I am from Brazil, moved to Canada 9 years ago, now I am Canadian citizen. I was once asked by a American colleague why did I not immigrated to the USA, the answer is: it was not even in the list of possible countries. In fact it is on my top list of places not to move to. You have a good insurance through your job? That only means you have one more reason to fear losing it or stay on a particularly bad one if you don’t have anything lined up, if you have a chronic health condition, then you are straight out hostage to your employer. Even if you do have good insurance your bills may one day go beyond the maximum and you still risk bankruptcy. If you do go bankrupt, in any civilized country you can’t go to jail for debt, in the USA you can, the country with the highest incarcerated population in the world in absolute numbers and relative too. To add salt to the injury it is a country that did not completely make slave work illegal, it is still legal if you are not a free citizen and your prison system exploit that. So it is a country that you can become slave because you got sick. Then there are the guns… the fact you think you are exempt of school shootings says it all, if you live in a small city it would not affect you? Are you really saying mass shootings never occur in small cities?! This is an excerpt: “The massacre that killed 10 people at a high school in Texas last week was just the latest to happen in a small or suburban city. Of the 10 deadliest school shootings in the U.S., all but one took place in a town with fewer than 75,000 residents and the vast majority of them were in cities with fewer than 50,000 people.” It is all part of the gun culture, the absurd of making guns easily available and viewing guns as toys, a culture were people think taking your life is a proportional response to trespassing. It is all closely tied with all the warmongering you are ok with all the taxes you pay going to your military to kill people outside your country yet you take exception in using a fraction of that to save your own citizens lives. It is a place which put low value in the human life and well being, favour punishment instead of prevention and rehabilitation, keeps most of its population in a constant sense of despair and helplessness… It is no wonder the USA has the highest number of psychopaths(over than 3000 versus the second next at 166), have kids going nuts and shooting others at school. It is not a sane culture, it is not a good place to live and if you are well informed you won’t.
just Bravo.... well said. And regarding psychopaths : it is the basic trait of the extreme greed fueling the super-capitalism the USA (note here not America) is based on... p.p.s. it's not even a gun culture anymore, it is normal to open carry military grade assault weapons... some ''gun shows'' are even talking bazooka... many think it's a great idea.... !!!!
@@brialapoint2608 That's sadly true of my province, Alberta. Some of those people are BS!C. They even laugh at people who are upset at the horses that get killed every year in the chuckwagon races at the Stampede.
I spent years as a Canadian long-haul truck driver across Canada and the USA. I have never been physically assaulted in my own country for the work I do. In the USA I have been forcefully pulled from my truck and assaulted on more than one occasion. I have been screamed out many many times for being a woman in a truck. I have dealt with mass amounts of sexism, and guns waved in my face. I have personally driven through 33 different states. You cannot pay me to go back. The culture throughout the USA is terrible.
I've lived in America my entire life. Well over four decades. I've never had a gun waved in my face. I've never been drug out of my car for any reason whatsoever. I think America has a lot of problems and wish I could leave it, but the things you named do not happen all the time like you are implying.
I had a girlfriend from Manchester, UK who told me that most people in the UK see Canadians and Americans as just Americans. I took umbrage with that and after explaining how different we actually are(I'm Canadian), she said, I still see you as the same ... lol
I am Canadian, about 30 years ago I answered a telephone survey about whether I wanted Canadian and American money to be consolidated. After I'd answered the questions, the young woman gushed about how reasonable I'd been. She told me that she'd got such an earful of abuse from doing that survey it was like she'd told us there'd be no further hockey in Canada. 😅😅😅
Just as a correction to some of the comments, Canada is not referred to as a ‘melting pot’ - it is referred to as a ‘mosaic’. The US uses the term melting pot’ as it is believed that you put everyone into a pot to create one type of citizen, while Canadians us a ‘mosaic’ to reference we are a diverse ground of citizens that, when put together, forms a picture (a culture).
@@starwarsrebel2006 the word mosaic isn't in use for this as much now, but it is a more colourful way to express the very academic and dry-sounding term "multiculturalism".
It is called a melting pot because we are not bigots and very often marry outside our race and have children of mixed race. I've been here over 60 years and we have always called it that.
Canadian here. I’ll never forget visiting Disneyworld and hearing the people sitting across from me complain they weren’t allowed to bring their guns into the park. They didn’t get why it was an issue. It was horrifying and mind blowing. It’s that part of America gun culture that makes me very sure I’d never move there. I know it’s not all Americans, but knowing an American family is out there annoyed they can’t bring weapons into a family theme park is enough.
Yeah. I once walked into a Winn-Dixie supermarket with my mother-in-law in Melbourne and a guy had a huge rifle over his shoulder with two of the ammo belts on him. I looked at her and said, let's go to another grocery store. I didn't know if he had plans to shoot the place up or was just open carrying cause he could, but it made me very uncomfortable. I don't like the idea of my life being threatened by some nut with a gun every time I leave my house.
Way to judge an entire country based on one idiot. Superior Canadians make me sick. I happen to know the truth since I actually lived 10 years in the States. The best people ever. And then I came back to Canada where my standard of living dropped dramatically.
I'm a surgeon in Canada, and even though there are more jobs and I could make potentially twice as much in the usa I would never move there. I would never be able to refuse someone surgery or bankrupt them because they had no insurance. I also don't like the 'cover your ass' style of medicine that most doctors in the USA have to practice because of how often lawsuits happen.
I remember seeing a lot of conservatives say they’d move to Canada back when gay marriage was legalized in the US, but they didn’t realize we’d (Canada) already legalized it for a decade by then.
Hopefully they didn't go through with their moving. We already have enough of that anti-gay nonsense up here as it is. We don't need any more "stupid" shipped in. 😬
The funny thing about that to me is they think they can just migrate over the border whenever they don't like a politician, but if political migrants want to migrate over their southern border they lose their shit. I guess nobody mentioned to the old conservative Americans that we have no use for them here.
I'm a Canadian from Toronto that's been living in Boston for the past 4 years. Love the city - probably the most underrated in North America. The people here are friendly (not polite, but friendly), and I've generally enjoyed living here. Having said all of that, I'm moving back to Canada in a week. There are some major benefits to living in Boston over Toronto - the pay is significantly higher for the same job, the city is beautiful, and the weather is much better. My wife has enjoyed her time here less, as there are some subtle cultural differences here with misogyny (men in professional settings always touching her inappropriately, she's been drugged at bars several times, and she is treated poorly by many men). Things that were unthinkable in Toronto. Add the slow deterioration of women's rights in this country, and the general situation with healthcare, and its become a rather unwelcoming place for someone used to Canadian culture.
@davidfoster3427 Nowhere in the world is. Looks everywhere got worse after the pandemic. Most likely the same happened to where he lives. It's good that Toronto's problem is easier to fix or improve than the types of problem he is having.
@davidfoster3427 Even still...As a woman, who has travelled around the world...I still feel safer in Toronto. Sure I've encountered my fair share of crazy aggressors in Toronto, but it's balanced out by the average Canadian man from a culture of respecting women. In other countries I visited many times a woman would be blamed for a man's aggressive advances. Not suggesting that America is like that, just speaking in general terms about Canada/Toronto.
@@maggiesmith856 I'm a gay guy but sometimes I'm asked to go to cis parties by my female friends to keep an eye on them. If I had a dollar for every weird drink I grabbed from of one my girls' hands, ... I'd have $3!!!! The two evenings this happened, we all left in a panic, saddened and afraid. What if I wasn't there ...😟 A lot of young men are growing up seeing women as just "hoes" and treat them accordingly. Very sad!
I did move to and live in Florida for a year and a half and it was the worst decision I ever made. It was awful and to say it was a culture shock is an understatement. I moved from Victoria BC to Fort Lauderdale Florida. I was yelled at for wearing a mask in the grocery stores, I was called a pedophile and a groomer for being gay, I was told repeatedly that Canada is a communist, socialist evil woke empire. When I finally moved back to Canada it was like a breath of fresh air and a relief.
Welcome back, we tend to like and protect LGBTQ+ marriage, people and human rights. That's one nasty horror show in FL for almost anyone, immigrants too.
We do have a pm that admires communist china … have you not notice what’s happening in Canada It’s all good your gay but straight up keep the trans people out of schools leave the children alone
As a Canadian I have to say that I have no desire to move South. I'm sure there are many Americans who are really good people but the political divide and the supreme court are taking the U.S. backwards. Anyone who is not straight white Christian and male doesn't have any rights. Religious nut jobs have too much power and they are more hate based than the "love thy neighbor" people.
I hear a lot of my fellow Canadians question if travelling to the United States is even worth it nowadays, stating concerns over political violence, shootings, etc.
Last time I was in the US was around 2000-2001 (pre-9/11) for a friend's wedding. Swore I'd never go back to that country based on that trip, and everything in the past 20 years has cemented that decision
Frankly I used to enjoy going State side - Upper New York area - but once 45 was voted in, I refused to visit. And nowadays I simply ask myself why? And even before Mango Man, I always felt ....tracked, for want of a better word, as soon as I crossed the border. I would return home to Canada and immediately my shoulders and back would stop aching from being tensed so long. Pity, because I did many nice Americans during my travels. But it would only take one American with a gun to ruin them.
@@susanandrews2294 America is too politically screwed up to move there or have Canada join! No health care like Canada has, way too much embracing of crime by politicians and D.A.'s, a feeling of not feeling safe in their cities....all reasons not to live there or join !
Yeah .. have travelled back and forth a lot over the years. Still have family stateside; if I didn’t, not sure I would ever go back. Canada is not immune to the issues of our time but we haven’t completely caved in to the insanity either.
My kids have had 2 lockdowns at school over the years. One was because there was a bear in the school yard. The other was because a wild Turkey got into the school. Guns? Not a concern, really, where we live in Canada. Also, as a woman, I’m a big fan of having bodily autonomy. I’ll stay here in Canada, thanks.
Tyler, you mentioned a couple times that violence could be avoided by living in smaller towns in the US. To me as a Canadian, it seems like mass violence occurs in any size town in the States - big or small. For example, in 2012, the population of Newtown, Connecticut was only 28,000. This is where the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooter took the lives of 26 people - 20 of whom were only 6-7 years old. In 2018, "the Associated Press reported of the 10 deadliest school shootings in the US, all but one, happened in towns with less than 75,000 residents. Most of them were in cities with less than 50,000". Uvalde's population was 15,860 in 2022 when 19 elementary school children and 2 teachers were fatally shot, in addition to 17 others injured. I'm sorry, but while the USA has some beautiful places to visit, it is much too scary for me - and don't even get me started about the politics.
I as a British born, and now Canadian, really admire you for doing this. It was interesting to me that you said, gun violence in schools isn’t something that you think about. It is called ‘desensitization’. You, as an American, hear it so much that it fails to have the impact that the rest of us feel. Thoughts and prayers are beyond ridiculous. There is not a hope in hell that I would move to the US.
Desensitization is exactly what it is. And media that’s allowed to be broadcast with no tether to standards and skewing facts. No one seems to want to acknowledge the fact that outside the borders the correlation is less guns, less shootings and continue to believe that their god given right to possess firearms makes them more safe. Thoughts and prayers and continued ignorance will be their undoing.
I couldn't agree more. Everyone and their dog has 3 guns and there is a mass shooting EVERY DAY!!! And the moderator thinks moving to a small town will keep you safe? I don't think he does get it.
The exact words I was thinking: There is not a chance in hell of me ever moving to the United States. Reasons. #1. Gun culture. #2. Health Care. #3. Christian Theocracy. #4. The Sheer Near Total Insanity of the Republican Party. This includes the state of the Supreme Court, and the current barbaric handling of abortion. #5. The racial issues... that are still today influenced by the history of slavery. #6. The Issues around the Electoral College that allow a candidate to become president while losing the popular vote. Also the lack of an independent body to oversee elections. That is sheer madness. #7. Denser populations, and, as a related issue, greater pollution. #8. The Presidential Pardon... which is a concept that seems designed to facilitate the abuse of power. #9. Fox News, and the rest of the deeply manipulative right wing media... which I should have put much higher on this list. #10. Military spending... which also should probably be higher on this list. #11. The myth of American exceptionalism. #12. American ignorance of the rest of the world, in general. #13. The Criminal Code including the Death Penalty, which was eliminated in Canada many years ago. #14. Education. #15. The drastically increased potential for political violence ever since Trump entered the political arena. This one also should be higher on the list. The United States could not even get through a transfer of power without violence. This is beyond pathetic. The peaceful transition of power is the #1 job of first-world democracies. #16. Attitudes toward social problems such as poverty and drug addiction. Notice that #4 - #7 could be subdivided into more than one reason. I thought this list was going to have 5 or 6 items on it.
If a nation can't successfully accomplish a peaceful transition of power, then I question whether it can even be considered a first-world country... or a democracy.
What hole are you in. They talk about that all the time. You actually think there is no violence in canuk schools. Kid just got shot. There are daily shootings in the city. Poop on the streets.
Never again. Lived there late 70’s to mid 80’s. Came back because going to university and securing healthcare were too expensive in Florida. Went to university back here in Canada, enjoyed a long career without going into major debt. Florida was always a bit nuts but now I wouldn’t even want to go to Disney World anymore. Now that any idiot in Florida can carry a loaded , concealed weapon, no training needed , not worth the risk,, unbelievable.
to help you put the school shooting fear into perspective. In Quebec we basically had three. The dawson college shooting in 2006, which caused 1 death. The concordia University shooting in 1992 (where a staff member killed other staff members, and not students) And the polytechnique shooting that caused 14 deaths in 1996. They are basically once in a generation events and so rare and shocking to us that they are still being commemorated yearly on the news.
I remember my mother telling me about Polytechnique even though we live in Alberta. I was... maybe fourteen, way back then, and I was horrified. I had never heard of such a thing. "Once in a generation" is right!
And in terms of mass shootings in general Polytechnique in 1898 was the deadliest mass shooting in Canada until the Nova Scotia Attacks in 2020 in which 22 people were killed over 13 hours and numerous locations. Not only are school shootings rare here, mass shootings in general especially on the scale seen in the US are rare.
Uptill recently you couldn't buy beer in grocery stores, LCBO or Beer Store(actual name of company). We got dispensaries more often than a Tim Hortons. Ontario got some nice things.
Lived in Canada while working in the US for almost 20 years. Sadly although I had many friends I was often shocked by the attitudes of my colleagues. They almost all looked at other countries as inferior. Racism is absolutely a thing .There was no curiosity about other cultures. I knew people that died because of their hesitation to seek health care. The school shootings, although maybe they don’t happen ‘all’ the time there seems to be no desire to fix that. The US is going the wrong way regarding voting rights. My town actually sends out extra busses if you need a ride to vote. The support of the LGBTQ community and women’s rights are also problematic. US is good if you want to get yours but I personally don’t want to take two, when others aren’t even getting one. I am happily no longer working in the states.
i live in florida during winter for five months of the year. i cannot vote. but curious.... what voting rights in the usa are you referring to? also as for florida.... it seems quite open to the gay community here. these are my experiences there. as for healthcare.... yes insurance is mandatory there.
@@nickyalousakis3851 well, FL is one state. They don’t allow people with past convictions to vote. Some counties close many voting stations causing long lines. The governor of FL is certainly not open to the LGBTQ community. And if insurance is mandatory why do they have a 16% uninsured rate?
@@tinasmith9998 -- ok good points. lets clear things up. criminals can vote. ppl who cannot vote are ppl convicted of felony crimes who have not completed their sentence. once finished they are free to vote. LGTBQT+ community.... i've never heard de santis hate on the community. what he is against... as am i.... are some trans activists pushing for it to be ok for doctors to provide children things such as surgery and puberty blockers that are permanent. books in grade schools that are a bit risque lets say. but david reuben has said - in which dave is himself homosexual.... desantis is not anti gay. it was more a media push to portray this. as for medical insurance.... what i meant is that ppl should have insurance. of course the pool and working poor this is difficult and is one thing i really dislike about the usa. it's access to healthcare for the poor. the middle class and rich are taken care of.... for the poor it is a tragedy here.
Wrong, racism was not a thing until Obama and the MSM came along to make it a multi-billion dollar industry. Conquer and divide. Some of us are smart enough to know it, most are not.
When I was on vacation in Europe I realized how many Europeans really do not like Americans. We were treated very poorly until people realized we were Canadians. What a breath of fresh air that Canadians are thought of In a Different Light.
Always have a small Canadian flag stitched to something on you or that you carry. That was always an unwritten rule even back in the 80s and the US was less horrible then. You will be surprised how friendlier people are.
I retired in Canada, then married a Texas girl. She's got a few more years before she retires, so I went through the process and got my dual citizenship and live in Texas. I miss Canada very much. I see on social media the angry hyperbole about Canadian politics and politicians, and the odd comment about moving to the US to get out from under the thumb of the government. Lol, omg if those people truly understood how messed up politics is down here, they'd never make those comments. In many states, the predominant view point is, "That's against my religion, therefore you shouldn't be allowed to do it." Politicians know that and absolutely play into that mindset. Over half the country feels completely disenfranchised, but thanks to decades of gerrymandering and stacking courts with politically-motivated judges, reason, logic and science are completely ignored in favour of religious populism. I can't wait to move back home. And yes, every nutcase and overcompensating troglodyte here owns a gun and is willing to use it to enforce his version of truth.
As an expat living in France since 1991, I'm floored by your surprise. Especially since around 2015, the US is sliding dangerously towards autocracy. Just because you seem to live in a "safe" bubble, I suggest you snap out of it and look around. Having lived in Virginia, Tennessee, Texas and Georgia, I can honestly say that no, I'll not even visit, let alone move back. My former high school in east Texas had metal detectors installed in the eary 90s already...Uvalde is a small town, how many dead kids? just sayin' - open carry, no background checks, any Joe Bob can buy an AK47 on the internet? you are arrested if you attempt to assist or provide pregnancy healthcare?...the list is way too long. Politics is much huger than you seem aware of...just like a frog in a slow-heating pan of water...will you just boil and croak, due to blissful ignorance? If more of you would care, perhaps you could stop the hemmorages. Local elections are letting the facist wolves in. Now, some state attorneys general (yes, the states with strict abortion bans, for example) are accessing medical data on trans kids and women's gynaecological care, without patient's knowledge...to what end? The next election (on all levels, city, state, federal) will decide whether the US experiment will survive. The water is getting really hot, dude.
I was in Minneapolis and was at a Kentucky fried chicken restaurant and they had bulletproof glass… I do believe we were in the wrong freaking neighbourhood!
Yeah, watching this video as a Canadian, this guy is (in my opinion) either: willfully ignorant, or privileged beyond belief (thus 'blissfully' ignorant). Any person who is *NOT* white, perceived male, perceived Christian, perceived middle class or above, perceived heterosexual and cis-gendered, perceived 'sane', perceived 'intelligent', perceived 'physically-able', any of those people look at what is going on around them and is going "we're in frigging trouble guys!". He also doesn't realize is that he can become disabled (through illness or injury) without a moment's notice and suddenly be in two of those groups (disabled and 'poor') that already know better. The fact this guy can sit here and be shocked by how others see the USA is kind of insulting to the entire rest of the human population that don't have his privileges. It's almost enough to make me never watch another video of his. I hope this truly does open his eyes, because yes, the USA is in *massive* trouble and it better figure it out soon!
Actually, the worst part is the power of religion. Speak Evangelical churches. Those mental cripples tell the politicians and courts what to do and, no surprise, they obey!!! Fuck that, I wouldn't live there at a million times my present income.
I’m a US/Canadian citizen and my entire family live in the US. They always ask me to move back. No Way, I love my home country but with the Health Care cost, crime, and political issues, just doesn’t compare. My Step-Father, who was a retired US Marine, was denied much needed medical treatment for Myelodysplasia. When he passed, my mother lost everything, house, car, everything. Had to claim bankruptcy. This would not have happened in Canada.
the only issue in canada or at least ontario that is..... is that our healthcare model is not an economically sustainable one. it will eventually have to change.
@@nickyalousakis3851 - You mean the chronic underfunding by successive governments, accelerated by the current Doug Ford destruction during and since the pandemic? That is what has to change. The rich and corporations need to pay much, much more in taxes as well.
@@lb456 -- here is the thing i think the left get disconnected from. i would fathom you are a liberal. ford disn't destroy anything couple things you need to know. healthcare takes up forty five percent of ontario's budget. in socialized medicine doctors tend to go where the money is. doctors certainly don't want to work for free. here is where i have a problem with your statement/. corporations need to pay a lot more tax. in a corporation they can pay anywyere from eight percent to twenty two percent in tax. that is just the corporation/ in a small business such as mine.... after my company pays it's tax anything i take out to spend for myself will AGAIN be taxed. same in a large company.... all people working in that company also have their money confiscated in income tax. then when you spend your income it's taxed again. here's the clincher.... govts have to compete with other governments to keep business here and to attract new business to keep lots of ppl employed. employment is where govts get their most income from. the flip side is you get the starbucks effect.... starbucks operates here, but must pay franchise fees to an offshore head office. the franchise fee is just enough to minimize tax payable to canada. it's an equilibrium. ----- as for canadain healthcare operated by the provinces.... it's an outdated model. more funding is out of the question. what i suggest to you is canada and the provinces operate a new healthcare system exactly as switzerland does. read about how their system works. better healthcare results, happier doctors and the poor are looked after. in the switzerland model the private sector is involved.
My career as a corporate pilot ended when my US multi-nat employer moved their flight department from Toronto to Binghamton, NY. They offered me a Restricted Green Card if I moved to Binghamton as the chief pilot. It was a moment of truth. Having worked for two different US companies, and having been in every state except Hawaii, I concluded that I could not do that to my kids. While I have friends in the US who are fantastic in every way, I never felt comfortable talking about politics or religion with any of them. I felt so strongly about it that I gave up flying even though I loved it. The American's excessive religiosity, gun fetish, racism, the possibility of being conscripted to fight in some bullshit, unnecessary war, and the lack of a national healthcare plan all factored into my decision. In 2015, when the US electorate chose an ignorant New York con man with authoritarian fascist ambitions to be their president, I felt fully vindicated in my choice.
@@kevinwalsh1619 Conscription comes and goes. Read some history. No, you don't have universal, single payer healthcare. A poor person and a rich person get the same care, same doctors. If you do a little research (I don't mean watching some rando vid by a partisan) into the outcomes and costs we enjoy, you'll completely understand my decision.
Hi Tyler....I've watched several of your videos and I appreciate your efforts to reveal us Canucks to your followers in the US. There is something that you said in this video that really illustrates the differences between the US and Canada. When speaking of the school shootings, you said that "it doesn't affect me" which kinda took me aback. How can anyone be so dismissive of such an horrendous event. In Canada, when something like that happens, it touches everyone, and we work together to ensure it doesn't happen again.
I agree! Especially when he said it was a touchy subject…I don’t get how Americans accept the wholesale slaughter of children in their schools and how politicized it is. The fact that they aren’t worried or concerned about it is completely insane.
