The Canadian Social Contract Is Broken | Pierre Poilievre

[@gkopij]

I cry for Canada. It is unbelievable that such a rich country became so poor, ruined in such a short time. Yes, the social contract is broken.

[@joemclocklin8651]

You think his party cares about education?? Have you been living under an iceberg?

pierre will make the problem worse. he wants more indians in canada

[@Avi00124]

When does he say that

[@engrademafias]

Indians deserve to be in Canada just as much as any other race apart from the First nation, Inuit and Metis people of Canada

[@Troutman123]

​@@Avi00124he just spewing garbage like the libs do.

[@maggiemae4584]

I’m 59 and have been working for the same company for 21 years. I’ve never had to work two jobs until this year. It sucks.

[@dev4statingx90]

Who'd you vote for

[@ah6169]

If you need to work a second job after 21 years of a career, then you need to take accountability for making wrong choices for 2 decades rather than blame others

[@phillysteaks42]

❤

[@johnboybarr1332]

​@@ah6169 tell me you still live at home with your parents... without telling me you still live at home with your parents

[@dragoshcioncu1]

Hang in there King…59 years old..you should be retired man…but I guess that’s what we do…what needs to be done….

[@Shwexx]

"They don’t see a light at the end of the tunnel.” That is quite literally the entire problem summed up. There’s no motivation other than do this or you won’t survive.

[@johnr.1592]

This video is full of cherry picked data. "I grew up in exactly the era of the most highly government subsidized post secondary education- 1981, there's never been a cheaper time to go to UofA. Something something something, big Government Tyranny and freedom from high taxes something something."

[@SmethwickCouncilmanBint]

Yeah if it gets much worse I am going full Mad Max

[@SmethwickCouncilmanBint]

​@@johnr.1592 Cherry picked data but its exactly my life and the life of everyone I know

[@SpittingVillage]

And what exactly do you you think this guy has planned to reverse that?

[@j0ndav1s]

Your motivation begs for change at intersections, a constant reminder of what could be.

[@dl2465]

If we are going by 1982 standards, middle class would start at $172,000 a year in Canada

[@Jam-x9z]

Canada was rich

[@ThomasKane424]

For household income? That’s not too bad that’s like 85k a year for each parent

[@dharatshah]

@@ThomasKane424it’s the “starting” not mid point!

[@dl2465]

@ its really bad actually. Considering the average household earnings in Canada are $61,000 a year

[@NoPe-n1j]

​@@ThomasKane424you're quite slow...

[@mark0bravo]

I’m 41. By the grace of God I was given an early inheritance that allowed me to buy a house 10 years ago. I have 4 kids. I don’t think any of them have a hope in hell of owning a home, unless they all become doctors or move to the states. This is not the same country I grew up in.

[@Rl55322]

Good luck finding good houses in the states either, anyone not making six figures will never afford it. The American dream is dead for almost everyone of the new generation Edit: six figures isn’t even enough btw. Just the bare minimum requirement

[@amir9-p7d]

@@Rl55322in a big city yes houses are unaffordable but there is many states you can still buy decent homes for under $250k much better then Canada

[@Rl55322]

@ yeah but you gotta get pretty dang rural or move to a completely new state and start over. One or both of those aren’t options for most people. Like my childhood home was bought for like 200k in 2003ish and it’s over half a million now, and I grew up in a suburb of a small town in Wisconsin. And it’s not a big house or anything

[@retrorewind6042]

@@Rl55322i live in a medium sized town an hour from DC and a small-medium sized house is still quite affordable here

[@UFO911full]

@@amir9-p7d im just gonna cover this right now. Living in rural areas is NOT optimal for students and young adults. Most who dont own vehicles and cant use buses because the bus system ONLY operates near the city. I currently live a 15 min drive away from one of the largest cities in Canada and there are literally 2 busses that pass. One stays in the town and the one that goes to the large city passes once every hour. Rural living is not optimal for the needs of students

[@remaguire]

I was the same as Jordan. My summer job paid for my college tuition, room, and board. The fact that my tuition was $650 a year back in 1973 might have had something to do with that! Decent school too. SUNY at Albany, NY.

[@Theseasonedloser]

$21,000 now

[@ricoswuave1734]

Funny how my dad went there as well. It’s a small world :)

[@seabass22]

When did the government start giving out student loans to any and everyone?

[@leofortey7561]

​@@seabass22indeed. Available guaranteed loans helped slide tuition higher and higher since students weren't paying it at that moment... Only for the next 15 years.

[@mrt2215]

Wow that would have been nice to have

[@T-Ball-o]

Weak purchasing power because of government spending

[@sheldonhagerman6324]

And unfettered immigration

[@brarautorepairs]

​@@sheldonhagerman6324immigration is the only reason the economy isn't in worse shape.

[@Rappoltt]

It's not just government spending. Corporations have been engineering low-value wages by exporting labor, then using that low wage as a reference to pay EVERY position poorly. If you're "ten times as skilled" as a job that costs $1/hr to pay, you only get $10/hr. It doesn't matter if you're the only person in the country that could do it, the reference point is the floor.

[@pawel3241]

​@Rappoltt governments can control wage. High paying wages doesn't work for every business. So it destroys competition and gives mega corps all the power. Everything starts at government level.

[@Rappoltt]

@@pawel3241 Government setting a minimum wage does nothing except incentivize exporting labor and give companies an excuse to raise profit margins.

