The 2021 Canadian election EXPLAINED

[@robbracken4976]

I would love to see more content like this leading up to the election. As a Canadian living in the US, it’s challenging to stay up to date with Canadian politics, and your content has always offered informed, nuanced analysis that I find valuable.

[@jacksonkomljenovic6865]

As a Canadian living in Canada it’s hard to stay up to date on the election

[@lajya01]

@@jacksonkomljenovic6865 It's even harder to stay interested on the election

[@SuperKing604]

@@jacksonkomljenovic6865 not really just start your day with a quick glace at ctv, macleans and cbc and then go from there if u want other sources 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@fosyay1780]

An an American living in America, it's nice to see news from other countries and how they run their elections. Especially the country that borders my state.

[@slenderfoxx3797]

@@lajya01 that's how most canadians feel about politics and especially the parties/politicians in general. We just don't care, find it exhausting and stupid. And just think they're all corrupt at some point and just don't want to get caught up in stupid arguments over them which seems to happen in the US a lot.

[@acasualcactus5878]

JJ, I hereby award this video the “My Previous Award Winning Video” award. Use It well.

[@Someone-cr8cj]

damn, JJ's on fire, 2 award winning videos already???

[@stickjohnny]

I always appreciate the lack of political/ideological bias in your analysis JJ. It's an extremely rare commodity online at this point!

[@JJMcCullough]

Thank you! I try hard to be objective. Not everyone will like my analysis but I’m trying to be fair.

[@icarue993]

@@JJMcCullough Short, direct and to the point. And know more about Canada thanks to you than my mom do the whole day in CTV.

[@bremexperience]

Don't worry, he can be very subjective as well ;)

[@adanactnomew7085]

With the exception of the Green Party of course haha

[@Luka-zt4ju]

It's clearly through a conservative lense. Nothing wrong with it but let's not lie.

[@sergealary9756]

"his numbers are up..." how quickly a 6 day old video loses context

[@Themapleleaforever]

Welcome to the world of politics, where everyone you know and love will suddenly become an enemy or an argument because it’s brought up.

[@PotTVNetwork]

Almost like a horse mentality is no way to approach politics.

[@Podcastforthewin]

@@Themapleleaforever I agree!

[@Podcastforthewin]

@@Themapleleaforever now I disagree!

[@Themapleleaforever]

@@Podcastforthewin lol

[@리주민]

Trudeau: "We must all work together..." Also Trudeau: calls an election because he can't work with others.

[@stantorren4400]

Remember, hypocrisy is the best form of government (for the politicians of course)

[@Khorne_of_the_Hill]

Like a baby

[@ALeaud]

@@Khorne_of_the_Hill Can't wait to see you cry when he wins again.

[@Khorne_of_the_Hill]

@@ALeaud I'm an American, but nice try smooth-brain; I don't care who runs our hat

[@ginch8300]

@@Khorne_of_the_Hill lol

[@hughg.rection1754]

JJ is the closest thing to unbiased political analysis I've seen on the internet. When his bias seeps through, it's in an intellectually honest way. I love this channel.

[@michaelh4227]

Agreed. Apparently he's a conservative but he doesn't let that get in the way of his analysis.

[@jnoel121]

He is certainly better than most conservatives. But, unbiased? Nope.

[@jackamtg]

@@jnoel121 haha name the bias

[@jnoel121]

@@jackamtg you can feel from the way he talks that something inside him really wants to put a negative spin on everything the Liberals or NDP do and a positive spin on the Conservatives. I think that he does a decent job overall at being relatively fair, which is why I, someone who leans to the left, am able to watch him without throwing my phone across the room (unlike when I listen to almost any other right wing person on KZbin or in the media). Still, whenever he says that the Liberals did something that was successful or the Conservatives failed at something, you can see that it pains him to say this. It's a natural response though, and difficult to control. I would be much worse at staying unbiased than he is.

[@plumli4947]

@@jnoel121 I consider myself a left leaning person, and when he says good or bad things about either side I usually think "yeah that's pretty much what is happening." I do think JJ's feelings to the liberals are more like eye rolls while the conservatives is cringe but in the end I think he's just delivering facts, and if not, feelings people are generally having about the situation. JJ the person has a political leaning, but I don't think JJ the KZbinr does. Well except I guess when it comes to the French...

[@CanadianEejit]

I love the 3D caricatures of each party leader, they look great and add a lot to the vid. Good video as always

[@dovahkiingirl]

I'd much rather see a breakdown comparison of policies than a focus on character. To me, a politician is a politician no matter what party. I know a lot of people like to focus on character, and even base their vote on that, but I don't see how relevant one person in a party is going to be once everything's said and done.

[@psychicbyinternet]

Well it also matters how likely they are to follow through with the policies.

[@nuarius]

@@psychicbyinternet a politician is a politician :P Expect 90% of promises to be abandoned. seems to hold true of every party. Say what you need to say to win, Do as little as you can to insure you can win again

[@sophien5416]

Yeah I was looking for a coles notes version of the policies, but after watching the debate, the leaders kept it very general too. So this video wasn't too far off.

[@baucelabs1159]

@@psychicbyinternet if you believe ANY politician, that they'll keep their promises and their proposed policies.. then you'll forever be disappointed remember that time trudeau said "this is going to be the last election with the first past the post system"?... yeah.. i 'member..

[@himanchywatchesvideos7826]

I’m glad Trudeau called this election just so we can get more great content from our old pal J.J.

[@dunningkruger4863]

He called the election to put an end to the Winnipeg lab inquiry.

