S2 E31: Canadian Elections, Misquotes & Mexico: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

Season 2, Episode 31, July 19th, 2015. John Oliver enlists Mike Myers to give Canadian voters some advice, offers a solution to frequently misattributed political quotes, and discusses some choice words from Mexico's unpopular president.
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[@scottreast]

As a Canadian i was wondering how i got so out of touch with Canadian politics that i missed that today is election day. Then i noticed the jokes sounded a bit dated.

[@monkeytime9851]

Same

[@Pause0]

Me too lol, I was like “I know there’s one coming up but I haven’t seen a single sign for it yet”

[@AriasThirdOfHisName]

Fucking hell same.

[@brianbenoit6883]

LOL...same. I was thinking, 'I know the PCs have been campaigning for 2 years but I still haven't heard any announcement.'

[@dirtyfrench2926]

They uploaded all of Season 2 on Sunday. They did all of Season 1 roughly a month before that. Here's to hoping for more!

[@billpetersen298]

What’s the thing about single payer healthcare? If it wasn’t for universal healthcare, I’d of gone bankrupt. Raising a family, and elderly parents going through end of life. I’m forever grateful, for the Canadian healthcare system.

[@lovelyskull3483]

Well said.🇨🇦

[@elphieofkiamoko]

I honestly think that wasn't sarcastic--he's in favor of universal healthcare in the US. If it was snarky, I'm guessing it was envy. XD

[@deweygumdrops]

I'm sure John Oliver would agree with you. "single payer" is just the type of universal healthcare we have in Canada, and he's a fan! He calls it fantastic here and has said many times that the US needs to improve its system.

[@billpetersen298]

@@deweygumdrops My mistake, I confused single payer, with individual payer. That's what it sounded like, to me.

[@Zeb364]

It definitely still needs work but its continued existence is a miracle none the less.

[@MsAmandaBaybe]

Why am I watching this topical comedy from 9 years ago? Oh yes, I am in Canada and starved for late night content

[@GertrudeFilthbasket]

Same.

[@ballsonchin0069]

I’m just Canadian and starved! Trudeau is a jamoke!

[@esthervermeer]

I know. I miss George Strombolopolos's show so much.

[@slimjim7598]

The opening comment about Israel Palestine from 2015 hit

[@austinemms9772]

You know it’s been a long 9 years when John’s talking about Justin Trudeau as a candidate rather than a leader.

[@mjbranch2109]

Total. Cultural. Stagnation.

[@Realfrenchie]

Justine was never a leader...

[@FunderDuck]

Trudeau’s father was the politician. Justin was a trust fund drama teacher who is largely responsible for Canada’s economic, social, political, and cultural decline. Everything from GDP per capita, life expectancy, quality of life, safety, healthcare access, and even civil liberties have been lost under his administration.

[@VerityFraser]

I miss his father. A cunning statesman, was brave enough to resolve the PLQ Crisis, opened LGBT rights discourse with a single sentence, and google 'Canada Night of Long Knives'. A stylish, charismatic legend. We have the Wish version of Trudeaus now.

[@coreym17]

This is from 2015......he was a canidate

[@mickylove76]

I was so confused. I live in Canada, I hadn’t heard of any elections.

[@darcykirk7037]

because this was made 10 years ago

[@noelegarland]

Bruh. Seeing Harper should have been your first clue. This happened in 2015.

[@Klaproossje]

Yes yes you are cunfused 🤣

[@lvmonkey77]

@@noelegarland To be fair, with the way things are looking from here in ontario at the moment, i could see them doing another one on our politics. woof.

[@LordOfNothingreally]

Same. I was like, wait, our election is next year...?

[@brandon2743]

Stephen Harper saying he loves Braking Bad (a show about the consequences of the war on drugs), and then denouncing marijuana, is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen.

[@sunnyvalejedi]

Braking bad is what I had in my old Honda civic.

[@AG-ld6rv]

There's no contradiction here. Liking a show about something a law causes doesn't mean you are against that law. A person can like a film about a hitman while being for the laws that outlaw duels and murders.

[@misantropology]

Maybe you’re thinking of the Wire? Breaking Bad is definitely not a critique of the drug war.

[@elaineb7065]

Isn't Breaking Bad about a man who can't afford cancer treatments so he has to turn to crime??? To the point people have mentioned Breaking Bad in the UK would be: teacher discovers he has cancer, gets his chemo through the NHS, isn't bankrupted, & lives for twenty more years in remission. The end.

[@brandon2743]

@@elaineb7065 The problems that the war on drugs caused are very present in Breaking Bad. The militarization of the police, violence in Latin America, a stigma against getting help when it's needed, preventable loss of life, and the show demonstrates that every effort to stop the production of drugs just leads to manufacturers finding loopholes. I agree that Breaking Bad is also an indictment of the American healthcare system, but it also throws jabs at the war on drugs.