[@onlyallegra]

This is exactly what young people need to hear and why they are so despondent. I am not Canadian but much of what I went through in the United States was basically the same thing. Gen X was the last generation that was respected for going to college. Gen Y and Gen Alpha are basically being treated like Millennials like myself except a bit worse in some ways. I was in college when Obama was president and the housing market and economy crashed. One year of college wgere I attended was the price of a brand new car. People ripped into us calling us lazy, losers that didn't want to leave our parents basements. No one cared about the economy. They held us to the same standards of previous generations that didn't have to complete with ATS tracking systems to get a job. You could walk into a building and just give them your resume with a real possibility of getting an interview. The media made a fortune tearing Millennials apart and bashing us in the media all across the western world. And it didn't stop there. Everywhere you went, people were talking down to Millennials and criticizing them online. I even had a random boomer online call me a failure because I couldn't find gainful employment after graduation. And you would think it would stop there. At my current hob, my baby boomer coworkers used to complain about their Millennial children and people they had issues with almost every time I was in the lunch room. The older generation had people that retired early, so they could move up the ladder faster. I had some who was supposed to retire and then I was there to take over. They just retired last month six years later. GenX barely gets to management as fast either because there are so many boomers working past retirement requirements. I was raised just like my GenX sibling, but I wasn't old enough to move ahead as fast. That is what young people are so angry about. No one acknowledges what happened to us. Rhis video may seem small, but I am sure it means something to young people. When the Great Depression happened, the media was honest and people helped each other instead of looking down on those who couldn't get ahead. I wonder if that's why so many young people in America are becoming violent. They saw how Millennials were treated until there was a bew generation to crap on. They also see that Millennials at least had a world before Columbine and had some times of peace. Young people today are fighting to be seen and listed to the way Fred Rogers used to. It's amazing what happens to people not just when you listen to them but when they feel fully heard. I think that is part of why Trump won. He actually listened to people. I even had a state senator respond to a random comment I made on a Trump video and got a response that they are going to talk about it. Basically, I complained that I have no idea what half of the politicians in the small elections do. No primary election tells us what a specific judge, senator, or any other role does. Rhey just run saying they have more character and care more about the issue than their opponent does. I don't understand why they don't spell out what the role is and gow it plays a part in each role of the government. Apart from the president and mayor, I am not so motivated to do extra work on candidates to see who in each party would be the best if they are under the same political side. Why don't politicians tell us what their job actually entails might me something you hear about when people run for future election. Who knew that even a state senator would listen to me on KZbin? Kamala and Biden did squat for their party. I am just an American far removed from Canada and their political field. But I believe this message matters and probably means something to young people to be validated in ways most people are not acknowledging. It probably means something to them, even if they never communicate it.

[@minnowes]

Good comment but one correction: millennials are Gen Y.

[@onlyallegra]

@minnowes Not once have I ever heard that in my region. Perhaps it's a regional thing like soda, pop, or coke.

[@jg4624]

Brilliant comment

[@minnowes]

@@onlyallegra No. Just look it up.

[@lisaloewen4246]

I am a Canadian, I just read your comment here, and agree with what you said. I work with young people who work their butt off just to survive! And still fearing loads of debt to continue their studies! But nobody seems to listen to them, nobody hears them. This guy understands and I'm sure it means a lot to young people, even myself, I'm struggling with long days at work just to keep afloat

[@Spubaru4U]

They’re never going to afford a down payment on a house either.

[@anonymous.anonymity.]

If you think this bloke will change the structure of the 9-5, you are dreaming.

[@ryantogo8359]

​@@anonymous.anonymity.Trudeau is a commie.

[@adamsteele6148]

​@@anonymous.anonymity.they're all dreaming. In fact they want the government to control the economy. They are closet commies

[@Troutman123]

​@anonymous.anonymity. What are you talking about. Try and keep up eh!.

[@caralho5237]

​@@anonymous.anonymity.Changing it is very easy. You just need to cut down on government spending, stop the orinters and let people recover. In a few months everything will be back to normal Its what Milei did.

[@NoobZxReviewZ]

Brings me to tears some days. Worked every day of my life since I was 16 based on the premise that I’d save enough for a house and *comfortable* living. 10 years later and I’m barely ahead of where I was and am working three jobs just to succeed. While I never hold a grudge against older generations for having simpler times, I can’t help but appreciate leaders like Poilievre for acknowledging how different it is for this generation

[@Cool_Beans-f5d]

Try one good job. Instead of 3 shitty job. That’s what people don’t understand you make crap pay your not going to succeed if you had a hard work attitude you could’ve got a good job in school and lived comfortably.

[@JamesRoundy]

​@Cool_Beans-f5d IT doesn't help when groceries are up 120% and housing is more than 200 percent what it used to be. My grandfather worked a 9-5 factory job and bought a farm and 2 cars AND sent his kids to school. The cold hard truth is not everyone can be a doctor or an engineer. We have so many jobs that need to be filled that simply cannot survive on a 40k salary comfortably.

[@retrorewind6042]

@@Cool_Beans-f5dif it was that easy people wouldnt need to find 3 jobs lol. What an ignorant statement. Also what is „good“ now? I make above the average yearly income and im still getting screwed here in the US, and on top of that my job doesnt help with health insurence, but the almost 2k a month i pay in taxes doesnt include that somehow

[@Cool_Beans-f5d]

@ it is easy. People just don’t try or are too stupid to achieve there is few reasons that actually bar you from being able to live comfortably. People just choose not to. I, doing the same right now. I took school as a joke screwed my shot at uni. And thankfully made it into a college. This is life I’ll live with the consequences of that. I’f you worked harder made better decisions you could’ve been substantially better off in life. It sucks to hear but it’s the truth..

[@Cool_Beans-f5d]

@ while that’s true you absolutely cannot have 100 percent of the workforce doing one job. You don’t have to worry about that most people don’t have the drive to do better jobs. Most people will settle with a bad pay check. I’m saying complaining about it is pointless because in most cases you could’ve 100 percent avoided what your complaining about.

[@oreokush5393]

I work 7 days a week.....2 jobs..+university all of 2024. I work 80+hours a week.

[@dixonyaarmouf4630]

Keep going 🏆 and keep digging, you will undoubtedly be a success! Did 80 hours for 5.5 years at a stage in life, it will almost break you but nothing will afterwards. Take a year off and travel if you can as a goal, you will need to recover before your bigger plan

[@ramseyshehadeh2914]

@@dixonyaarmouf4630that’s great advice.

[@jacksonmaxwell7502]

Good for you. Finally someone who knows what life is about. 👍👍👍

[@Elonmftusk]

⁠​⁠@@jacksonmaxwell7502 I understand you’re just rage baiting but I’ll bite. People like you think everyone should just shut up and work harder and they will get theirs in time. You did it. Why can’t everyone else? This worthless generation doesn’t know what it’s like to work hard! The difference lies in the fact that you did it and then were able to afford to live. You could buy a house, a car, maybe even support a family. Minimum wage today doesn’t cover the bare minimum of what it takes to SURVIVE. As a matter of fact in most places, you can’t survive with 2X minimum wage. Go ahead and check my math. Even cherry pick numbers from sources you like. You’ll see what I mean. Or maybe you won’t and you’ll just brush this off as nothing and say I’m lazy. Now this of course doesn’t matter to a lot of people. They don’t have to try to survive on minimum wage. But what does it mean for the kid just entering the workforce? Well, it means they quite literally cannot survive on one salary. This is what life is about? Indentured servitude? Don’t even try to say it’s always been this way, it’s laughable.