[@JohnDoe3-1-4]

@@dunningkruger4863 and to get bill c-36 through killing free speech once and for all…

[@Bloodywasher]

Weird how jj doesn't talk about this. Lol

[@lasthopelost9090]

@@dunningkruger4863 also to print more money

[@fallout_boy__9437]

Dude is just handing billions to big pharmaceutical companies for vaccines that we don't need. Covid is very treatable before the point of hospitalization, and once you've naturally built immunity, you'll have less than a %1 chance of reinfection, vs the something like %50-80 reinfection rate of people who have been vaccinated because the vaccine appears to be disabling memory T cells, so you become reliant on the vaccine instead of building natural immunity like a unvaccinated person would.

[@kyrstensinemahatespoorpeop9666]

As an American The fact that a leader can call his own election is whack considering we have fixed election dates

[@RMbutItsO]

? Edit: the original comment was “girl” but then they edited it to this.

[@kyrstensinemahatespoorpeop9666]

@@RMbutItsO nothing I just wanted to be first

[@robertjarman3703]

This is not normally true in parliamentary systems either. Normally only very specific actions can trigger them like in Germany where to hold a sudden election two years into the term, the chancellor must ask parliament if they have confidence and the parliament must vote no.

[@shadowknight1990o]

Fellow American, agreed. just feels like that sorta power is ripe for abuse.

[@kyrstensinemahatespoorpeop9666]

@@shadowknight1990o I enjoy the Fixed midterm date, like I can enjoy the fact I know when the next election is happening and Joe Biden or Donald Trump can’t call an election when they’re up in the polls.

[@seeit360]

JJ is my favorite moderate talking head on KZbin. It's always refreshing to hear information not overtly packaged to appeal to a political demographic.

[@JJMcCullough]

Thanks my friend I try hard

[@SomeCrusader]

@@JJMcCullough And you trying hard is paying off for us :)

[@iambatman535]

definitely would be interested in learning about the parties’ platforms/promises made to voters

[@heyitsfp]

Liberals got in promising a voting reform and backtracked, nothing happened. I don't think promises matter.

[@agnosticatheist7529]

@@heyitsfp Right! Because every governing party has kept 100% of their campaign promises prior to Trudeau.../sic

[@ZenKrio]

@@heyitsfp That was why I voted for Trudeau in 2015.

[@alexking9271]

It would interesting if you did a video covering the Green Party of Canada's infighting recently. I never hear anything about Canada in the news as an American, so it would be interesting to hear my favorite Canadian KZbinr to talk about. Love your videos and wish you good luck and good health.

[@GenerationZ313]

The Rational National covered that actually.

[@drowldr]

I don't think JJ is the best person to cover this given his outspoken hatred for the Green Party.

[@SuperKing604]

I would suggest looking up an article about it.

[@SuperKing604]

@@rasputinjesus now sloan is running as a independent in alberta thats so lame fo run in the area you are from!

[@ShivJ16]

JJ actually recently wrote an article about it for the Washington Post so you should read that lol.

[@alexandermitchell9070]

Even if you don’t want to make full length videos on the election for the next month, maybe you can put out small updates on the election at the end of each of your next few videos, or maybe a five or so minute standalone update every week

[@sethdaniell1071]

Or he could do shorts about it!

[@Absolute_Zero7]

Shorts are better, putting election content into videos not about current events is an easy way to age his content.

[@TrickiVicBB71]

Definitely Shorts. I haven't used that function till last week. Even then it is only JJ I watch

[@rainmanjr2007]

@@Absolute_Zero7 I like him in shorts.

[@GrunkPunk]

JJ is one of the most tolerable conservative i’ve ever seen like seriously i’ve never seen a more unbiased conservative and sometimes it baffles me that he’s conservative or even politically biased and I still watch his content despite major idealogical disagreements

[@korcher0142]

In my experience, liberals tend to show their bias more than conservatives

[@GrunkPunk]

@@korcher0142 Have you ever seen fox news, newsmax, oan, the republican party

[@inversion9651]

I like DJ and JJ. I watch Total Drama too.

[@rainmanjr2007]

@@korcher0142 Con's take their bias all the way to The Capitol. Dem's do, too, but we tend to stay on The Mall or Park side of it. Tear gas makes us run away.

[@GrunkPunk]

@@inversion9651 sick

[@shapescolours8105]

Oddly enough PPC is making some serious headway in my area. I see a lot of PPC signs as well as lots of online support for them in local groups

[@85AngelRogue]

They have my vote 🗳

[@trequor]

Was just at the rally in Calgary. There were at least 5000 people there

[@psahota9306]

Good! Split that vote, right wingers! 🥳

[@evilpersonxxiv2881]

Whitby Ontario? I see tons of support for them here

[@Politerotica]

@@85AngelRogue basically saying " i love racism and i am willing to vote for it"

[@TechedCanvas]

I’d love to see a breakdown of all the platforms, & how they differ. It would also be cool to learn more about Canadian tactical voting.

[@tantricaphrodite]

This is a good idea

[@flmacphee1158]

I think this is a great idea

[@ardendragoon]

News flash, they don't. They are all the same trash, with no real plan to fix what the liberals broke. More "free" shite, more taxes, more govt, which equals higher prices for us.

[@cdw2468]

@@ardendragoon nothing wrong with more taxes

[@KarimAlKharsa]

@@ardendragoon wait isn’t the whole premise for conservatives is to lower taxes

[@nathanielthrush5581]

I’d be interested in seeing more Canadian election content, I find this genuinely so interesting and you are a great source on this stuff

[@JJMcCullough]

Thank you so much!