[@badouplus1304]

Of course a 78 days campaign is short for Americans, in your country, the campaign start the day after the election 😛

[@larryharder4285]

Yeah, it never ever stops.

[@felisd]

Well, I mean, when a PC government gets into office, they pretty much spend most of their time "unofficially" campaigning for the duration of their term. I remember when Harper was PM, and for those 10 years he was PM, there was at least an ad a week going on about how awful the Liberals were and what they intended to do with YOUR hard earned money if they ever get back in power, or slamming the NDP, then painting the Conservative government as "working for YOU".

[@TheUberjammer]

And it ends about 4 years after the election. They overlap.

[@christycarter746]

EVER! Lol???🤦🏻‍♀️😬🙄🤦🏻‍♀️

[@victoriaeads6126]

Are you kidding? Half the time the next election starts BEFORE the election. It's maddening.

[@Amolsuricomedy]

I’m Canadian and I was so confused 🤦🏽‍♂️ it’s super important to read the title on the videos

[@TheUberjammer]

John is flattered that you think he doesn't age!

[@argento2665]

I hope he does a new one before the next election telling the world what a d!({ Pierre Poilievre is. I'm no Trudeau fan but man, Poilievre makes Harper actually look good....and I didn't think that was possible.

[@briano9397]

You lived through 9 years of Trudeau and still manage to post this comment ? Are you okay brother ?

[@jayceewedmak9524]

PP is horribly scary. Trump wannabe. Smith in Alberta is a close second. Not a Trudeau fan either but Liberals will get my vote.

[@briano9397]

@@jayceewedmak9524 truly cannot believe a real human being just typed the words you typed😂 why do you sadistically hate yourself 😂 you deserve better

[@mrquirky3626]

@@briano9397 Trudeau is a dick, but PP isn't any more trust worthy. People just support him because he seems like the lesser evil.

[@AngeloBarovierSD]

@@briano9397PP is a regressive strongman riding a wave of discontent and malice to the PMO. He will cater to big business and codify the ongoing rot of corruption in Ottawa, and his legacy will not be one for the people - though he has and will continue to hoodwink a large part of our population that he’s just “one of us”. He’s not. He’s a friend of elites, an elite himself, and will use the formula of blustering about social issues to run cover for his capitalist agenda, while dismantling Canadian legacies (in the public service sector). But, hey, at least some people will feel satisfaction from “owning the Libs” while Pierre hands the country to oligarchs.

[@bttrflymagic]

Here’s me staring at the title, thinking someone failed to spell mosquitoes, only to realize I’m an idiot 😂

[@AmandaSox8]

“Here’s me staring at the title, thinking someone failed to spell mosquitoes, only to realize I’m an idiot” -Thomas Jefferson

[@BearBreath70]

That’s what I thought too!😊

[@omemeemom4102]

Lol me too

[@WolfDB]

To misquote James Madison, the author of the Constitution, "Always make sure to properly and carefully read what's in front of you, or else you'll end up looking like a fool"

[@zander6177]

Same here man

[@timzamuner7033]

As an Ottawan I can say that living in Ottawa is worse than prison.

[@nomadpurple6154]

The backpacker hostel in Ottawa used to be an actual prison.

[@LGBTQLegend]

Canadian Prison. American Prison is definitely worse.

[@cliffbergen1308]

@timzamuner7033 that's because every four years you have all the worst Canadians come there and gather on a hill!

[@Derelikte]

Hopefully john oliver does another episode on Canada before our next election! Whenever that is...

[@FunderDuck]

Considering the disaster he endorsed last time, the majority of Canadians would politely appreciate it if he stayed the hell out of it.

[@darkbrightnorth]

@@FunderDuckthe majority of Canadians saw the Harper problem as worse back then, times change, let’s just hope the Poilievre problem doesn’t get that bad, because Poilievre will also be an awful PM

[@FunderDuck]

@@darkbrightnorth would you be able to define “the Harper problem”? He was a fairly boring PM, which isn’t a bad thing, but by most metrics he did a substantially better job than Trudeau.

[@KptKrunch9481]

Harper is an extremely intelligent human - probably too smart for a Prime Minister. Poillievre is going to get in and has a big job to clean up the mess Trudeau has made - he refuses to support Nato, but he supports a convicted terrorist giving him $10m dollars ... what???? I can't support a party or a politician who does that.

[@mp40submachinegun81]

@@FunderDuck its easy to say harper was good in retrospect. he was. lets also not deny that over time he became unpopular, as every long serving leader in a democracy does. trudeau became unpopular much quicker. simply look at popular vote split. harpers conservatives had 1.3 million less votes than trudeaus libs in 2015 election, conservatives won the popular vote in both 2019 and 2021.

[@ThreeRunHomer]

Kristi Noem wants to hire Danish zookeepers for South Dakota zoos!

