion wise? Are just cowards, this "grey area" isn't for thinking folk, and too many put themselves unobservabley in this section.

[@BFreeGodzilla]

He is right to far right. He is far from liberal.

[@henrydaly-pp8ie]

As a Canadian and a Winnipeger, Bill is right , considering the decline of Canadian living standards.

[@jacksonhana360]

Air pollution last year was because of the record forest fires Canada had. Not because of dirty cities.

[@uzul42]

Shhh! Don't ruin the bit

[@Dgills]

I must’ve misread that Canada was in top 3 fracking countries in the world then, which pollutes air and water. But for the fires, the US and Canada have similar area of forest. More extreme and dry climate in the US outside of the less forested Canadian tundras. But the US actually passed the New Deal and serviced all of its forests with land management practices and took preventative measures to stave off wildfires. The Canadians didn’t prioritize this until much later (1985) and still don’t manage much of their land due to remoteness. Meanwhile, the US has hurricanes and other climate disasters to manage. They literally dropped the ball on this problem when they’ve been facing an air quality health epidemic for years.

[@dustindauncey]

@@DgillsCanada has a fraction of the USA population to manage our forests, and Canada has about 45,000 hectares more forest than the USA to manage. I don’t think they can be compared too easily.

[@Dgills]

@@dustindauncey 45K more hectares..out of 300+ Million hectares? I think it’s comparable enough. Canada pretty much didn’t prioritize forest management until 6 years before I was born. Personally, that’s insane to me.

[@Dgills]

@@dustindauncey but for sure on the population difference. It’s an extremely difficult problem to tackle. I really hope it gets better

[@54raynor]

It’s fair to point out that Canada’s “free” health care accounts for 13 percent of their GDP. It’s also fair to point out that this is a fairly normal spending amount for universal health care, and it is significantly less than the USA’s 17.3% GDP spending on health care.

[@skiboatdriver]

Thats probably true, but US healthcare provides access when you need it. (If you can afford it or have insurance) neither system is ideal. The best systems in the world are a combination of public and private.

[@red149]

And to point that you have to wait 1-2 years for a knee or back surgery!

[@Max-bi8fn]

@@red149that’s bc most knee and back surgeries are not based on evidence and are scams mostly

[@colbysmith6201]

Bill from cherry picking facts and exaggerating far left woke minority issues you would fit in nicely between Sean Hannity any other hack on Fox News.

[@roberthansen6001]

Bill forgets to mention a lot of important facts.

[@jaydragonsbreath2423]

"Yes, you can move too far left. And when you do, you wind up pushing the people in the middle to the right." So true, and I'm definitely one of those who've been pushed.

[@GriffTannen438]

@jaydragonsbreath2423 To be fair, this is not a good thing. I say this because people who are pushed to right like this ignore the crazies within the far right.

[@TheAngryAtheist]

whats an example of "too far left"?

[@SundayTopper]

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[@themouthofsauron6926]

​@@TheAngryAtheistmen in women's sports

[@TheAngryAtheist]

@@themouthofsauron6926 any real things? Or just made up stuff?

[@Me-hd4ke]

don't apologize Bill you are bang on

[@mackcummy4976]

The air pollution thing is from forest fires.

[@LightStrikerQc]

And Alberta open-sky oil sands. But yeah, mostly forest fire. But love how he doesn't say how much % of their income American put in healthcare.

[@Dgills]

Actually, it’s years of neglected forest management. 80%+ of Canadians live with health issues from smoke before the fires this past year. There is a similar amount of area of forest between the US and Canada, but the US is dryer and has more extreme weather. The US made forest management a big priority under the New Deal to prevent it. The Canadians didn’t really govern on this until 1985 and still have left much of their forest untouched because of the remoteness, but they also don’t have hurricanes and other crap to deal with. Canada has sort of rested on its laurels after years of alarming health data.

[@mofishin2648]

Bill's getting worse with age, can't even remember 7 months ago!

[@petert834]

Also, Canada measures unemployment differently than the US so it's actually around 1% closer (US still lower though)

[@Hirnlego999]

You can't except Bill and his team to do research Besides, neoliberalism is the dominating ideology, not far left "wokeism"

[@BunnyWatson-k1w]

At 2:30. In my hometown the average price of a home is $1 million. You can buy a starter home for $700,000. A two bedroom rental apartment averages $2300 a month. This is all in CAD but it is still unaffordable for most people to buy a home.

[@mootseighthecat]

Most people do not deserve a home in Canada because it's an financial investment to them. There is nothing fair in life!

[@joeysworldsewer]

No wonder you're all coming down here to Florida.

[@joeysworldsewer]

@katkumen the Canadian dollar is weaker than it has ever been, and Trudeau has been gutting the petroleum industry that is the very lifeblood of the Canadian economy. The diworseification is going to hit your economy like a truck with all the new "Canadians" the Liberals keep letting on in.

[@Heidi_137]

The best thing I've done was selling my house in Ontario during the pandemic, at a lost due to the economic situation but that is one less worry I have. I was in a small town with my own water and septic too and the property taxes alone were the equivalent of 6 months of my rent now and I have zero maintenance or cost associated with owning a house in Canada. I am looking to invest more in rental condo in MX instead at this point.

[@KrisCorby-iv8dg]

You also pissed away the best retirement investment you'll probably ever have, & the way things are headed, you'll never be able to get back in the market again, but, hey!,... you do you!...Good luck!

[@rolandbennett1319]

the poor air quality numbers are a result of the massive fires over the few years

[@nivesc]

This, but also bad air quality seems to only be concentrated in provinces that have huge oil industries. Something the left is a huge fan of or so I've heard. Yet, everything bad is the fault of the left.

[@warfarenotwarfair5655]

Nope, Canada has no interstate system, the highway is right through the neighborhoods. This is what happens when you skimp on infrastructure.

[@iviewthetube]

Woke arsonists?

[@rv2167]

You are both right, in a way. Our road system is terrible, particularly Vancouver leading to massive traffic and pollution. Our emissions are about 60mt but the fires last year were 180mt which we dont do enough about

[@garrickmusic]

@@warfarenotwarfair5655 The "stats" Bill is using are 100% from last summer during the worst forest fire season on record. Those vast majority of the air pollution numbers from Bill's map are not caused by cars. There are not even 5 million people living within every orange dot on that map total in an area far far bigger than Texas x 2. Give you head a shake if you think that pollution is from the cars owned across 5 million people.

