I am a first generation immigrant. I will never forget my roots, but I am a die-hard Canadian. Canada is my home, my nation. Canada took me in and I am very grateful for the safety and the economic opportunities my family has gained since arriving here more than a decade ago. I am a Canadian to the core, and if need be, I will enlist and fight to keep her free. Canada is the true north, strong and free. She will not bow. She will not break. Canada is my home, and I will die to defend her freedom. 🇨🇦
@@kevinprzy4539 How does Canada pilfer from the US? You're just repeating Trump's lies like a following little sheep with no clue about reality. Do some actual research. The US doesn't subsidize Canada at all. They don't just give Canada money. We trade! Canada buys less from the US because we only have 40 million people compared to 350 million in the US. It evens out though if you added services that Canada buys from the States like Netflix, Disney channel...etc.
@@kevinprzy4539fair trade is not pilfering! The US imports expensive things like oil and electricity Canada is not giving it away for free just because trump demands it! I don’t think he understands it at all! His last tariffs resulted in him giving billions to farmers many of them were bankrupted by those tariffs.
@@kevinprzy4539unfortunately I had to look up that P word…pretty sure a nato agreement made a long time ago is not stealing…it has allowed us planes in since your cold war
I am a second generation Canadian, my grand parents are from Ohio and Iowa. I served in the Canadian military during the cold war, served shoulder to shoulder with US forces many times, after 9/11 I re-enlisted, and went through basic training again at 40. Unfortunately I had an accident in training and did not deploy to Afghanistan, but instead acted as a garrison officer for my unit helping troops get the courses and training they needed to deploy. I never thought I'd be facing a situation were our closest Allie would be threatening our very existence. I'm sickened, frustrated and hurt that this is even being suggested. And although I'm old now I pray I never have to defend my country against those whom I consider my brothers, thank you for your video.
I am also an aged veteran. I would pick up a weapon in a second to defend Canada. I cant remember a time when Canada has asked America to support us with troops. I do remember their govt crying like babies when we refused to go to Iraq. They cried so hard they gave us Kandahar in Afghanistan, because the Americans didnt feel they could hold it. Canada held it for 5 years +. Our military may not be huge, but we have the best trained soldiers on the planet!!! My Great grand father came to Canada in 1899 from Wisconsin. Best decision he ever made!
The Solution. One impressive way to boost the economy of the big landmass and the wealth of its people, America and Canada, would be to wipe away the border between these two great countries which, STUNTS PROGRESS DIVIDES PEOPLE, RESTRICTS FREEDOM, and CREATES TENSION at times. - To prove these points all that one has to do is to read some of the posters' comments on the various videos. JUST THINK of Canadians as well as people from other nations who have gone to America to seek their fame and fortune and have been successful. A prime example would be S. African born Musk who spent three years in Canada, went to America to seek his fame and fortune and is likely to become the world's first trillionaire. Elon Musk or some other wealthy person with influence should be able to get this unification movement started. Canada has a shrinking GDP per capita which is a key indicator of prosperity, a weakening Canadian dollar, a weak military, inflation issues, national debt has doubled, an increasing cost of living and housing crisis. Canada is so dependent on the USA for its trade that it might as well join the USA. Some Canadians still think that they need a ( USELESS king ) ' hovering ' over them in these modern times who lives on a faraway island and does nothing for them but what they really do need are lower taxes, a strong economy as well as a strong (American) military to protect the arctic. Ownership of the Arctic means nothing if you can't defend it and Canada does not have the military to defend it, so the Arctic is fully dependent on the US for its protection. In April 2021 Putin filed a submission to extend a claim to the Arctic, all the way into the Canadian and Greenland (Denmark) continental shelf and economic zone, as part of Russia's continental shelf. This is a situation where they're claiming the entire Arctic Canadian and Danish continental shelf as part of the Russian continental shelf. In 2018 Beijing agreed it would cooperate with Russia on a new Arctic silk route to connect Europe with Asia, signing 20 bilateral documents and agreeing to invest in the region. As part of this, Beijing will build several Chinese docks across Russia's north in ports. Russia demands permission for ships to use the Northern Passage including the use of Russian pilot ships. Putin wants control of the Arctic trade routes and the natural resources in the Arctic which would create arctic dominance and it would threaten the USA. America is the only country so far that has put 12 men on the moon, returned them safely to earth again and that was more than 50 years ago, so don't underestimate America. It is a very generous nation. One notable example would be the Marshall Plan which financed the rebuilding of western European nations after the devastation of WWII. America is the most powerful country in the world, not just military, but economically and also has the world's biggest economy. It is also the country which has won the highest number of olympic medals, the country from which the highest number of nobel prize winners have come and also the country whose American companies have made the largest impact on the world. In 2024, nine out of ten of the world's wealthiest people were Americans and there were 813 billionaires in America which is twice as many as the next country, China. If America and Canada united, it would be the world's largest country and would be over one million square miles larger than Russia. What a huge 'playground' we all would have with no border to restrict us-! This would be FREEDOM. United we Stand, Divided we Fall.