[@elphieofkiamoko]

This episode is 9 years old and the Danish zoos bit still has me in HORROR--what the actual heck?!

[@Gareethtw]

I did cover what the heck. earlier but I think you get a notification. Nearly all zoos in Europe and all those ethical enough so I would go to them ( have a successful captive breeding programs for at least 1 animal that may become extinct in the wild ) participate in a program that makes decisions about how best to ensure a broad gene pool for animals in captivity. There is a limit to how many offspring of a specific male or female animal can go on to have offspring of their own, That is in line with good not just zoo management but it is why we could calculate how large a gene pool of humans it takes to populate an area without introducing too many genetic issues and concentrating them The zoos report on their animals and decisions about which zoos get what animals are made, You cannot really neuter a giraffe and they don't have short lifespans that particular giraffe had the same sire as too many other giraffes in that animals pool so when that happens and no attrition due to disease happens to giraffes with that sire then there is no choice but to put the animal down . Those are the rules and consistent with good husbandry. Having to euthanize a giraffe who in the wild would be eaten anyway it does make very little sense to not use it as meat. Zoo animals benefit from variety and lions are expensive in terms of their need for meat but due to habit loss and now with areas sometimes rendered unable to support human or animal life so swiftly captive breeding is more important than ever but it does have to be done in a way that ensures a broad enough gene pool to maximize the health of the animals exists, To practice one set of rules for animals that may be released to the wild and another for those that is unlikely for would be to have less healthy animals , Breeding goes on naturally so unexpected baby booms happen. Animals differ in how long it takes to be sure that most things that could go wrong in terms of gene expression have and a good amount of data is needed for each animal . The baffling part really is the amount of coverage what is a routine practice in all participating zoos in Europe got for a zoo in Denmark when you can look up how many animals in European zoos get euthanized for the same reason as the giraffe . That people get crazy ideas and think hey they now a roadside zoo in the US that would take it doesn't change the rules they agreed to be bound by and that a painless death is better than say if they had decided to give the lions a more authentic how to have giraffe meat, That giraffe was doomed when a threshold of animals with the same sire had lived long enough to be past the more risky part of the lifecycle . He was the giraffe selected for euthanasia . He would not have been allowed to breed and there is no way to prevent that as neutering a giraffe . As for the dissection it could be that having spent most of my life in Canada has not resulted in someone who sees the issue with that. You don't dissect an animal during the summer school break of course I would have liked the chance myself as a child but zoos in Canada aren't as willing to be educational , While potentially parents and grandparents could have shown more judgement on if the kids was ready but even the kids who seemed a little upset still benefit. Denmark's been around a long time and as mostly island nation with narrow strip of mainland it doesn't have much wild animals, I don't think it was quite fair to mock the notion that it could be an educational thing to see the inside of a lion. Discomfort is okay as some of them will still go into fields where they might in fact see the insides of animals or people as part of their work. Then again most things there are milked for their educational benefits I think that's very practical but I am a bit convinced that if you are born in a pragmatic nation however young you are on leaving pragmatism remains a core trait

[@ExperimentIV]

not only does the website at the end still work, it also gave me this beautiful piece of profound wisdom 🙏 “Ha ha ha! Higher, Papa, toss me higher! Wheeeeeeee! I’m Papa’s little flying fairy! - John Oliver”

[@TheRealEvilkitten3]

i got that one from marie curie XD

[@alexlemaire8513]

"I am objectively great at f**cking. The best." -karl marx This show is the best😂

[@BryanMassey]

Oh 2015. A simpler time.

[@johnnygoodman2003]

When a simp like you wasn't confused

[@TheBloodyPoint]

I'm Canadian, and even though this stuff is outdated, I am actually fine with a few of the things John Oliver took issue with - hindsight has made that fairly clear. I also think the United States has pretty much lost the right to talk about any other country's politicians after having voted for Trump as President (and likely to do so a second time).

[@ruekurei88]

Americans voters didn’t vote Trump in, the majority voted for Hilary Clinton, but the electoral college overturned the majority and voted Trump in instead. Democracy is great.

[@DB-gr7ch]

Well aren't you precious.

[@RealSigmaQueen]

John Oliver is British by birth and education. He talks election smack on countries all over the world. I love it.

[@christycarter746]

@TheBloodyPoint, please take note, absolutely NOT ALL OF US!!!! (SOME of us are still at least FAIRLY intelligent & have SOME brain cells left! We would NEVER vote for tRump & are NOT going to be fooled by his version of a pity fu*k now!😬😳🤦🏻‍♀️🙄)💙✌🏽💙

[@violetsteele350]

If anything, I think it gives us more right, because we have fucked up in every conceivable way. There are definitely countries who have done worse than us, but generally because of us.

