3 Things That Will Make Canada Perfect
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- What would make Canada an ideal country for Canadians? There are just 3 things that need to be fixed to solve for the housing crisis, cost of living crisis and more.
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As a Torontonian living near Ottawa, the high speed rail would be amazing. I think 50% of Canada lives on the Windsor-QC City corridor. I would use it, rn I mainly drive bc it's cheaper and faster then the VIA
I truly believe the high speed rail will make a drastic change to our productivity and connectivity.
Montreal, Quebec ❓
The problem lies in the political structure of Canada. It’s super hard to convince Ontario and Quebec to cooperate and fund a very expensive project. If only the federal government could just do it. But they legally can’t.
We could use a new Prime Minister. How about you????? Your ideas are simply brilliant!
I hope you're not thinking of Pierre Poilievre. He's even less suited to being PM than Trudeau.
I want a job. Don't care about a stupid train!
As moroccan girl i felt soo happy when talked about the train's speed in morocco ❤ thank you
Imagine the bailout the airlines would demand if there was a high-speed rail line from Windsor to Quebec.
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Funny how you compared arguably the worst European country for trains to Canada and it's still night and day. But yes Canada and the US desperately need trains. Unfortunetaly I don't think we will see any real improvements in my lifetime.
Oh the irony!
America and Canada were mostly built with only driving in mind. Good for some ppl,s pockets, but bad foresight for everyone else 😢
@@blazingstar9638 they were rebuild in driving in mind. Because most cities were build before cars became a thing. Many cities had excellent tram networks and there were a lot of trains as well. It’s only the last 70 years or so when everything made way for cars. If you start reversing it now you can see good results in a few decades already. It is possible. Look at China they had no high speed rail and no subways in cities just 20 years ago. Now they have lots of them across the country.
This was well reasoned, what a nice change from a lot of videos that just complain. You identified a problem, examined causes, and proposed solutions. I wish we were all as dedicated to actually improving things as yourself. I really appreciated this thoughtful piece:)
Make CANADA Great Again 😘
I elect you to run Canada :)
summary of what Canada lacks:
-Labor Shortages:
- Shortage of skilled workers in healthcare, technology, and trades.
- Aging population affecting workforce availability.
-Affordable Housing:
- High housing costs in major cities.
- Insufficient new housing developments.
-Healthcare System Strain:
- Long wait times for medical services.
- Shortage of healthcare professionals, especially in rural areas.
-Climate and Environmental Challenges:
- Increasing extreme weather events due to climate change.
- Dependence on fossil fuels affecting climate goals.
-Technological Innovation and R&D:
- Low investment in research and development.
- Brain drain of talented professionals to other countries.
-Infrastructure Gaps:
- Inadequate public transportation in some cities.
- Poor rural connectivity with limited access to high-speed internet.
-Economic Diversification:
- Heavy reliance on natural resources, making the economy vulnerable.
- Need for further growth in the tech sector.
-Indigenous Rights and Reconciliation:
- Socioeconomic disparities affecting Indigenous communities.
- Lack of basic infrastructure like clean water in some Indigenous areas.
-Energy Transition Challenges:
- Difficulty shifting from fossil fuels to renewable energy.
-Diversity and Inclusion in Workforce:
- Barriers for skilled immigrants in having their qualifications recognized.
People are forced to use their cars. Not only is rail travel inadequate, intercity bus service has deteriorated over the last 40 years, especially here in the west.
We suffer through this same things in the US.
We had hopes of a bullet train being built between Houston-Dallas but the landowners keep taking it through the courts and postponing it.
I agree with all your points but Americans and Canadians don’t like to pay taxes so they will vote no, they prefer to pay for those cars because that is an invisible saving to them not having a car.
I’m a huge fan of train travel and take it whenever I can, but I’m in Ottawa so am able to benefit from the Quebec City-Windsor corridor. But I am not the norm. Until Canadians change their mindset and infrastructure investments are made, I don’t see anything changing. But I do believe that population density does matter. We see that in Europe and Japan.
Hi im from morocco 🇲🇦
Hey 😉
Car dependency is really annoying. It's one of the biggest reasons I live in Vancouver. It's pretty walkable and has an ok-ish public transport system. A lot of it is also cultural and many people like their cars and suburbs. It's a different lifestyle
@@Gloryboyquan BC stands for bring cash. Not sure if I have any advice. It’s just insanely expensive and finding a place to live is super hard. Also since you’re coming from a warm climate be prepared for 5-6 months of cold and rain :) it’s not even October now it’s already kinda chilly and wet
@@Gloryboyquan it’s not the same in every city though. Vancouver is top 3 most expensive cities in the world by housing price to income ratio. There are lots of other cities in those developed countries you mentioned that are much much cheaper. Especially in the US where they have lots of decent cities that are not super expensive. Vancouver only makes sense if you’re a high earner or have a good combined income with your partner. Otherwise it’s a struggle.