Another proud and pissed off Canadian here. I want to thank you John for the work you put into this video. That being said,while it’s a definite “feel good” piece, it’s nothing more than a walk down memory lane. What matters more now, is what is going on now... I’m 68 and as far as I can remember, I used to consider the USA and its citizens as friends. My wife and I spent 12 consecutive winters in the southern USA. In April 2016 after your orange convict became your president, we drove our motorhome back to Canada and never set foot in the US again. Nor will we ever. We’ve been spending our winters in beautiful Puerto Vallarta since then and are delighted. Now that you’ve re-elected that convict, and exposed my beloved country to his lunatic and destructive plans, I no longer see the US as friends but more like an unreliable and unpredictable drugged up neighbour. And we’re preparing…. I make this promise to all of my fellow Canadians: I will be front row and center on the border to defend my beautiful Canada against anyone and everyone anytime. I will be working my butt off to help diversify our export markets so to tremendously minimize our reliance on the US and sell our energy, minerals, lumber and goods to countries that want them. I’ll push our politicians hard to let them know we expect them to not only stand up for our country, but to push back really damned hard against the orange convict and his clueless band of Fox News brainwashed supporters. So hard, that they’ll learn the hard way that you do NOT fuck with Canadians.
At 77 yrs I agree regardless of our age we remember and will fight . Dictator bully orange man . 90% of Canadian's do not want or ever have wanted to be part of the US. Canada has never entered a war an lost we fight to win
Canadians need to be ashamed of their sovereignty to the so-called British crown which is anachronistic. Canada's sovereignty is closely tied to the so-called British crown, which is the embodiment of the country's monarch and form of government. Although the British monarch was the head of state, in practice, his or her functions were exercised in the colony by the colonial Governor, who acted on instructions from the British government in London. During its three centuries of empire, Britain greedily invaded many countries and killed more people than were killed during WWII. The history of the so-called English royals is intertwined with slavery. The slave-trading initiatives endorsed by the English monarchy began with Elizabeth I’s enthusiastic support of John Hawkins’ slaving expeditions in the 1560s. In three separate voyages backed by government officials, London merchants, and Elizabeth I, Hawkins raided African settlements on the West African coast and seized hundreds of enslaved captives from Portuguese ships. In defiance of Portugal’s slave trade in Africans, Hawkins sold his cargo of African captives in the Spanish Caribbean. After his profitable second voyage, Elizabeth I honored Hawkins with a coat of arms and crest featuring a nude African bound with rope. Throughout Britain's African slave trading days, Britain SHIPPED OVER THREE AND ONE HALF MILLION SLAVES TO THE Americas. Over half a million slaves' lives were lost during the Atlantic crossing. Between 1689 and 1807,1,053 British vessels were lost whilst undertaking slave-trading activities. The transatlantic slave trade by the British was the one of the largest forced relocation of human beings in history. Britain DID NOT END SLAVERY UNTIL THE 1920s. To fuel the growing first-world sugar industry of the late 1800s, Britain enslaved 1.3 million Indians then shipped them to labor on sugar plantations in Mauritius, South Africa, the Caribbean, Guyana, and Fiji. This was known as Indentured Servitude which was another name for SLAVERY AND IT DID NOT END UNTIL THE 1920s. Like the African slaves, these Indian slaves were also brutally treated by the British.
With you 100%! I know many snowbirds are selling property in Florida. I live about 2 hours from the border, and I've been watching closely the situation in the states. My housemate and I are ready!
Love your channel John. Many people here in Canada feel betrayed not by Trump but by the support he gets about annexing or having a trade war with Canada
I'm pretty psissed off with trump too tbh. He's starting to sound like Putin before his "special operation" the moment he got a wiff of the power again. It very much appears he has gone drunk with power, joking or not, wether true or not, that is is how it appears.
He didn’t campaign on this. I would bet anything that 2 months ago very few of his supporters would have independently come to this on their own. It’s only because they blindly follow him that they now support him on this too AND, importantly, because his propaganda brain washing media machine like Fox News jumps all over it. This is what we hear in the US that hate most of his nonsensical policies have to deal with all the time. It’s beyond sad and disturbing.
I've been down the youtube rabbit hole this past week and reading all the disgusting comments from Americans towards Canadians and Canada is so disheartening. I'm so sad and sick to my stomach. I never thought I would feel this much hatred towards America. I always considered us as great neighbours, but now I wish we could pick up Canada and float it far away from the US. Not only do I not want to be a 51st, I dont even want to near that country. If Canada were to lose it's sovereignty I would leave and move to Norway or Sweden.
As a Canadian reflecting as we're doing with these inspirational clips, I am dismayed at the surreal reality we are currently living. To witness the adolescent bullying from a so-called incoming president of the United States, as we are experiencing with trump, brings the bile to the back of my throat. This is unacceptable in every way. It flies in the face of diplomacy and democratic stability. No matter the outcome, the scars will run deep and remain permanently. As Canadians, we will NEVER give up the fight. WE NEVER SURRENDER! 🇨🇦✊😡I expect EVERYONE on either side of the border who is not wanting of destruction to stand up and FIGHT LIKE YOU'VE NEVER FOUGHT IN YOUR LIFE! That is all. Thank you. Oh Canada, glorious and free. 🇨🇦🍁
"adolescent bullying" of the president? Where have you been for the last 9 1/2 years? Trudeau has called Canadian citizens misogynists, racists, islamophobes, etc. He even invoked the War Measures Act against Canadian citizens for peacefully protesting, where a disabled native woman is trampled by horses, journalist pepper-sprayed. And this PM is doing this to his own people. Pres. Trump is just trolling JT because he is a weak disgusting leader, he has no intentions of taking Canada and if you followed him, and actually listened to what he says and get to know his humor instead of reading headlines about him you would know that he is just trolling. JT had made many Canadians lose hope and lose pride in their Country, I mean after all he did say that "Canada is a post-national state".