[@nathanielthrush5581]

@@JJMcCullough Np man! Love your content

[@fnhuggybear]

I'd look for a better source. This guy is more or less just giving you the same lies the Canadian press gives us. He pretends to be unbiased but he's clearly a fan of the establishment.

[@fnhuggybear]

@@JJMcCullough Thanks for telling the same lies as CTV, Global and CBC.

[@NightTimeDay]

@@fnhuggybear you come across as unhinged unless you provide some specific proof.

[@truthunfolded1300]

The Bahamas will also have an earlier than normal general election this September instead of next year in the spring. All the best for our Canadian friends.

[@Mp-re1wj]

Im from Ontario and feel like there is a lot of people that despise turdeau.

[@poggy6145]

Same here in Quebec

[@sarahbullock1092]

I'm from Manitoba I don't know anyone that likes him. We are all worried about what this debt is going to mean for the future.

[@Vipersrule]

PEI here and I haven't heard or seen anything good about him for quite awhile now.

[@vothbetilia4862]

Alberta here, the clown wasted our time building the pipe line to only remove it again, due to Biden being a baby. He doesn't give shit about the vets and lies endlessly.

[@emilybelt1564]

Thank goodness

[@benjaminprietop]

Canada: Trudeau, how are you going to fix your minority government? Trudeau: OH SNAP!!!

[@Daniel-tl2ln]

Same way as in USA 😂

[@JoeyVaracalli]

@@Daniel-tl2ln no president in the United States has ever called for a national presidential election.

[@lasthopelost9090]

@@JoeyVaracalli he’s taking about jerry rigging it

[@JoeyVaracalli]

@@lasthopelost9090 ohhhh lol

[@kedharswaminathan7571]

@@lasthopelost9090 Are you talking about Gerrymandering? Because I may have forgot but that only help congressional candidates, not presidential ones.

[@KingOfInsanity777]

Love the 3D models of the runner-ups, JJ!

[@tomney4460]

Trudeau: we’ve seen a level of toxicity… I don’t think you trust In My Minority government

[@cacawsthelaw]

I cry when angels doubt my minority government

[@JJMcCullough]

I feel like that quote of Trudeau I used would make for a good meme where’s it’s like “my reaction when mom says…”

[@tomney4460]

@@JJMcCullough maybe more like “when I tell my mom that…”

[@professordogwood8985]

Isn't Trudeau causing the toxicity?

[@tomney4460]

@@cacawsthelaw wake up, Trudeau wore blackened makeup.

[@ReasonableRadio]

I want to see some in-depth on each party's platform as they become more developed over the next few weeks. Thanks again JJ!

[@ianism3]

good thing to keep in mind regarding the Green Party: they regularly get about as many votes as the Bloc Quebecois these days, but their voters are spread all throughout the country, whereas the Bloc's are 100% in Quebec. as a result, their voters have zero representation in parliament, while the Bloc has more seats than the NDP - which gets roughly twice as many votes as the Bloc.

[@sylfix2680]

also, as a party, they really don't have any policies apart from "save the environment" but that's about all... I want to like them but ahh xD

[@mart4144]

@@sylfix2680 I mean yea, thats the whole point.

[@mingastefania2072]

Not to mention...many years ago the Bloc was the 1rst opposition.

[@thesupremeveggieburger427]

@@sylfix2680 well thats total Bs , read last years platform .

[@morphkogan8627]

@@sylfix2680 I mean they support universal pharmacare

[@marcello7781]

In a parallel universe JJ has become Canada's new Prime Minister. p.s.: I love those 3D caricatures.

[@jonhanson8925]

But I'm afraid that would take away from the time available to make youtube videos!

[@thegreatestchigone5813]

@@jonhanson8925 yeah but imagine prime minister JJ that’d be awesome

[@schroederscurrentevents3844]

It’ll happen 2032 I swear

[@canuckguy0313]

His first act would be replacing the iconic green seats in the House with exercise balls.

[@Olivia-MaiSevigny]

@@canuckguy0313 hahahahahahahaahh

[@canoguz8172]

I would very much like to see a "policy stance" video. We had a small piece of that in this video like Erin O'Toole favouring a carbon tax, but seeing the policy stances of these party leaders much more clearly and on lots of policies would be great. Examples would be the leaders' stances on foreign policy, oil drilling, Quebec, healthcare, indigenous Canadians, prostitution, housing, etc. We saw bits of this in previous award winning JJ videos (notably oil) but seeing these issues (some of them not covered before) concentrated and clearly outlined in a video would be quite beneficial to those curious about Canadian politics.

[@elizabethgrey6040]

Yes PLEASE this would be amazing

[@fowleyuhger842]

I fucking hate that otool is our best realistic choice, it's like trump vs Hillary Canadian version

[@franklinfleming1237]

Lmao 2 word communist take over.

[@franklinfleming1237]

P.p.cis the only party. GO MAX GO.

[@fowleyuhger842]

@@franklinfleming1237 also has a 0 percent chance of winning id literally bet everything I own will own and have owned on that too

[@sirxavior1583]

I can only see two possible outcomes: 1) The liberals loose 10-15 seats to the conservatives and just barely hold onto a minority goverment with the Conservatives only 5 - 10 seats short of the Liberals. 2) O'Toole wins a minority goverment due to a vote split caused by traditional Liberal voters unhappy with Trudeau now voting for the NDP instead. I can't see a majority goverment happening with either the liberals or conservatives.

[@roxanegaudreault496]

Could be. Will depend on the votes in the west, Quebec and Ontario are still largely voting for PLC

[@buckwyld218]

Either way, Justin will win. Could form a coalition with ndp or bloc. The only way the cons win and hold power is a majority. But ohh tool stepped in it now, so Justin wins.