@@nicktankard1244 Yes But Also It's Very Hard To get immigrant for USA bro . I'm aware of this choosing vancover because of opportunity it has
@@Gloryboyquan sure i'm just saying that Vancouver is among the most expensive cities in the world. You really need to want to be here or it's your only option. I also chose Canada just because it's the easiest developed English-speaking country for immigration. And Vancouver is the only city I like in Canada. But I don't see a long-term future here. So I might leave eventually
@@Gloryboyquan I moved here from Germany(I’m not from there and was also on a work visa) on a work visa. I’m a software engineer. I just applied for a job remotely and then moved. Became a PR earlier this year. Will be eligible for citizenship in about 1.5 years.
I've made similar arguments for years now. Nice to know there are like minded people in Canada. I would add a complete overhaul of the healthcare system is needed asap with the implementation of a parallel private system to complement the public system like in most other Western countries. Great video :-)
Great minds think alike ☺️ Great addition for healthcare! Thank you
I strongly agree with each one of your points. I currently live in downtown Toronto, so right now, I don't need a car, and I walk almost everywhere (I love walking, if it's less than a 1-hour walk, I'm walking for sure). But I know I live in a bubble. I don't know if I will stay downtown for life; if I ever move to a suburb, I know I would hate depending on a car.
There are a few pockets of urbanism in Canada. Downtown Toronto, Vancouver urban core, Victoria and some others.
GO service is improving but still not adequate, schedule-wise, on certain routes.
Don't do it. Nothing good will come of moving out of a walkable neighbourhood to car-dependent misery.
Can you be the next Prime Minister or Premier please....or go to their offices and talk to them...❤
When I used to commute in Ottawa I used to drive to a big parking lot and take the bus downtown. I always thought that the parking lot should have had a coffee shop, daycare center, convenience store, etc. But 20 years later it’s still the same large empty parking lot
Firms bidding on the high speed rail project have also included plans that would provide the federal government the option to build the more expensive, but faster, high-speed rail. Those trains can travel at speeds as high as 300 km/hour.
In Calgary, we have just cancelled a relatively new train project after spending 850 million dollars on it.
😳 why did they cancel it?
@@MakeThatChange we call it the green line to nowhere
What a great video, packed full of information.
Thank you!
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Thank you for the video.
Wonderful video. Very informative and full of solutions. Please talk about school education in Canada. Why education is not promoted and so on.
That's one of my pet peeves.
Great topic to explore deeper. We had a chance to have an interview with an elementary school teacher if you're interested th-cam.com/video/0EkLBJtL6pw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=T8iwRxHfB3-bmsnN
Only one thing needed..1 less trudeau
You seriously think conservatives, fully supported by oil industry lobby, would be more likely than the liberals to put forth any of the ideas expressed in this video?
She should be in the parliament , we need some one from like her to suggest something good to become something similar to what European countries are.
Unless you are Prime Minister in politics if you do not tow the party line you get the boot.
Amazing vid. I subscribed / first time listening to your vids. Love it! Keep at it :)
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Who pays the fast train? What loss or profit it will make?
The example of profit based on high speed implementation in England is shown at 5:15.
Alternatively, you can research and read through any of the studies to learn about costs vs. profits (for example 2011 study by the Van Horne Institute regarding Calgary-Edmonton corridor)
In resume Canadians must overcome the addiction, the car addiction could have some relationship with homeless. Societies with car and highway addiction generates cities without human connection. There are.some studies about that north american behaviour.
Canada needs people like you who are conscious and seek their rights! i came here from turkey about 2 years ago. I don't have a car and I live close to Pearson airport. Sometimes I have to change 5-6 transits when I go somewhere in the city. i experience the problems you mentioned every day. Besides, when i looked at other cities, i saw that even the situation in Toronto is the best of the worst. There is not even a proper public transit in other cities.
I used to walk every day in Istanbul.When I came here in February, I didn't even see a single person walking for about 1 and a half months. this desolation and loneliness forced me a lot and still forces me. walking to the nearest supermarket is at least 30 minutes. spending time there and returning back, it takes 1 and a half hours to go to the supermarket. In Europe, the necessities are not so far away. The city and its residents are not disconnected from each other.
To be honest, I would expect Canada, one of the best countries in the world, to have already found a solution to these established problems.