[@AlysiaRosen]

I live in Canada. It’s all true.

[@inventgineer]

The, "...-Really? You couldn't find another word? We were using that one...." line was comedy gold, given the truth of the statement/matter 😂.

[@TheSlayerMovie]

The only reason we fell behind on air quality was because of all the forest fires last summer, not pollution. I live in Kelowna where the fires were. The clean air and beautiful clean city I live in does not resemble what this guy said in this video. That statement was terribly misleading, I had to look it up. No pollution here. All the fires were started by hot temperatures, and lightning strikes.

[@Snowdog070]

Much of it arson too.

[@mikelisejordanjaden]

yeah I did some checking and he was wrong. All the top polluted cities in North America are American by far.

[@deanduplessis8881]

Most of what Bill said was idiotic.

[@Snowdog070]

I spent a career in environmental law enforcement in Canada. Your comment aligns with what I know to be the truth. Transportation sources are by far the largest contributors to poor local air quality and I'm certainly not talking about CO2. That does nothing but good things for the environment. There are no limits on the emission of CO2 in provincial law because of this fact.

[@faisal0800533]

Can't agree more. I was democrat all my life but this time Dems really put me down with their "WOKISM." My vote is for right this time.

[@RebeccaJarisch]

RFK JR!!!

[@OwenMcKinney-j2k]

So you finally woke up? But just wait until Trump has them goose stepping down the street singing sieg heil. Extremism in any direction is bad most of the time.

[@bonniejosavland3227]

Well you’re against women & for a dictator 😢

[@cook4470]

Thank you, Bill Maher. Let's all get back to the center of politics and move forward with common sense, not emotions and "causes."

[@HRHPrinceFarouk]

Spot on Bill! I recently moved to Canada and I was so upset even as an immigrant that the country threw open its borders and doesnt seem to have a plan for infrastructure to take care of the huge population it is letting in. Suffice to say, I am now planning to go back to my country. Opening borders without an adequate plan for an increased population doesnt do anyone including the immigrants any favors!

[@markflood3014]

You moved to Canada hahahaha

[@discobartleby]

Canada in absolutely no way has open borders. Everyone that comes here needs a visa. They have high immigration cos there is a huge surplus of jobs and not enough people for them. Housing here is a disaster, but immigration is not the sole reason. They simply dont build enough houses, or the ones they do build are built way too slowly.

[@evelynargueta490]

Good you go back.. I can give you a drive to the airport

[@allankolenovsky7028]

@@evelynargueta490 Actually, speaking as a Canadian, I hope he stays. He sounds like an intelligent person and we need people like him. I'm all for people legally immigrating to my country. I'm just not for people ILLEGALLY immigrating to my country.

[@craigiscanadian]

So let me get this right.. you moved to Canada, a country known for massive levels of immigration (that is how the economy is grown in Canada) and are disappointed that there is massive immigration? Did you not read up on Canada, even a little? So very American of you

[@kooldoggo]

Dude what is with your audience members 😭 each episode has someone with a terrible laugh LMAO

[@benprice2034]

I couldn't stand her.

[@forman208]

Maher's audience post pandemic has been atrocious

[@RedGuy-wy2gg]

Lol you ever see that ed helms movie?

[@JRZTXN]

He totally has paid people to laugh like he’s a god.

[@brianwade879]

Staff person.

[@JessicasMagicalTreasures]

‘She, her, and those!’ 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣❤️❤️ Bill- I love you!! You’re so hilarious!

[@brianwade879]

That would be something that I hope to never see again.

[@durtintracey5858]

Still the bastion of truth.

[@erichancock6815]

Considering you can't fix stupid, no matter what pronoun it uses, I find all one needs to know about someone's intellect/understanding these days is when they wear a mask over their mouth but not their nose, as that clown who most certainly now has lower back issues demonstrates.

[@mediawarrior5957]

Ms Choksondik is real

[@mikey27437]

Every other pronoun except the correct one! What kind of society would agree it’s a good idea.

[@erikericksen9693]

Thank you for saying what most of us are thinking and already know. Common sense needs to be spoken to make a difference.

[@bernhard9911]

🇨🇦 friend here still glad I live here, free to go shopping without being shot, fix yourselves stop comparing your problems to other! Get a grip Bill

[@GGoAwayy]

In Toronto there were a lot of concerns about the rise of random physical attacks on the TTC and on sidewalks.

[@lukemacisaac936]

I feel like Bill doesn't get what's going on in our country at all. Yes, the problems we face are huge, but the way he talks about Cited ones demonstrates he knows little of our politics and causes of these problems. Alberta and New Brunswick have radically different situations than he presents. I'd like to see the rest of this conversation because from this clip, it's clear he's uninformed.

[@driley5004]

I'm in the US. Never been shot doing anything....or seen anything close. People embellish that. Does it happen? Yes, but everyone acts like there's 0 violence anywhere else... I Think it's getting bad in a lot of places, not just the US.

[@CentristDad155]

Never been shot at, no family or friends have ever been shot at. Sorry, not sorry. Looks like you broke one of the hate speech laws your government just passed?

[@yijiequ662]

I'm grateful for the opportunity to witness this, as it's a testament to the importance of free expression. Unfortunately, in Canada, there's a growing concern over the limitations on free speech. The recent enactment of anti-hate speech legislation has raised alarm bells, potentially leading to individuals being placed under house arrest for mere thoughts, without the safeguard of a jury trial. To my fellow Americans, as an immigrant living in Canada, I urge you to remain vigilant. The rights enshrined in the Bill of Rights, including the First and Second Amendments, are paramount. Any concession on these fundamental freedoms could lead to a slippery slope where all liberties are at risk. It's disheartening to observe parallels between the current state of affairs in Canada and the oppressive regimes my parents endured in their homeland under communism. Many Canadians may not appreciate the gravity of this comparison, but it's essential to recognize the potential erosion of freedoms in the name of security or political correctness.