[@Jcewazhere]

"With a few minutes of photoshop you can claim anyone said anything" Now with a few minutes of AI work you can deepfake anyone saying anything. I suppose that's a kind of progress.

[@travelinjones9730]

All these years later and Canadians are left with the same conclusions: Trudeau was a handsome lightweight. Mulcair was a talented, eloquent and effective member of parliament. Guess who we voted for.

[@joshpiotrowski3487]

.... what are you talking about? It wasn't orange v red. It was blue vs everyone else and we got lumped in together just to beat Harper. And we're stuck with this shit. I didn't want that idiot in charge and I didn't want justin either. We all got fucked

[@joshpiotrowski3487]

And blame Atlantic canada, that's where it was decided that the liberals were gonna win

[@Dubs22005]

but it's fine after all john oliver thinks muslims wearing whatever they want is a more important issue

[@KoiPuff]

Technically we didn’t vote for either. The local MPs are the ones who were elected.

[@sgu222e]

I really can't wait for the take on the next Canadian election, and hope that John points out that Pierre looks like Milhouse.

[@noelegarland]

I almost spit my tea when I heard Polly referred to as Fascist Millhouse. Hilarious.

[@twilliams6074]

Hey @lastweektonight We need an updated version of this. I know our elections don't have ex-pornstars, criminal trials or narcoleptic candidates, but this next one might be gong show.

[@Khrystyna853]

Yep! Copy that! KEEP PP OUT!

[@s.a.w5493]

What a mess coming...

[@twilliams6074]

@@s.a.w5493 With the CDN election and the US election incoming etc, it's a pending global cluster-duck. But humans always learn from past mistakes so... we'll be fine.

[@s.a.w5493]

@twilliams6074 history never repeats itself 🙃

[@DragonbIaze052]

@@twilliams6074 Hey, don't forget what happened in France over this last week.

[@SeaTacDelta]

2016: USA after Canadian 2015 election. "Hold my beer!"

[@punkinhoot]

😂

[@ironhorse3826]

I remember being a kid during this election and being creeped out by Harper. Some things never change

[@chillysnowgirl8322]

I wasn't a kid then, but hell yes to what you said. And PP is doing the same thing for me now. That dude needs to go.

[@Khrystyna853]

​@@chillysnowgirl8322 You got that right!

[@Fern635]

Just realized how much I miss Tom Mulcair

[@briano9397]

He's on CTV with Vassey all the time. Great guy

[@jackiw7]

He’s been writing all kinds of articles in the news lately. His perspective is so informative

[@johnnygoodman2003]

​@@briano9397agreed

[@juliansmith4295]

That was such an unfortunate campaign. He was a great leader and a great parliamentarian, and could have taken the NDP to places they'd never been before.

[@grahamfraser2150]

i kinda miss ol jack layton.rip.

[@aguycalled80]

It was genuinely disturbing that this video had Jason Kenney in it TWICE.

[@Phil.Anthropy]

S2 LETS GO!!!! Time to binge yesteryear

[@MrChrisPomerleau]

Oh I miss the days when Trudeau wasn't prime minister.

[@BabsBrooklynPilates]

Canada may not be perfect, but it's a lot less crazy than Amurika.

[@beelzebobtheinnocent1659]

Our so called leaders are just as bat shit crazy

[@noelegarland]

I suppose thats true if you ignore all that freedom convoy business and the constant separation from Canada threats we get from Alberta conservatives. Oh and theres the anti-immigrant crowd and... Hmm I guess maybe it might be more appropriate to say just as crazy but possibly a little less vocal or maybe less noticed.

[@former2u]

@@noelegarland maybe just as crazy, but Canada is a far more educated country, so just as crazy but far less a ratio of the general population.

[@existency]

@@noelegarland Doug Ford of Ontario is arguably crazier than any of the politicans in Alberta. Then you have the seperatist stuff thats been coming out of Quebec forever. Crazy all over

[@nohandle1028]

I love this episode! Oliver nails Canada to a tee except one area. John, you could have made it more Canadian by having Mike Myers come out on a zamboni instesd of a snowplow! Now that's Canada!! Love from 🇨🇦

[@thomasquigley7040]

...Because they couldn't fit a Zamboni in the studio. 😁

[@Pause0]

This took me longer than I’d like to admit to figure out it’s an old episode lol

[@fairytale143]

Ah increased tensions between Israel and Palestinians. Nothings changed

[@jaz4742]

Love that you guys put the season and episode in title.

[@DennisCambly]

Do you have a video of Biden or Trump falling down a set of stairs and surviving? Canadians vote with paper ballots in the Federal election. One manual voting system for the entire country to ensure every ballot is counted. You could learn something from your northern neighbor America.

[@jeffparker1617]

It's pretty easy when the ballot has 1 decision on it, unlike the US where a ballot could have dozens of races to vote on. That said at the last federal election I knew a scrutineer who was working and the PPC scrutineer at the same polling station was chirping that electronic voting machines in Ontario would give the election to the Liberals.