[@gavinsmith8747]

I'm wondering if the mask mandate in AB will cause some conservative voters to become happy with the national CP, and possibly either vote for one of the other right wing parties or NDP

[@Carpediem357]

@@buckwyld218 the bloc won’t be doing anything. He only cares about Quebec as he has said before. The Liberals won’t win because as of Thursday he’s losing more seats, then again nearly all of the parties are fucking useless it’s more who’s less useless which means probably a Conservative, Green, NDP government

[@amysteriouspersonintophat1458]

@@Carpediem357 Does Green or NDP even have a chance? lol

[@joshyboy1983]

Idea: Deep dive into each party's platform.

[@alphabettical1]

Yes please but also man that'd be a lot of work in only a few weeks time

[@krombopulos_michael]

I'd like to see more videos covering any big stories from this election if they come up. I don't have many other ways I keep up with Canadian politics and this channel does a really gread job of summarising things at a high level without any BS or obvious slant.

[@CoolCoverBro]

I did not know about the Maverick party, I think there could be an interesting video comparing and contrasting Québec nationalism and separatism. I especially think how the recent acquiescence from federal leaders for Quebec’s reshaping of the Constitution could provide more analysis of Canada’s fragility.

[@thomasprat7760]

Yeah it would be interesting to see a video comparing a movement based on national liberation with a movement based on sexual attraction to petroleum.

[@pambp5978]

The prairie provinces may be interested in a block to represent their interests.. the splits do come from there ...

[@syrialak101]

@@thomasprat7760 That one there was a violation. Personally, I wouldn't have it.

[@SuperKing604]

@@thomasprat7760 national liberation? I think you mean frech-canadian ethnic nationalism?

[@ginch8300]

@@SuperKing604 Frönch*

[@juanbecerra8637]

I have never heard a Vancouverite pronounce 'about' that way

[@jrochest4642]

I have never heard another Canadian pronounce "about" that way.

[@luddity]

Or aroooond. Just kinda freaky.

[@justindo5234]

Fake online personality, resemble Mexican American

[@ghattore]

Yeah it comes out so fake and cringy.

[@annsmith9196]

It stands out, doesn't it? I'm not sure if it's real.

[@matthewwallack601]

I still can’t believe the Conservatives actually ran the Willy Wonka ad.

[@SomeCrusader]

It feels so much more like an out-of-touch shitpost than an ad

[@matthewwallack601]

@@SomeCrusader it’s the type of ad a fringe party or high school student council campaign would run, not an established major party

[@lcoyle1998]

It's honestly the worst thing I've ever seen a major party in any party endorse in the best way possible.

[@majorramsey3k]

It's funny cause I just watched that movie yesterday.

[@thefabulouskitten7204]

Willy Wonka ad?

[@AndrewQuo]

you're the only way i get canadian news... please cover the election!

[@nc8507]

You should probably consider getting additional news outlets then.

[@nc8507]

@@CA-ly7my No, it's because getting news from one single outlet is exactly how you develop a narrow minded and limited world view. Has nothing to do with him being conservative, good job assuming though. Perhaps you should heed to my advice and diversify your own news outlets. I'm not telling you what to watch or listen to, only that it doesn't hurt to get multiple sides. You seem to have taken this a little too personal... PS. I dont hate JJ, I actually really enjoy his content. (Once again though, good job assuming).

[@thefactsarereal7153]

@@nc8507 I try to but once it starts switching between french and English it pisses me off so I give up. (I’m talking about big news outlets)

[@fnhuggybear]

He's mostly just repeating the same lies the news tells. This guy is a major source of misinformation and lies.

[@franklinfleming1237]

Bruh lmao go to canada poli or fevia frei. Even runckle of the baily. No offence to JJ. Hes a sell out. Just like all the "federal parties he mentioned". JJ is in the same boat as "Russell " who brown noses and white washes the facts to support the left media b S stories.

[@Tzar1]

I'm going to stick with the theory that the government really want my vote since the election is only a few days after my birthday

[@BritishRepublicsn]

Early Happy birthday

[@Tzar1]

@@BritishRepublicsn Thanks!

[@the42oflife]

I also believe they want my vote because I just received my Canadian citizenship

[@raghavgupta2399]

@@the42oflife congratulations

[@Tzar1]

@@the42oflife Congrats!

[@kinthelt]

JJ: this election has a pre-determined outcome Afghanistan: hold my beer

[@boratb258]

Ya no kidding, you have people who fought with Canada in that war who are going to be stuck with the enemy, what does our PM do, call an election... fucking clown.

[@rollingthunderinho]

@@boratb258 why is afghanistan canada's responsibility? it's americas fault this has happened

[@boratb258]

@@rollingthunderinho Bush invoked article 5 of the NATO treaty stating that an attack on a member state is considered an attack on all member states, Canada was obligated to go in due to the NATO treaty. No one ever thought the U.S would be the first ones to invoke it, most nations use the treaty to be under the U.S shield so they don't have to spend on defense. Anyway Canada along with all of NATO had to go and were neighbors with the U.S, NORAD another treaty allows U.S jets to fly into Canadian airspace at any point in time for Canada's defense again we had to go. While in Afghanistan many Afgan's signed on to be interpreter's among other jobs that worked along side Canada. They sided with us against the Taliban, Canada fought the Taliban for 10 years in a war, the U.S fought them for 20 years, those people who sided with us should be protected by us not just for this war but to send a message that we protect our own. It's disgusting how the government has handled it.