I agree with you - the level of desensitisation in Americans to gun violence is simply shocking. I’m proud to say that here in Australia it only took one horrific mass shooting for us to make sure we had laws in place to try to prevent it ever happening again! Those laws were brought in by a bunch of old, white conservative politicians as well! We Aussies have a society that shows we care about each other. Much of the American mindset is “pull yourself up by your own bootstraps” and “your problem isn’t my problem I’ll only care if it affects me personally!”
A major distinction between Canada and the US is a US attitude of "I got mine, too bad you didn't get yours but not my problem, do better", I don't think you see that in Canada, Canadians just seem to have more compassion and really want to see all succeed but more than that they will go out of their way to help others to succeed.
and it is not the govt that wont do the universal health-care..it is the popn bc they dont want to pay taxes for those others...they only care about themselves,,,,truly capitalistic..
I appreciate that you are open to hearing these comments- as hard as that might be. Canadians do love our US next door neighbours- most of the US is lovely, most people are good, yes good opportunities exist there. BUT, we have that here in Canada too. So the tipping points about female bodily autonomy, never really worrying about our children’s school safety, EVERYONE being able to get good healthcare (no insurance required), and the more inclusive attitude to people of different sexual orientation/cultures/race makes this country the better option, in my opinion.
I have travelled to the States for work and occasional vacations but there is no possible chance that I would leave Canada to take up residence there. My vacations are now taken in Canada only. One of the most beautiful countries one will ever see.
Have lived in two provinces in Canada and traveled across Canada north to south and east to west. Have also worked and spent several years down in the states and found the differences were palatable in regards to safety health, sanity and quality of living, children's public schooling, and benefits to seniors. My father was an American and swore he would never do that to his kids, now I know why.
the only issue in ontaro that is.... is that our healthcare is not an economically sustainable one. it will eventually have to change. also in ontario just under half of ontarians don't have a family doctor and or specialist wait times are so long ppl are dying waiting to be treated or diagnosed. if a person has health coverage in the usa i find the usa system better. almost no wait times and specialists wait times are measured in hours not weeks.or months as it is here. but again.... only if you have coverage.
@@nickyalousakis3851keybword if you have coverage. Do you want to know how embarrassing American healthcare is. Do you know the not for profit organization that usually help third world country. Guess what they had to help Americans at one point and couldn't get to everyone that came for threatment. The for me and not for you crowd in America is what's wrong with that country. As long as I have my health insurance that I can afford. Who care about my neighbors or friends that can't. Selfish behavior is what's bringing that country down and many lose a lot even become homeless because of health issues. All that money spent on war and foreign countries that don't need it can go back to the people for a better life.
I disagree. We pay billions each week and people claim it's free and nice. Look, if I want to see a doctor, I have to wait at least 2 years before. How do you even consider this great? Don't answer, it's a rethoric question. USA ppl are fat because of fast food, that's their health issue, not the medecine fault.
@@stephanmarcouxdrums4877to see a doctor? Or to have a family doctor? I just go to the same walk in clinic and they can track whatever is going on for me. A walk in clinic connected me to a heart program at the hospital in my neighbourhood where I was urged to get a pacemaker in sooner than later. Two months later and I got one. My insurance through work covered my time off but everything else was covered through Canadian healthcare. We are having issues with wait times due to the aftermath of the pandemic but now they’re sending people to the states to get care and it will be paid for. I love our healthcare and it’s scary that they are trying to privatize it more because they are money hungry. If it was all fully privatized and my healthcare had to go through my work insurance, I’d be dead by 40 because I wouldn’t be able to afford getting a pacemaker.
@@daturave So what you're saying is, when you're young and barely interact with the health care system, it doesn't do much for you, but when you're older and have more issues, it does. Uhhh, yeah. Yeah, I think you're stumbled onto what we call "stating the obvious" there, and good for you.
I AM 65 WITH NO DR NO MED COVERAGE WHAT HEALTH CARE YOU TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE ARE GO WITH OUT IN CANADA DONT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT OPEN YOUR EYE
The healthcare system that has hospitals turn away patients at the emergency room ? If you don't get turned away, then you have to wait all day, just to find out that you won't be seen after all. Is that what you're talking about ? Crowder did an episode, in Canada, going to different emergency rooms and doctors' offices, being turned away at some places and waiting for hours at others. He grew up in Canada and couldn't wait to move once he became an adult.
I feel so strongly about family safety, we stopped even visiting the US in the 80’s. If forced to leave Canada, I would live anywhere but the US. Canada is where I feel safe and I never once had to worry if I sent my kids to school, would I ever see them again.
In the 80s! Wow...I only outright prohibited myself from visiting during Admin 45, it's more happenstance that I haven't been stateside since 2011. Way things may be headed though I may nix stateside visits permanently...
I've always felt safe in Canada as well and I grew up in Saskatchewan. Regina is high crime in some areas, but it's generally safe here. I've never worried about getting shot while going to school or work or on a bike ride.
@@stevetournay6103yes, 2 countries America and other countries have been at war with. That’s why nobody would want to live there. Everywhere the US has been ends up chaotic.
Great discussion, Tyler. My parents moved to the USA in 1965 and left me in Canada to pursue my university interests. Thank you, Mom and Dad, for letting me stay here. While my younger sister is still living in the US, with three great children, there is no way I would consider moving south. Throughout my 77 years, I have visited my American relatives many times, and even spent 8 months working there in the mid-60s. We've vacationed in Florida and Arizona many times and often for 2 months at a time. I love Arizona, although I came home with Valley Fever one year. Thankfully, my symptoms erupted when I got home. If I had gotten ill in Arizona, my health plan would have covered the costs, until I was able to be transported home by medivac air ambulance. I have never encountered any Americans who made me feel unsafe, but I certainly am cautious and behave myself. Maybe saying, "Sorry", helps keep me safe. Since covid shut down so much cross-border travel, the USA has gone through the wringer and down the toilet, although it was headed that way before covid. The political atmosphere is a joke, with a voting system that is corrupt from the ground up. What sane country allows politicians to divide up their voting districts (gerrymandering)? Politically appointing judges? What insanity is that? After watching the US succumb to covid, thanks to D tRump and the conspiracy theorists, I see the split between left and right becoming an insurmountable chasm. The fact that 73 million voters chose tRump is mind-boggling. Three major reasons I am very reluctant to ever visit the US again: - Gun Violence - The right to bear arms was never intended for personal possession, much less the kind of modern weapons of mass destruction some Americans are allowed to openly tote around. - Treatment of Women and LGBTQ2+ - The fact the supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, and now many states are seriously restricting women's access to abortion (even when the victim of a crime), is totally abhorent. - Warm Weather - Global Warming is here. No need to go south for winter any more. (Expect for a few bad days, when I just stay home.)
There was a study done for schools shootings among G8 countries. Between 2008 to 2018, the 7 non american countries had 9 school shootings combined. US has 287. It is a serious problem.
Living in small towns and you find the communities great and welcoming. Welcome to being a caucasian male in the US. lol That example doesn't mean much. Edit: If you think you may be desensitized to children being gunned down in schools, that should ring massive alarm bells that something is wrong in the country.
Yep, I had the same reaction. Tyler has no reason to see some of these things as a problem, and society reinforces it. (Time for a band of us sneaky Canadian Marxists to slip across the border and abduct Tyler for his own good?) 🙄
You have obviously not spent much time in the states. It's got great communities with great people with crime rates that are lower than some places in canada, where you can walk around at night for years without anything ever happening to you. There is also no racial tensions/racism in these places. People of all races get along and are relaxed around each other. As for school shootings, as horrific as they are, they do not occur in the vast majority of u.s. communities. Your boob tube has clearly given you a distorted view of "life in america", where crime and racism is everywhere. It's simply not true.
I lived in the US for 2 years and I got sick of EVERY WEEKEND hearing a story in the news about "Poor Timmy" playing in the backyard with his dad's/uncle's gun and either "accidentally" shooting himself or some other kid and the attitude of "It's horrible,. but what can you do?? The kid had the RIGHT to the gun. Not much you can do" and I didn't agree the kid had the "right" to the gun, and apparently ME being in the minority on that. Also, when I lived in Minnesota, that was during the Columbine High School shooting/massacre and that's when Governor Jesse Ventura talked about the horrible massacre and emphasized the "importance" of "conceal and carry" legislation and how MORE GUNS was the "solution". If the Sandy Hood massacre didn't do anything to change America, nothing ever will. America is a lost cause. I'd like to think that Canada is what America COULD HAVE BEEN but failed, and sadly will never achieve.
I am a school secretary. One day we had a family register their children. They moved here from USA. The parents asked why we had no security guard on our play ground. I just stared at her like she was crazy
At 65, I have managed to visit 35 of the US states. Each time I returned to Canada, I got down on my hands & knees to kiss the ground of this country. I felt instant stress relief as soon as I did return safely. These days, I never want to step foot there again. To make life more interesting, I have a brother in Chicago. There’s an oxymoron. He is a trucker that likes Nascar, has no children of his own & married a lovely American girl who already had children (now grown). He sees the variations between counties - he stays for the $$. He comes home for huge doses of Canada & family.
My parents were snowbirds for decades. At the end of their stay, they owned a small place in Safford, AZ. I spent all my vacations wherever they were, Texas, other parts of Arizona. I loved exploring the US with them - Dodge City, KS, Tombstone, Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Capital Reef, Gila Cliff Dwellings, to name just a few. Multiple National Parks over their 30 years of winter stays. The US is beautiful and steeped in history. We met some really nice people, and even loved a few of them (but not in a weird way). My parents sold their place just before Trump became president (on purpose), and none of us have been back since. Don’t get me wrong, we have our share of ignorant and uneducated people, but most of ours don’t have guns. Anyways, I digress. Never, not once did we ever consider becoming American Citizens. Especially since Trump (OMG). We love our country, even though it’s not perfect. We love our health care, such as it is currently. In memory of Gene of Tory, AZ, a family friend, who was like a brother to all of us who knew him, who died too young because he refused to give up his children’s small inheritance to your healthcare system. Even though there is darkness, there is still greatness in your country. Hugs.
ex snowbirds and I think Americans look like us, but the brains are different. I think americans have had the gun culture for so long that they do not realize how the rest of the world feels. Saying some places are safe is unacceptable. I want all places to be safe.
I was a long haul trucker from Canada and crossed over into the states many times hauling loads. one time I stopped in a town in Texas to pick up a load. As i passed the front gate to go into the business there was a sign that said "NO GUNS PAST THIS POINT" and I just shook my head and thought "I would never find signs like that in Canada". My second thought was "MURIKA!!!". When I pulled into a truck stop in Texas that evening I got talking to an American in the coffee shop about that sign and telling him about not finding signs like that in Canada, his reply was "You're not allowed to own guns in Canada, thats why!!", so I had to explain to him that we do have guns and I in fact own 4 myself for hunting but are not allowed to own high powered assault weapons. He said how do you defend your home if it's invaded if your not allowed assault weapons? my reply was I own a rifle that can bring down a moose at 100 yards and if it can bring a moose down at that distance it can bring a human down at 20 feet. It became clear to me that the US is just like that TV show Home Improvement where men walk around grunting like neanderthals and want more power. I like visiting the US but there are some places I felt scared for my life like Chicago, NY, Los Angeles and the entire state of Texas just to name a few. If I was to live there the only place I would love living is Hawaii because when I vacationed there I felt like I was living in the country of Hawaii not the US state of Hawaii, totally different culture there.
Having grown up in coastal BC, it really feels like an extension of home when visiting and interacting with the Hawaiian locals - feels like an extension of west coast first nations' values.
Yeah in Canada I'm into guns. Gun owners here understand its a privilege and it's just a tool for them. In the States, I'm not so into it because it feels like gun worship is seemingly ubiquitous
You look a little sad 😔 I get it. You're proud of your country. As a Canadian, I always felt the difference in basic attitudes between our countries may stem from our history of gaining national independence. You all fought tooth and nail and are still immensely proud of that accomplishment. We negotiated over time. It stands to reason our society would develop into one more invested in peace and negotiation, and even a deeper sense of social responsibility to our fellow citizens' welfare. I know of many different reasons why I love your country, enjoy visiting, and am glad we are neighbours. But to live in the US would take a change in my deeply ingrained sense of identity that I'm not willing to give up. I think you'll find even the Americans who joke about moving to Canada woukd find it similarly difficult to change their feelings. Thank you for your interesting and respectful content. I always look forward to watching you.
Spot on about the history. And that was the genesis of our respective gun cultures. In the States, war is always top of mind, because that was where they started. Here it's more about hunting...
@stevetournay6103 yup. I used to hunt often with my Mum and Dad. We respect guns as a resource for food and, in rare circumstances, for protection, but there never seems to be the desire in my province for semiautomatic weapons. It kind of takes away from your status if you can't shoot a deer with a simple rifle.
I used to joke about moving to Canada, but the more we thought about it, the more sense it made. Now I've joined the ranks of dualies who avoid going south if at all possible. I don't feel safe until I'm back in BC
@@apowellintheweeds that's so awesome, I'm always so curious about folks from the US choosing to live here & loving it. I'm a BC girl, let me know if you ever want to know any BC 'gems' - depending on your interests, of course
As an Australian in his 50’s, I grew up idolising the US. I’ve been there a few times and loved it and have some close friends in the US. BUT…. I have been following US politics closely and I have absolutely no interest in even visiting there again. My friends are actually planning to move away as soon as possible. It really saddens me to be honest.
Very courageous of you to publish this and I want to point it out. I know Americans are very patriotic and therefore usually do not want to hear anything negative about their country, so I'm surprised you published this. Don't get us wrong, we think USA is a great place to travel to, it's just not considered a very livable place.
I'm a Canadian and I agree. More so, been all over USA as a tourist and, as a Quebec citizen, I think California is the most like minded as we are. I love to visit, but I would NEVER consider living there full time!!!
I even have friends in the states who said in 2020 that if Trump won they would move to Canada they both have daughters and are women one is very publicly against the politics in the US including anything to do with healthcare, LGBTQ+, or with Trump
We are not a smaller America. In spite of what some Americans seem to have thought since 1776, we choose to be Canadians. We do not want to be, nor are we in any shape or form Americans. We like who we are. I have a friend in the Flint MI area. As a single women living in a rural community, she keeps a gun near her bed in case someone breaks in. I can't imagine living in such fear. I too live in a rural area in SW Ontario. We don't even feel the need to lock our doors. We don't even want to cross the border to visit these days. Get your guns under control and we will reconsider a visit.
In the 90's I used to visit California in the winter, and loved it. The people were great, fun and friendly. My last few visits were really depressing, the racism and homelessness really got to me. So I quit going. It's worse there now, so I don't anticipate ever visiting again. It's just not safe, you're not even safe from police... so sad.
I want to see Tyler do a cross country trip visiting Canada. Doing certain activities like Calgary Stampede, Saskatchewan Craven Jamboree, and other festivals and events. Maybe some activities like Ice Fishing, Camping, Hiking, dog sledding and such. I think that be fun to watch his first time out in Canada
I went to a conference in the US for training in body language, influence, and persuasion. We were able to meet with the presenters in small groups to ask questions. One of the attendees asked for body language indications that someone had a concealed weapon. After the answer, I said to the person who asked the question that I was glad I didn’t need to know how to look for concealed weapons because I’m from Canada. She looked at me in shock and said I really needed to know that. I emphatically responded, “No, I don’t need to know that because I’m from Canada.” She looked at me like I was the most naive and clueless person she’d ever met and walked away. I felt sad that Americans have to be so worried about guns that she thought that was absolutely essential knowledge. Quite frankly, I don’t even know what the answer was to her question since I totally tuned out because I knew I’d never need that information!
That amount of crimes involving conceiled weapons has increased a lot in Edmonton so I wouldn't say you don't need to know that information anywhere in Canada. It's sad how close some areas in Canada are to becoming like the US, regarding safety.
Also, speaking of health care, as Canadian visiting in the US, if you wind up in hospital for a long time, it's cheaper for the insurance companies to air ambulance us back to Canada than to pay the US healthcare bills
A friend went to the eastern U.S. for skiing and at the last minute, just because he had spare time in the terminal and noticed a kiosk for buying insurance, he figured why not. $40 into the machine. Wouldn't you know he had a long fall ending with a compound fracture of a tibia. The hospital tab in the U.S. was around $40,000. That $40 policy bought just days earlier covered it.
As a Cancer survivor, I couldn’t afford to move back to the USA. I know many young people who go the the USA for school, marry and stay. And all of the famous Canadian actors that have moved to the States. Many middle aged people snowbird, going to Texas, Arizona, California during the winter months and back to Canada for the summer.
I am Canadian and I love Tyler Bucket. I traveled throughout the US delivering Big Trucks Western Star. I found the further south we went the coffee got weaker. The waitresses would ask me for a Canadian Cigarette. They would say they "get high". The towns and streets were really " dirty". Sadly one more thing, The further south we went the "less educated" people were. I always wondered why this was. I am proud to have been born in Canada✌
I agree with your observations, having gone with my husband on long (10,000km) road trips around the US over several winters (pre-pandemic, of course). Experienced much of the same. The upside was some of the incredible vistas we saw along the way. I’d never consider going back on long trips to the US anymore, though. Everything is just too unstable these days, south of the border. Not worth the risk. Very glad we went while things were more manageable.
I live in New Brunswick, and can cross into Maine within one minute…and I haven’t been to the US since 2019!! I only entered in 2019 once, to visit vacationing family, but refuse to go back to a country that would elect the likes of Trump!
I notice the weak coffee as well, I think they reuse the grinds more than once. It might be worth it to carry with you some Yaupon or Yerba Mate in individual bag format to strengthen it somewhat. I like the coffee in Germany, not sure if they have a special way to roast it, as it's not as if they grow it over there.
I lived in southern US for 10 years and I could not wait to get back. I was so grateful. It's not just the healthcare/guns/racist-religion stuff, it's deciding who you want to be as a culture and in America everything is very predatory, super-capitalist 'end justify the means' ideas. It's really a misery when you know that's not how you have to live.
Hi Tyler I have been splitting my time between Florida and Vancouver for the last 25 yrs , my wife is American and my daughter went to high school and college in the US. The years prior to 2016 the Floridians were very warm and welcoming every year I returned for the 6 mo winter season. After the 2016 election things changed, I became one of those people (an unwanted foreigner). I still have my place in Florida but it’s time to sell and find a place that is more welcoming. I read an article a couple of yrs ago that Canadians pay approximately $500 m a year in property taxes to the State of Florida and contribute millions more to the Florida economy… as I see it now the division in the US is getting to be to much. We have our problems in Canada but we let people live their life their way and I live my life the way I choose and accept people just the way they are.
"We have our problems in Canada but we let people live their life their way and I live my life the way I choose and accept people just the way they are.".. Except if you decided not to get an experimental jab then Canadians turn ugly and believe you should be exempt from freedom and health care.
I'm in a similar boat. I split my time between Canada and the US as well. The rise in hatred after 2016 wasn't isolated to Florida. It stems directly from the rise of the far right Christian theonomy movement.
@@missangiee66 You sound like you think the process of vaccine development was pulled out of a hat yesterday. In the case of Covid , novel? Perhaps .But experimental? No. Plus if you’re a normal, well socialized individual who cares about their fellow man you’d understand that yes, there’s an altruistic reason we get vaccinated. To save others as well as ourselves. Same goes for masks. During a pandemic , people like you drive epidemiologists nuts.
I’m a Canadian nurse and I lived in the US for 10 years during my career. I did it when I was young to gain work experience and travel with friends. It gave me a lot of insight in how it feels to live in both countries. I’ve been a nurse and patient in both counties so I also know how it feels to work, live and be a resident in both. I cannot articulate enough how it has confirmed to me how fortunate I am to be Canadian. The perks to living in the US were very superficial and frivolous things that matter very little in the broad scheme of things,….which I see as more restaurant chains, cheaper restaurant food, more shopping options, etc. As a young person when I lived there,…those things seemed amazing but matter far less as I get older. When I lived there, I paid a fraction of the income taxes that I paid in Canada but it’s only short term gain for long term pain. The cost of health care, the amounts of gov funded benefits (disability, EI, pension, etc) in the US makes it well worth paying taxes to offset these things as in Canada. I have had cancer 3 times in 5 years and I’ve not paid a cent for treatment, scans, surgery, etc in Canada. My employer held my job for 2 years and I received long term disability of 70% of my yearly wages and my employer paid my full pension and benefits as I was off of work. After 2 years, my cancer returned and was deemed incurable so I will continue to receive this pay and benefits until I’m 65 and can retire as I can no longer work. I have no financial worries as I battle cancer. To contrast,…my US employer was a world reknowned hospital that had excellent pay and benefits. Had I been working there when I was diagnosed with cancer, I would only have gotten full pay for 6 weeks until my sick time and vacation time was used up. Then I was eligible for a fraction of my income for 3 months, which would not be enough to live on. I would not have had my pension paid. After that, I’d receive no more pay and my employer would hold my job without pay for 6 months and then I’d be let go. My cancer required nearly 2 years off of work so after 5 months of this minimal pay, I’d have no income, no job and no benefits with a new pre existing condition to ensure that I’d have a snowballs chance in hell of getting future coverage. Meanwhile during that 5 months of some pay, I’d still need to pay huge costs of treatment despite having insurance but that would disappear after I was let go from my job. I’d have to return to work during my treatment just to afford to continue it. I have many US friends that had a similar cancer that worked throughout to cover basic cancer care while I was able to recuperate without working or fearing being unable to pay. There is nothing comparable to this when you are sick. It is everything! Sadly, many of my American friends are very ill informed on how health care works in other countries and don’t see the shortcomings in their own. Ironically though, they are willing to argue it without proper information so I often find that bizarre. While lived there I felt as though I was in a bubble where the only news that I saw was US news. I saw no info or minimal about Canada in my whole time there,…aside from falsehoods about health care to scare people away from seeking change. “Canadians are all dying while waiting”, “they are all coming to the US for care”, “they pay 80% income tax” etc. All propaganda,…some from politicians or those that should know better. It was truthfully mind boggling to me how educated people could know so little about the world. It almost felt as though they heard so much propaganda about how terrible other places were while only having knowledge of the US, that it ensured that things would stay the same without anyone wanting beneficial changes to dysfunctional policies (like health care, cost of meds, lack of gun regulations, etc). It’s very bizarre.