I agree , but keep in mind we have way too many new people arriving in Canada , that could care less about Canada.Many of them want to move to the U.S. and almost welcome they idea of Canada becoming a part of the U.S. . I know a Canadian Army recruiter and he told me how difficult it is to get somebody to sign up .
@@chrisphipps6642 Quite agree. Save the petty squabbles for some other time. And the immigrants I've spoken to are quite appreciative of being allowed into Canada.
@@josephforest7605 some of the immigrants I’ve spoken to are more willing to stand and fight than some of our born and raised extreme right Maga wannabes.
I have family in the states. As a Canadian I feel betrayed by the United States. I’m a senior and I’ve seen many Presidents over the years who have respected us. Having difficulty accepting this terrible betrayal of our cousins who we thought incorrectly were friends. Annexation, declaration of economic war, what the hell is going on?🇨🇦
@@HappyValleyDreamin It's literally more than half of you. The majority voted to have Canadians treated this way. I feel horrible for decent Americans however I seriously hope the majority get exactly what they deserve when Trump destroys The U.S.A. I feel the same about the Canadians who will probably vote in Pierre Trump in our next election. These people are truly deplorable.
The “betrayal“ was Canada betraying America by allowing terrorists and fentanyl to come across our border and to allow the Chinese military to have posts inside of Canada to spy on America. America cannot trust the Canadian communist state anymore .Maybe you don’t need the $200 billion America subsidizes Canada with each year? Maybe you don’t need the Saftey of America’s military since you don’t have one of your own? Maybe you do not want to be able to afford a house and own a gun to protect your family And have excellent medical care and low taxes . Maybe you would rather deal with China
@@HappyValleyDreamin For every comment here from an American saying roughly what you're saying, there are 2 or 3 hurling more abuse. Sorry, I'm done - to hell with 'Merica!
Thank you John. As a Canadian, I needed a reminder that this current situation is an outlier. Every Canadian with whom I have discussed this matter feels the same way. Gloves off. We’re ready. We don’t want to fight but if our hand is forced, we will defend our country.
Oh really? What’s your plan? We subsidize Canada $200 billion per year and we provide for your military so what exactly is it that you are going to do to America? Your countrymen don’t even have guns . Maybe you should stop letting in fentanyl and terrorists into our country. Maybe you should stop allowing the Chinese military to have military posts inside Canada to spy on America. Maybe then America wouldn’t be so hostile toward Canada
You gave me chills when you read " O Canada". Thought I was going to cry. My Scottish ancestors sailed to Nova Scotia and gained their freedom from England the same year Americans signed The Declaration of Independence. My family didn't need to join America, they were already free. They joined the English and the French in 1867 to keep that freedom. Since then, we have survived war and peace together. I tried to think of a better neighbour, and uh.....maybe New Zealand? What has always puzzled me is why anyone would think that a Canadian would want to be anything but a Canadian and more puzzling why Americans wouldn't want to be Canadians, too?
I am slightly puzzled by your saying your ancestors had to leave Scotland to gain 'freedom from England' in 1776 when Scotland had requested a union with England and signed the Act of Union in 1707.
@@1chish Actually, I am as well. I always thought, for about 50 years, that it occurred in 1758, but I checked the internet and it said 1776. Who am to get in an argument with the internet. Anyway, it was after the battle of Culloden in 1746 that England came down hard on Scotland, outlawing bagpipes and songs and kilts and clans, marauding, pillaging and attacking innocents. The way I heard it, it took ten years to save enough money to send the oldest sons to Canada.
@ Well can I gently advise you that battle was fought between the Jacobites, led by Charles Edward Stuart, and the British government, led by the Duke of Cumberland. The 'British Government' which included the Scots. Charles landed in Scotland in July 1745, seeking to restore his father James Francis Edward Stuart to the British throne. He quickly won control of large parts of Scotland, and an invasion of England reached as far south as Derby before being forced to turn back. They had invaded England and were trying to overthrow the legitimate crown of Great Britain. So not quite the heroes you may think. As for the Tartan by an Act of Parliament in 1746 the wearing of Tartan was banned except as a uniform for officers and soldiers in the British Army and the ban on bagpipes was lifted in 1785.
@@1chish Yep, well summarized. You could add that it was the remnants of the dream of Catholic restoration. Personally, I heard the story from my Aunt, the holder of the history. I know my clan is a border area. Maybe some fought on both sides. After Culloden, the people were terrorized for a while. Nobody knew it was the last time, but it had been going on for 600 years. John and Alexander immigrated to Nova Scotia to begin again. First born male, like my dad and my brother have been called John A ever since.
You know things are bad when Americans have so had it w/Trump that anything would be better. Afterall, when your country ceases to care about you, or reflect your values, many are questioning what it means to be American.
I have a closer tie to the United States then most Canadians. I was raised by an American. My Mom was from New York and become a landed immigrant in Canada in the 1970's after marrying my Dad who was Canadian. My Mom loved Canada, she once told me that when she first moved here Canadians made her feel so welcome. i was born in Canada and have lived here my whole life. I have dual citizenship thanks to my Mom and it is something i have always felt blessed to have and taken great pride in but lately because of all that has been happening i have been seriously thinking of travelling to The U.S Consulate in Toronto and renouncing my American citizenship. I'm a proud Canadian and will chose Canada first every time.
yes, I was happy to see Canadians go over to help, also when the Linesmen went to help the victims of the hurricanes. I may be going through a period of confusion over what has happened to Canada over the past 10 years but I haven't given up on Canadians because most of them have a good heart.