[@pranadsharma6668]

Keep it up! Smooth Seas NEVER make Good Sailors!!

[@Icecold0505]

44 and still work two jobs. Canada is ridiculous unless you are rich, or a refugee collecting insane government benefits.

[@Shurehlm]

It's the same as it has always been. Ruined in the 1980s by the Conservatives under Mulroney.

[@doogleticker5183]

@@Shurehlm - No. You are completely brainwashed. Learn history! You have to look back further in time to find when the big government started, eventually leading to the bad habit of deficit spending. Pierre Elliot Trudeau really kicked off the growth of the national debt. At this point, and for many decades, it isn't about the political party; they all cannot seem to cut federal spending enough for long enough. The last time the Federal budget was balanced was under PM Turner in 2001. He became very unpopular for trying to pay down the national debt. Canadians don't understand why they pay increasing taxes for decreasing services. Moreover, political or macroeconomics courses are not offered in high school. They don't know how to vote, so they vote for false promises. Peterson is not an expert in this material, and neither are any politicians from any of the political parties. Imagine if you had your mortgage paid off, your car paid off, the inflation rate was low, your salary kept up with it, and you had a decent salary to begin with. You'd be free to do all sorts of things. That is the best place for any government to be. Lower taxes and free choice of sustainable services for the citizens. Unobtainium? Probably. But paying down the debt in good years and only running a deficit of the inflation rate, meaning the true value of the debt does not increase, is possible. It is the only sustainable financial future. The outgoing autocratic drama queen had no clue about macroeconomics or geopolitics. He ran nine consecutive years of huge deficits, and his lasting legacy (other than the word "peoplekind" and being a liar, criminal, and clown) is that he will leave office with higher taxes on the top earners who create jobs, increased taxes on the middle class, a record of unprecedented federal government spending, and a mountain of national debt. Polievre probably doesn't understand macroeconomics in detail, either. But perhaps he will bring in the competent expertise necessary in his Federal Cabinet, rather than Justin Trudeau's (because it's 2015!) 50% male/female and DEI appointments of unqualified MPs as Cabinet members.

[@benygames7399]

@@Shurehlmyup there is definitely no real data and trends and statistics that show it only doing that since Trudeau 😂 the brainlessness is hilarious

[@jabom99]

@@Shurehlm It's a good point you bring up. This nonsense has been happening for a long time. Mulroney was a fake conservative with few principles.

[@zeerakshow]

92 years old here…I attended three top universities in the States, and never had to do what the kids are doing today just to get through school. The contract has been broken for a while now…

[@electricman68]

What is a 92 year old doing on KZbin?

[@zeerakshow]

@ counting time

[@Tidbitkid]

​@@zeerakshowFaster than reality?

[@daltonevans3412]

​@@electricman68oh i'm sorry, i wasn't aware youtube updated theor terms of services to state that 92 year olds are banished from youtube. The fuck kind of question was that lol.

[@sofarsohi]

@@zeerakshowlovely mate

[@HalJordan0]

I'm a university student. I'm 25 now, I moved out of my parents' house when I turned 18 which taught me just how tough Canada's economy really is because to pay my tuition I've had to work 2 jobs, often having to work 7 days a week, sometimes 14 hours a day, I even have to work on public holidays, this year I couldn't even visit my mom for the holidays because I had to work. I work as both an independent snow remover in the winter and a lawn mower in the summer, I'm also a volunteer at my local soup kitchen, and I still go to school and take a full course load on top of all that. Many older people bitch and moan constantly about how the youth these days have things "easy" and they think they had things so bad when they were young, if I had a dollar for every time I've heard them say when they were my age they owned their own house, I could go to The Keg and buy myself a very nice steak dinner at the very least. I often have to remind them that "back in their day" as they always put it, their responsibilities included waking up on time, and getting on the TTC to commute to campus. That was the end of their responsibilities each day when they were my age. They really didn't have that hard a life compared to many of the youth these days, who have to work 2 jobs, can barely pay their rent, got a car that barely runs with a stack full of parking tickets if they can even afford a car at all, and who still go to school and take a full course load. Also houses cost like 6 grand back then while these days they cost millions of dollars if you want to live in a nice neighbourhood with good schools and not in some trap house in the ghetto that's falling apart by the minute.

[@davidcampbell6104]

Older people, in general and with some exceptions, had it economically WAY easier than young people do today. No comparison. Ignore them, if you can…they will be gone soon. Much respect to you.

[@skaarlet1449]

Wow, harsh much? Maybe how about reviewing WHY they had it easier compared to why youth of today don’t. Sheesh. I guess you think the youth of today deserve to suffer? To not have any light at the end of the tunnel as Dr Peterson puts it? Instead, you tell this person, ‘It sucks, eh? But forget about trying to make changes in the country to make things better, like they used to be, eh? Those old people you can learn from will be dead soon, eh. Forget about their wisdom, eh. This is the new communist/socialist Canada, eh!’

[@davidcampbell6104]

@@skaarlet1449 You’ve completely misunderstood my meaning- I’m VERY sympathetic to this person’s plight. I’m telling them not to listen to older people saying they are lazy etc.

[@lisaclark6134]

I am a 70 year old grandmother, who was a single mom from age 30. Never owned my own home, worked my ass off at 2 sometimes 3 jobs to make ends meet. I was not unique. It is a huge misconception by young people today, that all boomers lived on easy street. Only those with Union jobs, or professional incomes could easily have a great lifestyle and own their own homes. If they were lucky, they had parents that could help them out. My point is, not all older people had it easy. Many of us have paid our dues, and then some. Not everyone my age, had it easy.

[@davidcampbell6104]

@ Not easy- but generationally, EASIER. The statistics are there.

[@landsurfer66]

Trudeau's Canada. Thank a liberal.