[@ClaudiusCaelum]

"The recent enactment of anti-hate speech legislation has raised alarm bells, potentially leading to individuals being placed under house arrest for mere thoughts, without the safeguard of a jury trial." First, let me get out of the way that i enjoyed reading your post even if i TOTALLY disagree with it. Let's be clear, outside of the histrionic paranoid minds of people like Sean Hannity, NOBODY will EVER be thrown in jail for mere 'thoughts' You're extrapolating an absurd dystopian future from an unrealistic assessment of a law used in an extreme application. Canadians may be many things, but EXTREME applications of laws isn't one of them; we always try to err on the side of the innocent The only time in Canada's HISTORY that citizens were ''arrested without the safeguards of due process" is during the FLQ crisis, and those happened to fight terrorists placing BOMBS, not 'hate speech' "It's disheartening to observe parallels between the current state of affairs in Canada and the oppressive regimes my parents endured in their homeland under communism." You GOT to be KIDDING... The US is well on it's way to AUTOCRACY, but you feel the need to warn them about "despotic" Canadian hate speech laws, lmao !!

[@JasbirSingh-zj1fg]

Govt of Canada: "But we're only doing it for your own good, don't you understand!"

[@ClaudiusCaelum]

"The recent enactment of anti-hate speech legislation has raised alarm bells, potentially leading to individuals being placed under house arrest for mere thoughts, without the safeguard of a jury trial." Let's be clear, outside of the histrionic paranoid minds of people like Sean Hannity, NOBODY will EVER be thrown in jail for mere 'thoughts' in Canada. Thoughts are not intents... Mens Rea and the presumption of innocence are and always will be fundamental principles in Canadian justice. You're extrapolating an absurd dystopian future from an unrealistic assessment of a law used in an extreme application that will never happen... Canadians may be many things, but EXTREME applications of laws isn't one of them; we always try to err on the side of caution and the innocent: Just compare the number of convicts pr capita between the US and Canada if you don't agree... Freedom has MANY applications...Which country is more free: A country that worships freedom of expression, while sending millions of disenfranchised citizens in jail with mock trails ? MOCK TRAILS... Nothing spells dictatorship more than that. The only time in Canada's HISTORY that citizens were ''arrested without the safeguards of due process" was during the FLQ "Crise d'Octobre", and those happened to fight terrorists placing BOMBS, not 'hate speech' "It's disheartening to observe parallels between the current state of affairs in Canada and the oppressive regimes my parents endured in their homeland under communism." You GOT to be KIDDING... The US is well on it's way to AUTOCRACY, but you feel the need to warn them about "despotic house arrest" Canadian hate speech laws, lmao !! What communist country your parents are from exactly ? I don't know of any totalitarian countries where laws in themselves were more dangerous than the corrupt authoritarian LEADERS enforcing them...

[@bl9531]

Exactly right, we have a PM who has stated on a number of occasions that he admires China above other countries because the Government has the power to impose “what is best “ for citizens. Must say though, Trudeau doesn’t hide what he thinks: the problem is the people who keep voting for him.

[@jimmyguitarwell]

Freedom ain't free, brotherrrrrrrr. Neither is racism.

[@jasonarthurs3885]

For clarity, the air quality suffered in nearly all the Canadian cities with Worst Air pollution in NA are direct result of proximity to forest fires; dozens of fires from last year's record-setting season, are still smoldering today.

[@Dgills]

And for extra clarity, the US has more extreme climate and a similar total area of forest. The difference? The US has prioritized forest management since the New Deal. The Canadian government shrugged and said our forests are too hard to reach, we’ll deal. Despite not having to manage climate disasters like hurricanes, etc. The air quality issue has been an issue for Canadians (80%+) for years. WHO reports. They just aren’t stepping up on this one. I had a roommate in college who worked for the US forest service and anecdotally based on the hours of driving he had to do everyday for the preventative measures they took to prevent our forests from burning down, I’m pretty sure the US has simply managed this one better. Kind of crazy to think it’s totally out of their hands when the US was primed for a very similar issue and has even more climate disasters to wrangle.

[@scottcarey5635]

He absolutely left that out .

[@tophercabba]

@@Dgills once again you have no idea how massive our forest land is most of which have no towns near them for 300-700 kms of wilderness how do u "manage" that, how do you manage an area the size of one of your states with no roads and access to them ,the fact you cited the WHO is hilarious cause they are just the bastion of truth eh lmao i had to travel one time in the yukon and had to bring gas cause there was no place to fill up for 600 kms nothing no one u get in an accident your pretty much done or have to get airlifted out ,you cant compare our forests wat so ever , we are the big leagues you guys are tee ball

[@Paul-ew5st]

@@Dgills Will you stop saying that! US forest management has been a joke since the new deal.

[@Dgills]

@@Paul-ew5st disagree about the New Deal remark but agree it’s not robust enough, I just want them to feel better about something 😛

[@mowich7]

Thank you Bill. You are absolutely right about the far left here in Canada and that includes the current governing party and their sycophantic ndp supporters. But change is a coming and common sense will once again be a byword in our government.

[@ViolinistJeff]

"Yes, you can move too far left, and when you do, you wind up pushing the people in the middle to the right." The best line that no one ever hears.

[@scottjeune154]

The supreme court currently counterbalances this

[@slXD100]

this whole argument is bad, because it paints the right as a bad place or a side which you shouldn't be on. switzerland was and has always been majority right and it's probably the best country in the world and has been so for decades.

[@TheRogueEmpire]

@@scottjeune154 whens the last time the supreme court DIDNT take away a basic human right from americans?

[@TheRogueEmpire]

@@slXD100 the right is a bad side, are you pretending its not? whens the last time right wing policies helped anyone? besides the rich.

[@slXD100]

@@TheRogueEmpire did you read my comment? switzerland is literally a heaven for all classes of people. and they are majority right. the most right-leaning country in the west after switzerland (norway) is also one that should be mentioned

[@justmenb3379]

Dual citizen here and I do love both countries but for many reasons I prefer to live in Canada.

[@CanadianFox1867]

I thought he was a bit harsh. Canada is going down the tubes, but it's mostly from too much immigration, a bad economy, and being way too woke. I think most people that know both Canada & the US a bit, also know that the northern States and Canada are actually pretty similiar.