[@richardmead5969]

true

[@DennisCambly]

@@jeffparker1617 In every Riding there are many choices to make. The US election is a two party system with every State having it's own ballot counting system. It's easy to rig an election in the US. Proof was in the 2000 election when Gore had the most votes by lost when the Supreme Court of the US appointed George Bush Jr as the President.

[@TheNathanielDurand]

Mail-in ballots are also a thing in Canada, and election fraud is virtually nil, just like in the US.

[@ricardobarahona3939]

​@@jeffparker1617That's complete BS. Especially with the conservatives easy win

[@patj87]

The NDP with Jack Layton was our best chance of a better world. Love the old footage. John could have benefited from the new dental program.

[@forgeustiss6667]

Yes, to John Layton. No, to the mean British teeth joke

[@gmkbelanger]

​@@forgeustiss6667Not John Layton. Jack. Le bon Jack. Best Prime Minister we never had. F*** cancer. R.I.P. Jack.❤

[@forgeustiss6667]

@@gmkbelanger yes, sorry - I meant Jack. But wouldn’t it be hilarious if his real name was John? Isn't Jack a nickname for Jack. Not sure why since it isn't shorter!

[@RickyTicky549]

I swear I spat my salad when JT fell down a flight of stairs. Oh my god. Wtf was that.

[@AbigailWhite833]

Sigh. My first federal election. Look at how much has changed. What a mess. Now we’re sick of Trudeau and about to elect Harper’s prodigy PP… 2015 was hopeful, 2025 is anxiety inducing.

[@erinangel9452]

And the cycle continues...

[@Gofr5]

You got that backwards. 2015 onwards has been anxiety inducing and rage inducing, 2025 looks hopeful to a return to common sense.

[@SBel65]

Nope, he got it right

[@johnqpublic9074]

​@@Gofr5 You nailed it. But they like voting for the blackfaced racist.

[@DougGrinbergs]

11:53 Canadian MP elections: Trudeau vs Harper 20:45 Canadian law says non-residents not allowed to influence federal election; potential fine: $5K/6 months

[@martinfobert9407]

Justin changed the law. Now it's a 2 minute minor for ungentlemanly conduct. If John comes to Canada he'll have to sit in a penalty box for 2 minutes and feel shame.

[@Juicexlx]

Someone doesn't understand the meaning of Comedy. Also, that was the 2015 election, you would know this if you were Canadian, which you aren't, so here's the deal: vote in your own country wherever the f*ck that is and STFU!

[@forgeustiss6667]

Needs updating with evidence of China and India influencing Canadian elections since 2015

[@waynemullally6423]

The Denmark thing reminds me of the death of the famous JUMBO the elephant. He escaped his handlers in St Thomas Ontario. He was killed by a train going the other way. For three days after, with the help of the local police, for 25 cents you could get your picture taken with the dead elephant. Then the butchers arrived cut up the corpse and the skeleton was sent to the Smithsonian. Denmark should move forward a hundred years. We shouldn't do this anymore

[@Gareethtw]

What did not come up is the giraffe had to be destroyed ( and then why not use it as food ) as zoo is part of a group of most zoos in Europe ) while the giraffe was healthy he could not go to another zoo in Europe either as the giraffe shared the same sire as too many giraffes There are a lot of reasons why you cannot neuter a giraffe but there is a limit on how many zoo animals can share the same male of female parent, The birth of more giraffes meant they had too many giraffes and the giraffe put down was not placeable at another zoo. Denmark is not a backwards nation This was a contractual obligation and in lines with good management as we do live on a planet where we repeatedly put animals in the wild in danger but the consequences of too many of any animal sharing the same gene pool can be quite bad The dissection made good sense I mean why should kids have to wait until they are old enough to dissect a fetal pig. That's grade 12 in BC, Canada to see the anatomy of an animal inside. Some will grow up to be vets or doctors and while where things are and so on is not the same and other differences exist I would have loved to see something like that when I was young. Plus while potentially some of the kids were too young and maybe their parents and grandparents could have done more to ensure they were ready - it is not like here there as there is not much wildlife so it is not like they routinely see roadkill or whatever. Some will be farmers or butchers . Denmark is a pragmatic nation and the education of children is considered so important that one of the duties of it's very nerd friendly university is to build better brains in children. This came up when someone commented they did not seem to play classical and a conductor opened with this , ( They do in fact play classical but they don't tend to film it as much so it is under-represented on their channel ) It's not like the elephant situation . I know they research the show so they likely knew why both animals had to be destroy. It is an honest nation and if you do not do what becomes an obligation as you have to report the captive breeding numbers back so an overall census of animals and their parentage exists for the close to all reputable zoos who participate and it is not the zoo itself but the board of the group that makes decisions about the animals of all participating zoos who said to destroy those animals and potentially more since. Also will have said that to other zoos but in order to get animals that might need preserving which is they only real way a zoo can justify existing they do have to be a member of the group that monitors animals and makes decisions about where animals go They do get a lot of data about which helps with deciding for more endangered animals where captive breeding has good success, They sure didn't cover it when my province sold off a property that had a very small mostly nocturnal animal section which had the most successful captive breeding for two animals both critically endangered and that seems more problematic than euthanizing a giraffe who cannot be placed in a zoo in Europe and is the giraffe the organizing body says should be euthanized It only reminds you of 100 years ago because to say what I did about the facts left out would take the whole show and people want to have warm fuzzy notions about less ethical zoos