[@Zalerinae0491]

@@rollingthunderinho ahem, america didn't fuck up, Biden fucked up.

[@Sleek110]

@@rollingthunderinho I think the political fallout is from our response to helping people who helped us, our government put a program in place to help people get out before the American withdrawn deadline, however if i remember correctly we required the applicants to do something from our embassy, which we closed far earlier then the American withdrawal. Leaving the people unable to complete their forms to come to Canada after working with our military, the government dragged its feet and seemed preoccupied with campaign issues and never really addressed the issue. It became something rather shameful in the eyes of many voters. You are right the broader picture of Afghanistan is not really our problem, it should have been a rather simple thing to help the people who we know worked with us free almost certain death, although the new Taliban seems to be offering a much more progressive style of governance, one can hope it is genuine.

[@joshpearson2928]

As Count Dooku once said "I've been looking forward to this"

[@jamescusack6511]

JJ, your Canadian political videos are my absolute favorite and are what got me initially hooked on your channel back in 2019. I really enjoy these styles of videos, and am definitely keen to see you discuss the tomfoolery that occurs in the election

[@akramrabaa943]

I remember Katherine McKenna coming to us in highschool and saying "you don't have to know a lot about politics to vote" and I think that's friggin horrible and manipulative

[@JetsfanMrT]

I, a right winger, will defend McKenna here. She's trying to tell people they don't need to be experts to vote. One of the biggest reasons people don't vote is because they don't feel they know enough. Of course it would be better they know more. But everyone should still try to vote.

[@akramrabaa943]

@@JetsfanMrT I get that. But that's not at all the vibe she was giving. All she was talking about was lovey dovey stuff with little policy talk. I feel she was purely appealing to emotion. This was years ago, though, and I might be misremembering

[@wtel9536]

@@JetsfanMrT you're strictly wrong. The only thing demonstrably worse than non voting is uninformed voting.

[@williamking6787]

@@wtel9536 If you know literally zero then yes, you shouldn't vote, But you don't really need to know that much in order to know enough to vote

[@PTO5607]

@@williamking6787 nice hair and legal weed is what got us here.

[@Aenygma_]

Ah yes, Bonhomme Carnaval was my favorite Bloc leader.

[@atlf3357]

NOT BONHOMME 😭😭😭⛄️😭😭😭

[@sergioart24]

Nah bro. Is Thomas Gauthier kzbin.info

[@tarekh0]

That was quite an exciting intro to the video from JJ!

[@Thndrstrike]

Those little 3D animations are so dope looking. Did you do them yourself, J.J.? Regardless, great video, these are some of my favorite videos of yours! And to that end, I wouldn't mind more election content, but like you pointed out, if it's not super interesting or new, wait til it's over if you want. At least one more would be awesome tho!

[@iamthinking2252_]

That thumbnail with the 3D rendered leaders… it looks a bit weird but that’s why I came

[@willcowan8487]

I think it would be interesting to see an “alternate history” style analysis of what Canada would look like under each of the major players running for PM. What kinds of decisions would they make? What would be their main policy objectives and how would both of those play into greater world politics?

[@angiekalas-caldwell8825]

that would be great for the alternate history hub channel. you should suggest it there!

[@JzargoKitty]

"26 thousand Canadians are dead from Covid" The US: Those are rookie numbers

[@deanwinchester6654]

US has like 10x the population of Canada.

[@JzargoKitty]

@@deanwinchester6654 And 24.5x the deaths

[@Groggle7141]

@@JzargoKitty The US also experiences a lot more travel, trade, and immigrants. They also have a denser population.

[@atlf3357]

@@Groggle7141 exactly

[@5irus]

@@Groggle7141 Also much less healthy to begin with. Keep in mind, lots and lots of studies have been showing that obesity is a large risk when it comes to dying/experiencing severe reactions from Covid-19, and according to the statistics, over 33% of Americans are obese, and approximately 7.4% morbidly obese. Even "healthier" individuals aren't exactly "healthy", so to speak... but that's another topic. Takes a much longer time to prove how wrong we were about diets and food as a whole.

[@mccoyfleming6664]

Can’t wait to vote for the first time, I’m finally of age!

[@Tzar1]

Same!

[@kaidenhall2718]

Conservative

[@BritishRepublicsn]

Congrats

[@mccoyfleming6664]

@@kaidenhall2718 same lol

[@chrystiafreelandscankles548]

Check out the PPC’s platform. All other established parties are pretty much the same old 💩.

[@tnorthrup1986]

i've always been fascinated with the Canadian green party--it always seemed its own weird thing and not like others. the fact that the drama in it has completely passed me by is kinda weird and I'd like a deeper dive into that at some point.

[@MaryRalladi]

I also would love to see a bit more content around the parties, general plans they have etc. As a Canadian abroad in Japan, you were one of the first places I came to for a quick catch up. And while I certainly will do more research outside of KZbin. I appreciate the summary you provide here.

[@cobracommander8133]

No joke, O’Toole would be considered pretty far left in the US.

[@007robotchicken]

Yeah, I think a lot of conservatives in Canada would typically be moderate democrats in the States, but I think O'Toole would be seen as a liberal here.

[@kbob2777]

He is liberal despite what party he lays claim to.

[@darylwizzard]

He's so useless, I can't imagine him winning even though the country desperately needs a change

[@eibbor171]

in western canada or the side of canada with logic we consider him left to well..most of us, still have those true blue no matter what idiots that vote for party rather policy and have the good ol reliable excuse DoNt WaNt To SpLiT ThE VoTe

[@kbob2777]

@@ilovebirds23 what are you 12? Are women living in Canada not Canadian???