[@slandry4664]

Keep that AMERICAN way of thinking out of Canada. It doesn't matter who's in charge it's always the same. Don't be such a propaganda puppet.

[@ausername7753]

It is so bizarre to me because traditionally liberals around the world often pride themselves on aid towards the working class. These recent years all the liberal party seem to care about is giving money to drug addicts, immigrants and social relief grifters. Nothing towards infrastructure or tax relief. They've completely lost the plot (and most of their voters lmao)

[@nategin9009]

Watch nothing change under Pierre. I'll save this video to come back to say I told ya so

[@3cheese711]

​@nategin9009 notice how when one party knows they'll lose the next election that they try and increase the debt before they lose. They do this so they can blame the next party in power. Keep that in mind for when you come back. Anyways all we can do is hope for a better Canada to come.

[@yaboishrub3916]

​@@nategin9009yeah, because he will be spending the whole time fixing Trudeau's poor leadership decisions. 😂

[@tylere37]

35 year old American here who is just about fed up with trying. My dad was able to support a family of 4 on a low wage job while my mother stayed home. I’m single, I make more money than my dad did and I’m barely making it. I want to run away to Alaska and live off grid.

[@robertparobechek6580]

I'm hearing Alaska has a corrupt government also. Seems under-rated places like Montana and Idaho might work better.... and personally, given I am near Cleveland.... I am on the opposite side of the continent. If you want remote West Virginia does not sound too bad.... beyond remote... whole state literally is a mountain.

[@tylere37]

@@robertparobechek6580 really? I haven’t heard of that problem in Alaska but it wouldn’t surprise me. I’ll have to do some more research. It’ll be a few years before I disappear into the mountains. I’m getting my pilots license then I’ll be off!

[@robbiekavanagh2802]

I'm not in Canada, but i can barely afford 4 months' rent/food with 4 month's work. It's disgust that I feel towards previous generations and current leadership for the world we've been granted. Pure disgust.

[@MasalachaiPJ]

What could they have done differently, you are alive now. Are you able to change anything. The world before was black plague, world wars, imperialism. You have none of that and you still can’t change the world. Don’t throw stones living in a glass house.

[@danielandfrancineturner669]

Homes cost 70,000 in 1983. The jobs were 18 to 25 dollars per hour. Now the homes are 450,000 and wages have barely moved. That's what's really going on

[@The_Gallowglass]

What jobs were $18-25/hr in 83?

[@NoPe-n1j]

​@@The_Gallowglasstoo many to list, median family income was ~60k based on 2005 constant dollars ffs. Google is free airhead.

[@dscott6616]

Homes where I live in Canada start at $950k & up

[@bradyoung5543]

There was a deliberate effort between governments and the bank of Canada to suppress Canadian wages

[@ada7079]

The townhouse across the street from where I'm renting is 790,000. There's garbage all over the ground here and the neighbourhood is brand new and still under development. It's a joke like why would I pay that much to live HERE???

[@BartendingAndBaseball]

I’m a bartender in seminary right now in the US. I’m glad that these gentlemen see the issue, but my concern is whether or not a fix to this issue even exists. I haven’t heard a solution yet and it frightens me.

[@am3thysts]

Well, few solutions can be offered by people that can’t fix it. It’s mainly a government issue. Genuinely, the government is too involved. Too much spending in other nations when not increasing goods and labor, and money printing has devalued the dollar. Wildly increased immigration means a devalued labor cost. So the government is spending more money than we have, allowing labor to cost more and widening without deepening the pay pool, and increasing the cost of living as the dollars you just got paid now has less value, and your boss isn’t able to pay you more. And, colleges require more hoops to jump through, more credits to earn, and more sideline unrelated courses to take for the same degrees from a decade ago. My parents were horrified to see the kinds of classes my brother and I were required to take for our degrees. More classes to pay for, more money colleges squeeze out of students while acting more prestigious, and student loans have become much steeper and financial literacy has stooped… one giant nasty mess.

[@armstyle15]

If you’re not listening you’ll never hear one… Argentinas completely turned around for one

[@andrewandres148]

"Ax the Carbon Tax" is a line I hear from Pierre .. Many other things... I listened to a podcast where he is interviewed by Jordan Peterson... He goes into more detail.... It probably on KZbin now..

[@exchangeofwisdom8475]

​@armstyle15 wow really?

[@Tammy-wu1xb]

One of the most valuable lessons that parents and schools can impart to children is the importance of saving (it’s a skill) and understanding that true fulfillment comes from experiences rather than material possessions.

[@KethosViewpoints]

Not to say that Harper was perfect..but if his trajectory has held, we would have survived COVID economics and thrived afterwards. So brutal.

[@alexanderforbes1452]

For real, he held us through the housing collapse in the US, I can't imagine how different things would be if he was never voted out. It's genuinely upsetting to contemplate. Frankly, people got too used to things working reasonably well and became complacent, they forgot that it worked as well as it did because of the people running things, not because things just tend to work out.

[@johnsmithers8913]

Funny, I heard Harper give a long interview on a podcast after he left politics. He sounded very similar to what we see here with PP. This makes me wonder whether being in politics changes people or if everything is completely distorted by the MSM...I suspect the latter.

[@David-bh1rn]

If harper was destined to lose in 2015 I wish layton survived long enough since he seemed like a more genuine person than trudeau and back then the ndp were the official opposition. The liberals only won because they had the son of a famous pm, not based on their policies.

[@matthewbradshaw1740]

Don't get me wrong I have never supported JT, this has been the worst government ever, but the NDP with or without Layton would be just as bad. Maybe not as much corruption but still way to much spending and useless government programs. Every time government hands out money they are collecting more than what is distributed. That's why cost of living keeps going up so fast. ​@@David-bh1rn

[@slandry4664]

What's your background in economics that makes you qualified to say that ?

[@fuguestatetoo6789]

when i got my own place about 8 years ago, each utility was $30-50 a month. now water is $100, electric is $100, and my gas in winter is about $80

[@variobro5922]

I’m an American but in 2016 I started an auto repair shop, in 4 years I was able to buy a house and my shops property and have money in the bank, not knowing how good I had it….during Biden 4 years I’m now living every month in the edge of bankruptcy, credit cards maxed out, etc. I’ve also never been busier cause so many shops have gone under…we got through covid only for inflation to destroy us. Never did I think I’d be working twice as hard and basically living paycheck to paycheck. My field destroys your body but can pay well, now it just destroys my body. I’m one slow month away from losing everything….and I think that was the point of covid lockdowns…to destroy small business and increase government dependency.