[@maggiekelso997]

If I had a nickel for every time a student passed out listening to Stephen Harper... I supposed I'd only have two nickels but it's still weird that it happened twice.

[@bluebelle8823]

As someone who was raised by a man with absolutely no emotional intelligence at all, I can tell you it is incredibly important. Emotional intelligence includes sympathy, empathy and emotional understanding. We need that in a leader just as much as we need intellect. Knowledge can be taught and you can surround yourself with the right advisors for that. Emotional intelligence and the ability to emotionally relate to people? You can't teach that.

[@marekruszczak460]

My favorite quote: “I never said half of the things that are quoted on the internet as mine.” Albert Einstein

[@eternalfizzer]

9 years and that's why I'm still above ground and (semi)sane. Although I don't think either of us has aged well ... Can you take me back in time too?

[@Ghost-dv8lq]

Things that haven’t held up over time. “Laws are are to be ridiculed if they prevent foreign powers from interfering with elections!” Maybe you should send Putin $5 000.

[@ToddBlackToddTalk]

"Are you a cop? Legally you have to tell me you're a cop." Confucius (from the website John made that is TOTALLY STILL UP RIGHT NOW! lol)

[@OptimusWombat]

I was confused as heck until I saw the original broadcast date.

[@subramaniamramasubramanian877]

I have seen kids on Copenhagen go to a kangaroo dissection once and i must say they were more courageous and curious than I could ever be. Kudos to the Danish parents that encourage this level of transparent parenting. I hope to be able to raise my children that way in this society. If you are going to have a dead animal, might as well use it for scientific exhibitions!

[@brianbenoit6883]

Do they not still dissect frogs in grade 4 and pigs in grade 6????

[@gamemechanic4919]

@@brianbenoit6883 Not in Denmark.

[@brydenquarrie6015]

This is like watching a house fire before it happens

[@TConX]

I think after nine full years, it should be super obvious that Justin was never ready.

[@nicholasseaks95]

The Mike Myers bit got me

[@shandrakor4686]

Well as usually the longer a PM is in office the more they are hated. 10 years is about the max it seems so I'd get ready for a new one soon.

[@mujtabarehman5255]

As a Canadian, this was a wild journey. First I thought it was a bit incencre to characterize what's happening in Gaza as just rising tensions. Then was shocked that I somehow missed a whole election. It was only when the NDP leader was mentioned did I fully realize this was an old episode.

[@KufLMAO]

omfg janice in accounting hit like a wave of nostalgia… is this the first episode with her? Oh god these were the good days 😭

[@Drummerdude5342]

Thaks for the Hamilton shout out lol.

[@fairgus]

Please do an updated one! We have some time, but don't leave it until the day before

[@gary3074]

Google “John Key hole in one”. Dude won a car. Greatest moment in New Zealand sporting history

[@VictorRing]

Paraphrasing Hamlet in the Danish zoo segment was an A+ detail

[@Jin420]

John must really dislike Janice from accounting... 😂😂

[@kevinwelsh7490]

FYI, 'Prime Minister' is not on the ballot in Canada Harper is only on the ballot for 'Member of Parliament' in his Alberta district. The majority party installs their chosen leader as PM.

[@JoshRimer]

Why did they upload this today???

[@stoptorturingme]

Considering the current situation of public medical system in canada, that moose must have waited 18 months to get the colonoscopy

[@TwentyPaphonies]

I immigrated from the US to Canada. The healthcare system is WORLDS better in Canada than in the states. Wait times are honestly very comparable to the US in most cases, if not better. American media spreads so much misinformation about the healthcare system here so that the American people won’t fight for public healthcare.

[@user-bq8rq8cv4g]

​@TwentyPaphonies - You could wait over a year to have a medical procedure done in Canada, whereas in the United States, you might only have to wait about a month to have the same medical procedure performed.

[@TwentyPaphonies]

@@user-bq8rq8cv4g I’d love to see your sources on that. Because as a chronically ill person who has needed a good handful of medical procedures, as well as just routine medical care, I’ve never had to wait more than a couple weeks. In the states however, it was months.