@@desyloohoo are you serious? I suppose you are one of those who hoped that all the un-vaxxed would die of C-19, and one of those that jumped for joy when the handicapped native woman at the Trucker Protest in Ottawa got trampled by a police horse, and one of those that cheered when bank accounts were frozen and people couldn't buy groceries or pay their bills or by gas for their vehicles.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for doing this video. I sincerely hope that some Americans view this and take it seriously. This entire situation is frightening me. You were so correct when you said that Canadians will "Stand on Guard for Thee". We will fight any country, tooth and nail who tries to take us over. We know who we are and we know who we do not want to be. This Canadian feels pity for the Americans who are intelligent and who have not drunk the kool-aid like yourself. You will have a President who is a criminal, a liar and a con artist. The entire world knows this and the entire population of the U.S.A. will have to pay for it in one way or another. He is turning the U.S.A. into a global pariah. Thank you John for being on our side. You and your family will always have a home, north of the 49th.
Thanks for your respect and caring..please get this video to as many news outlets as possible..this really needs to be seen by all Americans...I really mean that thanks again..Canadian R
How exactly are you going to “fight” for your country when you have an unarmed public and a military that is nonexistent. America provides all your military support so what are you going to do? Maybe you should stop being so conned by the propaganda in Canada and start doing some homework about what is really happening in America and across the world. Trump is not who you have been led to believe he is., Please stop embarrassing yourself by these uninformed comments
As a Canadian I am loyal listener and I am truly touched on your view of Canada. It is American people like yourself that will never dissolve our love and mutual respect which we share! ❤❤
'We do love Americans, no offense to you but that's difficult to believe. A lot of comments that Canadians say about Americans and US in various social media platforms as well as comments in the Globe and Mail seem to say otherwise. They border on anti-Americanism and disdain and even condescending attitudes which are offensive to say the least.There are even videos of Canadians burning US flags and posting it online. So it then comes down to the point where Americans ask why Canadians hate them and the US. Is there any explanations for those insulting attitudes and comments many Canadians seem to harbor against Americans and the US?
@@anthonypilolli7564 Honestly, I have to wonder how many of those people are actually "Canadians". Look at the narrative even Trudeau is putting out there that basically, Canada's culture consists of "saying we're not Americans". That's stupid, he's stupid. Trudeau has put Canadians in the most divisive & hopeless place I've ever experienced in my 57 yrs. I personally haven't seen the burning of American flags but, if it gives you any comfort 6 mths ago we had "Canadians" (not) burning Canada's flag & chanting "de ath to Canada". So, in my opinion, burning any flags is beyond my understanding.
@@anthonypilolli7564 Probably because of lies told about Canada, and Americans (some, not all) don’t acknowledge that Canada actually invented things that have bettered the world. Americans (once again some, but not all) seem to think they are the best at everything. They call us communists because we have universal healthcare. People are just reacting. It may not be necessarily be the right way to respond, but we are tired of being disrespected.
Donald Trump is the one who's disrespecting Canada and Canadians, not the American people. None of these discussions here and the looming trade war wouldn't even exist if Trump hadn't won this election. Funny how Harris and the Democrats aren't screaming that the election was rigged in favor of Trump nor does she and Democrats believe that the election was stolen from them and then concoct one lie after another the way Trump acted in 2020 and how he was partially for the responsible for Jan 6th. I know of not one single solitary American who has contempt and disrespect for your country, except of course Trump himself. Canadians are rightfully angry over tariffs and trade wars and they should be. But it would be nice if Canadians focus that anger on Trump and his MAGA cult followers and not on Americans as a whole. Though Canadians insulting and trashing the US and Americans is also disrespectful and antagonistic and America bashing seems to be a national sport. Whether we like it or not we are stuck with each other, would Canadians prefer to have Mexico as their southern neighbors instead and have the most dangerous border in the world? I've been to the US-Mexican border myself and I can assure you that the Canada-US border is completely the opposite and a walk in the park compared to the massive problems and chaos of that border which would shock most Canadians beyond belief and who don't have to worry about their southern border, whether or not if they love to hate the US and Americans
I'm a 3rd generation Canadian, when my ancestors left Ukraine after the end of World War 1, fleeing Russian oppression, we were given refuge here in Canada when the US refused to allow us entry. I will always be a Canadian, to my dying day.
Thanks! As a Canadian, we do see Trump's action as America (and americans) being hostile towards us. Thank you for understanding that and your empathy!