I lived in Toronto was very walkable bike if you can live downtown area or waterfront every is close by I have wondered what it be like if all the cars trucks buses where Electric vehicles how quiet it be Ontario is spending huge amounts of cash on new public transport projects new subway lines stations your are right on the lost opportunity on the park & ride they could have put the parking underground have grass & trees with cafes few shops possibly a mini mall well you wait for the train VIA is going go private as it’s the only way it can be made better
Thank u very much only challenge this is North America and by the way Canada is doing extremely better when it comes to public transportation when compared to USA…remember the challenge is capitalism over dependence on capitalism leads to the mess you just mentioned…but I prefer North America it is the best continent on the planet
Fantastic video!! I am European and funnily enough these are all the things i miss about Europe. I love how you said people can make or break a country. It is true....we all have free will. If only our governments used it wisely! Investments are never a cost! Also Dan Buettner, the advocate for Blue Zones has an awesome cookbook for meals from all the zones...it is awesome and fully recommended!
You are equating responsible use of recreational drugs and drug dependence or addiction. That's nonsense. Drugs themselves are not the problem. Abuse is. Just like any dependency. Like cars, for that matter. The correlation between your first two subjects is profound. But people addicted to driving, which is also destructive, won't see themselves that way. Cars are fine when used wisely. Drugs are fine when used wisely. Both are destructive when one is dependent on them.
All of what you say and stop sending money to Ottawa and become our own country of Quebec. Better control of immigration, better control over spending. Better stand up for French in North America
Good video but I hate the music in the background. It’s unnecessary and annoying.
You should try to live in cairo Egypt to feel how canada give the people luxury 🤣
You being in Canada makes it much closer to perfect, thanks for coming to Canada!
I agree a 100% with this. Canada needs urgently to invest in high speed trains.
You should run for federal or provincial political office.
Great ideas!
Car dependence infrastructure was made in a way to sell cars, from General Motors at first
Oil lobby doesn’t want high speed trains, government always agrees with lobbies
I would love to be able to afford to live in a more walkable neighborhood.
WHEN WILL PEOPLE REALIZE GOVERMENT IS NOT THE ANSWER EXCEPT TO ENSLAVE US
Top of my list is a Conservative Prime Minister
I hope you will be in government one day
I work for Via Rail. They had a plan in 2016/17 to have a high speed rail by 2025. that plan got cancelled for some reason. money probably
Justin Trudeau problems
Yep the right-wing Saskatchewan Party scrapped our only public bus system. We are a province of many, many small towns and remote areas, whose people often depended on bus service for medical appointments, family visits, and other important occasions. Hoping this Fall’s Provincial election will give the Saskatchewan Party a well-deserved thrashing.
make private bus companies, stop spending other peoples money.
@@ivangracia151 Transportation is a basic infrastructure need in any advanced economy. Clearly, the private sector does not adequately meet this need in Saskatchewan. The vehicles, terminals, and other assets were sold cheaply, leaving time-sensitive medical and goods delivery high and dry, and many rural people scrambling for rides with neighbours and friends. Not good enough! Nowhere near good enough for the people of this province.
@@createone100 sorry but that's not the free market fault, the government puts a lot of pression into businesses with taxes and bureaucracy, the public services are always not good enough. Open the market and remove the bureaucracy and you will have several private companies fighting for this trips. but in any case you should use other peoples money to cover this type of situations, that money belongs to the people who work for it.
@@ivangracia151 No. Sorry. Taxes are collected for the public good. Transportation and movement of materials is a public good. Like the post office. Not only is the network too important to be left up to a piecemeal, for-profit private sector, in the case of Saskatchewan, no private entity has stepped up to create a functioning, seamless system. Public utilities and public infrastructure need to be in public hands.
@@createone100 i guess be agree to disagree
Canada is more similar to Australia/US than Europe. Large geography and low population density. Intensive public transit is only good for inner cities.
Economies of scale don't work for mass transit between cities in Canada like in Europe/Japan/China. Flying is faster and cheaper for long distance in North America.
Economies of scale in relation to low population density is an interesting argument. It works when talking about Canada, but looking at southern Ontario and Quebec density, it would beat a good part of Europe.
@@MakeThatChange sure that's why Toronto-Ottawa is not practical, it's 400km similar to LA-Vegas, flying is better. But there are cultural and political factors in North America that protect auto industry vs Europe/Japan
I love your videos! Keep it up!
Great review. Well said!
the high speed rail may difficult because of a lot of snow and long winter
That was not an excuse for Finland, Sweden and Norway.
I took high speed rail from the airport into downtown Stockholm. News flash: Sweden has cold and snow.
100% agreed
Get rid of the 7month long winters. Oh wait you cant...
Winter is Canada's favorite excuse for inaction. There's a lot to learn from Scandinavia, with arguably harsher winters than in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. Even Russia has a high speed line between Moscow and St. Petersburg
@@MakeThatChange My back would be broke with so much liquid. But seriously that would need to be checked baggage so an automatic no go for me. Typically if I'm gone for longer then a week then I'll buy what I need on site as far as toiletries are concerned.
So we move to Europe instead?
Or make the country we love more livable instead of running away from issues and overcrowding tiny Europe😊
Revenue from development fees and taxes got wasted by all levels of government .