[@TheNathanielDurand]

@@user-bq8rq8cv4g Nice of you to pull hypothetical figures of make-believe cases, out of your ass, to pretend you have a point to make.

[@BabsBrooklynPilates]

@@user-bq8rq8cv4g : As if you don't wait for medical appointments here. And even with insurance you pay for them.

[@Feralzen]

Those jokes are Justin time for the 2024 election cycle.

[@lanichilds2825]

Quotation karaoke of something something was gold

[@TheRealEvilkitten3]

"they're real, and they're spectacular" -benjamin franklin (in other words, the website is still up!)

[@gregmchale5011]

very funny John thank you from Canada!

[@PQRDG]

As a Canadian, I miss when myself, and the rest of Canada, knew next to nothing about Justin Trudeau.

[@dominicm5403]

Why did he want Harper out of office so badly? What is it to him? Canada would have probably been better off with him.

[@MKPiatkowski]

Really? You've forgotten the muzzling of scientists, the racism, and the concentration of power in the PMs office?

[@portmantologist]

I was so bummed that you didn't get Rush for the end of the Canada bit. I bet they would have done it.

[@osvaldocortes4598]

Ah, yes. The episode that made me fall in love with Last Week Tonight...

[@PramkLuna]

20:00 "not only a terrible pun. It's a terrible FRENCH pun!"

[@lakewobegonesbest8725]

I don’t see how that’s a bad law. It seems like it’s intended to prevent foreign meddling. It doesn’t stop Russian bots of course. Maybe the target should be media corps?

[@FunderDuck]

And yet the Liberal party of Canada is going through an unprecedented scandal potentially involving direct collusion with the CCP in elections.

[@shurhaian]

The main reason I can see it being a bad law is that by the very nature of its targets, it's largely unenforceable. It's also overbroad if merely saying "don't vote for this person" would be enough to count as a violation (I'm not sure it would, I could see it being more aimed at coercion).

[@ricardobarahona3939]

it's also anti free speech

[@agilemind6241]

Definitely needs updating for the 21st century, but honestly every country should have one.

[@agilemind6241]

@@ricardobarahona3939 It's Canada-First, I would have thought you Americans would appreciate that.

[@donflatt]

Wow! Great reminder of what the conservatives in Canada are all about. It's been almost 10 years and Justin has been in power that whole time and so much has changed. Word on the street is that he's about to be tossed out. Thanks for bringing back these old episodes!

[@aigooomona]

I was so confused, wth… you didn’t think of putting the date on the title? Lol

[@whatifschrodingersboxwasacofin]

13:57 that’s not how you spell mathematics Teacher gets a toad. 🐸😂😂

[@shawncarson4109]

We booted Harper for... well a bit of a douche, but still an improvement. At least Trudeau improved child care benefits, brought us back into the top ten world economies, and of course, legalized the chronic! But now we're about to elect a guy who makes Harper look like a reasonable choice by comparison.

[@ElizabethD33]

The only thing Trudeau will be remembered by is for the failed policies he's brought. He'll be remembered for opening immigration flood gates, over taxation and reduction of the freedoms of Canadians. He's made a liberal voter like I was into a conservative voter. Never again.

[@ScootyDonny]

The average price for a one bedroom apartment in Canada (the whole country, not just Vancouver and Toronto) is almost 2 grand now. Most people don't care about childcare benefits or fucking weed when they can't afford a place to live. I'll be surprised if Trudeau gets in again but I was surprised when his mid-pandemic power grab election didn't blow up in his face so who knows.

[@btcberg3615]

BITCOIN OR GO DOWN WITH THE SHIP 🚢 AT THE HANDS OF THOSE YOU ELECT

[@racheljordan210]

Bro it took me to long to realize this is a reupload of an old episode. I’m Canadian and was like fuck how did I miss the election

[@seanwebb605]

Steve Paikin the host of the TVO show and clip that you used is from Hamilton, Ontario and a product of the Hamilton-Wentworth school system.

[@56nickrich]

An episode about today's Canadian politics would be hilarious. Since October 17th 2018 cannabis has been legal. 💨puff 💨 puff pass!🇨🇦

[@Jivolt]

23:15 Callback. Golden.

[@therrydicule]

Canadians seems to have amnesia and don't remember how bad the Harper years were in terms of policies enacted. And Poilievre is going to be even worse.