Canadians need to be ashamed of their sovereignty to the so-called British crown which is anachronistic. Canada's sovereignty is closely tied to the so-called British crown, which is the embodiment of the country's monarch and form of government. Although the British monarch was the head of state, in practice, his or her functions were exercised in the colony by the colonial Governor, who acted on instructions from the British government in London. During its three centuries of empire, Britain greedily invaded many countries and killed more people than were killed during WWII. The history of the so-called English royals is intertwined with slavery. The slave-trading initiatives endorsed by the English monarchy began with Elizabeth I’s enthusiastic support of John Hawkins’ slaving expeditions in the 1560s. In three separate voyages backed by government officials, London merchants, and Elizabeth I, Hawkins raided African settlements on the West African coast and seized hundreds of enslaved captives from Portuguese ships. In defiance of Portugal’s slave trade in Africans, Hawkins sold his cargo of African captives in the Spanish Caribbean. After his profitable second voyage, Elizabeth I honored Hawkins with a coat of arms and crest featuring a nude African bound with rope. Throughout Britain's African slave trading days, Britain SHIPPED OVER THREE AND ONE HALF MILLION SLAVES TO THE Americas. Over half a million slaves' lives were lost during the Atlantic crossing. Between 1689 and 1807,1,053 British vessels were lost whilst undertaking slave-trading activities. The transatlantic slave trade by the British was the one of the largest forced relocation of human beings in history. Britain DID NOT END SLAVERY UNTIL THE 1920s. To fuel the growing first-world sugar industry of the late 1800s, Britain enslaved 1.3 million Indians then shipped them to labor on sugar plantations in Mauritius, South Africa, the Caribbean, Guyana, and Fiji. This was known as Indentured Servitude which was another name for SLAVERY AND IT DID NOT END UNTIL THE 1920s. Like the African slaves, these Indian slaves were also brutally treated by the British.
@@wysetech2000Quebec says it's its own country. The person was talking about who Canada sent. All you hear the last ten years or so is Canada and Quebec. So when Quebec decides to be what all those presidents talk about United, considerate, welcoming, anti racist, joined as one across then we will Mention Quebec again. These days Quebec is anti Anglophones, anti First Nations and Anti anyone who doesn't speak French. Quebec is risking the lives of other Quebecois for its own agenda. Remind you of anyone?
We are Canadians and we are polite well spoken and well mannered until you back us into a corner .Then we punch above our weight. . Thank you for this video. How did you Americans get from such eloquent Presidents with such polished speeches to someone who sounds like a 10 year old throwing a tantrum. We will never be the 51st state
Donald Duck, Canada is not up for grabs!! You considering this weather serious or joking, either way it’s sick to the core! Canada is and will forever be our country!!
They ended up like this because the Republican party kept screwing up the education system. Now they complain they own people can't do the job in tech the companies needs and yet they are gonna abolish the federal education department. They will create an even bigger inequality between blue and red states and they will continue complaining about migrants taking their jobs, jobs they can't do.
Thank you friend, from someone who lives 5 minutes north of the border with particular appreciation. So pleased to share this one; incredibly pleased in fact.
Canadian here. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 All I have to say to our American neighbours is remember 9/11. Remember who took care of all the stranded Americans coming home. Remember who took them in, housed them, and fed them. It was Canadians. Even today, fire fighters from Canada AND Mexico, your other good neigbour, are fighting the fires in California, one of several American states which used to be part of Mexico. The US, like any other country, needs good relations with neighbours and friends. Isolationism will only create alienation, bad feelings, and the destruction of once-close friendships and alliances.
Great summary of US-Canada relationship spoken beautifully by former US Presidents within the walls of the Canadian Parliament where they were welcomed.
John, thank-you for your message of support for us Canadians. The election of Trump was shocking and destructive. The second election of Trump was destructive and extremely disappointing. Disappointing that so many Americans have rewritten history about Trump’s first term, rewritten what it means to be American, rewritten what it means to be Christian. I love my American cousins, but I love my country of Canada and our citizens more. I do not wish to have conflicts with the United States, but if push comes to shove, I can promise you that America will find Canada a strong defender of its freedom. I suspect the rest of the world would be on our side with this. The saving grace is that Trump has but 4 years to screw up this relationship to the point of no return. Hopefully the repair of the world’s greatest friendship will not be impossible by that point.
We were forced to elect Trump, as the only way we could reject Hillary and Kamala and the travesty of DEI, and other social liberal nonsense, and the oppression of the working class the open borders and unrestrained immigration of unskilled workers impoverishing so many, making so many homeless.
America is not taking away your freedom but trying to give back the freedom that you have already lost in Canada. Become American like you basically already are as Canadians and we will become greater because of it. You will be able to own a gun, you will have top notch healthcare, you will be able to afford a house, you will have low taxes, Please stop watching the propaganda and don’t see this as taking something from Canada but see it as giving back to Canada the freedoms you have already lost
A great video, Brothers in Arms🇨🇦🇺🇸. We are currently helping to put out fires in LA, your postive message very needed right now. Thanks from all of us loyal 🇨🇦
We are not brothers in arms!!!! They are an aggressive hostile enemy nation. They threaten us daily. Not our friends Not our allies Enemies by their choosing
There are 56 commonwealth countries in the world, of which Canada is but one.. however, when, if ever, the other 55 commonwealth countries, and their people were to be needed to protect any one of our commonwealth people's homes and lands from threats, there would be the wrath of all the commonwealth conglomerate to contend with..now wouldn't there..😊
Tom Brokaws piece on Canada US relations and history says it best. I hope all Americans look back and watch his excellent essay. Your past presidents until now are real Statesmen and not a Buffoon like your next President. I am half American and use to be proud to say that now,not so much. Thank you John
Someone needs to remind Mr. Trump and his administration that Danes and Canadians fought and died during the war on terror in Afghanistan alongside the Americans. He shows his respect by treating both countries sovereign. Good luck finding help the next time...