[@nizcomix3721]

Woah JJ did you make those party logo animation things? Those and the 3d models were super nice, the quality of your vids has improved so much since I started watching 3-4 years back. Great work!

[@ElCanguroChileno]

Hearing Yoshi's island music/sound effects through out the video brought back memories of my childhood. Also, great video. Keep up the great work. Greetings from Australia

[@2rustysporks]

Election content would honestly be appreciated. Particularly focusing on the public health, economic, and social safety net olanks of the partys platforms this time around. Thanks JJ!

[@MrJonesrr]

I love how this is an unbiased video, no leanings, just a great breakdown. Awesome content

[@cw2958]

Unbiased my ass ! He totally throws conservatives under the bus AND says that Maxime from the PPC can’t even ride in the election. Such BS 👎🏼 I’m sorry I even listened to this guy !

[@cw2958]

Unbiased my ass ! He totally throws conservatives under the bus AND says that Maxime from the PPC can’t even ride in the election. Such BS 👎🏼 I’m sorry I even listened to this guy !

[@yannickfinesaute1521]

If you listen carefully, you will see he leans more towards the left. Not sure whom he sympathizes more with ? the liberals, NDP or the Bloc maybe, but I can damn guarantee you that’s not the commentary of a conservative from the right.

[@SentientBratwurst]

@@yannickfinesaute1521 His coverage is mostly fair but idk about calling the PPC a ‘far-right’ party.

[@trequor]

Unbiased? He is obviously in favour of the Liberals and NDP. He criticized O'Toole's Conservatives heavily while refusing to criticize JT for ANYTHING... he made no mention of any of Trudeau's dozen scandals, evidence of corruption, or personal past wearing *blackface*

[@cynthiakarkeys]

I deeply appreciate your unbiased and honest coverage of Canadian politics. I want more coverage from you, I trust you.

[@trequor]

How exactly was this unbiased? He took multiple shots at the Conservatives without a word of criticism for the Liberal party

[@weamxplays9228]

i think you are pretty wrong about the PPC

[@brandonferrao1427]

I’d love a video where you analyze the provincial breakdown of seats. It could give perspective on which ridings/areas hold the power in this election and future ones. Great videos JJ. Keep it up

[@nanfoodles]

Im only now learning about Canadian politics and I will be watching all videos you put on on this election and about how Canadian elections work. For me, this is mostly educational interest.

[@athletescollective4214]

I just discovered JJ, this is great content. This could be the most objective thing I've seen about my country or any topic on the internet for that matter. Can't wait to watch more of his content.

[@JordanYoung.4.21.92]

The thumbnail characters are fantastic! 😂 Jagmeet looks like he’s handing out side quests 😂

[@enriquellerena4779]

Thanks for the vid JJ, this is my first election hyped to vote

[@2bagel_882]

Erin O’toole being moderate does not help Canada.

[@trequor]

When climate alarmism becomes the moderate position then you know we've gone too far.

[@ethangillese]

I’d rather watch your videos on the election than scroll through my newsfeed! Seriously though, I find that you do a great job and being objective, even CTV and Global can sometimes have a fair bit of political bias, and don’t even get me started on the local newspapers… I find the real beauty of this channel is the community it fosters for civil political discussion, which seems to be in short supply these days! Thank you!

[@francesjdarwin]

Just saw the first English debate and glad to see you’re working on short-form content cause it looks like things may be more interesting after all. Annamie Paul seemed very strong tonight-interesting to see how that plays out.

[@GenerationZ313]

She'll be very lucky to win her own riding in Toronto Centre. As things stand it looks like the green party have a better chance of getting Kitchener Center than they do of getting their leaders own riding.

[@888rattlesnake]

Annamie did nothing but voice her opinion on things. She didn't speak about the green platform and what they are really all about. She just seemed like a mouthpiece for wokeness.

[@blackdog7859]

After hearing CBC, Ctv, and all the other "political pundits" and "reputed journalism" networks, it is exceptionally refreshing to hear an unbiased, honest platform that states JUST the facts. Subscribed., keep 'em coming!

[@hp2893]

Just stating the facts can still be very biased.

[@beachbum111111]

@@hp2893 it is seen that way when you live in partisan fantasy land

[@doradodude140]

Hi JJ, Family moved from Vancouver to SF BayArea many years ago. Hope you continue with Canadian politics. We never miss your show.

[@Learnabit]

Another great video as always JJ! I actually just made an animated video myself on how Canadian politics work on a very basic level in time for the election, and just wanted to say I really appreciate all the time and effort that you spend making all these great and informative videos on Canada for all of us!

[@kennethepps3425]

As much as I would personally like to see NDP be a real force in this election; I agree with your conclusion that things are unlikely to change much.

[@sleepyhead8681]

Same we can dream though. Justin is popular, NDP polices would help middle and lower class Canadian's far more.

[@kleedrac]

My only vague hope is that Mr. Singh's meme-ery (is that a word?!) will actually kick off a youth voting spree which could (in theory at least) swing more seats his way.

[@BlackGold-fc7tu]

The NDP would turn the country into the new Venezuela

[@blarbkanopcious4243]

@@BlackGold-fc7tu Are you insane?

[@FreeManFreeThought]

@@BlackGold-fc7tu Ummm... That was US meddling, mixed with decades of deep seated corruption, not political ideology. But you probably already know that and are just spouting bad faith BS as usual.

[@egbdf333]

"Wait what the fuck there's another election" -Confused Canadian

[@Darthoil]

Happens always when the party I power is a minority

[@tarcioleoterio8795]

Congrats, love the video!