[@mjbranch2109]

I think you have amnesia about how the leadership of the past decade is leading to the slow yet total economic and demographic destruction of the country

[@therrydicule]

@@mjbranch2109 I don't. I have been in two provinces and had connections in 4. And I am well informed on the situation in Canada and what some people believe the situation is vs what it is... Some Canadians believe that they are in a recession when they are not by definition. The "slow yet total economic and demographics destruction..." That's just scaremongering nonsense. It's an extreme and gravelly exaggerated claim that lacks merits. It's even literarly self-contradictory by definition. Economy is the distribution, exchange and consumption of good embedded in social, political and economic relationships reciprocity, exchange and consumerism. Even if society was to completely collapse, you would still have some form of distribution, exchange, and consumption of goods and services. A carrot is a good, a slice of bread is a good, a rat burger is a good... It's literally impossible to destroy the economy because you need to get some good to survive. Even hunter-gatherer have an economy by definition. But even metaphorically this is exaggerating. Besides the fact is that the economy remained stable under Trudeau. GDP growth, unemployment rate, and many other leading indicators have been consistently positive - except for a couple of years, but it's not like a once a century pandemic should be blamed on Trudeau. Our demographic is expanding at a stable rate thanks to immigration, but blocking immigration would risk a reverse pyramid at some point because people are not having as many babies thanks to a good situation in terms of human rights and socio-economics.

[@BuddyDarDarTV]

​@@therrydicule Thank you for clearly articulating far better than I can why I've never and will never vote blue despite the full court media press against Trudeau.

[@selalewow]

@@BuddyDarDarTV At least in Canada we have multiple choices, not just 2. This keeps the main party from just bulldozing through their policies. They have to make deals with other parties meaning the policies benefit more Canadians. It is only when the main party has an overwhelming majority that this happens, and even then we can hold a non confidence vote and get them out. Look it up, it has happened in the past.

[@BuddyDarDarTV]

@@selalewow I've gone orange for evey election except one, although it's pretty much p*ssing into a blue wind around here. So I understand what you mean, keeping a minority either way keeps things from getting too out of kilter.

[@treytrey6011]

You said the Canadian prime Minister rolled back "healthcare". Forgive my ignorance, I'm from the US. What is "healthcare"? Sounds nice. I know they are a much richer country than we are. Hopefully we can get this healthcare you speak of someday.

[@matthewmcphail5682]

Can't wait for the next one where he talks about how Justin got caught in black face and his other mess ups lol 😂

[@felisd]

The question I would ask is, what's more awful:: someone who dressed in black face a couple of times over 30 years ago and hasn't done it since (not to mention apologized publicly for it)... or someone who is currently soliciting funding from white nationalist groups and has said in the past year that the First Nations need to "work harder" instead of receiving compensation for the abuses visited on them by Residential Schools?

[@darinpiland7670]

Love these og episodes

[@iamanomas]

Well perhaps the intent of that law is to prevent foreign influence in domestic politics John!

[@ricardobarahona3939]

Nah. It's more of a problem in Australia where the economy relies too much on real estate and people paying interest to foreign banks. Canada decided to have the same restrictive land use like the US which has led to high housing prices due to low supply.

[@brianmathews2926]

Ah 2015, they didn't know about the blackface yet

[@myraaar]

Wow didn't read the title well and thought John started dyeing his hair 😂

[@TheREALJosephTurner]

How can Canada have a law saying I can't talk trash about their leaders during an election? I don't live in Canada, so I'm not subject to their laws. They literally have no authority over me.

[@Acatia2]

Goodness that scared me. Then I remembered Harper was voted out on that very election and realized this is a rerun. The semester's been rough but I didn't think I'd miss this oddly early election that badly.

[@nicholasvondoelln6814]

It's been over 8 years now. Justin has been worse then these smear campaigns could have predicted.

[@AndrewHall-dp9il]

I’ve always called Justin ‘Mr. Wonderful’ . Lol in my area it’s going to be ndp.

[@user-od9iz9cv1w]

Just watched this in May 2024. As a Canadian, I love John's characterization of Canadians and our elections and our politicians. Harper was evil. We were so lucky to see the end of him. I voted for Trudeau but had the same concern that he was a pretty boy and might not be effective. He turned out to be great. He has been in power ever since. He started by building a cabinet filled with women, men and featured diversity. Instead of arriving at work in a limo, he hired a bus and took the entire team to the gates of parliament and walked hand in hand as a team across the property to go to work. To me one of the best moments was when Trump came to the G8 meeting hosted in Canada and then attempted to turn the world against Trudeau. Trudeau looked great on the world stage and Trump looked like the evil empire. To this day I believe Trump was pissed because girlfriend Ivanka clearly greased her panties in the presence of Justine. How sweet!

[@tylerbowerfan7231]

rip sub feed

[@JohnEarlyChannel]

It took me 15 mins in to realize this is from 10 years ago...

[@XenoMoogle]

The thing about outside influence on Canadian elections being illegal is EXACTLY the problem we have here in America and the fact that Israel and other countries are literally buying our politicians

[@starfireproductions2004]

All you have to do is look at how young John Oliver is and know that this is definitely not a current video

[@waynemullally6423]

These are important questions in Australia

[@justinventela]

Those "he's not ready" add campaign would really land well today.

[@Rain188]

You know it’s been a long 9 years when look at John face and hair!