I went to the Atlanta suburbs a few years ago for corporate training (I was working in Canada for a US based company). There were people from all around North America there, who did not know each other before meeting there. What shocked me the most, even more than the constant subtext racism between people, in the news, everywhere basically, more than the senseless political debates where people take for one side just because, no matter the truth and lies, the arguments or even the crimes comitted by one side or the other, is the fact that 2 americans, never having met before, were talking about their prefered gun makes and ammunition types literally 5 minutes after having met the first time. THAT is unhealthy! THAT is scary! I just went with the flow and accepted it, and I kept noticing it for the 2 weeks I was there. In Canada, we talk about the weather to break the ice with strangers. In the states, you talk about guns. That is what we call gun culture and that, more than anything else, is why I'll never live in the US. Oh, and just to make it worse, when I tried to explain why we did not feel like we had to have guns on our person in Canada, not a single American I talked to could ever begin to understand. Not centering your life around the fact that you can or cannot have a gun is just impossible for Americans, it seems.
i've run into that "you don't have guns? i'm so sorry!" mentality before. like,some of them can't even fathom the idea that not every country needs guns or even that they can't bring their guns over here.
I saw a man from Texas get arrested by border control trying to enter Canada. He was dumbfounded and speechless at the idea of going to jail for trying to smuggle guns into Canada...amazing.
I'm a Canadian in my mid 50s now. I try not to say I'm "proud" of Canada or being Canadian. I didn't make Canada. It's not my achievement. I just happened to have been born here. I don't think Canada is perfect, but it's a work in progress, and I've honestly come to believe there's less cynicism and more goodwill here towards working together across the political spectrum to achieve it... though some US-inspired trends among conservatives are troubling in that regard. When I was a teenager back in the 80s, I was an advocate for Canada joining the US. I saw Canada as sort of a part remaining to complete the US in much the same way Newfoundland was for Canada. But even back then, I had a couple of caveats. I thought too much emphasis was put on Second Amendment rights, and I hoped the US would soon implement a single-payer health care system like Canada and most other developed countries had. The past 30 years or so have changed my mind about that. I really would not like to see Canada join the US at this point. Today, the only reasons I can see for most Canadians to consider moving to the US are certain employment and educational opportunities, and lots of money if you happen to land in the right place. But there's a lot money can't buy, and it's up to the individual to decide if it's worth everything you'd be giving up. To me, it really wouldn't be. I had expected that our cultures would converge over time; if anything, they've diverged. Bipartisanism, so prevalent in the US when I was a kid, has practically vanished. The US Supreme Court has astonished me with many of its rulings, starting with the one equating money to free speech that practically made US elections corporate auctions and presidents and governors and congresspeople corporate employees. And now rights we thought were sacrosanct are being rolled back to what they were before I was even born. It's terrifying to watch; it really is. The Republican Party, the party of Lincoln and Eisenhower, is now openly flirting with fascism, and many of its grassroots adherents love it. Not only is gerrymandering still a thing in most of the US, but Republicans openly boast about using it as a "strategy"... that cheating to win is a good thing that doesn't tingle their cheek with shame at all. They _depend_ on it, and the majorities they steal victory from whenever they win using it do nothing, nothing to stop it. They've given up with a shrug. I think where I finally lost hope was Sandy Hook. I said to myself, "This is it. A whole classroom of human kittens was just shot up. USA, this is your last chance." Not only did nothing happen, but people like Alex Jones fired up all that vile talk of it being staged and faked. It was beyond appalling; it was literally nauseating. The fact that you're surprised so many commentors bring up the school shootings is indicative. I can tell you, from just over the fence, that it's harrowing to watch. I'm old enough to remember when Columbine was shocking and exceptional. Now something like it seems to happen every couple of months, and in the US, it's hardly news anymore. It's incredible, but you're in the midst of it, so you don't see the forest for the trees, I guess. The United States is a remarkable nation. It's achieved so much, and things that will have it mentioned alongside the Roman Empire and Chinese dynasties 10,000 years from now. Canada will be at best a footnote. But I'd still rather live here. I genuinely believe that this country, for all its faults, has wound up a better place to live one's three score and ten. So with regard to moving to the United States... at the risk of seeming facetious, Ernie on Sesame Street spoke for me long ago when he sang, _"So, if I should visit the moon / Well, I'll dance on a moonbeam and then / I will make a wish on a star / And I'll wish I was home once again. / Though I'd like to look down at the Earth from above / I would miss all the places and people I love / So although I may go, I'll be coming home soon / 'Cause I don't want to live on the moon."_
Sandy Hook was shocking for me as well. My daughter was the same age as those beautiful children at the time. I remember hearing the news on the radio as I drove with my child in the backseat, and weeping for those poor kids and their families. It is unimaginable to us that this happens, and unimaginable to me that the man in this video is so desensitized. I suppose that's a lot of the problem, American gun culture prevails.
I have two brothers living in the states. The one in Wisconsin is my big brother and he means the world to me. He does have his foibles about race and he tolerates me bringing him to task for some of the things he's said. He was brought up in Kentucky. He seems to be seeing the light now. I have spent time with him and my sister-in-law, and my nieces and nephews in Florida, Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana. We are close now despite being brought up worlds apart. My next oldest brother lives in West Virginia. I haven't seen him on over 30 years. He had a habit of moving without telling the rest of the family. I didn't know he had divorced and remarried. I worked for the Canadian Military as well as some of the American contingent where I worked. I had to renew information for my Security Clearance just after 9/11. He refused to give me any info because Rush Limbaugh was telling Americans the terrorists came to the U.S. from Canada (they actually were taking flight training in Florida). I suppose I could easily take up American citizenship since our mother had dual citizenship but I think I'll decline. I'm too much of a Canuck to change now. I don't think I could get used to politicians winning an election and immediately starting a new campaign. The process seems exhausting to always be bombarded with things politic. Here our electioneering is held to 6-8 weeks before the election and strict limits are placed on funding and contributions. Besides, I live in a small city of 58-60 thousand (North Bay, Ontario). In the close to 70 years that I've lived here, I can recall only 3 murders, so you'll under if I find mass shootings shocking and abhorrent and truthfully scary. I'm a little long winded today....Sorry.
Cool from North Bay. I was just up there on Saturday from Collingwood to buy a Legend fishing boat from a guy just south of there. They have big largemouth down in the states, but I have recently said, that I would want to fly right onto a lake, catch some big bass, then fly directly home again. There are so many nice people in the states, that get drowned out by the so-called conservatives.... they conserve nothing. Hopefully a massive Blue Wave in 2024 elections, as the far right wing is not just pushing lies in the US... it is a global problem. Cheers ey!
I was born and raised in the US and immigrated to Canada as a young adult. I have lived here for 45 years, am now a citizen, and would never move back to the States! I don't even holiday there (Europe, Asia or Mexico instead). It is so unsafe and unstable; there's no draw for me to want to spend time there.
Absolutely NO! When I married my American husband, I brought him here to Canada. If you ask him now if he would want to move back he says “absolutely not!” Lolol It’s not just about medical issues either.
A colleague was a bank manager in the south. Medical insurance up the ying-yang. When he had a heart attack, the bank fired him. This resulted in the loss of his insurance, his home and investments, ...and he was reduced to working part time for a pittance at a major retailer. Fortunately for him, he'd had the good sense to marry a Canadian years before this disaster. She and her family moved him to Canada where he received free medical care and continuing support, enabling him to thrive. His career was blown but his wife picked up the ball and built a real estate sales business in Canada.
Here's the thing. Canadians are normally fairly laid-back people _until_ you ask us about politics. At that point, the social gloves come off and we can be pretty blunt about what we like, don't like, will and won't tolerate, what we're willing to put up with even if we loathe it because the alternative is worse... and so on. So here's my blunt answer, after listening to the first half of your video (normally I've been enjoying them very much and learning a few things myself about my own country). We're frankly appalled at all the states that are infringing on women and girls' rights to control their own reproduction. For a young teenage girl who gets pregnant as the result of rape, incest, or impaired judgment to be denied an abortion - particularly if her life is at stake... most of us here can't wrap our minds around how this could be tolerated in your society. Women getting arrested and charged and jailed for having a miscarriage is just so mindblowingly BARBARIC that even though I'm in no danger of being in that situation (just turned 60 a few weeks ago), this in itself is enough to make me never want to set foot in your country until these revolting laws are changed. At this point I should say I've visited your country a few times - mostly in Washington state - and had an enjoyable time. The last time was in 1987, and I've never felt any inclination to return, especially after the events following 9/11. It's gotten worse over the years. Two women who wanted to visit your country reported the American customs agent asking their opinion of Donald Trump. What does someone say to such a question? Answer it honestly, and you'd probably be barred from entering the country permanently. Do Canadian customs agents ask American tourists what they think of Justin Trudeau? Why would they bother? But just in case they ever do, here's a free answer: "I think it's cool that your Prime Minister wears Star Wars-themed socks". That's true, by the way. He's been a Star Wars fan since he was a little kid, and dressed up as Han Solo when he took his kids out on Halloween the first year after becoming Prime Minister. One of his socks has R2D2 on it and the other has C3P0. About health care. Are you aware that some American diabetics are so desperate for affordable insulin that they've organized busloads of "insulin caravans" to buy up insulin in Canadian pharmacies near the border, and not only didn't have to provide a prescription to prove they needed it, but also were able to get 3 months' supply - paying the same that a Canadian would pay? I'm not allowed a 3-month supply of any of my meds. Apparently your health care system doesn't treat diabetic patients very well (it's an expensive disease to live with). Moving on to LGBT. I belong to a gaming forum that includes quite a few LGBT members, some of whom are transgender and American. A couple of them have related some horribly abusive treatment, and are genuinely afraid of what will happen to them if/when it becomes illegal to access the care and meds they need. If they lived in Canada, their rights would be protected by the Canada Health Act, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and each province's Human Rights legislation. It's been bemusing to watch the antics of the anti-same-sex marriage laws in your country. In a couple of days, SSM will have been legal in Canada for 18 years. Somehow our country is still standing, and nobody's marriage documents or wedding photos spontaneously combusted. It's also somewhat bemusing that the Prime Minister at that time was Paul Martin, who is Catholic. Some bishops tried to tell him that if he went ahead with tabling this legislation that he would be excommunicated. He told them that he keeps his religion at home and private and doesn't bring it to work with him - that as Prime Minister he had a responsibility to ALL Canadians. There's a famous statement made by Pierre Trudeau (father of Justin Trudeau, our current Prime Minister) back when he was the Minister of Justice (before he became the Prime Minister): "There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation." He was referring to same-sex relationships between men, but it's appropriate to apply it to everyone. As long as all partners are consenting and of legal age (for their age group) and nothing else illegal is going on, the laws and courts need to mind their own business. It's mindcroggling how so many of your politicians do not understand this (some of ours need to learn it as well, but at least they know that if they try to put in restrictive laws, they will pay dearly for it in the next election, and would likely also be sued for violating people's Charter rights). Okay... now that that's off my chest, I'll watch the rest of your video and will give my own answer to your question about moving.
I know a lot of Canadians that moved to the US because: - lower cost of living - warmer weather - better business opportunities or access into industries such as athletics, music and film As a Canadian female living in Toronto, this is why I wouldnt move to the US 1. Safety 2. Racism 3. Women's reproductive rights 4. Health care costs 5. Natural disasters- too many areas with things like hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, etc. Even snow, there are areas in the states like Michigan and Minnesota that get worse snow than we do here in Toronto being situated along lake Ontario 6. Lower costs for college/university in Canada
lol you live in toronto and you talking about safety lmao. hows toronto any safer than anywhere in america lots of random murders a innconet mother was gunned down going out for lunch a week ago. also shootings and stabbings everyday. health care does cost more in america but you gotta wait along time in canada.
@CarAmel624 Well, I agree with everything except for the thing about the weather...think about it...would you rather have 1°C (33°F )and rain or -1°C (38°F) and snow? I'm 60 years old. In the 1970's on Boxing day, I went skating on a frozen pond or tobogganing - I grew up in Mississauga. Outdoors skating rinks don't become viable until January and the weather isn't even dependable anymore. Is it Global Warming, a long-term cyclical event or urbanization creating a heat sink? Regardless, I'd take -10°C in January or February over 1- 5°C any day. Especially if you live in Toronto, if there's too much snow to drive, any place worth going to in Toronto can be reached by subway or LRT. We in Mississauga aren't spoiled by Queen's Park when it comes to public transit.
7. Food deserts 8. Mass produced cheap houses that can’t withstand a minor natural disaster 9. Civil cases court being constantly overrun by TONS of cases and it’s hard to get any legal action against someone who has wronged you 10. Ways police treat socialists (at least our government won’t drop a nuke on our houses for running a protesters organization) 11. Exactly WHAT is taught in schools (not a thorough education when said country won’t stop lying and refusing to question things)
@@Polytrout -1C, that's October. November-March is -40C. Outdoor skating rinks are viable in November. But I guess that western Canada doesn't count. I will definitely be moving for the winters when retirement comes, but it won't be to the USA.
The school shooting thing is HUGE. From 2009 to 2018 the US had 288 school shootings. In the same time Canada has had only 2! Like you said any number of shootings in schools is unacceptable, but that number is just insane to us. That’s an average of 32 shootings PER YEAR and not even counting the number of deaths.
I grew up in rural SK where we were all farm kids at my school. Often we would drive our parents' farm truck to school rather than taking the bus, sometimes there was a rifle in the vehicle (registered, of course) which farmers may carry to eliminate animal predators hunting their livestock. However, never ever did a farm kid ever think to go out to the truck and waltz into the school with a rifle or any kind of a weapon. Additionally, we never had to have school "lockdowns" (I didn't even know what that was until I moved to Calgary in my 30's and happened to be in a school when it was locked down and everyone went into hiding - terrifying! Turns out, it was a false alarm). I'm just thankful that I grew up in a time and place where the only "violence" in our school was 2 boys working out some frustrations with each over over short fist-fight after class, which was quickly broken up, of course.
I spent a lot of time in the States as a child, mostly in the Los Angeles and Seattle areas. It was fun on the beach, going to Disneyland and it was nice staying with relatives and swimming in their pool everyday in the summer. However, I am Canadian and my heart belongs to Canada. Despite the fact that we as a nation do have our imperfections and problems, I am loyal to my country and want to contribute whatever I can to this place. Plus of course, there are the myriad aspects of life in the US mentioned in the video that I wouldn't be able to tolerate: lack of reproductive rights, attacks on the LGBTQ community, lack of safety/gun violence, no universal health care etc.
There are no attacks on LGTBQ or gays there. Its Simply drawing a line in the sand. Youre aloud to citisize people, it dont make you a biggot if you say you dont agree with pride or transe people diddling children. The exact same issues were having here in canada.
Health care in the country of the United States of America must be nationalized. But only If the world is expected to believe in the constitution of that vaunted nation!!! Don't YOU think the oligarchs... Definition: (ie; Rich mutha fuckas) Should make the change! Who needs 49 yachts anyway? Betsy DeVos we are looking at you darling.
Same! I have a lot of issues with how things works here but I am non religious and a fierce defender of reproductive rights, and I LOATHE how Americans percieve work ethic!
I lived in the US; Virginia for 13 years. For the most part the people are lovely... just like a lot of places. If you treat people with kindness; they usually return that kindness. At least that is my experience. Mind you, I came home in 2006. When I lived there the political climate was completely different. I would absolutely NOT move back to the US. When I came home to Canada; I was so grateful because I had to endure 2 years without Healthcare when I really needed it. I lived on pain pills at that time. I was in a wheelchair by 2008 and so grateful that I was home where my country took care of me when I was unable to work, or even walk. Politics has changed so much since then. It was always kind of poler, but when Donald Trump entered the scene; it has become just awful. Again, I love the Americans for the most part, however there is so much racism, homophobia and hate displayed in the country right now. I pray every day that Donald Trump does not become president again. I fear for the United States. I love her as a sister to Canada; she is. I want her people safe...
I am a Canadian and I lived in San Francisco for 3 years. I did not have a bad time there, the city is certainly unique and the food is great. Living there didnt really feel that different than living in a major city in Canada. I was considering moving back at some point, but that no longer is the case. Add in how polarized the US has seemed to become in the past 5 years, and how conservative / religious the laws are becoming (anti LGBTQ, anti women) this just solidified my reasons to stay in Canada. That, and I did not appreciate the "work culture" in the US. It seemed like people there were more willing to sacrifice there personal lives for there jobs (trying to achieve the "American dream") whereas I grew up being taught that you just work so that you can afford the life you want. In the US it was a "live to work" mentality, rather than a "work to live". However I really appreciate your patience and understanding when reacting to these videos, especially the ones that do not look favourably on the US! You are a lovely person, who in my opinion, reflects most Americans. Not all Americans are insanely patriotic, gunslingers who would fight you if you say anything bad about their country (as the rest of the world has been led to believe). Or tha'ts certainly my experience with the Americans I met in SF.
You dodged a big fat bullet. Had you stay there long enough to get US citizenship, you would need to keep paying taxes in the US forever even if you moved somewhere else, and the same would apply to your children even if they never ever touched US soil. Most people are not even that such stupid laws exist, and renouncing to the citizenship is a long and expensive process (you still need to fill and pay taxes for all the time you lived outside the US, whether it was 1 year or 50).
San Francisco tends to be more a liberal democratic area of the country. This goes to what Tyler is saying about the range of choice available in terms of being able to tailor your living environment. It is important to remember that the population of the U.S is 10X Canada's. Most of US here in Canada live within 100 miles of the U.S. border. It is easy enough to dip our toes but better to come back.
@@Imman1strue. My sister in-law, born in the US when her military working dad was based there with the Canadian Air Force, has been trying to renounce her American citizenship due to this taxation legislation you speak of.
The thing with school shootings is that it feels like it can't happen where you live (in the US) until it does. Many small, safe towns have had shootings. Sandy Hook? My son's university had a shooting earlier this year, until that happened I would have thought, "that happens in other places, but not here" too. I think it is a mindset people adopt to deal with living somewhere where violence like mass shootings are a possibility at any time.
Not only would I not move there...visiting is also a no. Last time I was in the states was in 2016 in CT for work. The first morning me and my coworker were having breakfast and a very well dressed lady in her 60's stopped at our table because my coworker had a Canadian jacket on. She quickly asked what we thought of the new president. I said yeah that's so crazy right? Her face turned sharp and she said Well I think he speaks for a lot of us. My immediate thought was when is my return flight again?
I live in Canada. In 1984 I bought a house in Florida as a vacation home. Ten years later I sold it. I bought a house in Costa Rica. Best move ever. Look at what is happenning all over the U.S. and especially Florida. Canada in the summer and Costa Rica for winter vacation. LOVE IT.
Half of my family lives in the United States, while i love visiting them i will take the freezing cold winters to make sure my daughters have control over their bodies.
And something they don't seem to realize, is that something of that magnitude, stripping women of their rights over their own bodies, will prove to be just the beginning. Once you allow something like that to happen to half the population, it's a slippery slope, and nobody will be safe.
Tyler's reaction to Canadian fears about school shootings throughout this is that this is a big city problem, and if you move to a small town, you'll be safe and not have to worry about it. So, I got curious, and looked up the population of Sandy Hook, home to one of the most famous (feels gross to describe such a tragedy that way) school shootings. It has a population of less than 10,000 people. What is a small town to Tyler, because 10,000 people seems pretty small to me? As a Canadian, I was utterly flabbergasted going into a US pawn shop and them just having a gun room. Enough guns to arm a small army. Hunting rifles. Handguns. Even one that looked like some kind of assault rifle. You can get guns in Canada, but at like, a hunting store, with proper licencing. The fact that you could go to a pawn shop and just...browse the guns there is so alien to me. Every country that has tighter gun control has fewer school shootings, and shootings in general. Like, shootings still happen here, but not to the same extent they do in America. American gun culture enables them because they both make guns so readily available, and have a culture that celebrates gun ownership in a way other cultures, like my Canadian culture, do not. I think our last school mass shooting was in the eighties? So, if I lived in the US, I don't think I'd be afraid to send my kid to school, but it would be way more of a concern than it is here, where I don't even consider the possibility of that happening at all.
Listening to your comments about school safety... A Texas family came to Central Canada just prior to covid, for a work related few monthes. Covid hit and they decided to stay here. When their children asked about live shooter drills, the Canadian kids didn't know what they were talking about. Imagine that. 🤔
Some regions in Canada DO have the drills (I'm in southern Ontario and my kids schools have done them for many years now). We have never had an active shooter, but the drills help prepare them for basically any threat, and there's been twice I can remember that the school was locked down cuz a parent was irate and the staff feared for everyone's safety. I'm so so glad the shootings aren't really a thing in Canada, I can't imagine sending my kids to school with that worry
Here in Toronto, the schools practice lockdowns and have had to use them when there was a potential threat to students’ safety. But it’s not a “shooter” drill.
After Sandy Hook, I swore I wouldn’t go back to the US until something was done to stop the school shootings. I haven’t been back, it would make me feel complicit. I can’t let my tourist dollars go to a country who is fine with babies being slaughtered in their classroom. Canadians truly cannot fathom a love for guns that would allow this type of slaughter to continue happening.
Me too! And more even when Trump got into office. I was done. I even boycotted American products, especially in groceries (when trump tried to fvck up NAFTA)
@@deadrop6647 that is unfair. The United States also experimented with curved corridor in schools to reduce the line-of-sight of the shooters, they made bulletproof backpacks, and now they want to arm the teachers to shoot the bad guys. I am sarcastic of course. It is like treating a wound with a rusty knife.
@@ghyslainabel want to know a interesting fact canada hasn't had a gun related death in a undergrade 12 school in over 20 years, I doubt America can say the same for this year alone
I am today a senior grandfather. I have spent much time in the USA, from Texas, New York, and out west in Ohio and California. I found the people I met and befriended and business partners to be as nice as Canadians. Most were generous in all ways. At some point, I thought about relocating, but... Canada had less money to offer as income, but considerably less expense. Nearly free university, a well educated population, a government not controlled by corporate money or interests. We have no right to have guns, though some of the well-to-do have hunting rifles. We do not live in fear if a stranger knocks on the door. We have government medical and prescription protection. Noone, repeat, has guns at home. Regarding prescription insurance, I pay a small fee per month ($30) and I have the government cover 80% of the cost. My kids, until age 18 were also covered for medication. University at today cost is about $400/course plus $350/semister. Doctor visits are free, as well as hospital stays and surgery. The average Canadian lifespan is 3-4 years more than the USA. The cost of living is higher by 1/3 for food. Housing is about the same or slightly more, because we have winters and need to heat in winter and a/c in summer. Even so, electricity or gas is less expensive. Summary. With less money, we have a higher standard of living.
I am scandinavian and I would NEVER move to the US, Canada though is one of my favourites if I were to move somewhere else. I agree with the Canadians on reddit on every point. My tip would be - visit Canada and experience yourself why this is the case. You can always make a new home for yourself in Canada, and have an even better life there. With all that you now have learnt about Canada, you're halfway there. Just visit, and see the US/Canada from another point of view. north of the border. Hope you do someday, why miss out on this fantastic country, people and culture anymore?!! Good luck! 🍀😃🍁
I'd much prefer the Nordic countries to Canada to be honest. Canada is a step down from pretty much any country in the EU. That being said, the US is like stepping off a cliff.