[@Sdewebb]

Oh really? How is Canada preferential to America? We don't give all the power to our children over the wishes of the parents. We don't go after the bank accounts of those we politically disagree with and we don't have hate speech laws which is a step closer to having actual thought police.

[@Thelius42]

​@@CanadianFox1867yeah I live in Seattle and have much more in common with people from BC than people from alabama

[@alex7171]

Well, you have few minorities there, so I guess that's desirable for some folks.

[@alex7171]

@@CanadianFox1867 "but it's mostly from too much immigration, a bad economy, and being way too woke." This was his entire point. Note that the bad economy is tied to high taxes and excessive regulation.

[@keylime2998]

As a life long Dem, friends with Dems and republicans, I do wish we had a functioning Republican Party. Both parties keep each other in check.

[@richardstreng3345]

I'm a life long Dem also, and Bidens open border immigration policies make me want to stay home this coming election.

[@Secretname807]

@@richardstreng3345 I would argue against doing that. If you're not happy with the two major choices, then you should try to find a third party. If enough votes go to third parties, then the two major parties will have to make changes for their own survival. If you don't vote, they'll just ignore you.

[@richardstreng3345]

@@Secretname807 3rd party candidates are only spoilers for the Dems as we have seen. The gop always gets in line and votes for their candidates with the utmost discipline...and 1 more thing, the American voter (70%) want a Secure Border. Why is Biden handing the White House to trump?

[@danielmaloney946]

Functioning Republican party? You watch too much CNN.

[@BenWeeks-ca]

The populist part is working but under attack by the Mitch Mcconnel Bushite McCain Military Industrial Complex Uniparty. Who is anti war is a key filter.

[@slapjaxon1776]

this was strangely prophetic

[@mistuhgee]

That shop teacher was a troll.

[@tensor_verkampen]

And he was successful in illustrating the problem with a system that is so broken that it can be trolled so hard and so easily.

[@robertmarshall2502]

Was he actually a troll or was that just a rumour? It's not like we haven't seen other sexualised males in front of children with ppl inexplicably defending it as "pro-lgbtq"

[@tensor_verkampen]

@@robertmarshall2502 I think there was some cirumstantial evidence including being seen out in public without "those". But I think most of the evidence is their comical hugeness. It's not even sexual-- it's parody.

[@marksink1652]

​@@robertmarshall2502 Yeah, as in drag queens reading children's stories to third graders and such. Guess that's the far left Billy speaks of. I'm liberal, but I'm not for that. - "Out and proud", okay. But respecting people's sensibilities of others unlike you goes both ways.

[@robertmarshall2502]

@@tensor_verkampen Counter point they specifically show the nipples. I just think we can't be sure either way until he says why he did it. You can by all means say it probably is for that reason I'm just hesitant because I have heard and seen all kinds of weirdness come from the "trans community". Often I'm told it never happened. Take someone like Andrea Long Chu for example

[@barbarahowell5438]

Finally, common sense! Thank you. Why is that train of thought so hard for people everywhere? Thank you again. This needed to be said by you on a much bigger stage.

[@OwenMcKinney-j2k]

Like a stage in Canada

[@Briley253]

The government has really called things more difficult for its citizens, and we can't sit back and bear all the consequences of the bad governance. It's obvious we are headed for inflation,it is always the poor who take the hit.

[@CalderonStemper]

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[@sumbav]

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[@reyes-z]

I'm surprised that this name is being mentioned here, I stumbled upon one of her clients testimony on CNBC news last week.

[@CalderonStemper]

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[@ScottMaldo]

​@@CalderonStemperThis sounds so good and I would like to be a party to this, is there any way I can speak with her?

[@dawnnoble8186]

Canadas Former Prime minister once famously quoted about US "Living next to you is in some ways like sleeping with an elephant. No matter how friendly and even-tempered is the beast, if I can call it that, one is affected by every twitch and grunt, " That quote has become even more relevant today than ever before.

[@sohrab_solheim]

So Bill's segment hurt your feelings?😂😂😂

[@dawnnoble8186]

t@@sohrab_solheim Will now, aren't you a shit disturber. Sorry buddy, whatever you thought you were going to accomplish with that remark isn't going to work.

[@abjectt5440]

@@sohrab_solheim I'm so jaded now I don't give a fuck what anybody says about Canada. In fact the rest of the world can go to hell.

[@jeffersonadams8711]

lol Canadians are so fragile.

[@OTPulse]

Canada had become a shit hole under Dictator Trudeau. It's a shame you'll vote him in again.

[@EvolvedBonobo]

I'm not sure where you are getting the stats, but according to current data from the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) website, debt to GDP in the USA is 121.38% whereas Canada is 106.59%. This is the most recent data is from 2022. Australia, comparatively, is 55.7% and has social policy more closely aligned with Canada than the United States.

[@blewin2011]

I believe Maher was referencing personal - not government - debt.

[@mysticaltyger2009]

You're mixing up personal debt. vs. government debt. The U.S.has higher government debt but lower personal debt.

[@AnnoyingMoose]

Here in Vancouver, B.C. the average price of a house is $1,320,000 CAD ($970,000 USD).

[@bugtusslealien3931]

Try San Francisco and see the shack you'll get.

[@RP_Williams]

similar in New York

[@bugtusslealien3931]

@@ed9492 HUH???? I'm trying to compare housing prices between San Fran and Vancouver. Both are west coast cities and desirable locations but the atrocious prices are prohibitive for middle incomers to afford. I'm not sure what your response is trying to elicit?

[@vanavatareight5135]

Both San Francisco and Vancouver have very expensive homes; however, Vancouver salaries are 1/2 what they are in San Francisco. If you want to buy a house in Vancouver now, average income there would make it necessary to share a house with 3 or 4 families to be able to afford the mortgage.

[@jayrideau]

And that is spreading to every major city. It’s a plan.

[@markorr999]

FYI Bill, Canada and the US measure unemployment differently. But yes, Canada is broken and Trudeau broke it.

[@adolforivas9580]

Bill said ok thank you bro

[@RobertBreedon-c3b]

Yeah well don't forget Jerkmeoff Singh he is the one that could bring this useless Government down with a vote of no confidence and put us into a snap election but he won't do it he knows he and his boy toy Justin are going to get slaughtered in the next election by the PCs we need a PC landslide and maybe it can be fixed but at this point I am not sure so much damage has been done to our once great land.