Thank you again for opening your heart to show how much Canada’s independence means and what previous USA presidents have said to keep our friendship strong. ❤️ from Canada 🇨🇦
Previous presidents statements mean zero. Live in the present. They are threatening us daily so who cares what jfk said. What they say now matters and now they are threatening us and other allies.
As a 84 year old Canadian who, since I can remember, have had a sincere admiration and have always supported our neighbours, the USA. I am so grateful for this reminder.
Thank you John. You’re a proud American, as you should be, but I would be honoured to add that you are, in my opinion, an honorary Canadian. I’m 73 and never forgot as a child my mother pointing out the peace arch border with the sign “may these gates never be closed”. I thank both you and young Tyler Bucket for educating Americans about our great country. (Please tone it down a bit though, we don’t mind if Americans think we live in igloos and eat whale blubber), that keeps us a-bit of an enigma. Hey buddy, ever need a cup of sugar just come over and ask your neighbour eh :). You may have to stay for a beer. ❤ with love from one Canadian
Oh John, my heart breaks at the thought of all that Canada and the USA stand to lose. I pray that there is still hope for continued peace and prosperity for Canada and the USA. Thank you for this video, - it means so much to Canadians to know that not all Americans feel such contempt for Canada as has been expressed so often lately with redicule and threats. May God Bless both our countries as we try to find our way..
Dorie, please stop pretending that Canadians do not look down on Americans. Yes, generally speaking we do get along with each other, but there are countless videos where Canadians ridicule Americans over all kinds of differences between "us" and "them". Canadians are about to discover how much they depend on the U.S., and it will be a painful lesson. The prosperity you are praying for will be found in union between the two countries. Look for referendums at the province level regarding a move to the U.S., starting with Alberta.
@@deadeye4520 Unfortunately, Americans also depend upon Canada. Sadly, that will be painful for them as well. Unnecessary suffering inflicted by people that are friends upon each other is tragic. Apparently, many of your presidents have recognized the blessing to our two countries that our unique relationship has been. I am in good company. We need to remember their wise words. That was, at least in part, the point of this video. So, I am not pretending. WE have been, and hopefully will remain, two neighbouring, sovereign countries that work together for our mutual benefit. But you are wrong, prosperity will not be the result of your bullying and hatred. Canada is not interested in your 'offer' .
@@deadeye4520 You underestimate our resolve and the power we hold as a nation. You are clearly an Alberta Separatist. the majority of Albertans do not agree with your sentiment. Your separatist movement is being forced upon us and we will see what happens in the next provincial election. If you and your minority core try to pull anything before that. You may be in for a surprise. Everyone is watching what you are doing.
Thank you, John, for another thoughtful video. It obviously illustrates the mutual respect our two nations have for each other, as stated eloquently by so many of your past presidents. Citizens of our two nations obviously share many things besides the world's longest undefended border, including a sense of humour and a sense of decency. I particularly enjoyed Reagan's description of what "the U.S./Canadian border so long has been: a meeting place, rather than a dividing line." 🇨🇦🤝🇺🇸
Canada and the US relationship at the moment is like a toxic sibling rivalry. We (Canada) love our brother but can't understand why he (USA) wants to hurt us. We're tolerant but not doormats. Sometimes if relationships are so badly damaged...they can never go back to the way they were. Too many hurt feelings and lost trust.
My brother went this way and I literally had to go no contact. Everything was a comparison and everything was my fault. He couldn’t take accountability for anything. It’s exhausting. America deserves so no contact at this point. Let them sit in their empty house and try to blame everyone else.
We Canadian and American brothers and sisters are not just friends we are family. My family have been in Canada for over 300 plus years and half of my family are Americans. In the name of our great creator, never separate this special friendship and family bond. Long Live Freedom for all. God Bless and God Speed. 🇨🇦🤝🇺🇸👍👍👍😊❤️❤️❤️
While I'm sure there are parts of my country that would gladly prostrate themselves to the stars and stripes and meekly accept the yokes placed upon them, speaking for myself only, I would resist. I would hope more than just myself would rise and fight in anyway possible. Until every bone in our bodies are shattered to dust, until our last dying breath. My parents were immigrants to this country, and I was born here. They chose to come here versus the US. My father, and his father are buried here. This is the land that they made a home in. This is the land they made a family in. If the flag of the United States ever flies over our cities or Parliament Hill, there is no law, domestic or international, no acts too heinous to reign in our resistance.
As for the heinous part, remember the laws of war were put in partly because Canadians did them. There is no boundary to what I personally do to protect my country from Trump.
I have lived in Canada for 86 years. I have ancestors who came to Canada in the 1600,s. My ancestors, like all others who came to Canada, did so because they wanted a better life, wanted to be free to possibly own a small piece of land and to be able to decide on which government to choose. Our ancestors fought in wars, many died and many more wounded. They sacrificed themselves to preserve freedom for CANADA. If Herr Trumpf thinks he will remove the name Canada from world maps he should rethink his position. Any move he makes towards this end will be concidered an invasion of my country and I will be forced to use all means necessary to stop him. It is not the men and women he will send across the border that will be the primary targets- it is him. This is not a threat it is a promise.
Thank you, John. I remember the Reagan address. It was so reassuring for me as a Canadian. I really hope that your viewership increases. It's really important we remain strong allies in every aspect. I really am cheering for the Canadian AND American people to get through this next segment of history, unscathed. Cheers! 🇺🇸🇨🇦
Excellent compilation, John. Very well put together - you made the point excellently. If you haven't already, watch Obama's full address to Parliament. It's just one of those really great speeches (as was his address to the UK Parliament). I don't understand how the US went from that, to this, in such a short time. Keep up the good work - your efforts are appreciated.