[@bveracka]

You have nothing but respect from me for your hard work. My family owns a small business and we've been lucky that it's been successful - and covid made us some good money - but now inflation is destroying those gains. God forbid any of us get sick or hurt! We have no breathing room whatsoever. Meanwhile we get nothing but empty promises from the gov't. I put my money in savings over the years because I thought it was smart. *It has devalued by 30% since 2017* and shows no sign of stopping. Thousands of dollars...evaporated. You know things are bad when you can't even save money anymore. As for the lockdowns, there's no way to be sure what _really_ happened, but we know the results; poverty and debt up to our eyeballs. Credit card debt has soared over the last couple of years. Sorry you've fallen on tough times. We're all feeling it - I know I am. I wish you the best.

[@variobro5922]

@@bveracka Thank you and I wish you luck

[@Frosty-py9jp]

You think it’s Biden’s fault? Funny how the federal reserve, who operates independently of the president controls inflation rates, yet you like to make it political. Plus, you think the tariff guy will lower inflation? Do you know what a tariff is?

[@NivekS-1224]

I feel for you brother. I have a local service based business and have had the similar swings and cycles that have matched what you wrote. It's not fun. I won't give up, though.

[@sophmooreswimmer]

Increase *corporate dependency. Ftfy.

[@jessica502]

Thank you for the recognition.. I work 2 jobs and at one point also had a full time graduate course load on top of that. I still don’t have a home. Housing affordability is insane & I’m exhausted

[@slandry4664]

Hes a scummy car salesman, don't believe a word he says. Listen to the actions he takes. Thats a way better indicator of his motives. He literally doesn't care about you, his team just told him to say this to appeal to you, so you vote for him. Actions speak louder than propaganda

[@jessica502]

@ I’m actually American; I just relate to what was being said. Idk the details of Canadian politics.

[@TimBitts649]

Justin's dad Pierre believed in multiculturalism. I lived in Vancouver in the 1970s. It was possible for a working class couple to buy a home then. I remember a waitress married to a concrete worker, both from Greece, limited education. They could afford a nice house in Kitsilano. Their grandchildren are university educated, can barely afford rent. Progress? No. If not handled properly, mass immigration broke the intergenerational contract in Canada. But to be clear: some won. The upper 20% of income earners mostly won, while the bottom 80% lost. Guess who makes all the rules? The upper class. People with money. They are immune to the problems they create. It's surprising how naive we are, thinking we can change things, everything will work out, be for the better. Most problems are unintended and unanticipated. It was a Golden Time, the 1970s. But as Joni Mitchell sang, "Pave Paradise, put up a Parking lot....don't it always seem to go. But you don't know what you got, till it's gone."

[@sophielizotte1503]

As i see it, most of the population will always be losers. But i’d still like to be able to afford a house, like it was possible before even without earning big bucks. My grandfather had 4 kids and a stay at home grandma, and he could afford food and a house. I’m young, i didn’t do college or university, i work full time 45 hours a week and i’m scared something will break on my car because then, I’ll have to be even more careful of my grocery bill. Sure, i don’t work the most glorious job being minimum wage, but still, i wasn’t ready for that.

[@lisaclark6134]

Daddy Trudeau passed the multiculturalism law in Canada. Apple didn't fall far from the tree!! They're both responsible for the destruction of Canada.

[@SallyMelocot]

We just want decency back , proper manners , security, well paid jobs , freedom

[@user-fp2ei6wg7l]

And no more👳🏿‍♂️

[@genephillips4809]

@@user-fp2ei6wg7lthey're the ones getting the houses oddly enough

[@Great1.24]

I work 50 hours a week and am taking 2/3 classes for university (for tech). I’ve also already finished business school and I still hear economically privileged and inept older generational folk talk with gusto about how it’s not that hard right now. Currently 29 years old (btw)

[@MacEwanMouse]

I think a lot of that has to do with intelligence though, I work like 6 hours a day and make 6 figures. Work smarter, not harder.

[@ArtsyMegz_On_Etsy]

Oh I know. Unfortunately I have an elderly family member who always thinks that they worked harder than I worked in any one of my jobs (they hadn't had a job in about 40 years by the way, and just started doing volunteer work for about 12 hours a week, at their seniors living apartment, where they get to sit at a desk; while I continuously did physically demanding labor (rushing around on panic mode, preparing food at restaurants, or in a bakery, and then working at a hotel as a buffet attendant (which wouldn't have been very hard if they didn't put me there by myself all day; even then, I probably could have pushed through it better if they didn't put a second job position on my shoulders (where I had to do janitor work in all of the common areas of the hotel, including vacuuming all of the stairs (there were two sets of stairs, one at each end of the hotel, of which went up 4 floors). But no, according to my family member, I must just be lazy for complaining about my job, and for being tired or burned out. It amazes me how quick people are to judge when they only know literally a few sentences of information, when it only scratches the surface of the other 90% of details that weren't mentioned (because listing off my entire list of tasks to people would probably come off as me being self-righteous, and so I would just tell them my job title and say that I also cleaned the common areas of the hotel. When put into 2 sentences, it's short and sweet, which also tends to make the job sound like it's short and sweet and simple. I find that with most things though. You summarize an entire scenerio in one or two sentences, it tends to make it sound short and simple; and it only seems to be when I describe the details that people step back and go, "Oh wow! You've been through a lot". I believe elderly people when they said that they worked hard, but I don't think that they have a right to compare, especially if they don't know, or maybe aren't even able to fully comprehend the details that you tell them (because the aging mind just tends to not process information as quickly (and sometimes not as completely) as when they were younger, and perhaps had a better memory and were better able to visualize and imagine being in a scenerio (actually seeing it in their minds, and going through the emotions of what it must feel like for another person to go through a particular situation). So it makes it difficult to communicate.

[@MacEwanMouse]

@@ArtsyMegz_On_Etsy Guess who's not reading all of that.