[@good2goskee]

I am a proud Canadian. I have a sense of humor and can chuckle at what was said. However, the reality is Bill is correct with many of his statements made about Canada. Put this into perspective, never in my wildest dreams would I consider leaving Vancouver 10 to 15 years ago. To speak about leaving would be absurd. We were the best place to be on earth. Our economy and banking system was a G-7 model. Getting top medical attention in a timely manner was baseline. Now, it is not, and our medical systems have ultimately been mismanaged. Our standard of living is dropping precipitously in part because we have become less competitive. Sadly, conversations about moving to Aberta, where personal freedom, lower taxes, and wealthier society are evident, are common place over coffee-chat. Even people speaking about moving abroad are more common now. WHY HAS THIS HAPPENED? Trudeau and his WEF sponsored cronies, creating bureaucracy, socialism killing our ability to be competitive is fact. Trudeau and his woke ideologies killing families with socialist WEF agendas, selling out normal Canadian families to LGBT fringe agendas are indoctrinated in our education systems. However... we have hope because our new PM in waiting will bring back the commonsense Canadians are demanding. There is an organic push to right the cancerous socialist WEF guided wrongs injected by Trudy. We have hope reasonable, sensible government of Poilievre will open Canada up for business again, correct the misguided Trudeau policies, and fix this nonesense disease Trudeau has infected us with. Sadly, even when good defeats evil, it will take time to rectify wrongs done. Signed a weakened but never beaten Canadian.

[@jimmeurer4053]

I feel for you, and hope you stay never beaten. As an American I can say we are dealing with our own brand of lunatic fringe, mob rule, and gross mismanagement. I hope y'all do elect Poilievre...he's smart, pragmatic and practical from what I can tell. Kudo's to Bill for speaking his mind too....and maybe showing people that it is better for both sides to cooperate and find common ground.

[@fernandojackson7207]

Getting medical attention was baseline. Now it's vaseline.

[@mysticaltyger2009]

The thing is, the WEF is pushing the same agenda all over the world. It's very troubling.

[@James-x9z3x]

HEAR, HEAR!!!

[@karenc.9298]

We need a revision of the federal bilingualism policies as well as all the equity, blah blah. To get a fed job you need to have checked off many boxes that have little to do with the actual job. Hey, reality is, no one is a minority anymore.

[@r.b.l.5841]

air quality in Canadian Cities during record forest fire season.

[@flagcoco69]

In other words, comparing air quality in Canada, which consists of forest fire smoke, with air quality in the US, which consists of smog and vehicle emissions and factory smoke, are two completely different things.

[@SPAMMAN123456789]

yeah i was surprised about that, but the forest fires makes sense. Cause I was like only 3 provinces have significant parts of their power grids with coal, and those provinces are sasks, alberta and nova scotia, the rest get the majority of their power from hydro dams. And even the provinces with coal, none of them are majority coal, most are majority natural gas.

[@CrapKerouac]

So dishonest of Bill to use the poor air quality averages driven up by wildfires. He's become a hack.

[@r.b.l.5841]

@@SPAMMAN123456789 and the map they put up didn't show Cities like Calgary Red Deer and Edmonton - these are not factory Cities generally,

[@Dgills]

@@r.b.l.5841 didn’t fracking cause an earthquake there some years ago?

[@Dharmacracy]

Swede here and to provide some context around the situation with the crime rate in Sweden, very few saw that coming. In the election of 2010, Sverigedemokraterna (the far-right populist party) got about five percent of the votes and in 2014 about thirteen percent. Their rhetoric has mostly been about what a burden immigration is to the well-fare state but as the crime rate has increased they have used it to their advantage and to prove their point. Swedes has over the decades been favorable towards immigration and we helped a lot during the Chilean dictatorship in the 70’s and the Yugoslavian wars in the 90’s. Mostly, this was seen a success and helping immigrants became an integral part of the Swedish identity which is why it continiued. There were reports from parts of the police 10-12 years ago that the then influx of immigrants may lead to an escalated crime situation ahead in time, but if one of the previous governments (which people now points finger towards) all of a sudden would have shut the borders, that most likely would have lead to huge protests in the public and a motion of no confidence from the opposition. The current situation is obviously bad, don’t get me wrong, but it’s just unfair to point at the previous PM (which people tend to do on social media) and blame him. We all have a responsibility in one way or another.

[@freedomlife3623]

You sounds too sensible for US style Program.

[@lavenderbee3611]

I get where you are coming from, but a lot of voters will punish the ruling party when they feel things are getting worse.

[@DavidkSeger-sn6nf]

I love how Scandinavia went from no sexual assault on women to tons on cases ,I read a lot these countries actually have classes for new immigrant men(Muslims) to teach them the appropriate behaviour toward women (like if a girl is wearing a bikini at the lake your really not supposed to assume she wants her vagina and breasts groped)

[@MangoldProject]

It's the role of the leader to act responsibly and in the best interest of his people. You cannot say everyone has a responsibility any more than you can say the parent and the kid share responsibility for the kid getting fat because the parent didn't want to deal with his tantrums when withheld sugar.

[@articcircleado]

This is my favorite comment. People have voted to block building houses and now there is a shortage. We had a hand in this outcome not solely politicians.

[@danlacasse5814]

You couldn't say it any better...I live in Canada and we are in an insane country right now. Thanks Bill!!