Hi John, great choice of videos at this bizarre time in Canada-US relations. I needed this. Having served 43 years as a senior officer in the Canadian Army and concurrently nine years a justice on the criminal bench of the the Ontario Court, I am deeply dismayed at Trump's revival of Manifest Destiny (or perhaps Magafest Destiny) and the Monroe Doctrine. The War of 1812 was one of my teaching subjects at the postgraduate level for senior officers, which included field study trips to the actual battlefields along the Niagara Frontier. One of my cousins (1st 5x removed) was an ADC to General Sir Gordon Drummond, during that war. In 2013, I was invited to lecture for a week at the University of MIssouri on the topic of the War of 1812 and present-day Canada-US defence relations. It was a tremendously fun time, lecturing to both undergrads and postgrads on these topics. At that time, I had a strong belief in our cross-border partnerships on defence, law enforcement, and trade. I told these Mizzou students, including ROTC cadets, that I never lost a wink of sleep worrying about national security in this regard. Although Canada and the US have their disagreements, I told them that we always work it out together, usually coming up with "a better mousetrap." Now, I am not so sure. Having deliberately put Trump back into power, knowing all of his deep character flaws and obvious personality disorders, my American cousins have put my homeland Canada into serious jeopardy from a bona fide lunatic. I say cousins, being a Mayflower descendant, as well as from being United Empire Loyalist stock during the American Revolutionary War. My ancestors had been in the Thirteen Colonies since the late 1500's and remained loyal to the Crown (Loyalists/Tories) against the Rebels (Patriots), during the Revolution. Accordingly, they became some of the founding families of Upper Canada, which is now the Province of Ontario. Ontario's motto is "Ut incepit fidelis sic permanet" - translates to “loyal she began, loyal she remains,” relating to the Loyalists and to the Crown. So yes, my American cousins is quite an apropos term. Now, in one week's time, Trump will be once again be the holder of the keys as Commander-in-Chief of the most powerful military and economy in the world. Supporting his desires is the MAGA majority of morons that put this madman back into the Oval Office. He hasn't even been sworn-in as President and he has already got the free world tied up in knots, wasting precious time and human capital on countering his insane ideas. I ask, what is the US going to look like after three years of Trump's second term? Will the use of armed troops to round up and concentrate illegal immigrants be the new norm? It only took him 41 days to normalize a "joke" about taking Canada into a serious threat. As a lesson from history, look back at what got normalized in Germany between 1935-38, let alone from 1939-45. How are non-MAGA Americans going to rein-in Trump? He is playing right into Putin's hands by attempting to disrupt/destabilize NATO by having one NATO country threaten attack on other NATO countries. Canadians and non-MAGA Americans cannot rely on using rational arguments with this irrational being. Very best wishes to you John F. The other John F.
Hi, thanks for this and for your military service. I’m also interested in your job as a judge and lawyer who clearly knows history and understand law so you know how our constitution is under attack as well.
@@ShawnFlynn-yj4rf thanks Shawn. I appreciate your joining the conversation though I wish you didn’t have to under these circumstances. Peace my friend.
Thank you for all your videos but especially this one. As a Canadian who lives like 45 min from the Niagara falls border and works at a tourist stop i cone into contact with Americans somewhat regularly... Thank you for pointing out how much we do for each other, and how much is at stake ... Also i can guarantee almost no (if any) Canadians want to become the "51st state"... And we will fight to stop it...and youve seen what we can do when we bet angry...thanks again for the great videos
This is why so many older Canadians were shocked by Trump's words. Many of us have visited the Peace Arch and the statement carved into it stating "May these gates never be closed". Canadians do not want to be Americans, we want to live peacefully alongside Americans. A mutually beneficial peace and cooperation with shared interests, just as has been for so many generations. Good lord, it is sad to see how Biden has declined so quickly. This is a great compilation by the way. Nice. job.
i am a first generation canadian. my dad from california, my mom from wisconsin. i was at a night club when i was in my 20's and some guy came up behind me and sucker punched me. i never saw it coming and have no idea why it happened. that's what i'm feeling right now with donald trump. i should point out it didn't end well for that guy at the night club.
John, you are the best bandaid, the best lodestone for objective thinking, the best puller of heartstrings and the best reminder of why we must, independent of bad politicians, keep our beliefs and our faith in each other's people. Thank you for that timely reminder. We will keep the faith with our American friends and family, independent of detrimental elements.
🇨🇦🇨🇦 I really love your channel & it brings tears that all Americans do remember the bond & respect that our 2 nations have had with each other... Trump needs to take note....❤💙❤💙
Addressing a joint session of Parliament (Commons and Senate) is an honour that not all American Presidents receive. I think only Eisenhower, Kennedy, Clinton, Reagan, Obama and Biden have addressed a joint session. Zero chance it will ever be offered to Trump.
Thank you for these video’s. I had heard most of those speeches on tv. I shed a tears for my cousins and partners. I spent 27 years driving truck into 48 states.
Thank John for this amazing video. Am 61 years old female and a proud Canadian 🇨🇦 I do hope others Americans will see this to. I have always loved your videos. God bless you my friend from 🇱🇷👏
As a proud Canadian, this video deeply moved me. It’s a powerful reminder of our shared values and why we must stand together. It also shows that there are good, moral people on both sides of the border who care about what’s right. Thank you, John, for inspiring hope. This cannot continue.