@@dwi2921 Really, that's interesting. I would have thought it was pretty equal, although I haven't researched it too deep. It would be interesting to see some comparisons, so many are made between the US and the EU, but not that many on Canada and the EU/different countries over here. Not that I have seen. Canada seems so much more relatable and similar to, well maybe the Nordic countries and the UK at least, to me. There I feel a kinship, but the US, that is quite another matter... They seem determined to drive off their own cliff at high speed or something. Not listening to anyone else or try to hit the brakes. "We'll do it our own way..." The land of the free... or something. Such a different mindset, whereas Canadians seems so much like us. Here the neighboring countries are similar and move kind of in the same direction (with our own individual quirks), but you have some crazy neighbours over there. ;) Still, it's fascinating to watch and learn, that's for sure.
@@GuinevereKnight OK I'll go over some of the things I've noticed. 1) The EU's infrastructure and healthcare are universally better. Your healthcare is actually universal, outs isn't. The EU is moving towards more pedestrian and cycling friendly green infrastructure, we are going all in on car dependency. Your urban and suburban areas are well designed with access to goods and services, ours aren't. Your rural communities haven't been entirely abandoned, whereas many of ours have been and are often trapped in the 1940s (thankfully I have electricity and Internet out here, many rural households don't). 2) You overall have better quality goods, especially food. For instance you guys have actual bread, whereas we have bread like substances made from yoga mat materials (that's nor even a joke). 3) Europeans have an overall healthier relationship with firearms. Something which is of great interest to me because I own firearms myself. Here in Canada and by extension in America it's anything but healthy. It's a free for all in the US with predictable consequences, and here in Canada if you own guns you are often otherized. Seen as a dangerous and often misogynistic enemy of the public. Really the polar opposite of the US and equally as unhealthy. 4) Canada is disastrously racist for a first world country. That is not to say that Canada doesn't have bright spots. But it's mostly in it's beautiful landscapes, various and interesting wildlife, dynamic indigenous cultures and superb artists. Otherwise, there isn't much positive sadly. Think of it this way. Canada and the US are two sides of the coin or bank note. Distinctly different but also the same.
@@dwi2921 Wow, thank you so much, very interesting. You have given me food for thought. I certainly can't argue with you, these points are correct in my experience of us and our neighbours. I guess to me these things are not so special, guess we sort of take them for granted and that you guys seem likeminded. Maybe it helps that the countries here push each other forward through the EU, some want to take the lead and some want to go in another direction, but are impacted by the changes no matter what. We certainly have our challenges too here, it isn't Utopia, but over all it works pretty much. We can always do better. I can't say much about the topics you mention about Canada, my knowledge is to much at surface level. Most of what I've seen and heard about Canada is positive and Canadians over all seem sympathetic and cool. I can see there are some challenges and hope this is something that can change for the better. That you are not as divided as the US, but there are divides here too and change does take such a long time. I wish Canada and the EU could work together more, exchange 'notes' and help each other move forward. Sad to hear of the negative sides, of course every country has some more or less, but you're such a great people that I'm a little surprised I suppose. I can certainly understand that you are in parts very similar to the US and in parts quite the opposite - and proud of it (usually). I am thankful for the insight and still hold you in high esteem, hoping things will change for the better. That all you awsome Canadians will work to change it.
@@GuinevereKnight 1) Oh ho ho, that's where you are wrong I'm afraid. Canada politically speaking the Belgium of North America, it's on the verge of breaking apart every year. The deep divide between the French and English speaking parts of the country is once again rearing it it's ugly head, and Quebec making a bit for succession for the umpteenth time is possible. Now the western provinces (Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan) may very well start their own sabre rattling over the gun issue. Their succession may be possible considering all the oil wealth Alberta has. 2) Depends which province/s or territory/s you go too. The East Coast (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador), West Coast (British Columbia) and the North (Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon) are pretty much what you describe. Very friendly and sympathetic folks there, especially in the east. 3) The Western provinces still hold to the traditional frontier/settler values, and it can take some getting used to. Very rugged folks over there. 4) Ontario, my province, is a mixed bag. My part of the province (the north-northwestrn part), you as a Nordic person would be very much at home. Finnish, Danish, Norweigian and Swedish culture have permeated the area, and Finnish is basically an unofficial second language. The problem is that my part of the province is one of those abandoned rural areas and also one of the most racist to boot. It's rather depressing. The southern half of the province is cosmopolitan and truly advanced, and Toronto is one of the best cities in the world. However as far that southern Ontarians are concerned the rest of the country might as well not exist. They also suffer the brunt of gun violence being so close to the border and 80% of all gun crimes being committed with smuggled firearms. Which unsurprisingly is where most of the hate for firearms owners comes from. 5) Avoid Quebec if you can (with the exception of Montréal). If you are not French, White and Catholic, they really don't want you. Matter of fact there effectively banned non-Catholics from visibly displaying symbols related to their various faiths. Again Montréal is fine, it's the rest of the Province. 6) The indigenous peoples of Canada are still actively suppressed, both socially and economically. While great strides have been made towards reconciliation, there are still setbacks every year that unravel good works done. Again it not all doom and gloom. I can easily recommend St.Johns (Newfoundland, not New Brunswick) and Charlottetown as eminently visitable (and livable) places that are worth your time if you want to relax. If you want excitement Montréal, Halifax and Calgary are pretty great.
As a parent, it is a discussion my family has fairly often. School violence impacts kids all over the country and indirectly everywhere. My kids have anxiety about school because of it. And small towns? Like Uvalde? Or Parkland, which was voted as the safest town in FL before they killed a bunch of school kids.
It sure does! The one in Connecticut happened when my daughter was 7. We were living in New Brunswick, Canada at the time about 3 hours from the border, and 10 hours drive to CT. Her father is American, and she has cousins in CT. She was afraid to go to CT for Christmas to visit her cousins because she didn't want to get shot. She was also afraid for her cousins at their school. 7 year old children should not be afraid to go to school!!!
The weirdest thing I notice about the response is this sort of "Oh, well, just stay away from that part, it's just bad over there. Oh, it's OK if you have the right job and the right insurance, as long as you don't get the wrong kind of sick., Oh just make sure you are living in the right city so that it's not so violent. " I don't know, it's just weird. There is just a kind of deadlock about trying to actually solve any of your problems. There's a sad resignation that I feel when I hear about problems in the US. If you try to fix a problem, there's a whole reactionary side of the country that is like "how dare you fix that, are you just too precious to handle dealing with it on your own? And anyways, who's going to pay for it? Not my problem" and then people just move away from the problems and try to forget they exist. It's like inviting people over to your house, and you've got piles of trash and you're just like "Oh, yeah, just don't go through the trash room, oh there's a path there, just make sure you wear your shoes inside. Yeah there's a junkie in that room, but if you don't close to the door he probably won't bite you." But in my little room here it's not so bad, if you can get past the smell.
As a Canadian born with medical issues and having JUST spent 10 days in hospital with a number of follow ups, I’d be dead if I lived in the US. It’s scary down there that I don’t even want to visit even if it was all paid.
I went to University in Seattle...beautiful, interesting city. I can't think of 1 reason why I would ever move to the United States. Canada is by no means perfect but I feel there are more pros than cons. Healthcare and safety are probably the top 2 pros. Born and raised here...proud to be a Canadian 🇨🇦🇨🇦
I'd agree, but given how many guns are being smuggled in, safety is taking a nose dive. I suppose urbanites could move to the countryside, but rural people also own guns and in general hate city people. So that's probably a no go. Canada is also disastrously racist for a first world country. Still, I'll take this solid gold turd over the US.
@@dwi2921 Sorry you've had that experience, I agree Canada is far from perfect. I don't see much racism myself but I'm not part of a minority so I can only rely on what studies say.
To your point about choosing where exactly in the US you live - I grew up for 26 years near Toronto but have lived in the US for the last 20 (husband is American). We live in a bubble of like-minded and similar people, and there are very few places in the US we could tolerate. Also, DO NOT underestimate the effects of school shootings on families. I have kids and I'm a teacher. It's on my mind EVERY SINGLE DAY. I'm kind of hoping my kids decide to go to university in Canada. Finally, don't forget that for good health insurance, you are paying a premium just for the coverage, and then on top of that if anything happens you are paying hundreds/thousands of dollars for the services!
I read all these comments as an American and silently sob under the covers. The reasons you all provide are all valid and I there is a nothing I can say to change your opinion because there is nothing I can say. You are all right. Sometimes I feel ashamed for even living here 😅
Feel sorry for you as a Canadian. I used to dream of vacationing in the U.S years ago. I’m originally from the Caribbean, and I’m aware that many from the Caribbean have emigrated to the U.S back in the 50s, 60s and 70s. It seemed simpler then, even with the racist elements. Today, the heinous way minorities are treated, together with the reversal of women’s rights, have me slack jawed. Not only that, the deep divisions in your country, together with all of the social issues that threaten to make the country more unsafe, should be a rallying cry for its citizens to realize that their way of life is seriously under threat. I’m looking at the threat to democracy in the U.S, from north of the border.
Don't feel ashamed, come visit and see if maybe you'd like to live here! And if not, remember that things change; things can get better if people take care of each other. Good luck and have heart; your future is wide open and a passport can take a you a long, long ways away.
If i were to ever live in the states, it would have to be a border town close to Canada so i can cross back home whenever i want to. Other than that, hell fucking no 😅😂
@@trevornmartinmartin2756He obviously mistyped "states" without verifying it. If anything, you should call him out for calling the border the "boarder". 😂
We have been living 6 months in Canada and 6 months in US for quite a while. We live in a mobile home park for 55 plus. If I judge people from the park, there is a lot of discrimination, racism, politics and religion that really bother us. We tend to stay at home and not mingle to much with the people. Some people down in Florida are good friends of ours but there views on things and the most common negative issue that we find the racism.
another big one is the religion. In Canada, we have different religion and most people keep to themselves and do their own religion. In USA, we call them the crazies because they preach and talk about religion but they are the worse hypocrites and mean people you could meet. I am catholic myself but you would never hear me saying thing like “God will get you for this” or God is watching you”. In Canada we do our own thing and don’t stab people in the back.
My 🇺🇲 husband moved here to Canada. He ended up having cancer & subsequent surgery. He was stunned at no "co-pay". He asked me about co-pay & I asked what's co-pay. And no. I refuse to move to the US due to US gun violence & healthcare.
Born and raised in a small town in Ontario. Have lived in Alberta for the last 40 years. Love our country and have never even considered living in any other country. ❤️🇨🇦
I think a big part of the feelings most have about not moving to the US, apart from the reasons they've been able to quantify, are the fact that we see the obvious problems not being fixed. In many other countries health care, gun control, etc may not be perfect, but change and improvements are made. In the US, we see any efforts shot down time and time again because the policians seem to be owned by corporations/lobbyists, and big business likes things as they are. This significantly erodes confidence in the US government's ability to address other crises that will come up.
I live 2 minutes from the US border, visited many times. Move there is a big no. Even though my town is right next to our US counterpart, the differences in culture are immense. Even if their gas, milk and living is cheaper, it is not worth it.
I live in a border city too. I used to drive over to shop and get gas. I don’t even want to do that anymore. I’ll pay our higher gas prices gladly to avoid their madness.
I worked for a company(3.5years) that was relocating to North Carolina from Toronto. They offered to help find somewhere to live, help with immigration, and a cash incentive(i forget how much) to move and keep my job. This was 2002. I declined, and there has never been a day that I regretted my choice.
My American brother recently spent 10 days in hospital in Utah, the amount billed by his hospital is $282,000. At the same time I, a Canadian, spent 2.5 weeks recovering from emergency surgery and my bill was $395 for ambulance transport from my town to a nearby city hospital.
@@georgesmiley1474l… IF you have health insurance??? 🙄🤣. Ah, the entitlement. There are 500,000 American with health insurance that still file for medical bankruptcy every year. What good is “better” when you end up homeless and far more bankrupt if you lose that great job?? If you can’t afford healthcare or don’t have a job like my disabled SIL in MI, you become trapped in the permanent underclass of medical poverty. Angry and bitter as her life passes her by. Now tell us how much better getting a $100,000+ out of network Air Ambulance in the USA would be?
@@georgesmiley1474 my brother in laws live in the States. They do have good health coverage and get excellent care when they have needed it. They also pay 800$ US a month for their insurance.
My American husband and I choose Canada when we first got married due to health care and educational reasons. My husband has been in Canada for almost 13 years and says he would never move back to the US. I joke about moving to California or Hawaii (somewhere warm) any time it gets to -30 Celsius or colder and he says over his dead body will he ever go back.
I was born in the States (I say because that's where my mother's uterus was). Mom was Canadian and when my dad died we moved to Canada and I was naturalized as a citizen. I AM NOT American. I like US people individually, but as a collective, you're pretty messed up. Robin Williams said "Canada is like the quiet neighbour living above a meth lab."
Tyler's right about small-town America. I was driving my family to an international soccer tournament when the van broke down. A kind American stopped, found a tow rope in his truck, and towed us to the nearest town --- Drayton, North Dakota. The town was so stereotypical, it was almost comical. It's definitely a different culture. There was the guy dressed head-to-toe in camouflage, with a bright orange hunter's vest. There was a carload of kids driving a hot rod up and down the main street, back and forth, back and forth, with no particular place to go. But then there were two very kind gentlemen who came up to us, concerned about our wellbeing and where my family would sleep that night, because the motel was filling-up fast with competitors for the Drayton Catfish Capital Challenge Catfish Tournament (it's a real thing, look it up). Nobody prompted them. They had no ulterior motive. They were just genuinely concerned for us. My lasting impression of the townspeople I'd met in Drayton that day was how nice they all were. They were kind and friendly and genuinely caring toward others, going out of their way to help us any way they could.
I am a non-white, non-christian, non-straight person with a medical condition. Though I have visited the States several times in my life up to the year 2005, I have not been back since. I would be nervous (if not outright afraid) to even visit the USA in today's charged atmosphere and would certainly not move there.
My brother always wanted to move to the US, and finally did. He HATED IT. He had good health care, so that wasn't an issue, but he said the racism was incredible. He would talk about the road rage and violence he saw on a regular basis, the religion overload, the crazy politics with the big political rallies and events. He was very unhappy living there and was thoroughly disillusioned. The only things that he liked about it were all the concerts and sports events that he had access to, lol.
You remind me of a story. I have a friend who's from Congo and moved to Canada. Some of his relatives move to the US. Each time he visits them, he says he glad he chose Canada. He says in Canada, racists will insult him on the street, at worst. He can live with that. His relatives are constantly scared of being shot and dying in the US. It's not a decent way to live! And it seems so weird when you consider that the black population is way more important in the US. I don't get it...
@@davidfoster3427 Utter bullshit. My home town is not like the US at all. I know, because I've spent time in the US and every time I come home there's a sense of relief and welcome. If you're talking about the gun violence (that's because of USians smuggling guns up here), even that is way lower than any comparable US city. I'm tired of people trash talking my home.
I am an American currently traveling in Canada. This is my second summer here. If it wasnt for the freezing cold up here, i would start my paperwork to move here permanently. Most likely, I will continue to be here as long as I dont freeze 👍every year. I am so over the US and how sick it has become. When I go back to the States, I worry constantly about my safety. Here I never have.
I've worked with a lot of people who have moved to the US for work. It's a very compatible place for Canadians to go. The culture is very similar. People move for work pretty seamlessly. I lot of older canadians go to the southern US for 6 months a year for the weather but maintain their canadian citizenship for he medical coverage. The COVID mess where twice as many US citizens per capita died compared to Canadians was a bit of a downer. Watching how poorly the political system seems to be to deal with all the real world problems that are out there. That 73,000,000 voted for a self admitted scammster and criminal for President is troubling. The Gun mess also tends to chase people off. The American people seem to be desperate to maintain their freedom to kill each other. I'm not interested in that freedom
You've been fed wrong info. There was no increase in over all death. The average life expectancy for men is 79, 82 for woman. The average ( covid) death was 86. Those people were already dying.
@@landonbarretto4933 what in the world do you mean?Plenty of people on both sides of the border are perfectly decent human beings. .we are often culturally and certainly linguistically compatible and have a viewpoint that is often more aligned than with that of europe. Canadians haven't taken on that individualistic resistance to helping others in their society that the americans seem to embrace We don't pursue our own "freedoms" to the point of anarchy and chaos . There seems to be less selfishness at the heart of canadian culture. The american train has fallen off the tracks. We are in a lot of ways like the americans. I guess be warned would be my message. Dont let the things that went wrong there happen here. We aren't as crazy about guns as they are. That's a good thing.
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I am from Brazil, moved to Canada 9 years ago, now I am Canadian citizen. I was once asked by a American colleague why did I not immigrated to the USA, the answer is: it was not even in the list of possible countries. In fact it is on my top list of places not to move to.
You have a good insurance through your job? That only means you have one more reason to fear losing it or stay on a particularly bad one if you don’t have anything lined up, if you have a chronic health condition, then you are straight out hostage to your employer. Even if you do have good insurance your bills may one day go beyond the maximum and you still risk bankruptcy.
If you do go bankrupt, in any civilized country you can’t go to jail for debt, in the USA you can, the country with the highest incarcerated population in the world in absolute numbers and relative too. To add salt to the injury it is a country that did not completely make slave work illegal, it is still legal if you are not a free citizen and your prison system exploit that.
So it is a country that you can become slave because you got sick.
Then there are the guns… the fact you think you are exempt of school shootings says it all, if you live in a small city it would not affect you? Are you really saying mass shootings never occur in small cities?! This is an excerpt:
“The massacre that killed 10 people at a high school in Texas last week was just the latest to happen in a small or suburban city. Of the 10 deadliest school shootings in the U.S., all but one took place in a town with fewer than 75,000 residents and the vast majority of them were in cities with fewer than 50,000 people.”
It is all part of the gun culture, the absurd of making guns easily available and viewing guns as toys, a culture were people think taking your life is a proportional response to trespassing.
It is all closely tied with all the warmongering you are ok with all the taxes you pay going to your military to kill people outside your country yet you take exception in using a fraction of that to save your own citizens lives.
It is a place which put low value in the human life and well being, favour punishment instead of prevention and rehabilitation, keeps most of its population in a constant sense of despair and helplessness…
It is no wonder the USA has the highest number of psychopaths(over than 3000 versus the second next at 166), have kids going nuts and shooting others at school.
It is not a sane culture, it is not a good place to live and if you are well informed you won’t.
just Bravo.... well said. And regarding psychopaths : it is the basic trait of the extreme greed fueling the super-capitalism the USA (note here not America) is based on... p.p.s. it's not even a gun culture anymore, it is normal to open carry military grade assault weapons... some ''gun shows'' are even talking bazooka... many think it's a great idea.... !!!!
Rural communities tend to be more religious. Christian nationalism has a big hand in gun culture
this is a BRILLIANT comment. I wish Tyler READ THE comments. outstanding! 🙌
@@brialapoint2608 That's sadly true of my province, Alberta. Some of those people are BS!C. They even laugh at people who are upset at the horses that get killed every year in the chuckwagon races at the Stampede.
It must have been difficult to give up Churrascaria though, love Brazilian food.
I spent years as a Canadian long-haul truck driver across Canada and the USA. I have never been physically assaulted in my own country for the work I do. In the USA I have been forcefully pulled from my truck and assaulted on more than one occasion. I have been screamed out many many times for being a woman in a truck. I have dealt with mass amounts of sexism, and guns waved in my face. I have personally driven through 33 different states. You cannot pay me to go back. The culture throughout the USA is terrible.
Holy poutine! Those are very disturbing experiences indeed!
That is terrible you were treated that that, Shame on those US hooligans!!
I can believe it. Truck drivers deserve the utmost respect. 🇨🇦
It's like living in the Middle Ages.
I've lived in America my entire life. Well over four decades. I've never had a gun waved in my face. I've never been drug out of my car for any reason whatsoever. I think America has a lot of problems and wish I could leave it, but the things you named do not happen all the time like you are implying.
I have met several Canadians here in Australia and they become quite upset if it is suggested they may be Americans. Tells you something.
It's safer to say " Do I detect a North American accent?" I loved when my Aussie friends would say that.
A high percentage of Canadians would get upset being called an American.
I had a girlfriend from Manchester, UK who told me that most people in the UK see Canadians and Americans as just Americans. I took umbrage with that and after explaining how different we actually are(I'm Canadian), she said, I still see you as the same ... lol
@@palindrome1959 And if you said to her, English, Welsh, what's the difference?
I am Canadian, about 30 years ago I answered a telephone survey about whether I wanted Canadian and American money to be consolidated. After I'd answered the questions, the young woman gushed about how reasonable I'd been. She told me that she'd got such an earful of abuse from doing that survey it was like she'd told us there'd be no further hockey in Canada. 😅😅😅
Just as a correction to some of the comments, Canada is not referred to as a ‘melting pot’ - it is referred to as a ‘mosaic’. The US uses the term melting pot’ as it is believed that you put everyone into a pot to create one type of citizen, while Canadians us a ‘mosaic’ to reference we are a diverse ground of citizens that, when put together, forms a picture (a culture).
Yes! Thank you for posting this!
Interesting. I've always heard of Canada being referred to not as a 'mosaic' or 'melting pot', but as 'multicultural.'
@@starwarsrebel2006 the word mosaic isn't in use for this as much now, but it is a more colourful way to express the very academic and dry-sounding term "multiculturalism".
I've also heard the term "salad bowl" -- lots of different things that work together, while each component maintains its own character.
It is called a melting pot because we are not bigots and very often marry outside our race and have children of mixed race. I've been here over 60 years and we have always called it that.
Canadian here. I’ll never forget visiting Disneyworld and hearing the people sitting across from me complain they weren’t allowed to bring their guns into the park. They didn’t get why it was an issue. It was horrifying and mind blowing. It’s that part of America gun culture that makes me very sure I’d never move there. I know it’s not all Americans, but knowing an American family is out there annoyed they can’t bring weapons into a family theme park is enough.
Holly shit it says all... guns in a resort ? Seriously ?
Yeah. I once walked into a Winn-Dixie supermarket with my mother-in-law in Melbourne and a guy had a huge rifle over his shoulder with two of the ammo belts on him. I looked at her and said, let's go to another grocery store. I didn't know if he had plans to shoot the place up or was just open carrying cause he could, but it made me very uncomfortable. I don't like the idea of my life being threatened by some nut with a gun every time I leave my house.
Omg that is so messed up. What a weird and horrible way to live
Agreed. Like you accidentally cut someone off in a line or park where someone else intended to park and you get blown away? Ridiculous
Way to judge an entire country based on one idiot. Superior Canadians make me sick. I happen to know the truth since I actually lived 10 years in the States. The best people ever. And then I came back to Canada where my standard of living dropped dramatically.
I'm a surgeon in Canada, and even though there are more jobs and I could make potentially twice as much in the usa I would never move there. I would never be able to refuse someone surgery or bankrupt them because they had no insurance. I also don't like the 'cover your ass' style of medicine that most doctors in the USA have to practice because of how often lawsuits happen.