[@Gareethtw]

If you look at the stats it is more than some problems became more visible to the citizen who never does, Fair air pollution standards don't use a point in time . When the NWT is burning and a record amount of BC even places with no industry had high particulat4e pollution , Although it is very point in time as with prevailing winds messed up more of it went the wrong direction. On the housing front it is a crisis that has grown since 1982 , An oddly long depression that gets called a double dip recession but that recovery sure was hard to find Paul Martin trying to convince people it was a recession standing in front of a chart way before there was much point as if they could have pulled it up for us to see or zoom they didn't but a simple formula defines if it is a depression or a recession. We lived in BC by then and were bussed to a one and a half industry town It was triggered by worsening housing starts but if you think what houses are made of the impact on the entire economy other than say govt , Although letting JT - as that school was in Salmon Arm there will only ever by one Trudeau, Every service club other than rotary was selling somewhat lame t-shirts that weren't getting the outdoor pool repaired , As when those of us going to cadet camps , would depart was known they got a batch for an event I was never their for and had no idea it's parts but flogging fun fest t-shirts when the Fall Fair was the event of the year because you are not on your way in time did suggest why they would never get that thing repaired. Technically as the train runs it was a much more economic form of travel and if I wasn't in the Yukon and well I would not know where the train station was so realistically I would have calmed no one pelting the PM's fancy train carriage. oft used by royalty it cost a fraction of what hurrying off in a fancy helicopter to pretend to care, Ut was a bad look, So is the level of cheating it took to make a brain damaged rage hamster leader of the Conservatives, He clearly doesn't get that the not withstanding cluase is for Premiers , To use it Federally which as the only two pieces of legislation he was point on were non-constitutional and Charest has a formidable legacy for very little time and PP has none, The responsible thing would have been to send Red Tories ballots although my mind boggled at jusst staying if you never get a ballot or have an influence Although I think if you ignore the issues Canada faces none of the big ones are just now ones , It doesn't help a lot that as Harper did not build Federal Housing JT thinks thuis is not a thing , I mean his father was born into a well off but not rich family who had become rich by the day his father died when he was 17. I think this caused it to dawn a bit late to him that he had an obligation the rich have even though there was enough of an inheritance to stay that way ,. Think tanks in Europe seem to expect a bit more productivity so there is ample evidence had he been just well off that he may have preferred the status and the stimulation but in the end there was only one form of service he could do. Honestly I think JT's Daddy issues run deep but as he was also a black out drunk until past 31 if people could stop voting for this . He likely had a high enough intelligence once but the now former finance minister who did not want the job and had no actual conflict of interest but someone had to take the fall and well the PM wanted a yes woman and boy have we subsidized one war while being a fan of terror seems to be contagious, Although saying something about the pager explosion 3 days later and after the walkie talkies . We are tying up people who should be at home to subsidize a war that has cilled at least 5 million probably more with both sides secretive Who knows when we will know but we know by being full on hawk our traditional role was gone Plus if only one cabinet minister says no to you i it must be finance, Although it is the amorality of MAID I wish people weren't distracted from. Canada passing what is for some reason call progressive Euthanasia opened the flood gates as the only two countries both of which put more brakes ion and for sur4 did not pass it in a pandemic when it could begin to be applied to the non-terminally ill elderly , BC suspended coercion checks as the legally incompetent were meant to be able to decide, The things not tracked or cared about with it are likely why so much goes wrong but we do need fresh parties as the Liberals giving in to JT wanting a whole new Liberal party meant there are no real role models,. While Singh appeared to be a bit refreshed post Diwali he will be back to raging any day now. Although the Conservatives did not take the traditional conservative role of wanting the least able helped. Rats ate my bed in a G7 nation and because both rent and beds are expensive I had to keep using it until it collapsed . I thought have a degree in a country where people with them are retiring too fast so it costs my country to make my life so horrible as I cannot take up the many jobs hitting urgent . The politicians live a life so unlike Canadians that it is almost funny that it they are trying to suck up to me with long snail mail from cabinet ministers it would help if they knew things from reports commissioned technically by them and the person before them on the decline of land lines in that case, For anything to get bad it is usually building although for the air pollution stat he is very cherry picking as when BC is setting yet another record of how much can be on fire and the NWT burns , Multiple types of air quality will hit record, We have sometimes had to find out why an uncommon pollutant is rising but on the whole outside of fire season we don;t have those stats and as a lot of smoke wound up in the US as prevailing winds breaking down has already happened so if at another point of time the whole gobally the lack of view in the US mattered more .. Stats Canada is a resource knowing as all of the parties have failed us so run or vote from a data based position , The only party without a lying leader is the BQ , The Green did not qualify. As he mentioned Sweden as if it belongs to the same type of Scandinavia as Norway and Denmark Sweden a country the far right confuses with Denmark whent they want the Danish results with Sweden's early lack of restrictions , P Although they went into it with a level of population crash that meant nearly every adult lives alone. Then they let so many die and ta point came when only those making the decisions hadn't gone from protesting to rioting for them. As construction is very immigrant I doubt mindlessly slashing numbers is an answer as family sponsorship would need a preference scale if it fills up or way too few houses will get built, Our family is typical in being larger and more established but only my brother still does it and no one in other generations although that is the4 point . Trends matter and facts matter and cherry pocking facts is a terrible waste of what was once a formidable mind . Still why should only leftists have comedians especially with the whole how the heck is it all Trump's fault even if he could not have beaten Sanders, They should change names although it was alsmot a relief for them not to pretend to care who the people wanted,. Everyone is in a bad mood again. I know some who voted for Trump before who didn't this time as they valued law and order more than he did . He's too smart a man to think the number of immigrant can cause a homeless crisis , Especially as the group more likely to wind up on the streets we got from the US. If you immigrate to a job here they are building it. I feel jealous of people working in places where they built housing for them but in some industries if housing was why you might not come that is what new employee housing is for and employee services people ,

[@littlerainyone]

It's not just a matter of "being too extreme". It's a problem of fixating on a particular policy (EX. single-payer) as a shibboleth or marker of moral identity. For example, Singapore has universal coverage but they also (unlike us) have functioning medical markets that drive prices way down. They also use price controls on the most expensive drugs, but they are free-riding on U.S. drug innovation (just like Canada & every other country that benefits from market segmentation arrangments with the U.S.), so that part we couldn't import, but we could imitate key parts of their system and massively reduce health care costs in the U.S., while achieving the goal of universal coverage and eliminating the current billing nightmare we have, which is not based on "capitalism" but rather on a mind-numbingly stupid system of cross subsidies managed by central planners. But no one mentions Singapore. Why not? Because Singapore doesn't have the leftwing caché that single-payer Canada has. Michael Moore didn't make a film lauding Singapore, etc. Just goes to show that PEOPLE DON'T CARE ABOUT ACHIEVING GOOD OUTCOMES, as Bryan Caplan argued. People only care about signaling loyalty to their moral tribes. The problem is not that Canada is "too extreme". The problem is that we should cherry pick whats best wherever we find it (Canada, France, Singapore, think tanks, etc.) instead of lazily reciting bumper sticker solutions of the sort that shallow ideologues like Robert Reich & Michael Moore promote.