[@noahsmith4505]

JJ I can't believe no one has mentioned you putting Thomas as one of "les chefs" for the BQ. Haha.

[@marc-andredeslauriers7687]

I laughed hard XD just before Le Bonhomme Carnaval XD

[@iamthinking2252_]

8:20 best possible BQ chef?

[@noahsmith4505]

@@iamthinking2252_ Pourquoi no?

[@republicrebellion4521]

Honestly the prospect of more JJ political content is the main reason I’m excited for this election.

[@MatthewFurtadoA]

I’d love to see a video or two about what the defining issues of this election will be. I don’t think that’s been well established yet other than pandemic recovery.

[@Bloodywasher]

Economy inflation

[@my3dviews]

Ballooning national debt. Your grand children will be paying interest on todays expenditures.

[@MsEDueck]

You're my favourite. I show many of your videos to my high school students (International and EAL students)

[@JawlineJim]

I gotta say, the 3d heads in the thumbnail lowkey look great

[@thomasianni4934]

To play devil’s advocate, you forgot to mention that despite O’Toole wanting to implement climate change resolutions into his platform, Conservative grassroots during their convention voted against it. As a voter, this raises questions whether their desires for climate change policies are legitimate. Just my 2 cents.

[@JJMcCullough]

O’Toole leads the party, not random yahoos who vote on party motions

[@mbogucki1]

@@jasongrundy1717 Except science conclusively showing climate change is real and artificially accelerated by human activity 👍

[@GenerationZ313]

@@mbogucki1 no kidding a billion creatures just died earlier this summet just because the temperature was so hot.

[@pambp5978]

@@JJMcCullough when those random Yahoo's are representative of 55% of the party it could get interesting..

[@mbogucki1]

@@LeylaDerben Then you have the social conservatism issues that makes it difficult to impossible for them to get elected in urban areas. 🤦🏽‍♂️ This party is stuck in the 60s.

[@nathanprindler]

Calling the PPC "far right." Definitely a centrist talking. :P Unfortunately J.J. is quite right about the pragmatism of conservatives. It's why we're in such a mess. We'll get our "NDP of the Right" yet. Purple wave, baby! ;)

[@brandonden795]

They are so pragmatic they're becoming Liberals, it's more of a purple puddle to be honest.

[@sahirde]

They are far right, I'm afraid. But it seems like you're directly working for them or have it in your interests to make them look good, so whatever

[@SuperKing604]

Ppc are quite nuts there attracting nutter candidates and maxime bernier seems to get more extreme every year. Setting all that aside this party is just a vanity project by maxime is smooth his hurt ego, thats not a party i can vote for.

[@DBlue78]

Everyone is “far right” to leftists.

[@luc_theriault]

@@SuperKing604 where is his extreme points??? Show me bud. Cause I read his whole platform and nothing on it was extreme

[@Chris-be5tr]

Keep us up to date JJ!!

[@Tenchinu]

Me: Ok. What will the algorithm recommend me today? KZbin: Exiting Canadian Elections!!! Me: Say no more

[@SomeCrusader]

Swear to God the only good recommendations KZbin's been giving me are from JJ

[@azscenes]

The way he said "around" at 11:17 was halarious 😂😂

[@KingSaheb0079]

Hey JJ, I'd love for a video breaking down all the major points each party will be campaigning for. What promises are they making? What demographics are they appealing to? How do these two things compare with the last election? It'd make voting a lot easier. Also, as a conservative yourself, I'd like to hear your opinions on splitting the conservative vote, what do you think about the western separatist party, and would you want that party to win hypothetically speaking? It'd also be interesting to hear what party you'd vote for assuming they'd definitely win. Considering some developments you mentioned in the video, I think a video about your personal opinions regarding the position of Indigenous Peoples in Canada would be cool. What is the root cause of their state in the nation today? Is this position exaggerated by the media? What is the solution? Are they actually afforded too many benefits in society if they choose to take advantage of all of them? Should we be proud to be Canadians? Are you proud? I think a video along this premise has the potential to be quite polarizing depending on what questions you pose and how you answer them which, of course, would generate more views. Another cool idea might be what you would do if you were head of the Conservative Party. Who knows, maybe that'll be the start of your platform for 2023, lol. I'd keep going but you only asked for four Saturdays. Hopefully you can get something out of these. I always think it's smart when creators ask for content from the audience. Makes life easier for them, maximizing profit with less effort. I'd assume coming up with ideas is one of the harder and more important parts of content creation. Not to mention it gives insight into the type of content the audience wants. Heh, you could even take none of the suggestions but we'd all assume whatever you made is what we asked for, increasing positive audience response to content. I wonder how much you think about these kinds of things being a creator yourself? Anyway, take it easy JJ.

[@TheEarthlyOdyssey]

Thank you for the video from your neighbor to the south. I love Canada. I can't wait to visit on a regular basis again.

[@Matzieu1]

I would hardly describe a party that calls Canada the world’s “first post national state” as seeming patriotic.

[@NOTLeavingLV]

I’d like to know (as a born in Canada person now living in Las Vegas) what the general was in allowing Canadian professional athletes (Montreal Canadiens) travel relatively easily while essentially keeping regular Canadians locked from that option. Why didn’t anyone see that as a double standard?