Thanks for staying put! we need you here!!😅
these are reasons suicide in US doctors is rising
Thanks for keeping your skills in Canada.
Thank you for staying. The work you do is why I love this country. 😊
I remember seeing a lot of conservatives say they’d move to Canada back when gay marriage was legalized in the US, but they didn’t realize we’d (Canada) already legalized it for a decade by then.
And we have good healthcare, so they wouldn’t like that either. Oh, and it’s not all white people.
I have no idea why a staunch conservative would move to Canada its so much more left leaning than any party in the states.
Hopefully they didn't go through with their moving. We already have enough of that anti-gay nonsense up here as it is. We don't need any more "stupid" shipped in. 😬
what is called gay marriage in the USA was made legal in Canada *nationwide* on July 20, 2005 within the enactment of the Civil Marriage Act.
The funny thing about that to me is they think they can just migrate over the border whenever they don't like a politician, but if political migrants want to migrate over their southern border they lose their shit.
I guess nobody mentioned to the old conservative Americans that we have no use for them here.
As a Canadian, I would NEVER move to the States. Scary as hell!
Also as a Canadian, hell no!
As a American even i dont wanna live here
I'm a Canadian from Toronto that's been living in Boston for the past 4 years. Love the city - probably the most underrated in North America. The people here are friendly (not polite, but friendly), and I've generally enjoyed living here. Having said all of that, I'm moving back to Canada in a week. There are some major benefits to living in Boston over Toronto - the pay is significantly higher for the same job, the city is beautiful, and the weather is much better. My wife has enjoyed her time here less, as there are some subtle cultural differences here with misogyny (men in professional settings always touching her inappropriately, she's been drugged at bars several times, and she is treated poorly by many men). Things that were unthinkable in Toronto. Add the slow deterioration of women's rights in this country, and the general situation with healthcare, and its become a rather unwelcoming place for someone used to Canadian culture.
The first time anyone drugged me at a bar I'd be on the first plane home to Canada.
Toronto is not the same place you left 4 yrs ago. More like New York.
@davidfoster3427 Nowhere in the world is. Looks everywhere got worse after the pandemic. Most likely the same happened to where he lives. It's good that Toronto's problem is easier to fix or improve than the types of problem he is having.
@davidfoster3427 Even still...As a woman, who has travelled around the world...I still feel safer in Toronto. Sure I've encountered my fair share of crazy aggressors in Toronto, but it's balanced out by the average Canadian man from a culture of respecting women. In other countries I visited many times a woman would be blamed for a man's aggressive advances. Not suggesting that America is like that, just speaking in general terms about Canada/Toronto.
@@maggiesmith856 I'm a gay guy but sometimes I'm asked to go to cis parties by my female friends to keep an eye on them. If I had a dollar for every weird drink I grabbed from of one my girls' hands, ... I'd have $3!!!! The two evenings this happened, we all left in a panic, saddened and afraid. What if I wasn't there ...😟 A lot of young men are growing up seeing women as just "hoes" and treat them accordingly. Very sad!
I did move to and live in Florida for a year and a half and it was the worst decision I ever made. It was awful and to say it was a culture shock is an understatement. I moved from Victoria BC to Fort Lauderdale Florida. I was yelled at for wearing a mask in the grocery stores, I was called a pedophile and a groomer for being gay, I was told repeatedly that Canada is a communist, socialist evil woke empire. When I finally moved back to Canada it was like a breath of fresh air and a relief.
Welcome back, we tend to like and protect LGBTQ+ marriage, people and human rights.
That's one nasty horror show in FL for almost anyone, immigrants too.
Ever see any Randy Rainbow parodies, especially the recent "Welcome To DeSantis"? Do...😉
We do have a pm that admires communist china … have you not notice what’s happening in Canada
It’s all good your gay but straight up keep the trans people out of schools leave the children alone
@@stevetournay6103 They are so funny :)
As a Canadian I have to say that I have no desire to move South. I'm sure there are many Americans who are really good people but the political divide and the supreme court are taking the U.S. backwards. Anyone who is not straight white Christian and male doesn't have any rights. Religious nut jobs have too much power and they are more hate based than the "love thy neighbor" people.
I hear a lot of my fellow Canadians question if travelling to the United States is even worth it nowadays, stating concerns over political violence, shootings, etc.
Last time I was in the US was around 2000-2001 (pre-9/11) for a friend's wedding. Swore I'd never go back to that country based on that trip, and everything in the past 20 years has cemented that decision
Frankly I used to enjoy going State side - Upper New York area - but once 45 was voted in, I refused to visit. And nowadays I simply ask myself why? And even before Mango Man, I always felt ....tracked, for want of a better word, as soon as I crossed the border. I would return home to Canada and immediately my shoulders and back would stop aching from being tensed so long. Pity, because I did many nice Americans during my travels. But it would only take one American with a gun to ruin them.
@@susanandrews2294 America is too politically screwed up to move there or have Canada join! No health care like Canada has, way too much embracing of crime by politicians and D.A.'s, a feeling of not feeling safe in their cities....all reasons not to live there or join !
Yeah .. have travelled back and forth a lot over the years. Still have family stateside; if I didn’t, not sure I would ever go back. Canada is not immune to the issues of our time but we haven’t completely caved in to the insanity either.
I m never setting my foot there. It’s scary
My kids have had 2 lockdowns at school over the years. One was because there was a bear in the school yard. The other was because a wild Turkey got into the school. Guns? Not a concern, really, where we live in Canada. Also, as a woman, I’m a big fan of having bodily autonomy. I’ll stay here in Canada, thanks.
Okay but wild turkeys are no joke. Those things are mean as fuck.
😂😂😂😂 wild turkey
I’ve never even had a lock down drill until college and I live Ontario
Tyler, you mentioned a couple times that violence could be avoided by living in smaller towns in the US. To me as a Canadian, it seems like mass violence occurs in any size town in the States - big or small.
For example, in 2012, the population of Newtown, Connecticut was only 28,000. This is where the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooter took the lives of 26 people - 20 of whom were only 6-7 years old.
In 2018, "the Associated Press reported of the 10 deadliest school shootings in the US, all but one, happened in towns with less than 75,000 residents. Most of them were in cities with less than 50,000". Uvalde's population was 15,860 in 2022 when 19 elementary school children and 2 teachers were fatally shot, in addition to 17 others injured.
I'm sorry, but while the USA has some beautiful places to visit, it is much too scary for me - and don't even get me started about the politics.
Amen to that! BC Canada
🙌🏻 … perfectly said.
So what you're saying is: You don't like that the 'Orange Vomit' is trying to run for president again??? lol lol lol (agreed!)
Thank you for sharing those statistics. To be honest, I don't even visit the US anymore.
@@JoRiver11 Same. We don't even travel through.
I as a British born, and now Canadian, really admire you for doing this. It was interesting to me that you said, gun violence in schools isn’t something that you think about. It is called ‘desensitization’. You, as an American, hear it so much that it fails to have the impact that the rest of us feel. Thoughts and prayers are beyond ridiculous. There is not a hope in hell that I would move to the US.
Desensitization is exactly what it is. And media that’s allowed to be broadcast with no tether to standards and skewing facts. No one seems to want to acknowledge the fact that outside the borders the correlation is less guns, less shootings and continue to believe that their god given right to possess firearms makes them more safe. Thoughts and prayers and continued ignorance will be their undoing.
I couldn't agree more. Everyone and their dog has 3 guns and there is a mass shooting EVERY DAY!!! And the moderator thinks moving to a small town will keep you safe? I don't think he does get it.
The exact words I was thinking:
There is not a chance in hell of me ever moving to the United States.
Reasons.
#1. Gun culture.
#2. Health Care.
#3. Christian Theocracy.
#4. The Sheer Near Total Insanity of the Republican Party. This includes the state of the Supreme Court, and the current barbaric handling of abortion.
#5. The racial issues... that are still today influenced by the history of slavery.
#6. The Issues around the Electoral College that allow a candidate to become president while losing the popular vote. Also the lack of an independent body to oversee elections. That is sheer madness.
#7. Denser populations, and, as a related issue, greater pollution.
#8. The Presidential Pardon... which is a concept that seems designed to facilitate the abuse of power.
#9. Fox News, and the rest of the deeply manipulative right wing media... which I should have put much higher on this list.
#10. Military spending... which also should probably be higher on this list.
#11. The myth of American exceptionalism.
#12. American ignorance of the rest of the world, in general.
#13. The Criminal Code including the Death Penalty, which was eliminated in Canada many years ago.
#14. Education.
#15. The drastically increased potential for political violence ever since Trump entered the political arena. This one also should be higher on the list. The United States could not even get through a transfer of power without violence. This is beyond pathetic. The peaceful transition of power is the #1 job of first-world democracies.
#16. Attitudes toward social problems such as poverty and drug addiction.
Notice that #4 - #7 could be subdivided into more than one reason.
I thought this list was going to have 5 or 6 items on it.
If a nation can't successfully accomplish a peaceful transition of power, then I question whether it can even be considered a first-world country... or a democracy.
USA isn't really a democracy..it's capitalist. Which is as bad as communist but in reverse.
The very fact that the US, in your experience, is NOT talking about children's safety in school IS the problem
Right.. this is actually the first time I heard anyone American or Canadian say that gun issues in school is like not..a thing.
Agreed! Our impression is that Americans are more concerned about their right to own a gun than their children's right to be safe at school.
What hole are you in. They talk about that all the time. You actually think there is no violence in canuk schools.
Kid just got shot. There are daily shootings in the city. Poop on the streets.
Never again. Lived there late 70’s to mid 80’s. Came back because going to university and securing healthcare were too expensive in Florida. Went to university back here in Canada, enjoyed a long career without going into major debt. Florida was always a bit nuts but now I wouldn’t even want to go to Disney World anymore. Now that any idiot in Florida can carry a loaded , concealed weapon, no training needed , not worth the risk,, unbelievable.
Right?! I found that really surprising! Shocking really!
to help you put the school shooting fear into perspective. In Quebec we basically had three. The dawson college shooting in 2006, which caused 1 death. The concordia University shooting in 1992 (where a staff member killed other staff members, and not students) And the polytechnique shooting that caused 14 deaths in 1996. They are basically once in a generation events and so rare and shocking to us that they are still being commemorated yearly on the news.
I remember my mother telling me about Polytechnique even though we live in Alberta. I was... maybe fourteen, way back then, and I was horrified. I had never heard of such a thing. "Once in a generation" is right!
@@sunflowerhandler even terror attacks in general, it's just so rare in Canada that it's actually news-worthy still
And in terms of mass shootings in general Polytechnique in 1898 was the deadliest mass shooting in Canada until the Nova Scotia Attacks in 2020 in which 22 people were killed over 13 hours and numerous locations. Not only are school shootings rare here, mass shootings in general especially on the scale seen in the US are rare.
I’ve never heard of any of these Shootings but I also live in Ontario
as a canadian who wanted to move somewhere that feels foreign i moved to newfoundland its still canadian but feels like a different world
I'm from there. It really is like a different country. Lol.
@@genregurlI'm in NB. Have been to Newfoundland a few times. Really felt at home.
Lol
newfoundland is a different world. Full of awesome people, some for whom you would need a translator. lol
@@deborahgauvin44 Isn't that what is in a bottle of CANADIAN beer? Or in a bottle of SKREECH?
The fact that you can buy a gun and booze in the same store are absolutely ridiculous
Good point.
On the other hand... it's extremely convenient if you happen to be an alcoholic murderer.
Replace "and booze in the same store are" by "is".
@@UTU49😂😂😂😂😂😂
Guns, ammo and ice cream. Yep, as American as apple pie. No thanks.
Uptill recently you couldn't buy beer in grocery stores, LCBO or Beer Store(actual name of company). We got dispensaries more often than a Tim Hortons. Ontario got some nice things.
Lived in Canada while working in the US for almost 20 years. Sadly although I had many friends I was often shocked by the attitudes of my colleagues. They almost all looked at other countries as inferior. Racism is absolutely a thing .There was no curiosity about other cultures. I knew people that died because of their hesitation to seek health care. The school shootings, although maybe they don’t happen ‘all’ the time there seems to be no desire to fix that. The US is going the wrong way regarding voting rights. My town actually sends out extra busses if you need a ride to vote. The support of the LGBTQ community and women’s rights are also problematic. US is good if you want to get yours but I personally don’t want to take two, when others aren’t even getting one. I am happily no longer working in the states.
i live in florida during winter for five months of the year. i cannot vote. but curious.... what voting rights in the usa are you referring to? also as for florida.... it seems quite open to the gay community here. these are my experiences there. as for healthcare.... yes insurance is mandatory there.
@@nickyalousakis3851 well, FL is one state. They don’t allow people with past convictions to vote. Some counties close many voting stations causing long lines. The governor of FL is certainly not open to the LGBTQ community. And if insurance is mandatory why do they have a 16% uninsured rate?
@@tinasmith9998 -- ok good points. lets clear things up. criminals can vote. ppl who cannot vote are ppl convicted of felony crimes who have not completed their sentence. once finished they are free to vote. LGTBQT+ community.... i've never heard de santis hate on the community. what he is against... as am i.... are some trans activists pushing for it to be ok for doctors to provide children things such as surgery and puberty blockers that are permanent. books in grade schools that are a bit risque lets say. but david reuben has said - in which dave is himself homosexual.... desantis is not anti gay. it was more a media push to portray this. as for medical insurance.... what i meant is that ppl should have insurance. of course the pool and working poor this is difficult and is one thing i really dislike about the usa. it's access to healthcare for the poor. the middle class and rich are taken care of.... for the poor it is a tragedy here.
You've touched on everything that is wrong with America. 👍
Wrong, racism was not a thing until Obama and the MSM came along to make it a multi-billion dollar industry. Conquer and divide. Some of us are smart enough to know it, most are not.
When I was on vacation in Europe I realized how many Europeans really do not like Americans. We were treated very poorly until people realized we were Canadians. What a breath of fresh air that Canadians are thought of In a Different Light.
Always have a small Canadian flag stitched to something on you or that you carry. That was always an unwritten rule even back in the 80s and the US was less horrible then. You will be surprised how friendlier people are.
I retired in Canada, then married a Texas girl. She's got a few more years before she retires, so I went through the process and got my dual citizenship and live in Texas. I miss Canada very much. I see on social media the angry hyperbole about Canadian politics and politicians, and the odd comment about moving to the US to get out from under the thumb of the government. Lol, omg if those people truly understood how messed up politics is down here, they'd never make those comments. In many states, the predominant view point is, "That's against my religion, therefore you shouldn't be allowed to do it." Politicians know that and absolutely play into that mindset. Over half the country feels completely disenfranchised, but thanks to decades of gerrymandering and stacking courts with politically-motivated judges, reason, logic and science are completely ignored in favour of religious populism. I can't wait to move back home. And yes, every nutcase and overcompensating troglodyte here owns a gun and is willing to use it to enforce his version of truth.
stay safe buddy
Stay safe and keep your stick on the ice!
And no icing or boarding!
People actually think Canada is worse than US politics?
Any Canadian that whines about our healthcare or politics is ungrateful and woefully uneducated. Stay safe in texas and away from the pew pews 😂!
As an expat living in France since 1991, I'm floored by your surprise. Especially since around 2015, the US is sliding dangerously towards autocracy. Just because you seem to live in a "safe" bubble, I suggest you snap out of it and look around. Having lived in Virginia, Tennessee, Texas and Georgia, I can honestly say that no, I'll not even visit, let alone move back. My former high school in east Texas had metal detectors installed in the eary 90s already...Uvalde is a small town, how many dead kids? just sayin' - open carry, no background checks, any Joe Bob can buy an AK47 on the internet? you are arrested if you attempt to assist or provide pregnancy healthcare?...the list is way too long. Politics is much huger than you seem aware of...just like a frog in a slow-heating pan of water...will you just boil and croak, due to blissful ignorance? If more of you would care, perhaps you could stop the hemmorages. Local elections are letting the facist wolves in. Now, some state attorneys general (yes, the states with strict abortion bans, for example) are accessing medical data on trans kids and women's gynaecological care, without patient's knowledge...to what end? The next election (on all levels, city, state, federal) will decide whether the US experiment will survive. The water is getting really hot, dude.
I was in Minneapolis and was at a Kentucky fried chicken restaurant and they had bulletproof glass… I do believe we were in the wrong freaking neighbourhood!
The South is it's own unique hell hole of ignorance and rednecks.
Yeah, watching this video as a Canadian, this guy is (in my opinion) either: willfully ignorant, or privileged beyond belief (thus 'blissfully' ignorant). Any person who is *NOT* white, perceived male, perceived Christian, perceived middle class or above, perceived heterosexual and cis-gendered, perceived 'sane', perceived 'intelligent', perceived 'physically-able', any of those people look at what is going on around them and is going "we're in frigging trouble guys!". He also doesn't realize is that he can become disabled (through illness or injury) without a moment's notice and suddenly be in two of those groups (disabled and 'poor') that already know better. The fact this guy can sit here and be shocked by how others see the USA is kind of insulting to the entire rest of the human population that don't have his privileges. It's almost enough to make me never watch another video of his. I hope this truly does open his eyes, because yes, the USA is in *massive* trouble and it better figure it out soon!
Actually, the worst part is the power of religion.
Speak Evangelical churches.
Those mental cripples tell the politicians and courts what to do and, no surprise, they obey!!!
Fuck that, I wouldn't live there at a million times my present income.
lynnpennec9711-well written.
I’m a US/Canadian citizen and my entire family live in the US. They always ask me to move back. No Way, I love my home country but with the Health Care cost, crime, and political issues, just doesn’t compare.
My Step-Father, who was a retired US Marine, was denied much needed medical treatment for Myelodysplasia. When he passed, my mother lost everything, house, car, everything. Had to claim bankruptcy. This would not have happened in Canada.
the only issue in canada or at least ontario that is..... is that our healthcare model is not an economically sustainable one. it will eventually have to change.
@@nickyalousakis3851 - You mean the chronic underfunding by successive governments, accelerated by the current Doug Ford destruction during and since the pandemic? That is what has to change. The rich and corporations need to pay much, much more in taxes as well.
@@lb456 -- here is the thing i think the left get disconnected from. i would fathom you are a liberal. ford disn't destroy anything couple things you need to know. healthcare takes up forty five percent of ontario's budget. in socialized medicine doctors tend to go where the money is. doctors certainly don't want to work for free. here is where i have a problem with your statement/. corporations need to pay a lot more tax. in a corporation they can pay anywyere from eight percent to twenty two percent in tax. that is just the corporation/ in a small business such as mine.... after my company pays it's tax anything i take out to spend for myself will AGAIN be taxed. same in a large company.... all people working in that company also have their money confiscated in income tax. then when you spend your income it's taxed again. here's the clincher.... govts have to compete with other governments to keep business here and to attract new business to keep lots of ppl employed. employment is where govts get their most income from. the flip side is you get the starbucks effect.... starbucks operates here, but must pay franchise fees to an offshore head office. the franchise fee is just enough to minimize tax payable to canada. it's an equilibrium. ----- as for canadain healthcare operated by the provinces.... it's an outdated model. more funding is out of the question. what i suggest to you is canada and the provinces operate a new healthcare system exactly as switzerland does. read about how their system works. better healthcare results, happier doctors and the poor are looked after. in the switzerland model the private sector is involved.
Oh God, I'm so sorry! How awful. My prayers for your family to move up with you.
Yep, in Canada, they dare treat people like... people.
My career as a corporate pilot ended when my US multi-nat employer moved their flight department from Toronto to Binghamton, NY. They offered me a Restricted Green Card if I moved to Binghamton as the chief pilot. It was a moment of truth. Having worked for two different US companies, and having been in every state except Hawaii, I concluded that I could not do that to my kids. While I have friends in the US who are fantastic in every way, I never felt comfortable talking about politics or religion with any of them. I felt so strongly about it that I gave up flying even though I loved it. The American's excessive religiosity, gun fetish, racism, the possibility of being conscripted to fight in some bullshit, unnecessary war, and the lack of a national healthcare plan all factored into my decision. In 2015, when the US electorate chose an ignorant New York con man with authoritarian fascist ambitions to be their president, I felt fully vindicated in my choice.
We haven't had conscription since 1972, and we've had national health care since 2010.
@@kevinwalsh1619 Conscription comes and goes. Read some history. No, you don't have universal, single payer healthcare. A poor person and a rich person get the same care, same doctors. If you do a little research (I don't mean watching some rando vid by a partisan) into the outcomes and costs we enjoy, you'll completely understand my decision.
Well said
Hi Tyler....I've watched several of your videos and I appreciate your efforts to reveal us Canucks to your followers in the US.
There is something that you said in this video that really illustrates the differences between the US and Canada.
When speaking of the school shootings, you said that "it doesn't affect me" which kinda took me aback. How can anyone be so dismissive of such an horrendous event.
In Canada, when something like that happens, it touches everyone, and we work together to ensure it doesn't happen again.
This is such an excellent point. We have empathy in Canada.
I agree! Especially when he said it was a touchy subject…I don’t get how Americans accept the wholesale slaughter of children in their schools and how politicized it is. The fact that they aren’t worried or concerned about it is completely insane.
I agree with you - the level of desensitisation in Americans to gun violence is simply shocking. I’m proud to say that here in Australia it only took one horrific mass shooting for us to make sure we had laws in place to try to prevent it ever happening again! Those laws were brought in by a bunch of old, white conservative politicians as well! We Aussies have a society that shows we care about each other. Much of the American mindset is “pull yourself up by your own bootstraps” and “your problem isn’t my problem I’ll only care if it affects me personally!”
@@Airelda
Sadly, American culture and politics have been badly warped by a willful misinterpretation of their 2nd Amendment.
Thankfully, the rest of the first world does not have that problem.
A major distinction between Canada and the US is a US attitude of "I got mine, too bad you didn't get yours but not my problem, do better", I don't think you see that in Canada, Canadians just seem to have more compassion and really want to see all succeed but more than that they will go out of their way to help others to succeed.
and it is not the govt that wont do the universal health-care..it is the popn bc they dont want to pay taxes for those others...they only care about themselves,,,,truly capitalistic..
I appreciate that you are open to hearing these comments- as hard as that might be. Canadians do love our US next door neighbours- most of the US is lovely, most people are good, yes good opportunities exist there. BUT, we have that here in Canada too. So the tipping points about female bodily autonomy, never really worrying about our children’s school safety, EVERYONE being able to get good healthcare (no insurance required), and the more inclusive attitude to people of different sexual orientation/cultures/race makes this country the better option, in my opinion.
I have travelled to the States for work and occasional vacations but there is no possible chance that I would leave Canada to take up residence there. My vacations are now taken in Canada only. One of the most beautiful countries one will ever see.
Have lived in two provinces in Canada and traveled across Canada north to south and east to west.