[@leechap3]

Moore's documentary gives many examples including France, the UK and Cuba. It would be unwieldy to name every nation with universal healthcare because every other developed nation has it.

[@littlerainyone]

@@leechap3 you can speak of national systems as a first pass provided you avoid the low resolution thinking of treating this like a team sport where "they" do it right and "we" don't. We do some things very badly and others very well. Like I said, all of those countries, including Canada, are free-riding on U.S. drug development, by far the most expensive item in any national health budget. We have many things that are badly broken and need fixing in the U.S.: the billing & insurance system, inadequate coverage of the citizenry, etc., but any "fix" of our system that destroys our drug innovation would be unbelievably foolish, and the harm would extend far beyond our borders. Unfortunately, when people approach these issues the way that guys like Michael Moore do, it is extremely difficult to get intelligent policy, because he steadfastly refuses to give thought to incentive structures, which by the way, is why he will take no interest at all in what SIngapore has achieved. Ultimately, he cares less about good outcomes than ideology. You won't hear Moore acknowledge the vital importance of leveraging the local knowledge of health consumers & competition among service providers, and for that reason alone, he has nothing to say worth listening to. You may as well consult horoscopes or QAnon or Marjorie Taylor Green.

[@leechap3]

@@littlerainyone Way too wordy, especially when it's all handwaving. Healthcare, insurance and drugs are separate issues.. Also the US is not the only country were drug innovation exists.

[@sullyschwartz2365]

​@@leechap3​ Thats why you list the ones that do it best and why/how they do it differently. Yes, universal healthcare is common; but the ways they are implemented differentiate-are you American? Because it comes across as American to say "ehh, lots of places have it" even though how they have it can be different from place to place. They teach you this shit in basic math, how manipulating the full context of graphs can misconstrue conclusions drawn from data points. "itd be unweildly" to explain something without showing the best cases. Its because of that communism is seen as impossible (even though its always been with cases of it as a starting point, when communism is supposed to be an end goal).

[@sullyschwartz2365]

​@@leechap3Youre trolling saying those are seperate issues🤡💀

[@marge9563]

one note about the unemployment rate. I think Canada figures out the rate of unemployed people. Whereas America figures out the people on the unemployment rolls. Which is very, very different.

[@KrisCorby-iv8dg]

Details matter, because you're quite correct!..👍

[@kateshiningdeer3334]

And that's been a problem in the US for years, because people eventually drop off the rolls, and are still unemployed. It can make things look rosier her than they really are.

[@SundayTopper]

100% correct kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2XCm3-MqLChZtU

[@shavedape]

Something like that is mentioned in here too (Canada counts those looking in ads for work even, well that could be fully employed people wanting a change) along with many other things Maher misrepresented. And I like Bill Maher, he's very funny, but I have to stop taking what he says as gospel: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2XCm3-MqLChZtU

[@JackBurton77777]

You're very very wrong. Alberta was attacked in 2016 by provincial NDP and Federal Liberals. Our unemployment rate was the highest in the country. Our news reminded us that only people on EI were counted. If EI ran out you didn't even count anymore. That's to hide how much worse it is. It's always much higher. Then of course they bought the news and bragged bout it.

[@grantbinder1367]

As a Canadian, I agree 100% to this message...

[@sharper68]

You want to pay double for health care like Americans? Crave the change at a medical bankruptcy because a family member got sick? Or you want them to make your air quality controls like the US's so you win every year, not just when you have historic wild fires? All of that I guess, 100%

[@branwhite4973]

This literally says my thoughts out loud. .. thank you.

[@JayCruz49er]

She, her and those? 😂😂😂😂 Hilarious!

[@joeberg3317]

Appreciate the Cass report getting a mention here. I think Europe has indeed taken a better path there, and socialized health care has a lot to do with it.

[@PedanticTwit]

Not being profit-driven does occasionally have advantages, it seems.

[@johnjames502]

OK, but not having free Healthcare doesn't explain the entire Democrat party, and literally 10s of million of "Liberals" believing and endorsing an obviously ridiculous and harmful ideaolgy.

[@xenomorphbiologist-xx1214]

That’s a tentative maybe. “Socialized” or single payer healthcare does work in certain places (Denmark, Sweden and Norway etc), but it fails to scale well to larger countries like the UK or Canada and the quality is often lower than in the US. Plus the US funds the vast majority of drugs that are used by EU nations anyway

[@geoffoakland]

​@@xenomorphbiologist-xx1214as an American living in France for almost 10 years, I find the health-care system in France better, simpler, less expensive and unlike the US, you don't have people going bankrupt because of medical bills, the number 2 cause of bankruptcy in the US btw.

[@adrien5834]

@@xenomorphbiologist-xx1214 And yet they have higher life expectancy, lower infant mortality, lower rates of re-hospitalisation, etc, and overall better outcomes. Speaking of "lower quality". Also, what do you mean, "the US funds the vast majority of drugs that are used by EU nations anyway"? Firstly, it's patently false, secondly private companies develop medicines and make money selling them, how in the world does this translate to "the US funds" in your mind?

[@wardmacleod3765]

As always well said sir. As a Canadian, I left in 91 and headed overseas, I'm ashamed of what Canada has become.

[@ALT-vz3jn]

I left in 2010, would never go back to live in Canada. God bless the Canadians, they’re in a very bad situation and have a terrible leader.

[@MicahMicahel]

@@ALT-vz3jn he's puppet. TEHy flung almost all media here. You can know the truth about things. That's algorithmically demoted so typical people never know the truth. There are huge government made laws and lies that are from their fas e news. We had the flags half mast for a year becaue of fake news generated from the government down have the papers to show when they invented the story of nuns killing native kids. Fakes.... but most Canadians =still believe the lie. You have to know how too get the real news here.

[@lordbarham1]

So am I but likely not for the same reason you are. I'm ashamed of the fact that we let down all this Afghanis who healed us during that pointless debacle, and then abandoned them to their fate, not once, but three times! Well done to the bureaucrats in Ottawa!