[@kirk.w.mclaren]

I did the same thing and it worked out fantastically. But it wasn't worked out at 29 it takes more than that

[@Steve-318]

@@ArtsyMegz_On_Etsy😢

[@Oliver.2611]

Thanks for praising us 😊

[@sudhirpatel7620]

"They don't see the light at the end of the tunnel." 😔

[@sanewtech]

There is no American Dream left. We’re all working 70-80 hour weeks, and some of us are just surviving off of prayers.

[@johnsmelgolk8017]

He’s what Canada needs, undoubtedly.

[@yeow23]

False hope

[@primestopper132]

@@yeow23well who else can we vote for?

[@yeow23]

@@primestopper132 you can vote for the party that the media, and the KZbin algorithm ignore. And, you can just accept that Canada is going to get alot worse before things get better, because that's what will happen when the CPC takes over, and doesn't reverse JTs mass immigration plan.

[@primestopper132]

@@yeow23 what party is that? Also the Conservatives will reverse every damaging thing done by the liberals.. Maybe not within the first year, but it will get better. They have a good plan

[@crystalsouljourney3215]

ridiculous!

[@brandonrobertson4413]

Some of us have never stopped working

[@Thunderroad8517]

Even through Covid !!!!

[@ryankarwaski9402]

Thats very true I worked 4 months summer job and I didnt have to work while I was in school. Thats impossible now, or nearly impossible.

[@minnowes]

That must have been in the 90s, because for me working and going to school in the mid-2000s was exactly the same as today.

[@altshift6072]

Canada is not alone, US, UK, EU, Aus, China, India, NZ all of them. Corporations, politicians and deregulations are responsible.

[@thomothomo1078]

We have ended up like indentured labourers for the banks.

[@yaboyashton1426]

No, regulation and taxation and unchecked government spending is the problem.

[@CTKearns]

​@@thomothomo1078Getting warmer

[@altshift6072]

@ no, regulation protects consumers, we need more taxation for the rich, gov spending creates jobs, infra and gdp

[@yaboyashton1426]

@altshift6072 no, taxation of the rich only hurts consumers. Basic concept of economics all taxation of the rich only raises prices. The rich are greedy if you tax them more they charge more. The rich don't like it, we don't like it. The only entity that benefits is the government.

[@theryman4124]

They work 3 or even 4 jobs and “side hustles” just to survive. 1 regular job at a gas station used to be enough to support a small family. Our country and by extension the world is in a very bad state. We think we’re better off than back in the day because we have iPhones and flat screen tvs but when 30 year olds are still living with their parents and they work full time high earning jobs you know something isn’t right. Bring it home Pierre

[@brandonsullivan1095]

GLAD CANADA came around and brought back there homage. God Bless You Jordan

[@missemilyelizabeth5494]

Before I moved from Toronto to a small town to be close to my fiancee's military base, I was working on average, 78 hours a week. One week, I worked 110 hours. Still broke. Can't afford to get married. Can't afford to start a family.

[@lacek8025]

Truly terrifying how much it takes to break even anymore

[@bobrosssquirrel8725]

Not just college kids. Everyone is feeling this. I work 2 jobs now and have been in the trades for 9 years straight out of high school.

[@NigelDeForrest-Pearce-cv6ek]

Brilliant Ins Insights!!!

[@Northernyoutuber]

I'm an equipment mechanic, making dam good money, wifey is in the trades to and she makes good money as well and I still have to work a 2nd PT job so we can keep living and not fall behind. We keep our life as simple as possible. It's wild how expensive life got in 9 years of Trudeau.

[@devo3243]

Im a heavy equipment/road transport mechanic in Australia. We earn very well. Its only because of that i can afford to even live near a city. Everyone else my age (27) is either with family, housemates or married and both working. It's almost impossible for one sole person to survive here anymore

[@williamdunmire6392]

This was a great episode

[@DaggerSandwich]

Shit is way different than it was 20 years ago. Not only has everything increased in price but with nearly everything is digital and technology dependent. You can barely do anything without a smartphone or internet these days. It’s asinine

[@HangNguyen-fg5ul]

Very true, I'm working with many of post secondary students. They are exhausted mentally and physically, still not making enough to cover living expenses. Some drop out of school because they're not afforded it, so sad.

[@minnowes]

I did the same in the mid-2000s. I had no financial support from anyone. As a result, after 3 years I burned out and was bedridden for months.

[@MrAtrice]

I've looked at going back to school is cannot see how i can afford to lose 4 years of my salary of 67k a year cause im barelly making it... wife wants to go on a 6k vacation son with the kids.... thinking of going back fifo cannot afford shit

[@minnowes]

@MrAtrice Few programs would be worth it. Try a short program, definitely stay away from University

[@wjleahy5213]

Pay tuition and a year’s rent in four months? I’m around the same age as JP 4 months of work wouldn’t even come close to covering university and a year’s worth of rent. So ridiculous.

[@cripknuckles9112]

Barely covers rent and food. Student loans are a necessity.

[@Probably_tryna_sleep]

As an American, if you Canadians don’t want the good Mr. Pierre, Please let us have him here in the US, he’s a fucking champion of the working class, and he defends the regular citizen with such a sharp wit and tongue… That man is a legend

[@JessicaAnacelto]

As a Camadian!-- we need him our we're doomed!!

[@christophersanchez5317]

As a canadian PLZZZ take him! this guy was a horrible housing minister and is gonna be an Even worse PM

[@vitaluka]

No he's ours. We can give you Trudeau though.

[@kkokay4]

NO! You have trump and elon and vivek. Youre good. We need him here or we are fucked. Literally if he doesnt win me and my gf are gonna move to spain. We've already been looking. There will be no future in canada if he does not win

[@Muskiehunter92]

@@christophersanchez5317 Ladies and Gentlemen, This is the reason why Canada is F'ked. We have an intelligent person that is willing to give it his best shot at making some changes for the better, and we have morons like this that would rather sit and fester in our current filth. He is the best candidate I have seen in some time and the fact that we still have so many delusional citizens is worrying. Maybe he doesn't fix anything... but good lord we all know he can't do any worse. I wouldn't trust the people we have right now to run a convenient store let alone the country... Poilievre is our best option by FAR... and I mean by FAAAAR. Its a real shame we still have so many morons in the country that just cannot get over party politics. You could have Jesus christ run for the conservatives and these nutbags would say he is satan and wants to harm the country. The media wields so much power its scary. If Poilievre actually had the media on his side or even just reporting honestly, he would win the largest majority in history. The fact that he is leading as much as he is with the legacy media against him just shows how much he is resonating with people.