Have also worked and spent several years down in the states and found the differences were palatable in regards to safety health, sanity and quality of living, children's public schooling, and benefits to seniors.
My father was an American and swore he would never do that to his kids, now I know why.
As a Canadian, our health care system alone (even if its not perfect) makes all the difference
the only issue in ontaro that is.... is that our healthcare is not an economically sustainable one. it will eventually have to change. also in ontario just under half of ontarians don't have a family doctor and or specialist wait times are so long ppl are dying waiting to be treated or diagnosed. if a person has health coverage in the usa i find the usa system better. almost no wait times and specialists wait times are measured in hours not weeks.or months as it is here. but again.... only if you have coverage.
@@nickyalousakis3851keybword if you have coverage. Do you want to know how embarrassing American healthcare is. Do you know the not for profit organization that usually help third world country. Guess what they had to help Americans at one point and couldn't get to everyone that came for threatment. The for me and not for you crowd in America is what's wrong with that country. As long as I have my health insurance that I can afford. Who care about my neighbors or friends that can't. Selfish behavior is what's bringing that country down and many lose a lot even become homeless because of health issues. All that money spent on war and foreign countries that don't need it can go back to the people for a better life.
I disagree. We pay billions each week and people claim it's free and nice. Look, if I want to see a doctor, I have to wait at least 2 years before. How do you even consider this great? Don't answer, it's a rethoric question. USA ppl are fat because of fast food, that's their health issue, not the medecine fault.
@@stephanmarcouxdrums4877to see a doctor? Or to have a family doctor? I just go to the same walk in clinic and they can track whatever is going on for me. A walk in clinic connected me to a heart program at the hospital in my neighbourhood where I was urged to get a pacemaker in sooner than later. Two months later and I got one. My insurance through work covered my time off but everything else was covered through Canadian healthcare. We are having issues with wait times due to the aftermath of the pandemic but now they’re sending people to the states to get care and it will be paid for. I love our healthcare and it’s scary that they are trying to privatize it more because they are money hungry. If it was all fully privatized and my healthcare had to go through my work insurance, I’d be dead by 40 because I wouldn’t be able to afford getting a pacemaker.
Canadian Healthcare is garbage. Health and Care are oxymoron in this case
Words of experience: The older you get in Canada, the more you appreciate the health system, especially for seniors.
BC healthcare is quite bad until maybe when you are a senior or are about to die.
had cancer at 20.. I'd be dead there, wouldn;t have been able to afford life saving brain surgery
@@daturave So what you're saying is, when you're young and barely interact with the health care system, it doesn't do much for you, but when you're older and have more issues, it does. Uhhh, yeah. Yeah, I think you're stumbled onto what we call "stating the obvious" there, and good for you.
I AM 65 WITH NO DR NO MED COVERAGE WHAT HEALTH CARE YOU TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE ARE GO WITH OUT IN CANADA DONT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT OPEN YOUR EYE
The healthcare system that has hospitals turn away patients at the emergency room ? If you don't get turned away, then you have to wait all day, just to find out that you won't be seen after all. Is that what you're talking about ? Crowder did an episode, in Canada, going to different emergency rooms and doctors' offices, being turned away at some places and waiting for hours at others. He grew up in Canada and couldn't wait to move once he became an adult.
I feel so strongly about family safety, we stopped even visiting the US in the 80’s. If forced to leave Canada, I would live anywhere but the US. Canada is where I feel safe and I never once had to worry if I sent my kids to school, would I ever see them again.
In the 80s! Wow...I only outright prohibited myself from visiting during Admin 45, it's more happenstance that I haven't been stateside since 2011. Way things may be headed though I may nix stateside visits permanently...
As to "anywhere but the US", that's a bit hyperbolic, I doubt you'd opt for, say, Afghanistan or North Korea...
I've always felt safe in Canada as well and I grew up in Saskatchewan. Regina is high crime in some areas, but it's generally safe here. I've never worried about getting shot while going to school or work or on a bike ride.
@@stevetournay6103yes, 2 countries America and other countries have been at war with. That’s why nobody would want to live there. Everywhere the US has been ends up chaotic.
@@stevetournay6103 I should have narrowed it down to reasonably civilized countries, like #1 pick the Uk, #2 Germany, #3 Portugal etc.
Great discussion, Tyler. My parents moved to the USA in 1965 and left me in Canada to pursue my university interests. Thank you, Mom and Dad, for letting me stay here. While my younger sister is still living in the US, with three great children, there is no way I would consider moving south. Throughout my 77 years, I have visited my American relatives many times, and even spent 8 months working there in the mid-60s. We've vacationed in Florida and Arizona many times and often for 2 months at a time. I love Arizona, although I came home with Valley Fever one year. Thankfully, my symptoms erupted when I got home. If I had gotten ill in Arizona, my health plan would have covered the costs, until I was able to be transported home by medivac air ambulance.
I have never encountered any Americans who made me feel unsafe, but I certainly am cautious and behave myself. Maybe saying, "Sorry", helps keep me safe.
Since covid shut down so much cross-border travel, the USA has gone through the wringer and down the toilet, although it was headed that way before covid. The political atmosphere is a joke, with a voting system that is corrupt from the ground up. What sane country allows politicians to divide up their voting districts (gerrymandering)? Politically appointing judges? What insanity is that?
After watching the US succumb to covid, thanks to D tRump and the conspiracy theorists, I see the split between left and right becoming an insurmountable chasm. The fact that 73 million voters chose tRump is mind-boggling.
Three major reasons I am very reluctant to ever visit the US again:
- Gun Violence - The right to bear arms was never intended for personal possession, much less the kind of modern weapons of mass destruction some Americans are allowed to openly tote around.
- Treatment of Women and LGBTQ2+ - The fact the supreme court overturned Roe v Wade, and now many states are seriously restricting women's access to abortion (even when the victim of a crime), is totally abhorent.
- Warm Weather - Global Warming is here. No need to go south for winter any more. (Expect for a few bad days, when I just stay home.)
There was a study done for schools shootings among G8 countries.
Between 2008 to 2018, the 7 non american countries had 9 school shootings combined. US has 287.
It is a serious problem.
It's now the G7 has been for a while! Russia got kicked out for GOOD REASONS 👍. But totally agree 😢about the School shootings 😢😢😢
Living in small towns and you find the communities great and welcoming. Welcome to being a caucasian male in the US. lol That example doesn't mean much.
Edit: If you think you may be desensitized to children being gunned down in schools, that should ring massive alarm bells that something is wrong in the country.
Yep, I had the same reaction. Tyler has no reason to see some of these things as a problem, and society reinforces it. (Time for a band of us sneaky Canadian Marxists to slip across the border and abduct Tyler for his own good?) 🙄
You have obviously not spent much time in the states. It's got great communities with great people with crime rates that are lower than some places in canada, where you can walk around at night for years without anything ever happening to you.
There is also no racial tensions/racism in these places. People of all races get along and are relaxed around each other. As for school shootings, as horrific as they are, they do not occur in the vast majority of u.s. communities. Your boob tube has clearly given you a distorted view of "life in america", where crime and racism is everywhere. It's simply not true.
@@MK-fc2hn cope
@MK-fc2hn No offense, but when your laws protect guns more than they protect children says exactly how fucked up it is.
I lived in the US for 2 years and I got sick of EVERY WEEKEND hearing a story in the news about "Poor Timmy" playing in the backyard with his dad's/uncle's gun and either "accidentally" shooting himself or some other kid and the attitude of "It's horrible,. but what can you do?? The kid had the RIGHT to the gun. Not much you can do" and I didn't agree the kid had the "right" to the gun, and apparently ME being in the minority on that.
Also, when I lived in Minnesota, that was during the Columbine High School shooting/massacre and that's when Governor Jesse Ventura talked about the horrible massacre and emphasized the "importance" of "conceal and carry" legislation and how MORE GUNS was the "solution".
If the Sandy Hood massacre didn't do anything to change America, nothing ever will. America is a lost cause. I'd like to think that Canada is what America COULD HAVE BEEN but failed, and sadly will never achieve.
I am a school secretary. One day we had a family register their children. They moved here from USA. The parents asked why we had no security guard on our play ground. I just stared at her like she was crazy
Imagine living somewhere that having to get security for a playground is 'normal'.
A good answer would be, "Because polar bear do not come this far south."
@@BrentRogers5 Some "freedom" when schools are jails.
@@ghyslainabelhahahahaha perfect!
The fences are enough. No one gets out of gym class.
At 65, I have managed to visit 35 of the US states. Each time I returned to Canada, I got down on my hands & knees to kiss the ground of this country. I felt instant stress relief as soon as I did return safely. These days, I never want to step foot there again. To make life more interesting, I have a brother in Chicago. There’s an oxymoron. He is a trucker that likes Nascar, has no children of his own & married a lovely American girl who already had children (now grown). He sees the variations between counties - he stays for the $$. He comes home for huge doses of Canada & family.
Reading your comment reminded me that I do exactly the same thing! As soon as I'm back, the stress leaves my body. Thank God, I'm home!
My parents were snowbirds for decades. At the end of their stay, they owned a small place in Safford, AZ. I spent all my vacations wherever they were, Texas, other parts of Arizona. I loved exploring the US with them - Dodge City, KS, Tombstone, Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Capital Reef, Gila Cliff Dwellings, to name just a few. Multiple National Parks over their 30 years of winter stays.
The US is beautiful and steeped in history. We met some really nice people, and even loved a few of them (but not in a weird way).
My parents sold their place just before Trump became president (on purpose), and none of us have been back since.
Don’t get me wrong, we have our share of ignorant and uneducated people, but most of ours don’t have guns.
Anyways, I digress. Never, not once did we ever consider becoming American Citizens. Especially since Trump (OMG).
We love our country, even though it’s not perfect. We love our health care, such as it is currently.
In memory of Gene of Tory, AZ, a family friend, who was like a brother to all of us who knew him, who died too young because he refused to give up his children’s small inheritance to your healthcare system.
Even though there is darkness, there is still greatness in your country. Hugs.
Over 400 mass shootings! Open carry! Women’s Rights! Arrogance! NO THANK YOU!
Canada is the best!
ex snowbirds and I think Americans look like us, but the brains are different. I think americans have had the gun culture for so long that they do not realize how the rest of the world feels. Saying some places are safe is unacceptable. I want all places to be safe.
I was a long haul trucker from Canada and crossed over into the states many times hauling loads. one time I stopped in a town in Texas to pick up a load. As i passed the front gate to go into the business there was a sign that said "NO GUNS PAST THIS POINT" and I just shook my head and thought "I would never find signs like that in Canada". My second thought was "MURIKA!!!". When I pulled into a truck stop in Texas that evening I got talking to an American in the coffee shop about that sign and telling him about not finding signs like that in Canada, his reply was "You're not allowed to own guns in Canada, thats why!!", so I had to explain to him that we do have guns and I in fact own 4 myself for hunting but are not allowed to own high powered assault weapons. He said how do you defend your home if it's invaded if your not allowed assault weapons? my reply was I own a rifle that can bring down a moose at 100 yards and if it can bring a moose down at that distance it can bring a human down at 20 feet. It became clear to me that the US is just like that TV show Home Improvement where men walk around grunting like neanderthals and want more power. I like visiting the US but there are some places I felt scared for my life like Chicago, NY, Los Angeles and the entire state of Texas just to name a few. If I was to live there the only place I would love living is Hawaii because when I vacationed there I felt like I was living in the country of Hawaii not the US state of Hawaii, totally different culture there.
I love Hawaii too. 🇨🇦
Having grown up in coastal BC, it really feels like an extension of home when visiting and interacting with the Hawaiian locals - feels like an extension of west coast first nations' values.
Yeah in Canada I'm into guns. Gun owners here understand its a privilege and it's just a tool for them. In the States, I'm not so into it because it feels like gun worship is seemingly ubiquitous
Hawaii is the only state in the USA that has government healthcare for all. Fyi.
Neanderthals 😂😂
You look a little sad 😔 I get it. You're proud of your country.
As a Canadian, I always felt the difference in basic attitudes between our countries may stem from our history of gaining national independence.
You all fought tooth and nail and are still immensely proud of that accomplishment.
We negotiated over time. It stands to reason our society would develop into one more invested in peace and negotiation, and even a deeper sense of social responsibility to our fellow citizens' welfare.
I know of many different reasons why I love your country, enjoy visiting, and am glad we are neighbours. But to live in the US would take a change in my deeply ingrained sense of identity that I'm not willing to give up.
I think you'll find even the Americans who joke about moving to Canada woukd find it similarly difficult to change their feelings.
Thank you for your interesting and respectful content. I always look forward to watching you.
Spot on about the history. And that was the genesis of our respective gun cultures. In the States, war is always top of mind, because that was where they started. Here it's more about hunting...
@stevetournay6103 yup. I used to hunt often with my Mum and Dad. We respect guns as a resource for food and, in rare circumstances, for protection, but there never seems to be the desire in my province for semiautomatic weapons. It kind of takes away from your status if you can't shoot a deer with a simple rifle.
I used to joke about moving to Canada, but the more we thought about it, the more sense it made. Now I've joined the ranks of dualies who avoid going south if at all possible. I don't feel safe until I'm back in BC
@annepowell8693 how long have you been here? Did you have an adjustment period or feel right at home?
@@apowellintheweeds that's so awesome, I'm always so curious about folks from the US choosing to live here & loving it. I'm a BC girl, let me know if you ever want to know any BC 'gems' - depending on your interests, of course
As an Australian in his 50’s, I grew up idolising the US. I’ve been there a few times and loved it and have some close friends in the US.
BUT…. I have been following US politics closely and I have absolutely no interest in even visiting there again. My friends are actually planning to move away as soon as possible.
It really saddens me to be honest.
Very courageous of you to publish this and I want to point it out. I know Americans are very patriotic and therefore usually do not want to hear anything negative about their country, so I'm surprised you published this. Don't get us wrong, we think USA is a great place to travel to, it's just not considered a very livable place.
I'm a Canadian and I agree. More so, been all over USA as a tourist and, as a Quebec citizen, I think California is the most like minded as we are. I love to visit, but I would NEVER consider living there full time!!!
Don't even want to travel there anymore! You never know when some gun nut is going to go nuts and shoot up the neighborhood! Nop, nope, NOPE! ✌🇨🇦
And like living among Canadians is "livable."
I even have friends in the states who said in 2020 that if Trump won they would move to Canada they both have daughters and are women one is very publicly against the politics in the US including anything to do with healthcare, LGBTQ+, or with Trump
We are not a smaller America. In spite of what some Americans seem to have thought since 1776, we choose to be Canadians. We do not want to be, nor are we in any shape or form Americans. We like who we are. I have a friend in the Flint MI area. As a single women living in a rural community, she keeps a gun near her bed in case someone breaks in. I can't imagine living in such fear. I too live in a rural area in SW Ontario. We don't even feel the need to lock our doors. We don't even want to cross the border to visit these days. Get your guns under control and we will reconsider a visit.
In the 90's I used to visit California in the winter, and loved it. The people were great, fun and friendly. My last few visits were really depressing, the racism and homelessness really got to me. So I quit going. It's worse there now, so I don't anticipate ever visiting again. It's just not safe, you're not even safe from police... so sad.
Yeah, Try somewhere in the Caribbean for winters. Much safer and more affordable than the US.
I want to see Tyler do a cross country trip visiting Canada. Doing certain activities like Calgary Stampede, Saskatchewan Craven Jamboree, and other festivals and events. Maybe some activities like Ice Fishing, Camping, Hiking, dog sledding and such. I think that be fun to watch his first time out in Canada
Please come visit! Get the real feeling. We would welcome you.
I went to a conference in the US for training in body language, influence, and persuasion. We were able to meet with the presenters in small groups to ask questions. One of the attendees asked for body language indications that someone had a concealed weapon. After the answer, I said to the person who asked the question that I was glad I didn’t need to know how to look for concealed weapons because I’m from Canada. She looked at me in shock and said I really needed to know that. I emphatically responded, “No, I don’t need to know that because I’m from Canada.” She looked at me like I was the most naive and clueless person she’d ever met and walked away. I felt sad that Americans have to be so worried about guns that she thought that was absolutely essential knowledge. Quite frankly, I don’t even know what the answer was to her question since I totally tuned out because I knew I’d never need that information!
My uncle is from New Jersey. I understand.
We should learn the body language of someone with a concealed weapon even in Canada. It just isn't as bad in Canada as it is Stateside.
That amount of crimes involving conceiled weapons has increased a lot in Edmonton so I wouldn't say you don't need to know that information anywhere in Canada. It's sad how close some areas in Canada are to becoming like the US, regarding safety.
@@janellejohnson3125 well we all know Alberta is the Texas of Canada....
@@jdmitaine living in AB I would have to agree with that statement.
Also, speaking of health care, as Canadian visiting in the US, if you wind up in hospital for a long time, it's cheaper for the insurance companies to air ambulance us back to Canada than to pay the US healthcare bills
A friend went to the eastern U.S. for skiing and at the last minute, just because he had spare time in the terminal and noticed a kiosk for buying insurance, he figured why not. $40 into the machine. Wouldn't you know he had a long fall ending with a compound fracture of a tibia. The hospital tab in the U.S. was around $40,000. That $40 policy bought just days earlier covered it.
As an American who has lived in Canada a very long time, I would never ever even think about moving back.
@@Alex-ju6hv Really?
As a Cancer survivor, I couldn’t afford to move back to the USA.
I know many young people who go the the USA for school, marry and stay.
And all of the famous Canadian actors that have moved to the States.
Many middle aged people snowbird, going to Texas, Arizona, California during the winter months and back to Canada for the summer.
Same here. I have zero interest in ever returning.
Ted Kennedy once said on a Canadian radio station that “The American dream is alive and well and living in Canada”
JFK Jr. must have said that before 2015? Trudeau killed any sort of dream.
I am Canadian and I love Tyler Bucket. I traveled throughout the US delivering Big Trucks Western Star. I found the further south we went the coffee got weaker. The waitresses would ask me for a Canadian Cigarette. They would say they "get high". The towns and streets were really " dirty". Sadly one more thing, The further south we went the "less educated" people were. I always wondered why this was. I am proud to have been born in Canada✌
I agree with your observations, having gone with my husband on long (10,000km) road trips around the US over several winters (pre-pandemic, of course). Experienced much of the same. The upside was some of the incredible vistas we saw along the way. I’d never consider going back on long trips to the US anymore, though. Everything is just too unstable these days, south of the border. Not worth the risk. Very glad we went while things were more manageable.
I live in New Brunswick, and can cross into Maine within one minute…and I haven’t been to the US since 2019!! I only entered in 2019 once, to visit vacationing family, but refuse to go back to a country that would elect the likes of Trump!
@@jackandpiperoh Jesus are u all wrapped up in that new Brunswick liberal nonsense?
@@jed666666 Jesus.. yea,you found the nonsense!! Good for you.
I notice the weak coffee as well, I think they reuse the grinds more than once. It might be worth it to carry with you some Yaupon or Yerba Mate in individual bag format to strengthen it somewhat.
I like the coffee in Germany, not sure if they have a special way to roast it, as it's not as if they grow it over there.
I lived in southern US for 10 years and I could not wait to get back. I was so grateful. It's not just the healthcare/guns/racist-religion stuff, it's deciding who you want to be as a culture and in America everything is very predatory, super-capitalist 'end justify the means' ideas. It's really a misery when you know that's not how you have to live.
Hi Tyler I have been splitting my time between Florida and Vancouver for the last 25 yrs , my wife is American and my daughter went to high school and college in the US. The years prior to 2016 the Floridians were very warm and welcoming every year I returned for the 6 mo winter season. After the 2016 election things changed, I became one of those people (an unwanted foreigner). I still have my place in Florida but it’s time to sell and find a place that is more welcoming. I read an article a couple of yrs ago that Canadians pay approximately $500 m a year in property taxes to the State of Florida and contribute millions more to the Florida economy… as I see it now the division in the US is getting to be to much. We have our problems in Canada but we let people live their life their way and I live my life the way I choose and accept people just the way they are.
"We have our problems in Canada but we let people live their life their way and I live my life the way I choose and accept people just the way they are.".. Except if you decided not to get an experimental jab then Canadians turn ugly and believe you should be exempt from freedom and health care.
I'm in a similar boat. I split my time between Canada and the US as well. The rise in hatred after 2016 wasn't isolated to Florida. It stems directly from the rise of the far right Christian theonomy movement.
@@missangiee66This is completely untrue. No-one was denied healthcare because of a supposed “experimental jab”
My brother and sister both sold their condo's in Florida and just as you said in 2016 when it all changed.
@@missangiee66 You sound like you think the process of vaccine development was pulled out of a hat yesterday. In the case of Covid , novel? Perhaps .But experimental? No. Plus if you’re a normal, well socialized individual who cares about their fellow man you’d understand that yes, there’s an altruistic reason we get vaccinated. To save others as well as ourselves. Same goes for masks. During a pandemic , people like you drive epidemiologists nuts.
I’m a Canadian nurse and I lived in the US for 10 years during my career. I did it when I was young to gain work experience and travel with friends. It gave me a lot of insight in how it feels to live in both countries. I’ve been a nurse and patient in both counties so I also know how it feels to work, live and be a resident in both.
I cannot articulate enough how it has confirmed to me how fortunate I am to be Canadian. The perks to living in the US were very superficial and frivolous things that matter very little in the broad scheme of things,….which I see as more restaurant chains, cheaper restaurant food, more shopping options, etc. As a young person when I lived there,…those things seemed amazing but matter far less as I get older.
When I lived there, I paid a fraction of the income taxes that I paid in Canada but it’s only short term gain for long term pain. The cost of health care, the amounts of gov funded benefits (disability, EI, pension, etc) in the US makes it well worth paying taxes to offset these things as in Canada. I have had cancer 3 times in 5 years and I’ve not paid a cent for treatment, scans, surgery, etc in Canada. My employer held my job for 2 years and I received long term disability of 70% of my yearly wages and my employer paid my full pension and benefits as I was off of work. After 2 years, my cancer returned and was deemed incurable so I will continue to receive this pay and benefits until I’m 65 and can retire as I can no longer work. I have no financial worries as I battle cancer.
To contrast,…my US employer was a world reknowned hospital that had excellent pay and benefits. Had I been working there when I was diagnosed with cancer, I would only have gotten full pay for 6 weeks until my sick time and vacation time was used up. Then I was eligible for a fraction of my income for 3 months, which would not be enough to live on. I would not have had my pension paid. After that, I’d receive no more pay and my employer would hold my job without pay for 6 months and then I’d be let go. My cancer required nearly 2 years off of work so after 5 months of this minimal pay, I’d have no income, no job and no benefits with a new pre existing condition to ensure that I’d have a snowballs chance in hell of getting future coverage. Meanwhile during that 5 months of some pay, I’d still need to pay huge costs of treatment despite having insurance but that would disappear after I was let go from my job. I’d have to return to work during my treatment just to afford to continue it. I have many US friends that had a similar cancer that worked throughout to cover basic cancer care while I was able to recuperate without working or fearing being unable to pay. There is nothing comparable to this when you are sick. It is everything!