[@Anna-rt3id]

Truth is important. Thanks Bill👏👏👏

[@Professicchio]

0:10 witness Maher's fragile ego collapse when he doesn't get the usual on-cue applause from his audience of trained seals.

[@itsmini6175]

I'm going to need to see that statistic in cities with the worst air pollution in North America. Based on that map, it makes it look like Davenport, Iowa is on the list. Just saying, it seems fishy.

[@wynonasbigbrowndragon6121]

I feel like the recent wildfires and convoys have helped add to the bad air that already lingers over cities

[@johnclifford544]

Yep, 'fishy' is a nice way of describing this. It's bullshit. Right wing bullshit.

[@reza2kn]

It's super fishy! Mexico City HAS to be on the top of that list!

[@Megarobotsquadron]

It was based on a summer of wildfires in Canada

[@danwalker2311]

It is based on smoke from forest fires but Bill seemed it was better not to mention that along with other things he said were wrong. He used reports that were not factual.

[@TheAlphaLegionnaire]

I heard the guy who wore the giant fake chest was actually staunchly anti-woke and wore that get-up every day to make a point. The point being that the school should not accept him dressing that way. If true, that man is a legend.

[@charlesovenstone2558]

amazing that comedians pretending to want people to wake up didn't notice that. Canada is not far left nor are governments of the mixed economies of Europe. It took Bill Maher that long to get to You won't like who your countrymen vote for if you let too much WOKE into your government.

[@frenchlearner19]

Oh yeah, he was totally trolling. Absolute legend is right 👍

[@autom8it339]

Yes, as I understand it he got in some trouble for pushing back on the idea that you can just announce your identity and be that. So then he thinks "I'll show them" and puts up an Instagram account with these prosthetic breasts and shows up to work wearing them thinking, "they can't possibly allow this to happen with kids around," but the school board doubles down and says, "sure!" The parents were up in arms but the school board stood by him until finally he quietly transferred to a school somewhere else and tried to put it behind him. The school board ultimately lost by looking ridiculous, so I guess he made his point, but at great personal cost, I'm sure.

[@williamnovis3507]

Reminds me of that episode of South Park were mr garrison tries to get fired for being gay lol

[@Lapusso650]

What point is he trying to make exactly…?

[@LiliWhyte]

He's absolutely right!

[@Praetor_Fenix420]

Poutine tastes really good, especially after a night of drinking.

[@brianwade879]

I've never had any. When I visiting relatives there summers, I had fresh caught Pickeral, and Fish & Chips. Occasionally a Molson X. and Craven A's. It's not available anywhere near me. It looks good, though.

[@wynonasbigbrowndragon6121]

@matta8569 apparently cheese curds aren't a common grocery store item outside Canadian borders. A friend of mine that was working in Australia paid handsomely for a kit to be shipped from Quebec that he could use a single time to make his own batch to show his coworkers

[@sussekind9717]

Actually, it tastes good during a night of drinking. I can't get it where I live in Florida, but they have an imbiss not far from where I live, that sells something kind of similar. Basically, it's potato crowns smothered in beef gravy with sour cream on the side. It's pretty good, really.

[@JRZTXN]

I love Disco Fries!

[@TheUrbanOrganism]

Agree, I love it. Unfortunate name though. I never realized until I was raving about how good poutine is and my colleague was like, ‘eww, poo?!’

[@2GringosOnTheGulf]

2 Canadians living in Mexico approve this message! If things do not change in the west very soon, it's only going to get much worse sadly. No politician is coming to save you!

[@markflood3014]

Yup, left communist Canada too!

[@ronpinto9588]

I am an immigrant who waited 12 years to get my immigration papers, my green card, before I came here. I arrived with my resident visa in my passport. I have seen many videos on KZbin about immigrants arriving at the border and giving themselves up to the Border Patrol. They say that they spend 2 or 3 days in detention, then were given a cell phone and, after buying a plane ticket, were taken to the airport and released. I then ask myself why did I wait for 12 years? This is wrong. Asilum must be requested in their country, where they can easily prove the necessity, and the consulate can easily confirm or deny their request by easily finding data. Come here and cross the border, be sent back to Mexico, and let Mexico deal with your presence.

[@id10t98]

People have been roaming the earth in search of a better place since og and grog left their first cave. It won't ever stop.

[@JeffreyGillespie]

Canada on Zillow 😂 that is hilarious

[@Patrickk11]

The "Laugh Now" audience was brutal for this episode. Especially that one woman (I know you heard her too), she wasn't even trying to make it sound authentic.

[@scottkessel952]

Audience was awful. Granted his jokes weren’t great lol

[@cyndimoring9389]

In my experience every one takes super long vacays in the summer and not very much gets done.

[@ianmorrison2846]

The average house in British Columbia is just under 1 million dollars

[@OwenMcKinney-j2k]

The average house in the Bay Area is just over one million.

[@john_doe_not_found]

Gosh Bill, so many facts coming out in this one. Great video. Also. CNN: The same people who told us how competent and fit Joe Biden was for office, are now telling us how brilliant Kamala Harris is. Fool me once, shame on you... fool me twice...

[@J3nnycat]

Canadian here. We’re sick of it too!

[@Bloodwulf999]

My understanding was the teacher was trolling an extremely woke school board and it's policies. His goal was to push it to the extreme in order to force them to enact more reasonable policies, but they put their policies ahead of the children's well being.

[@ChickVicious237]

I know others have commented this, but the air quality is directly related to the wildfires that raged in each of those provinces last year

[@maxglide]

This segment proves you can manipulate statistics to say whatever you want. For instance, the IS spends about 16% of it’s gdp on health care.The US ranks much worse than Canada on overall access to healthcare

[@Smokie_666]

Absolutely. As much as I like most of his segments, statistics can be manipulated however you want. As my statistics teacher used to say "100% of non smokers die".

[@TheAdamReedThomas]

What is Canada, like 40 million with 1 million illegals, with a GDP around 2 Trillion, while Texas at 33 million with 2 million illegals, with a GDP around 20 Trillion? That is JUST Texas, and our health system no where near collapsing, look at the ER count and IP beds (pssst, also dwarfs Canada)