[@martink.6218]

Well articulated.

[@j.a.0088]

I am in UK , just for comparison , looks like it's same everywhere. I burned out when studying. Just work , study and deadlines and more work . That's no life. I needed medical attention and long time to recover . Lock down during covid and staying in was saving grace for me .

[@karmapolice6597]

I’m 35. I work almost every single weekend and full time hours just to get by, I live a minimal life, no kids no wife. This isn’t the dream I was sold when I was younger. I’m also in trades so I’m not lazy…

[@Fred-sy5sg]

These are the same young people that voted for Trudeau twice

[@dankeck9849]

These are the same old people who allowed women to vote. Remind me how do women overwhelmingly vote?

[@Albus_Rex]

​@@dankeck9849They aren't ready for that truth, brother.

[@Albus_Rex]

He's talking about young people. If we consider the last election was in 2021, some of these students wouldn't have even been old enough to vote at that time.

[@Fred-sy5sg]

@dankeck9849 they voted for him because he promised to legalize weed, and he did .Now they're complaining they can't afford anything .Imagine little kids making decisions on their gender. At least we can vote out that moron.

[@NEDMD]

@@dankeck9849what a mistake that was

[@helenanieuwendyk9450]

Yes! Please help our children!

[@Thalanox]

Tuition AND rent for a year just with 4 months of work?! No wonder we're seen as pathetic worthless lepers. Failure to rise to such a low standard is almost unimaginable levels of worthlessness. The incentive system is shattered.

[@jghulzenga]

This was more common for sure. I knew lots of university students who were able to pull that off. It was an obvious sign of competence too.

[@stevenlake5278]

I agree everything costs Way too much. But i don't know anyone who didn't have too work in the school year . And they were still in debt. So I don't know what theses two are talking about.

[@fasteagleinc]

When he said that I was really shocked. That puts in perspective a lot. We’re living on hard mode compared to our parents who had it easy. Nobody’s cares though, so you just have to be better. Plow through the negative emotions, so one day we can fuck up our kids lives in a totally new way than our parents did to us. 😁

[@meilease4851]

I regret going to college. I did all that work, studying and working, and what happened after college? I applied to new jobs everywhere, easily 100's - and not a single response for months. I removed my college info from my resume? Suddenly, im getting calls, but not for anything remotely close to what i studied, and all minimum wage.

[@dustinharrison8666]

The kids didn't stand a chance

[@rags008]

The social contract was torn up, burned and then shoved up our arse, Boomers and Gen X have destroyed the future for the youth.

[@66smithra]

People who cry victimhood are the ones who have ruined things.

[@rags008]

@@66smithra Who is playing a victim, I just explained the game, you sound like a loser though.

[@spicy7302]

​@@66smithra thanks for proving his point

[@TheVanillaReport]

What Mr Peterson said about summer job I was doing that under Harper with minimum wage being 11. After he left that stopped around 2016.

[@100thMkey]

its going to be impossible to fix a system in just a few years that's been in decline for 60+ years at this point. both Canada and USA. we are working harder and paying more because the value of money has radically decreased. no country has ever made a full recovered once its money reaches a certain threshold of devaluation.

[@Christophernbh]

Canadian cities in a nutshell- societal discohesion and social distrust

[@ERRNCAM1]

You're describing my students in CA. They're exhausted from working and talk about needing another job to make it.

[@rebelsnappingturtle5097]

70s I could work part time at Uni and full time summers for under $2hr. Lived at home which certainly helped. I wouldn't say political mismanagement caused today's problems but you can't eliminate the ruling party 's involvement in money laundering and befriending billionaires.

[@rebelsnappingturtle5097]

Ruling parties over the past 55 years. Both parties.

[@CamWagner-s9e]

Thanks Justin

[@dy031101]

This is hell of a time to live when leader of the conservative bloc mesh better with philosophical liberals than the Liberal Party; then again that wouldn't actually be hard to pull off when the Liberal Party is academically Socialist.

[@blingbling574]

Their goal is one party rule. The constitution is just a barrier to them. If it wasn't for the U.S., Canada would have gone the way of Venezuela decades ago.

[@JasonDaniels-y4c]

Correct. Liberals are only so in name now.

[@slandry4664]

He is just telling you what you want to hear. Actions speak louder than words right? If he cares so much about Canadian workers why hasn't he done anything about it ? Provided solutions? Isn't that what the opposition party supposed to do ? Give us an alternative solution? He has none. He's all talk . He's a scummy car salesman. He literally blocks any policy that would help Canadians. The no hungry child food act for example. It would have provided a meal to every child in school who needs it. Yet Pierre blocked it. Actions speak louder than words.

[@mihaiserbanescu8676]

I`m finishing university in a few days. when I think back how much work I`ve done just so I can go by, I feel like I want to cry. it feels like it will never end. I don`t have the will to finish it just so that someone can reject me for not having some experience. I feel lost. I had university on Thursdays and Fridays. so I would go on Thursday morning to uni, then I would have a few hours to eat and get to work around 5pm, finish my shift at 7 am and go back to university straight from work. of course, Fridays I also had the same shift from 5 pm to 5-6-7 Am. I`ve done this a few times. The exhaustion is real!

[@tfromt.o.9774]

Breakdown of the social contract!!!!! Wow that so brilliantly and simply explains what so many of us feel, but couldn’t put into words 😢

[@micheltherien1967]

Where the full interview please !

[@joesurfer]

This guy is hope for canada

[@SylviaC-h1m]

Maybe because the cost of things is outrageous!!!!!!

[@gwenoberhauser4696]

Live hearing how Canada is being saved by our Lord God God has sent some amazing people to help Canadians get out from under this suppression! PRAY 🙏🙏🙏 🙏🙏🙏🙏. Keep the truth coming and hope alive!

[@ZyndneyCrosby]

Good conversation that needs to be had

[@W-yx9df]

Horrific to the Ruining of Canada by Liberal Crime Ministers. Pierre Poilievre for Prime Minister! 🗳️🇨🇦🗳️🇨🇦

[@stevenbledsoe4186]

Trudeau is gone!!!!!!!