Sadly, many of my American friends are very ill informed on how health care works in other countries and don’t see the shortcomings in their own. Ironically though, they are willing to argue it without proper information so I often find that bizarre. While lived there I felt as though I was in a bubble where the only news that I saw was US news. I saw no info or minimal about Canada in my whole time there,…aside from falsehoods about health care to scare people away from seeking change. “Canadians are all dying while waiting”, “they are all coming to the US for care”, “they pay 80% income tax” etc. All propaganda,…some from politicians or those that should know better. It was truthfully mind boggling to me how educated people could know so little about the world. It almost felt as though they heard so much propaganda about how terrible other places were while only having knowledge of the US, that it ensured that things would stay the same without anyone wanting beneficial changes to dysfunctional policies (like health care, cost of meds, lack of gun regulations, etc). It’s very bizarre.
Outstanding analytical comment. This is the health care comparison of the two countries in a nutshell. Nothing more needs to be said.
Thanks for sharing your detailed experience. What a good comparison. I am sorry that you have to fight having cancer.
I went to the Atlanta suburbs a few years ago for corporate training (I was working in Canada for a US based company). There were people from all around North America there, who did not know each other before meeting there. What shocked me the most, even more than the constant subtext racism between people, in the news, everywhere basically, more than the senseless political debates where people take for one side just because, no matter the truth and lies, the arguments or even the crimes comitted by one side or the other, is the fact that 2 americans, never having met before, were talking about their prefered gun makes and ammunition types literally 5 minutes after having met the first time. THAT is unhealthy! THAT is scary! I just went with the flow and accepted it, and I kept noticing it for the 2 weeks I was there. In Canada, we talk about the weather to break the ice with strangers. In the states, you talk about guns. That is what we call gun culture and that, more than anything else, is why I'll never live in the US.
Oh, and just to make it worse, when I tried to explain why we did not feel like we had to have guns on our person in Canada, not a single American I talked to could ever begin to understand. Not centering your life around the fact that you can or cannot have a gun is just impossible for Americans, it seems.
i've run into that "you don't have guns? i'm so sorry!" mentality before. like,some of them can't even fathom the idea that not every country needs guns or even that they can't bring their guns over here.
We have magic boom sticks in Canada, do the hunting of 5 man.
I saw a man from Texas get arrested by border control trying to enter Canada. He was dumbfounded and speechless at the idea of going to jail for trying to smuggle guns into Canada...amazing.
I'm a Canadian in my mid 50s now. I try not to say I'm "proud" of Canada or being Canadian. I didn't make Canada. It's not my achievement. I just happened to have been born here. I don't think Canada is perfect, but it's a work in progress, and I've honestly come to believe there's less cynicism and more goodwill here towards working together across the political spectrum to achieve it... though some US-inspired trends among conservatives are troubling in that regard.
When I was a teenager back in the 80s, I was an advocate for Canada joining the US. I saw Canada as sort of a part remaining to complete the US in much the same way Newfoundland was for Canada. But even back then, I had a couple of caveats. I thought too much emphasis was put on Second Amendment rights, and I hoped the US would soon implement a single-payer health care system like Canada and most other developed countries had.
The past 30 years or so have changed my mind about that. I really would not like to see Canada join the US at this point. Today, the only reasons I can see for most Canadians to consider moving to the US are certain employment and educational opportunities, and lots of money if you happen to land in the right place. But there's a lot money can't buy, and it's up to the individual to decide if it's worth everything you'd be giving up. To me, it really wouldn't be.
I had expected that our cultures would converge over time; if anything, they've diverged. Bipartisanism, so prevalent in the US when I was a kid, has practically vanished. The US Supreme Court has astonished me with many of its rulings, starting with the one equating money to free speech that practically made US elections corporate auctions and presidents and governors and congresspeople corporate employees. And now rights we thought were sacrosanct are being rolled back to what they were before I was even born. It's terrifying to watch; it really is.
The Republican Party, the party of Lincoln and Eisenhower, is now openly flirting with fascism, and many of its grassroots adherents love it. Not only is gerrymandering still a thing in most of the US, but Republicans openly boast about using it as a "strategy"... that cheating to win is a good thing that doesn't tingle their cheek with shame at all. They _depend_ on it, and the majorities they steal victory from whenever they win using it do nothing, nothing to stop it. They've given up with a shrug.
I think where I finally lost hope was Sandy Hook. I said to myself, "This is it. A whole classroom of human kittens was just shot up. USA, this is your last chance." Not only did nothing happen, but people like Alex Jones fired up all that vile talk of it being staged and faked. It was beyond appalling; it was literally nauseating. The fact that you're surprised so many commentors bring up the school shootings is indicative. I can tell you, from just over the fence, that it's harrowing to watch. I'm old enough to remember when Columbine was shocking and exceptional. Now something like it seems to happen every couple of months, and in the US, it's hardly news anymore. It's incredible, but you're in the midst of it, so you don't see the forest for the trees, I guess.
The United States is a remarkable nation. It's achieved so much, and things that will have it mentioned alongside the Roman Empire and Chinese dynasties 10,000 years from now. Canada will be at best a footnote. But I'd still rather live here. I genuinely believe that this country, for all its faults, has wound up a better place to live one's three score and ten. So with regard to moving to the United States... at the risk of seeming facetious, Ernie on Sesame Street spoke for me long ago when he sang, _"So, if I should visit the moon / Well, I'll dance on a moonbeam and then / I will make a wish on a star / And I'll wish I was home once again. / Though I'd like to look down at the Earth from above / I would miss all the places and people I love / So although I may go, I'll be coming home soon / 'Cause I don't want to live on the moon."_
Well said
Hear here!
I have similar thoughts and observations over the last 63 years from here in Canada. I must agree wholeheartedly.
That says it all.... ever so happy and proud Canadian!
I've been watching this for a while and I find that those Evangelical National white supremacist are above the words worst! From a proud Canadian
Sandy Hook was shocking for me as well. My daughter was the same age as those beautiful children at the time. I remember hearing the news on the radio as I drove with my child in the backseat, and weeping for those poor kids and their families. It is unimaginable to us that this happens, and unimaginable to me that the man in this video is so desensitized. I suppose that's a lot of the problem, American gun culture prevails.
I have two brothers living in the states. The one in Wisconsin is my big brother and he means the world to me. He does have his foibles about race and he tolerates me bringing him to task for some of the things he's said. He was brought up in Kentucky. He seems to be seeing the light now. I have spent time with him and my sister-in-law, and my nieces and nephews in Florida, Illinois, Kentucky and Indiana. We are close now despite being brought up worlds apart. My next oldest brother lives in West Virginia. I haven't seen him on over 30 years. He had a habit of moving without telling the rest of the family. I didn't know he had divorced and remarried. I worked for the Canadian Military as well as some of the American contingent where I worked. I had to renew information for my Security Clearance just after 9/11. He refused to give me any info because Rush Limbaugh was telling Americans the terrorists came to the U.S. from Canada (they actually were taking flight training in Florida). I suppose I could easily take up American citizenship since our mother had dual citizenship but I think I'll decline. I'm too much of a Canuck to change now. I don't think I could get used to politicians winning an election and immediately starting a new campaign. The process seems exhausting to always be bombarded with things politic. Here our electioneering is held to 6-8 weeks before the election and strict limits are placed on funding and contributions. Besides, I live in a small city of 58-60 thousand (North Bay, Ontario). In the close to 70 years that I've lived here, I can recall only 3 murders, so you'll under if I find mass shootings shocking and abhorrent and truthfully scary. I'm a little long winded today....Sorry.
Cool from North Bay. I was just up there on Saturday from Collingwood to buy a Legend fishing boat from a guy just south of there. They have big largemouth down in the states, but I have recently said, that I would want to fly right onto a lake, catch some big bass, then fly directly home again. There are so many nice people in the states, that get drowned out by the so-called conservatives.... they conserve nothing. Hopefully a massive Blue Wave in 2024 elections, as the far right wing is not just pushing lies in the US... it is a global problem. Cheers ey!
What you said is true and I know you're a REAL Canadian because you apologized for being long winded! LOL...
I was born and raised in the US and immigrated to Canada as a young adult. I have lived here for 45 years, am now a citizen, and would never move back to the States! I don't even holiday there (Europe, Asia or Mexico instead). It is so unsafe and unstable; there's no draw for me to want to spend time there.
Absolutely NO! When I married my American husband, I brought him here to Canada. If you ask him now if he would want to move back he says “absolutely not!” Lolol It’s not just about medical issues either.
A colleague was a bank manager in the south. Medical insurance up the ying-yang. When he had a heart attack, the bank fired him. This resulted in the loss of his insurance, his home and investments, ...and he was reduced to working part time for a pittance at a major retailer. Fortunately for him, he'd had the good sense to marry a Canadian years before this disaster. She and her family moved him to Canada where he received free medical care and continuing support, enabling him to thrive. His career was blown but his wife picked up the ball and built a real estate sales business in Canada.
Not "free" but tax financed which is the better way to say it.
I am loving all the Canadian apologies because Tyler's feeling got a little hurt that nobody wants to live in his country! LOL I love you Canada!
i would 100% watch a video series of you taking a vacation to canada!
Here's the thing. Canadians are normally fairly laid-back people _until_ you ask us about politics. At that point, the social gloves come off and we can be pretty blunt about what we like, don't like, will and won't tolerate, what we're willing to put up with even if we loathe it because the alternative is worse... and so on.
So here's my blunt answer, after listening to the first half of your video (normally I've been enjoying them very much and learning a few things myself about my own country). We're frankly appalled at all the states that are infringing on women and girls' rights to control their own reproduction. For a young teenage girl who gets pregnant as the result of rape, incest, or impaired judgment to be denied an abortion - particularly if her life is at stake... most of us here can't wrap our minds around how this could be tolerated in your society. Women getting arrested and charged and jailed for having a miscarriage is just so mindblowingly BARBARIC that even though I'm in no danger of being in that situation (just turned 60 a few weeks ago), this in itself is enough to make me never want to set foot in your country until these revolting laws are changed.
At this point I should say I've visited your country a few times - mostly in Washington state - and had an enjoyable time. The last time was in 1987, and I've never felt any inclination to return, especially after the events following 9/11.
It's gotten worse over the years. Two women who wanted to visit your country reported the American customs agent asking their opinion of Donald Trump. What does someone say to such a question? Answer it honestly, and you'd probably be barred from entering the country permanently. Do Canadian customs agents ask American tourists what they think of Justin Trudeau? Why would they bother? But just in case they ever do, here's a free answer: "I think it's cool that your Prime Minister wears Star Wars-themed socks". That's true, by the way. He's been a Star Wars fan since he was a little kid, and dressed up as Han Solo when he took his kids out on Halloween the first year after becoming Prime Minister. One of his socks has R2D2 on it and the other has C3P0.
About health care. Are you aware that some American diabetics are so desperate for affordable insulin that they've organized busloads of "insulin caravans" to buy up insulin in Canadian pharmacies near the border, and not only didn't have to provide a prescription to prove they needed it, but also were able to get 3 months' supply - paying the same that a Canadian would pay? I'm not allowed a 3-month supply of any of my meds. Apparently your health care system doesn't treat diabetic patients very well (it's an expensive disease to live with).
Moving on to LGBT. I belong to a gaming forum that includes quite a few LGBT members, some of whom are transgender and American. A couple of them have related some horribly abusive treatment, and are genuinely afraid of what will happen to them if/when it becomes illegal to access the care and meds they need. If they lived in Canada, their rights would be protected by the Canada Health Act, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and each province's Human Rights legislation.
It's been bemusing to watch the antics of the anti-same-sex marriage laws in your country. In a couple of days, SSM will have been legal in Canada for 18 years. Somehow our country is still standing, and nobody's marriage documents or wedding photos spontaneously combusted. It's also somewhat bemusing that the Prime Minister at that time was Paul Martin, who is Catholic. Some bishops tried to tell him that if he went ahead with tabling this legislation that he would be excommunicated. He told them that he keeps his religion at home and private and doesn't bring it to work with him - that as Prime Minister he had a responsibility to ALL Canadians.
There's a famous statement made by Pierre Trudeau (father of Justin Trudeau, our current Prime Minister) back when he was the Minister of Justice (before he became the Prime Minister): "There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation." He was referring to same-sex relationships between men, but it's appropriate to apply it to everyone. As long as all partners are consenting and of legal age (for their age group) and nothing else illegal is going on, the laws and courts need to mind their own business. It's mindcroggling how so many of your politicians do not understand this (some of ours need to learn it as well, but at least they know that if they try to put in restrictive laws, they will pay dearly for it in the next election, and would likely also be sued for violating people's Charter rights).
Okay... now that that's off my chest, I'll watch the rest of your video and will give my own answer to your question about moving.
Hear, hear.
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You said everything I wanted to say but much better than I could have. I applaud and agree with you. Hear, hear!!
Worst part of Canada is being so close to the US and having their stupid political crap seeping through the border.
Well said. Ditto.
I know a lot of Canadians that moved to the US because:
- lower cost of living
- warmer weather
- better business opportunities or access into industries such as athletics, music and film
As a Canadian female living in Toronto, this is why I wouldnt move to the US
1. Safety
2. Racism
3. Women's reproductive rights
4. Health care costs
5. Natural disasters- too many areas with things like hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes, etc. Even snow, there are areas in the states like Michigan and Minnesota that get worse snow than we do here in Toronto being situated along lake Ontario
6. Lower costs for college/university in Canada
lol you live in toronto and you talking about safety lmao. hows toronto any safer than anywhere in america lots of random murders a innconet mother was gunned down going out for lunch a week ago. also shootings and stabbings everyday. health care does cost more in america but you gotta wait along time in canada.
@CarAmel624
Well, I agree with everything except for the thing about the weather...think about it...would you rather have 1°C (33°F )and rain or -1°C (38°F) and snow?
I'm 60 years old. In the 1970's on Boxing day, I went skating on a frozen pond or tobogganing - I grew up in Mississauga. Outdoors skating rinks don't become viable until January and the weather isn't even dependable anymore. Is it Global Warming, a long-term cyclical event or urbanization creating a heat sink? Regardless, I'd take -10°C in January or February over 1- 5°C any day.
Especially if you live in Toronto, if there's too much snow to drive, any place worth going to in Toronto can be reached by subway or LRT. We in Mississauga aren't spoiled by Queen's Park when it comes to public transit.
7. Food deserts
8. Mass produced cheap houses that can’t withstand a minor natural disaster
9. Civil cases court being constantly overrun by TONS of cases and it’s hard to get any legal action against someone who has wronged you
10. Ways police treat socialists (at least our government won’t drop a nuke on our houses for running a protesters organization)
11. Exactly WHAT is taught in schools (not a thorough education when said country won’t stop lying and refusing to question things)
@@Polytrout -1C, that's October. November-March is -40C. Outdoor skating rinks are viable in November. But I guess that western Canada doesn't count. I will definitely be moving for the winters when retirement comes, but it won't be to the USA.
Lower costs for education sure, but the average Canadian degree is not equal to a degree from a US school
The school shooting thing is HUGE. From 2009 to 2018 the US had 288 school shootings. In the same time Canada has had only 2! Like you said any number of shootings in schools is unacceptable, but that number is just insane to us. That’s an average of 32 shootings PER YEAR and not even counting the number of deaths.
I grew up in rural SK where we were all farm kids at my school. Often we would drive our parents' farm truck to school rather than taking the bus, sometimes there was a rifle in the vehicle (registered, of course) which farmers may carry to eliminate animal predators hunting their livestock. However, never ever did a farm kid ever think to go out to the truck and waltz into the school with a rifle or any kind of a weapon. Additionally, we never had to have school "lockdowns" (I didn't even know what that was until I moved to Calgary in my 30's and happened to be in a school when it was locked down and everyone went into hiding - terrifying! Turns out, it was a false alarm). I'm just thankful that I grew up in a time and place where the only "violence" in our school was 2 boys working out some frustrations with each over over short fist-fight after class, which was quickly broken up, of course.
I spent a lot of time in the States as a child, mostly in the Los Angeles and Seattle areas. It was fun on the beach, going to Disneyland and it was nice staying with relatives and swimming in their pool everyday in the summer. However, I am Canadian and my heart belongs to Canada. Despite the fact that we as a nation do have our imperfections and problems, I am loyal to my country and want to contribute whatever I can to this place. Plus of course, there are the myriad aspects of life in the US mentioned in the video that I wouldn't be able to tolerate: lack of reproductive rights, attacks on the LGBTQ community, lack of safety/gun violence, no universal health care etc.
There are no attacks on LGTBQ or gays there. Its Simply drawing a line in the sand. Youre aloud to citisize people, it dont make you a biggot if you say you dont agree with pride or transe people diddling children. The exact same issues were having here in canada.
Health care in the country of the United States of America must be nationalized.
But only If the world is expected to believe in the constitution of that vaunted nation!!!
Don't YOU think the oligarchs...
Definition: (ie; Rich mutha fuckas)
Should make the change!
Who needs 49 yachts anyway?
Betsy DeVos we are looking at you darling.
Same! I have a lot of issues with how things works here but I am non religious and a fierce defender of reproductive rights, and I LOATHE how Americans percieve work ethic!
@@AnikMonette I loath how Canadians see work ethic, they don’t have one hahaha.
@@TheRockkickass Ehhh? Which one I don't have? Ethic or employment? 😏
I don't mind deprecating humor but it was weirdly phrased(and I'm tired!)
I lived in the US; Virginia for 13 years. For the most part the people are lovely... just like a lot of places. If you treat people with kindness; they usually return that kindness. At least that is my experience. Mind you, I came home in 2006. When I lived there the political climate was completely different. I would absolutely NOT move back to the US. When I came home to Canada; I was so grateful because I had to endure 2 years without Healthcare when I really needed it. I lived on pain pills at that time. I was in a wheelchair by 2008 and so grateful that I was home where my country took care of me when I was unable to work, or even walk.
Politics has changed so much since then. It was always kind of poler, but when Donald Trump entered the scene; it has become just awful. Again, I love the Americans for the most part, however there is so much racism, homophobia and hate displayed in the country right now. I pray every day that Donald Trump does not become president again. I fear for the United States. I love her as a sister to Canada; she is. I want her people safe...
Trump really brought out the worst in people for sure..
Virginia the most racist state in the whole union, lol. I have never experienced racism and discrimination as much as I saw in Virginia
I am a Canadian and I lived in San Francisco for 3 years. I did not have a bad time there, the city is certainly unique and the food is great. Living there didnt really feel that different than living in a major city in Canada. I was considering moving back at some point, but that no longer is the case. Add in how polarized the US has seemed to become in the past 5 years, and how conservative / religious the laws are becoming (anti LGBTQ, anti women) this just solidified my reasons to stay in Canada. That, and I did not appreciate the "work culture" in the US. It seemed like people there were more willing to sacrifice there personal lives for there jobs (trying to achieve the "American dream") whereas I grew up being taught that you just work so that you can afford the life you want. In the US it was a "live to work" mentality, rather than a "work to live".
However I really appreciate your patience and understanding when reacting to these videos, especially the ones that do not look favourably on the US! You are a lovely person, who in my opinion, reflects most Americans. Not all Americans are insanely patriotic, gunslingers who would fight you if you say anything bad about their country (as the rest of the world has been led to believe). Or tha'ts certainly my experience with the Americans I met in SF.
This is very true. I love watching your videos Tyler. You are very open to the world.
You dodged a big fat bullet. Had you stay there long enough to get US citizenship, you would need to keep paying taxes in the US forever even if you moved somewhere else, and the same would apply to your children even if they never ever touched US soil. Most people are not even that such stupid laws exist, and renouncing to the citizenship is a long and expensive process (you still need to fill and pay taxes for all the time you lived outside the US, whether it was 1 year or 50).
I love you Tyler if all Americans were as pleasant as you I would come to visit. It's always the the rotten eggs that spoil the broth
San Francisco tends to be more a liberal democratic area of the country. This goes to what Tyler is saying about the range of choice available in terms of being able to tailor your living environment. It is important to remember that the population of the U.S is 10X Canada's. Most of US here in Canada live within 100 miles of the U.S. border. It is easy enough to dip our toes but better to come back.
@@Imman1strue. My sister in-law, born in the US when her military working dad was based there with the Canadian Air Force, has been trying to renounce her American citizenship due to this taxation legislation you speak of.
The thing with school shootings is that it feels like it can't happen where you live (in the US) until it does. Many small, safe towns have had shootings. Sandy Hook? My son's university had a shooting earlier this year, until that happened I would have thought, "that happens in other places, but not here" too. I think it is a mindset people adopt to deal with living somewhere where violence like mass shootings are a possibility at any time.
Not only would I not move there...visiting is also a no. Last time I was in the states was in 2016 in CT for work. The first morning me and my coworker were having breakfast and a very well dressed lady in her 60's stopped at our table because my coworker had a Canadian jacket on. She quickly asked what we thought of the new president. I said yeah that's so crazy right? Her face turned sharp and she said Well I think he speaks for a lot of us. My immediate thought was when is my return flight again?
I live in Canada. In 1984 I bought a house in Florida as a vacation home. Ten years later I sold it. I bought a house in Costa Rica. Best move ever. Look at what is happenning all over the U.S. and especially Florida. Canada in the summer and Costa Rica for winter vacation. LOVE IT.
Half of my family lives in the United States, while i love visiting them i will take the freezing cold winters to make sure my daughters have control over their bodies.
And something they don't seem to realize, is that something of that magnitude, stripping women of their rights over their own bodies, will prove to be just the beginning. Once you allow something like that to happen to half the population, it's a slippery slope, and nobody will be safe.
Absolutely!! 👏👏👏
Tyler's reaction to Canadian fears about school shootings throughout this is that this is a big city problem, and if you move to a small town, you'll be safe and not have to worry about it. So, I got curious, and looked up the population of Sandy Hook, home to one of the most famous (feels gross to describe such a tragedy that way) school shootings. It has a population of less than 10,000 people. What is a small town to Tyler, because 10,000 people seems pretty small to me?
As a Canadian, I was utterly flabbergasted going into a US pawn shop and them just having a gun room. Enough guns to arm a small army. Hunting rifles. Handguns. Even one that looked like some kind of assault rifle. You can get guns in Canada, but at like, a hunting store, with proper licencing. The fact that you could go to a pawn shop and just...browse the guns there is so alien to me. Every country that has tighter gun control has fewer school shootings, and shootings in general. Like, shootings still happen here, but not to the same extent they do in America. American gun culture enables them because they both make guns so readily available, and have a culture that celebrates gun ownership in a way other cultures, like my Canadian culture, do not. I think our last school mass shooting was in the eighties? So, if I lived in the US, I don't think I'd be afraid to send my kid to school, but it would be way more of a concern than it is here, where I don't even consider the possibility of that happening at all.