Look at Eglinton lrt boondoggle , lack of train hubs and trains in and out of GTA .proportionally low infrastructure investment from all the growth .
The money was there but it got wasted.
All that immigration and growth over last 30 years didn’t get reinvested.
Corruption and greed
Elgington LRT is a joke at this point (not a funny one)
I know the only and best feature that could make Canada Perfect even by missing those 3 really good points:
Migrants properly adapting to the country that opened up it's doors to get a new chance of a better life.
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nice video, thank you
Thank you! Glad you liked it!
Change the liberal government
Let’s make sure that more than 40% of voters show up in the next elections 😉
I would argue the federal government has been relatively decent. When I look at who has responsibility for what, the amount of $ transferred from federal to provincial governments,, and the way that money unaccountably flows into the pockets of premieres friends across the country - I'd humbly suggest you're looking at the wrong government. The TSX composite and every other macro economic indicator is pretty good. The feds DO run interprovincial rail though, and that should have been high speed for decades.
There are 11 temperature changes every day between Toronto and Ottawa .All the best .
How do speed rains operate between the cold Netherlands and warm France then? Canada should stop using climate as an excuse in the 21st century😊
@@MakeThatChange The level crossing when graded with snow freeze as hard as rocks and damage the trains both in front and underneath . High speed rail would require 3000 bridges over road ways to operate high speed operation Toronto to Ottawa at the present time there are 1000 culvert bridges on the Toronto to Montreal rail line . There has been at least 50 studies on rail transportation in the last 35 years. .The Island airport in Toronto reduced 60 passengers per train reducing 1 coach per train.
What's your point? Is it expensive to build? Yes. Is it possible? Yes. Is it worth it? Also yes.
Sounds like a fascinating set of problems to solve, if only we had the right talent, motivation and financing.
Even Russia with its horrible financial situation and ice cold winters has a high speed rail line between Moscow and St. Petersburg
@@MakeThatChange Montreal travels to New York .Toronto to Niagara Lake and Collingwood . Business class avoids trains . Toronto avoids Ottawa in the winter. Great questions but not worth it .
@@Go_for_it652 It sounds like you're saying, "why should we invest in good train service when people aren't enthusiastic about crappy train service?" For example, the popularity of taking the train from Montreal to New York will be limited so long as trains are infrequent and the trip takes about 12 hours -- including a long (and potentially even longer) wait at the border.
Lots of us prefer not to live like rats .We prefer the suburbs, Having our own green space , back yard front yard .
You can transform it into a beautiful space
Have your own private park .
When I stepped into a downtown core of any major city, it just feels like a concrete jungle, cold and empty
Singapore could be a great example of green downtown. The Netherlands, Finland could be a great example of suburb development with walkability and efficient public transport.
That’s the problem, you’ve been conditioned to think this way. Canadians wonder why they’re depressed and lonely. No third places, constantly driving and not seeing anyone for days. One of the reasons why birth rates are down! Canadians don’t have enough time for any thing other than working and being stuck in traffic.
Canada would be close to being perfect if it has a true private health care system along with the public one here. 😊
I agree but they are afraid that the private sector would steal all the medical personnel so the public service will get even worse. Which is a valid concern. It needs to be done in conjunction with attracting/training more doctors
We already have the private sector and they are stealing the medical personnel because they pay much more. You just have to go to another country to use this option.
change the goverment would be a good idea. Pierre 2025
Poilievre is just a whiny power-hungry manipulator. He will never get my vote.
@@createone100 but he will get mine and a high enough percentage of the population... enough to get majority in congress
Calling an early election
If only it was a true a fix..
You have to remember Quebecers don't care at all about Canada. In fact they want to seek out harm for our country and that's what the Bloc party is currently doing.
It is all to impersonal to take and they are not clean .Not good ideas.We like being like out southern cousins .cars make you freee .
1. Get rid of Trudeau
2. Become part of the USA
3. Give us the right to bear arms. What kind of country (Canada) punishes innocent citizens for self defence?
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@@Nonya6380 It’s the only way to a stable, free country! Canada is in huge trouble if it stays a monarchy.
@@jakearsenta2144 we are not a monarchy lol
@@Nonya6380 Right. Pardon me, we’re a dictatorship.
Speed train ? What about new metro lines in Toronto and Vancouver? They can't even solve local problems.
Local problems are local. High speed rail should be a federal project because it runs across the country. A train from Vancouver to Kelowna and Calgary/Edmonton would be nice as well. But it has to be the federal government who funds this because it’s beneficial to the whole country and economy not just individual provinces or cities. And those projects are insanely expensive there is no way a single province can fund it.
@@nicktankard1244 The examples you gave are both within one province. The problem is that people will object to paying for projects in other parts of the country. The federal government will prioritize Quebec City to Windsor and the other eight provinces will complain about favoritism toward Quebec and Ontario.