[@AR-ec9cw]

I did that under Harper it’s no different and this man wont change anything

[@SetMeFree]

So when my neighbors hear me screaming inside my house “GET AWAY FROM ME!” Because I can’t have two days alone with myself, it’s normal these days?

[@ArtsyMegz_On_Etsy]

I think that I get what you are saying, as an autistic individual. I can't just be constantly socializing 10-14 hours 7 days a week; I actually have a full melt down because I don't get a chance to recharge.

[@lifebysanasaqib]

What what WHATTT??? When did this DUO happen? I NEED TO LISTEN TO THE WHOLE THING ❤❤❤

[@justaconcerncedcitizen-n6z]

wait, work 4 months AND pay for tuition and expenses for the year?!?! I hear stuff like this and still can't understand why GenX and older say we have it easy.

[@evelinerobin8191]

That’s heartbreaking

[@rp1891]

the Boomers will remain unpunished and smugly oblivious

[@dixonyaarmouf4630]

Remember that many immigrated from other depressed areas and they built this country and others after wars. It’s easy to blame them but majority of people are working in places they created. Nobody has had a free ride at any point even with dollar value differences, everything cost people something. Keep hustling and get your bag, it’ll come if you play it right

[@UnbeltedSundew]

Unpunished for what? Being alive?

[@CaroleScarborough-w7y]

What should an entire generation be punished for?

[@franekspeak953]

​@@dixonyaarmouf4630 You're missing the point - it's not that they didn't build the country, they did. But then, they set the system to profit themselves and the new generation is not even able to build the country. All the business was moved abroad (for the greater profits of the owners from the boomers generation) and doing most businesses doesn't generate enough profit to pay the rent (the rent goes also to the owners from the boomers generation).

[@AlexEvans-k9j]

Wish we had kids like that in the UK, haven’t had a decent manual worker come through in years

[@paulm3079]

These two men could single handily save Canada. Great folks. Big fan of Jordan. Big fan of authenticity and no BS straight talk.

[@robbdrop7018]

I graduated college in 2016. I worked 32-40 hours a week while being a full time student for 3 years. I was a “student officer” for public safety. I worked Friday morning 12-8am, Saturday morning 12-8am, Sunday morning 8-4pm, and Monday evening 4pm-12am and Monday’s, I had classes nonstop from 8 to 3:40. I had to work the whole summer, half of Christmas break, and spring break. I’m a teacher now, which was my dream. I worked so hard to get through college to pay the bare minimum (had to pay $4400 for my history tour to graduate). Had to pay for books, always went over my caf card, and still owed the school payment even with loans. Anyway, I owed my college $29k and paid it off. I still own 90k in government loans. I worked to the bone and I’m never going to catch that 90k.

[@saltchuckwest]

This earthquake is being felt. Trudeau Cabinet Minister Miller so shaken he called them "greasy walruses" on X.

[@DarHar-wp4mc]

That was a really good and informative podcast to watch

[@savantus1]

You work or go homeless , not everyone is able to get everything paid for by their parents.

[@wangusbeef86]

Ideally you would have enough time off as well to not go insane or depressed, and people still wonder why the youth are so blackpilled these days

[@savantus1]

@@LucisValorian Then for most of human history we have been in a hell hole

[@starskull8587]

it’s exactly like this in the states as well. am working around 30hrs a week in addition to full time study just to pay for gentrified city rent and bills, not including any debt incurred from my university. impossible without financial help of family to graduate without debt these days if you don’t have a full ride!!!

[@harrymal8141]

😂😂😂😂😂nothing but empty talk ,nothing is gonna change, absolutely nothing, see what happens

[@nigelsayah2827]

Thanks Justin:)

[@joshcoward437]

When I was in grad school I worked 3 part time jobs and finished my thesis while unfunded. Every Sunday I sat down and mapped out every single hour of the week. It was all go from 6:00-10:00 most days, and I often had to get up to change out samples twice each night. And my case was not that unusual. I'll never understand folks who say we are lazy

[@CanadianBullFrog]

The amount of work I have done and what little I have to show for it really is heartbreaking

[@zahc2069]

One of the only things ive heard from this channel that i agree with

[@Anabee3]

THANK YOU!

[@geternal01]

Very great point

[@erichensel-qw7cn]

You need to bring down or preferably eliminate taxes.

[@tysonreese145]

So right. In the U.S., I’ve worked for 5 years full time while being in University full time. I am about to finish my masters at 23 and scared to hell about dealing with the loans I took out and getting a good enough job to deal with them. It’s one of the most nerve racking things I have gone through

[@ce6ej]

As a weekend (2nd) job, I’m a bartender at a smaller VFW here in NE Ohio. I had a member tell me that back in the 70s, he worked construction full time every summer (3-4 months), and this afforded him full tuition AND spending money the ENTIRE following year. NO WONDER older people had such a leg up on kids these days. They hardly had to deal with DEBT like kids today!!

[@uhoh321]

Canada, there is hope for your future. Love from the USA.

[@benjudd8256]

It's everywhere not just Canada

[@ApostolosKatsioulas]

You should come check the situation in Greece.

[@grayc3814]

Independence should feel like a reward, now it’s more like a punishment. Something has to change in Canada. I hope that my graduation in the spring will be worth it, but I have many reasons to doubt. Trudeau, you have not been fighting for Canadians. You tanked the economy and only take time with communities for photo opps. It is exceedingly hard to say I am proud to be Canadian. Thank you for covering our concerns, Jordan.

[@latinspoonalanicaragua3738]

We Canadians should not feel shame for the actions of one man and his goonies!!! They have done this to us, the shame should be on them.

[@matthewjorgenson8129]

Sounds like the US too My dad did the same thing in the 80s to pay for college. Summer job paid for college tuition. And I have to leave school with enormous debt. It’s a complete breakdown of the social contract.

[@Just_a_girl_in_the_world]

I'm 44 and had the same thing when I was in my 30's. I worked full time and went to school full time. I'm glad the cost of living wasn't how bad it is now or i'm not sure what I would have done.

[@RedScarlett4]

At least someone acknowledges us, thank you