[@tuckerkrause5838]

Any body with a brain (so everybody outside of Vancouver and Toronto and Ottawa) did, but with the way the voting works doesn’t matter much

[@alexandredesbiens-brassard9109]

Honestly? Because that "double standards" most likely prevented a more widespread rebellion against the restrictions. The Montreal Canadiens have not reached the Stanley Cup finale since the 90s. If the federal government had stopped them from playing in Las Vegas, they would have been perceived as using the health measure to stop the Cup from finally coming back to Montreal (even though they had almost no chance). And that would most likely have turned a lot of Quebecers right off of health measure. Which would have pissed off the provincial government as well because they would have imterpreted it as the federal pissing on all their hard work. Remember how much trouble we had convincing religious hardliners to shut their doors and follow social distancing and lockdown provisions? Well, Hockey is a religion in Canada, including in Quebec. This small-scale exception was a very small price to pay to keep the popular opinion from turning against health guidelines.

[@SuperKing604]

A small number of people is more acceptable then a millions moving about. The players could all be flown together and quarantined. Health restrictions varied from area to area. International travel should have been more restricted.

[@SuperKing604]

@@tuckerkrause5838 really people in those areas don’t have brains? What fucking nonsense. Are you from one of the random empty spots on the map?

[@weamxplays9228]

PPC is actually blowing up the polls rn

[@bito2041]

Woah, they might get one whole seat!

[@ImGeenus]

Only thing PPC is doing is splitting conservative votes and helping the Liberals

[@trequor]

@@ImGeenus The Conservatives are literally indistinguishable from the Liberals at this point. O'Toole stands for nothing... he is but an empty shell pandering to the liberal voters.

[@trequor]

@@bito2041 It took the Green Party six elections to get a single seat. Doing it in two is quite the feat for a new party.

[@Politerotica]

@@trequor bc he isn't openly ignorant? That's why you don't like him?

[@Dear-_-Agony]

Just found you in trying to find out why they'd call an election at this time.. I will be following you and hope you'll cover the election. Thank you for aiding me in a little bit more understanding! Also, as a Southern Canadian I must say I've never actually heard so many "aboot's", "oot's" and "aroond's"! 😂

[@nealstephensonhiro72]

Perfectly reasonable to sit this one out JJ, considering voters will also be tuning out. Maybe a final roundup in the last days of the race

[@plagiarism3945]

I think maybe just quick shorts to summarize any important events would be nice.

[@thequietlumberjack2113]

It would be cool to see you go through the party’s you talked about on this video’s platform one beside each other.

[@PhuPhillipTrinh]

i love the graphics! subbed

[@ChillMonger]

I would like to see more election coverage. Even if its just an easy livestream after the debate. Doesn't got to be edited

[@catv4006]

This 100% we need a livestream chat post-debate! I'd tune in!

[@monkeytube138]

Damn, that was pretty bang on. I'm curious what you think of the actual in-depth platforms? The CPC and NDP at least have released some extensive and in-depth documents detailing their plans for Canada. The Libs... eh, not so much.

[@VexChoccyMilk]

Tax and spend (or spend and spend), while stamping out scandal after scandal with a sledgehammer.

[@TheChuckfuc]

That's why I'll never vote liberal. If I was to ever vote left. It would be the NDP for that exact reason. Some of those things I'd really like to see happen. Like clean water to northern communities and full investigation into the RES genocide.

[@jaynick7280]

@@TheChuckfuc that's pretty much why I vote NDP. I like the concept of more moderate leftism through the Liberal party, but when you break it down to specific policy comparisons, the NDP starts seeming a lot more palatable

[@moviemaestro800]

Probably why, with an election actually called, the Liberals quickly began slipping in the polls, allowing the Conservatives to take the lead. Odds are still high for a minority government at this point, though, and the Liberals clearly had better have an actual policy platform to advertise fast, if they want hope of their winning odds to come back to pre-election levels at all.

[@alexanderstark5192]

The libs are the only ones with a costed platform

[@TheTakenName]

Erin O'Toole: I am going to capitalize on Trudeau with my Conservative values! Maxime Bernier: I am going to see who will notice the real "Conservatives"!

[@SupportThe0ppositeNPC]

Cons are just as bad as the libtards. PPC is the only hope.

[@Hawkulous]

@@SupportThe0ppositeNPC yes

[@TheFallinhalo]

@@SupportThe0ppositeNPC Ahahaahahahahahaha that is a good joke..........you....youre serious about that arent you?

[@SupportThe0ppositeNPC]

@@TheFallinhalo do you think I'm joking? Take the red pill you sheeple and see the direction this country is going.

[@SupportThe0ppositeNPC]

@That HALO Dude I dont have Facebook you corporate cronie

[@ronaldralfbecerra2541]

Please I will be so happy to watch u so hope u you can update us with your analysis 🧐

[@schroederscurrentevents3844]

Jagmeet and Trudeau both sound like they’re in high school

[@my3dviews]

Trudeau sounds like he is high, in school. 😂

[@johncleese-mogg365]

I think a video on the Maverick party would be really interesting, even if it just turns out to be a passing fluke

[@SuperKing604]

If they get more like 1-2% of the vote in this election then maybe JJ can bother with that

[@namuzed]

I was surprised to find out Viva Frei was running in my riding. Was going to vote PPC anyway, but nice to also be able to support a KZbinr I like.

[@Spek601]

Great video! Would love to see more videos on the Canadian elections.

[@socialnerdia]

Wish had covered PPC for the policies

[@michaelraas8472]

I would love more JJ, have learned a lot about our country from you. Love the avatars / cartoons whatever you want to call them. :)

[@dana8208]

As someone who only started following you this year, I would be very interested in watching a weekly video on the current election events.

[@horsa4427]

Wow, great video. It's rare to see well made and informational content for Canadian politics. Glad to have found your channel.