And a lot of the shootings that happen here are from guns smuggled from the US, so their gun problem is becoming ours, unfortunately.
As someone in NB, Canada who's bilingual watching you figure out "Mais non, tabarnack" had me dying.
Listening to your comments about school safety... A Texas family came to Central Canada just prior to covid, for a work related few monthes. Covid hit and they decided to stay here. When their children asked about live shooter drills, the Canadian kids didn't know what they were talking about. Imagine that. 🤔
Some regions in Canada DO have the drills (I'm in southern Ontario and my kids schools have done them for many years now). We have never had an active shooter, but the drills help prepare them for basically any threat, and there's been twice I can remember that the school was locked down cuz a parent was irate and the staff feared for everyone's safety. I'm so so glad the shootings aren't really a thing in Canada, I can't imagine sending my kids to school with that worry
Here in Toronto, the schools practice lockdowns and have had to use them when there was a potential threat to students’ safety. But it’s not a “shooter” drill.
@@JasonKucherawysame in Vancouver
After Sandy Hook, I swore I wouldn’t go back to the US until something was done to stop the school shootings. I haven’t been back, it would make me feel complicit. I can’t let my tourist dollars go to a country who is fine with babies being slaughtered in their classroom. Canadians truly cannot fathom a love for guns that would allow this type of slaughter to continue happening.
they did do something about school shootings they made them much more common and deadly
The NRA controlls your moral compass, that makes every American is complicit, for every school shooting and death. Too much death acceptablity
Me too!
And more even when Trump got into office. I was done. I even boycotted American products, especially in groceries (when trump tried to fvck up NAFTA)
@@deadrop6647 that is unfair. The United States also experimented with curved corridor in schools to reduce the line-of-sight of the shooters, they made bulletproof backpacks, and now they want to arm the teachers to shoot the bad guys.
I am sarcastic of course. It is like treating a wound with a rusty knife.
@@ghyslainabel want to know a interesting fact canada hasn't had a gun related death in a undergrade 12 school in over 20 years, I doubt America can say the same for this year alone
I am today a senior grandfather. I have spent much time in the USA, from Texas, New York, and out west in Ohio and California. I found the people I met and befriended and business partners to be as nice as Canadians. Most were generous in all ways. At some point, I thought about relocating, but...
Canada had less money to offer as income, but considerably less expense. Nearly free university, a well educated population, a government not controlled by corporate money or interests. We have no right to have guns, though some of the well-to-do have hunting rifles. We do not live in fear if a stranger knocks on the door. We have government medical and prescription protection. Noone, repeat, has guns at home.
Regarding prescription insurance, I pay a small fee per month ($30) and I have the government cover 80% of the cost. My kids, until age 18 were also covered for medication.
University at today cost is about $400/course plus $350/semister.
Doctor visits are free, as well as hospital stays and surgery.
The average Canadian lifespan is 3-4 years more than the USA.
The cost of living is higher by 1/3 for food. Housing is about the same or slightly more, because we have winters and need to heat in winter and a/c in summer. Even so, electricity or gas is less expensive.
Summary. With less money, we have a higher standard of living.
I am scandinavian and I would NEVER move to the US, Canada though is one of my favourites if I were to move somewhere else. I agree with the Canadians on reddit on every point. My tip would be - visit Canada and experience yourself why this is the case. You can always make a new home for yourself in Canada, and have an even better life there. With all that you now have learnt about Canada, you're halfway there. Just visit, and see the US/Canada from another point of view. north of the border. Hope you do someday, why miss out on this fantastic country, people and culture anymore?!! Good luck! 🍀😃🍁
I'd much prefer the Nordic countries to Canada to be honest.
Canada is a step down from pretty much any country in the EU. That being said, the US is like stepping off a cliff.
@@dwi2921 Really, that's interesting. I would have thought it was pretty equal, although I haven't researched it too deep. It would be interesting to see some comparisons, so many are made between the US and the EU, but not that many on Canada and the EU/different countries over here. Not that I have seen. Canada seems so much more relatable and similar to, well maybe the Nordic countries and the UK at least, to me. There I feel a kinship, but the US, that is quite another matter... They seem determined to drive off their own cliff at high speed or something. Not listening to anyone else or try to hit the brakes. "We'll do it our own way..." The land of the free... or something. Such a different mindset, whereas Canadians seems so much like us. Here the neighboring countries are similar and move kind of in the same direction (with our own individual quirks), but you have some crazy neighbours over there. ;) Still, it's fascinating to watch and learn, that's for sure.
@@GuinevereKnight
OK I'll go over some of the things I've noticed.
1) The EU's infrastructure and healthcare are universally better. Your healthcare is actually universal, outs isn't. The EU is moving towards more pedestrian and cycling friendly green infrastructure, we are going all in on car dependency. Your urban and suburban areas are well designed with access to goods and services, ours aren't. Your rural communities haven't been entirely abandoned, whereas many of ours have been and are often trapped in the 1940s (thankfully I have electricity and Internet out here, many rural households don't).
2) You overall have better quality goods, especially food. For instance you guys have actual bread, whereas we have bread like substances made from yoga mat materials (that's nor even a joke).
3) Europeans have an overall healthier relationship with firearms. Something which is of great interest to me because I own firearms myself. Here in Canada and by extension in America it's anything but healthy. It's a free for all in the US with predictable consequences, and here in Canada if you own guns you are often otherized. Seen as a dangerous and often misogynistic enemy of the public. Really the polar opposite of the US and equally as unhealthy.
4) Canada is disastrously racist for a first world country.
That is not to say that Canada doesn't have bright spots. But it's mostly in it's beautiful landscapes, various and interesting wildlife, dynamic indigenous cultures and superb artists. Otherwise, there isn't much positive sadly.
Think of it this way. Canada and the US are two sides of the coin or bank note. Distinctly different but also the same.
@@dwi2921 Wow, thank you so much, very interesting. You have given me food for thought. I certainly can't argue with you, these points are correct in my experience of us and our neighbours. I guess to me these things are not so special, guess we sort of take them for granted and that you guys seem likeminded. Maybe it helps that the countries here push each other forward through the EU, some want to take the lead and some want to go in another direction, but are impacted by the changes no matter what. We certainly have our challenges too here, it isn't Utopia, but over all it works pretty much. We can always do better. I can't say much about the topics you mention about Canada, my knowledge is to much at surface level. Most of what I've seen and heard about Canada is positive and Canadians over all seem sympathetic and cool. I can see there are some challenges and hope this is something that can change for the better. That you are not as divided as the US, but there are divides here too and change does take such a long time. I wish Canada and the EU could work together more, exchange 'notes' and help each other move forward. Sad to hear of the negative sides, of course every country has some more or less, but you're such a great people that I'm a little surprised I suppose. I can certainly understand that you are in parts very similar to the US and in parts quite the opposite - and proud of it (usually). I am thankful for the insight and still hold you in high esteem, hoping things will change for the better. That all you awsome Canadians will work to change it.
@@GuinevereKnight
1) Oh ho ho, that's where you are wrong I'm afraid. Canada politically speaking the Belgium of North America, it's on the verge of breaking apart every year. The deep divide between the French and English speaking parts of the country is once again rearing it it's ugly head, and Quebec making a bit for succession for the umpteenth time is possible. Now the western provinces (Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan) may very well start their own sabre rattling over the gun issue. Their succession may be possible considering all the oil wealth Alberta has.
2) Depends which province/s or territory/s you go too. The East Coast (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador), West Coast (British Columbia) and the North (Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon) are pretty much what you describe. Very friendly and sympathetic folks there, especially in the east.
3) The Western provinces still hold to the traditional frontier/settler values, and it can take some getting used to. Very rugged folks over there.
4) Ontario, my province, is a mixed bag. My part of the province (the north-northwestrn part), you as a Nordic person would be very much at home. Finnish, Danish, Norweigian and Swedish culture have permeated the area, and Finnish is basically an unofficial second language. The problem is that my part of the province is one of those abandoned rural areas and also one of the most racist to boot. It's rather depressing.
The southern half of the province is cosmopolitan and truly advanced, and Toronto is one of the best cities in the world. However as far that southern Ontarians are concerned the rest of the country might as well not exist. They also suffer the brunt of gun violence being so close to the border and 80% of all gun crimes being committed with smuggled firearms. Which unsurprisingly is where most of the hate for firearms owners comes from.
5) Avoid Quebec if you can (with the exception of Montréal). If you are not French, White and Catholic, they really don't want you. Matter of fact there effectively banned non-Catholics from visibly displaying symbols related to their various faiths. Again Montréal is fine, it's the rest of the Province.
6) The indigenous peoples of Canada are still actively suppressed, both socially and economically. While great strides have been made towards reconciliation, there are still setbacks every year that unravel good works done.
Again it not all doom and gloom. I can easily recommend St.Johns (Newfoundland, not New Brunswick) and Charlottetown as eminently visitable (and livable) places that are worth your time if you want to relax. If you want excitement Montréal, Halifax and Calgary are pretty great.
As a parent, it is a discussion my family has fairly often. School violence impacts kids all over the country and indirectly everywhere. My kids have anxiety about school because of it. And small towns? Like Uvalde? Or Parkland, which was voted as the safest town in FL before they killed a bunch of school kids.
It sure does! The one in Connecticut happened when my daughter was 7. We were living in New Brunswick, Canada at the time about 3 hours from the border, and 10 hours drive to CT. Her father is American, and she has cousins in CT. She was afraid to go to CT for Christmas to visit her cousins because she didn't want to get shot. She was also afraid for her cousins at their school. 7 year old children should not be afraid to go to school!!!
The weirdest thing I notice about the response is this sort of "Oh, well, just stay away from that part, it's just bad over there. Oh, it's OK if you have the right job and the right insurance, as long as you don't get the wrong kind of sick., Oh just make sure you are living in the right city so that it's not so violent. " I don't know, it's just weird. There is just a kind of deadlock about trying to actually solve any of your problems. There's a sad resignation that I feel when I hear about problems in the US. If you try to fix a problem, there's a whole reactionary side of the country that is like "how dare you fix that, are you just too precious to handle dealing with it on your own? And anyways, who's going to pay for it? Not my problem" and then people just move away from the problems and try to forget they exist.
It's like inviting people over to your house, and you've got piles of trash and you're just like "Oh, yeah, just don't go through the trash room, oh there's a path there, just make sure you wear your shoes inside. Yeah there's a junkie in that room, but if you don't close to the door he probably won't bite you." But in my little room here it's not so bad, if you can get past the smell.
United States is so ironic now.
Why in God’s name would I ever want to do that?! 🇨🇦 Canada is a civilized country.
Civilization is overrated. That's why I love it here in Arizona!
Are you sure about that??? I've seen a lot of support for Poilievre entirely based on the fact that he refuses to be civil.
It used to be,until nine years ago. It doesn’t even resemble the Canada I once knew.
As a Canadian born with medical issues and having JUST spent 10 days in hospital with a number of follow ups, I’d be dead if I lived in the US. It’s scary down there that I don’t even want to visit even if it was all paid.
Right !..
I went to University in Seattle...beautiful, interesting city. I can't think of 1 reason why I would ever move to the United States. Canada is by no means perfect but I feel there are more pros than cons. Healthcare and safety are probably the top 2 pros. Born and raised here...proud to be a Canadian 🇨🇦🇨🇦
I'd agree, but given how many guns are being smuggled in, safety is taking a nose dive. I suppose urbanites could move to the countryside, but rural people also own guns and in general hate city people. So that's probably a no go.
Canada is also disastrously racist for a first world country.
Still, I'll take this solid gold turd over the US.
@@dwi2921...like I said Canada is by no means perfect but I'd still take here over there. 🇨🇦
@@dwi2921 Actually Canada is the second least racist country in the world after the Netherlands, US by comparison is 69th.
@@douggarson50
My experience says otherwise, and I am undeniably skeptical of that claim. But I'll be glad to be proven wrong.
@@dwi2921 Sorry you've had that experience, I agree Canada is far from perfect. I don't see much racism myself but I'm not part of a minority so I can only rely on what studies say.
To your point about choosing where exactly in the US you live - I grew up for 26 years near Toronto but have lived in the US for the last 20 (husband is American). We live in a bubble of like-minded and similar people, and there are very few places in the US we could tolerate. Also, DO NOT underestimate the effects of school shootings on families. I have kids and I'm a teacher. It's on my mind EVERY SINGLE DAY. I'm kind of hoping my kids decide to go to university in Canada. Finally, don't forget that for good health insurance, you are paying a premium just for the coverage, and then on top of that if anything happens you are paying hundreds/thousands of dollars for the services!
I read all these comments as an American and silently sob under the covers. The reasons you all provide are all valid and I there is a nothing I can say to change your opinion because there is nothing I can say. You are all right. Sometimes I feel ashamed for even living here 😅
Feel sorry for you as a Canadian. I used to dream of vacationing in the U.S years ago. I’m originally from the Caribbean, and I’m aware that many from the Caribbean have emigrated to the U.S back in the 50s, 60s and 70s. It seemed simpler then, even with the racist elements. Today, the heinous way minorities are treated, together with the reversal of women’s rights, have me slack jawed. Not only that, the deep divisions in your country, together with all of the social issues that threaten to make the country more unsafe, should be a rallying cry for its citizens to realize that their way of life is seriously under threat. I’m looking at the threat to democracy in the U.S, from north of the border.
Don't feel ashamed, come visit and see if maybe you'd like to live here! And if not, remember that things change; things can get better if people take care of each other. Good luck and have heart; your future is wide open and a passport can take a you a long, long ways away.
There’s many countries I’d consider but the US isn’t one.
If i were to ever live in the states, it would have to be a border town close to Canada so i can cross back home whenever i want to. Other than that, hell fucking no 😅😂
@@trevornmartinmartin2756He obviously mistyped "states" without verifying it. If anything, you should call him out for calling the border the "boarder". 😂
@@trevornmartinmartin2756 Sorry, I meant to respond to the OP.
@@trevornmartinmartin2756 Wait a minute.. you edited your comment.. you did call him out! 😆
@@trevornmartinmartin2756 You originally asked him if he was educated.
We have been living 6 months in Canada and 6 months in US for quite a while. We live in a mobile home park for 55 plus. If I judge people from the park, there is a lot of discrimination, racism, politics and religion that really bother us. We tend to stay at home and not mingle to much with the people. Some people down in Florida are good friends of ours but there views on things and the most common negative issue that we find the racism.
I have family that snowbird to Arizona and Florida, they feel the same.
another big one is the religion. In Canada, we have different religion and most people keep to themselves and do their own religion. In USA, we call them the crazies because they preach and talk about religion but they are the worse hypocrites and mean people you could meet. I am catholic myself but you would never hear me saying thing like “God will get you for this” or God is watching you”. In Canada we do our own thing and don’t stab people in the back.
My 🇺🇲 husband moved here to Canada. He ended up having cancer & subsequent surgery. He was stunned at no "co-pay". He asked me about co-pay & I asked what's co-pay. And no. I refuse to move to the US due to US gun violence & healthcare.
I hope your husband is doing better now 🙏
@@sophien5416 So far he's clear! Thx for your well wishes💗🤗
Glad hubby is doing hood. Whats co-pay? Insurance?
@@keeperofthelists4771 Apparently it's the patient's portion that the insurance company doesn't pay.🤷🏽♀️
@@keeperofthelists4771 "Co-pay" is a euphemism for a deductible, i.e. the portion of the bill the insurance company refuses to pay.
Born and raised in a small town in Ontario. Have lived in Alberta for the last 40 years. Love our country and have never even considered living in any other country. ❤️🇨🇦
I think a big part of the feelings most have about not moving to the US, apart from the reasons they've been able to quantify, are the fact that we see the obvious problems not being fixed. In many other countries health care, gun control, etc may not be perfect, but change and improvements are made. In the US, we see any efforts shot down time and time again because the policians seem to be owned by corporations/lobbyists, and big business likes things as they are. This significantly erodes confidence in the US government's ability to address other crises that will come up.
well said.
Great point, Steve.
As bad as America's problems are, is it not an even bigger problem that it's nearly impossible to imagine how things could get any better?
Very well said, in countries like Scotland and Australia it only took 1 mass shooting for the government to enforce strict gun control and it works.
I live 2 minutes from the US border, visited many times. Move there is a big no. Even though my town is right next to our US counterpart, the differences in culture are immense. Even if their gas, milk and living is cheaper, it is not worth it.
I'm a Canadian and I like Americans but I would never move to the United States there is absolutely no redeeming value to it.
Good thing is you can pop across the border and buy that milk
I live in a border city too. I used to drive over to shop and get gas. I don’t even want to do that anymore. I’ll pay our higher gas prices gladly to avoid their madness.
@@wheretoretire3315 I type this as I gaze on the International Bridge from my kitchen window. But it does no sway me.
I worked for a company(3.5years) that was relocating to North Carolina from Toronto. They offered to help find somewhere to live, help with immigration, and a cash incentive(i forget how much) to move and keep my job. This was 2002. I declined, and there has never been a day that I regretted my choice.
@loneprimate WoW! You have hit every nail on the head! I concur with everything you have said.
Thank You for taking the time and writing this down! 🇨🇦
My American brother recently spent 10 days in hospital in Utah, the amount billed by his hospital is $282,000. At the same time I, a Canadian, spent 2.5 weeks recovering from emergency surgery and my bill was $395 for ambulance transport from my town to a nearby city hospital.
If you have a USA health insurance plan you would pay 200$ deductible and get much better treatment. I know I have done it both ways.
Hospital to hospital transfers are free in Ontario.
@@georgesmiley1474l… IF you have health insurance??? 🙄🤣. Ah, the entitlement. There are 500,000 American with health insurance that still file for medical bankruptcy every year.
What good is “better” when you end up homeless and far more bankrupt if you lose that great job??
If you can’t afford healthcare or don’t have a job like my disabled SIL in MI, you become trapped in the permanent underclass of medical poverty. Angry and bitter as her life passes her by.
Now tell us how much better getting a $100,000+ out of network Air Ambulance in the USA would be?
You didn't pay for the cable tv?
@@georgesmiley1474 my brother in laws live in the States. They do have good health coverage and get excellent care when they have needed it. They also pay 800$ US a month for their insurance.
My American husband and I choose Canada when we first got married due to health care and educational reasons. My husband has been in Canada for almost 13 years and says he would never move back to the US. I joke about moving to California or Hawaii (somewhere warm) any time it gets to -30 Celsius or colder and he says over his dead body will he ever go back.
I was born in the States (I say because that's where my mother's uterus was). Mom was Canadian and when my dad died we moved to Canada and I was naturalized as a citizen. I AM NOT American. I like US people individually, but as a collective, you're pretty messed up. Robin Williams said "Canada is like the quiet neighbour living above a meth lab."
I lived in a small town in Oregon. It was a miserable experience. SOOOO glad we moved back to Canada!
Tyler's right about small-town America. I was driving my family to an international soccer tournament when the van broke down. A kind American stopped, found a tow rope in his truck, and towed us to the nearest town --- Drayton, North Dakota.
The town was so stereotypical, it was almost comical. It's definitely a different culture. There was the guy dressed head-to-toe in camouflage, with a bright orange hunter's vest. There was a carload of kids driving a hot rod up and down the main street, back and forth, back and forth, with no particular place to go.
But then there were two very kind gentlemen who came up to us, concerned about our wellbeing and where my family would sleep that night, because the motel was filling-up fast with competitors for the Drayton Catfish Capital Challenge Catfish Tournament (it's a real thing, look it up). Nobody prompted them. They had no ulterior motive. They were just genuinely concerned for us.
My lasting impression of the townspeople I'd met in Drayton that day was how nice they all were. They were kind and friendly and genuinely caring toward others, going out of their way to help us any way they could.
Yes people who live in small town USA are really lovely people in my experience.
Yes, Americans are very friendly and nice everywhere, but is there a gun under the seat or in the glove box?
I am a non-white, non-christian, non-straight person with a medical condition. Though I have visited the States several times in my life up to the year 2005, I have not been back since. I would be nervous (if not outright afraid) to even visit the USA in today's charged atmosphere and would certainly not move there.
My brother always wanted to move to the US, and finally did. He HATED IT. He had good health care, so that wasn't an issue, but he said the racism was incredible. He would talk about the road rage and violence he saw on a regular basis, the religion overload, the crazy politics with the big political rallies and events. He was very unhappy living there and was thoroughly disillusioned. The only things that he liked about it were all the concerts and sports events that he had access to, lol.
You remind me of a story. I have a friend who's from Congo and moved to Canada. Some of his relatives move to the US. Each time he visits them, he says he glad he chose Canada. He says in Canada, racists will insult him on the street, at worst. He can live with that. His relatives are constantly scared of being shot and dying in the US. It's not a decent way to live! And it seems so weird when you consider that the black population is way more important in the US. I don't get it...
If you want to visit America w/o leaving Canada may I suggest Toronto
@@davidfoster3427 Utter bullshit. My home town is not like the US at all. I know, because I've spent time in the US and every time I come home there's a sense of relief and welcome. If you're talking about the gun violence (that's because of USians smuggling guns up here), even that is way lower than any comparable US city. I'm tired of people trash talking my home.
I am an American currently traveling in Canada. This is my second summer here. If it wasnt for the freezing cold up here, i would start my paperwork to move here permanently. Most likely, I will continue to be here as long as I dont freeze 👍every year. I am so over the US and how sick it has become. When I go back to the States, I worry constantly about my safety. Here I never have.
I've worked with a lot of people who have moved to the US for work. It's a very compatible place for Canadians to go. The culture is very similar. People move for work pretty seamlessly. I lot of older canadians go to the southern US for 6 months a year for the weather but maintain their canadian citizenship for he medical coverage.
The COVID mess where twice as many US citizens per capita died compared to Canadians was a bit of a downer. Watching how poorly the political system seems to be to deal with all the real world problems that are out there.
That 73,000,000 voted for a self admitted scammster and criminal for President is troubling.
The Gun mess also tends to chase people off.
The American people seem to be desperate to maintain their freedom to kill each other. I'm not interested in that freedom
You've been fed wrong info. There was no increase in over all death. The average life expectancy for men is 79, 82 for woman. The average ( covid) death was 86. Those people were already dying.
Please don't compare the US to Canada in any way.
@@landonbarretto4933 what in the world do you mean?Plenty of people on both sides of the border are perfectly decent human beings. .we are often culturally and certainly linguistically compatible and have a viewpoint that is often more aligned than with that of europe. Canadians haven't taken on that individualistic resistance to helping others in their society that the americans seem to embrace We don't pursue our own "freedoms" to the point of anarchy and chaos . There seems to be less selfishness at the heart of canadian culture.
The american train has fallen off the tracks. We are in a lot of ways like the americans. I guess be warned would be my message. Dont let the things that went wrong there happen here. We aren't as crazy about guns as they are. That's a good thing.