Thanks for your thoughts and the reminders of agreement between 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦. It's incredible and important the relationship between our two nations. Unfortunately in 2025 we are only halfway through a fracturing of just that, and the scars will be seen and felt for decades to come.
Thank you John, this video very much touched my heart, and reminded me there are some sane, decent, intelligent Americans. I think Canadians need to remember this right now.
Thank you for this. Very insightful. These historic clips of presidents speaking about the shared affinity among our two nations is timely. As someone with friends and family on both sides of the border, I feel that connection deeply. I believe that it boils down to showing mutual respect and appreciating the solidarity and friendship we have forged over time. That is the starting point in working together to change things that may need rethinking.
Thank you John.We Canadians never give ourselves credit for who we are or what we have historically done. That's just who we are! But what you have shown in this video has instilled in me a true sense of humility and pride in my country Canada.
I think, John, my virtual friend, that you would both enjoy and profit from making a "viewing video" of the 1940 film "49th Parallel" --- directed by Michael Powell, and starring Raymond Massey, Leslie Howard, Lawrence Olivier and many others. It divides very neatly into segments. It was made both to buck up the spirits of Canadians, who were already in the war against Hitler, and to convince Americans that they should join the effort. There are brilliant scenes in it, and the final few minutes with Massey (the only actual Canadian star in the film) are utterly magnificent. I'm sure you must have seen it some time in the distant past, but it is particularly relevant now and worth a re-watching. Since it can be found on TH-cam in a high quality print, I don't think there would be any difficulty doing this.
America didnt want to fight because they are cowards. Canada sent an entire volunteer army to Europe in WWII, America drafted and sent people who didnt want to fight. Nothing changes, the good American people are complicit in whats going on because instead of actually resisting, they are posting shit on X and accomplishing nothing.
Thank you John and God Bless you for this video and trip down memory lane. Shared withall groups in our Freedom movement in Canada and Australia and others
I am a first generation immigrant. I will never forget my roots, but I am a die-hard Canadian. Canada is my home, my nation. Canada took me in and I am very grateful for the safety and the economic opportunities my family has gained since arriving here more than a decade ago. I am a Canadian to the core, and if need be, I will enlist and fight to keep her free. Canada is the true north, strong and free. She will not bow. She will not break. Canada is my home, and I will die to defend her freedom. 🇨🇦
We said and all true Canadian's feel and will fight for our freedom
If Canada could stop pilfering off of the US, and actually secured the arctic this wouldn't even be a consideration.
@@kevinprzy4539 How does Canada pilfer from the US? You're just repeating Trump's lies like a following little sheep with no clue about reality. Do some actual research. The US doesn't subsidize Canada at all. They don't just give Canada money. We trade! Canada buys less from the US because we only have 40 million people compared to 350 million in the US. It evens out though if you added services that Canada buys from the States like Netflix, Disney channel...etc.
@@kevinprzy4539fair trade is not pilfering! The US imports expensive things like oil and electricity Canada is not giving it away for free just because trump demands it! I don’t think he understands it at all! His last tariffs resulted in him giving billions to farmers many of them were bankrupted by those tariffs.
@@kevinprzy4539unfortunately I had to look up that P word…pretty sure a nato agreement made a long time ago is not stealing…it has allowed us planes in since your cold war
I am a second generation Canadian, my grand parents are from Ohio and Iowa. I served in the Canadian military during the cold war, served shoulder to shoulder with US forces many times, after 9/11 I re-enlisted, and went through basic training again at 40. Unfortunately I had an accident in training and did not deploy to Afghanistan, but instead acted as a garrison officer for my unit helping troops get the courses and training they needed to deploy. I never thought I'd be facing a situation were our closest Allie would be threatening our very existence. I'm sickened, frustrated and hurt that this is even being suggested. And although I'm old now I pray I never have to defend my country against those whom I consider my brothers, thank you for your video.
Thank you for your service, sir.
I am also an aged veteran. I would pick up a weapon in a second to defend Canada.
I cant remember a time when Canada has asked America to support us with troops. I do remember their govt crying like babies when we refused to go to Iraq. They cried so hard they gave us Kandahar in Afghanistan, because the Americans didnt feel they could hold it. Canada held it for 5 years +. Our military may not be huge, but we have the best trained soldiers on the planet!!!
My Great grand father came to Canada in 1899 from Wisconsin. Best decision he ever made!
Thank you for your service and especially for reenlisting after my nation and my city was attached on 9/11. Much respect to you my friend.
Thank you a thousand times you are a hero🎉❤
Thanks for your service,From another Canadian Old Fart.🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Speaking on behalf of the people of 🇨🇦 THANK YOU John
The Solution.
One impressive way to boost the economy of the big landmass and the wealth of its people, America and Canada,
would be to wipe away the border between these two great countries which,
STUNTS PROGRESS
DIVIDES PEOPLE,
RESTRICTS FREEDOM,
and CREATES TENSION at times. - To prove these points all that one has to do is to read some of the posters' comments on the various videos.
JUST THINK of Canadians as well as people from other nations who have gone to America to seek their fame and fortune and have been successful.
A prime example would be S. African born Musk who spent three years in Canada, went to America to seek his fame and fortune and is likely to become the world's first trillionaire.
Elon Musk or some other wealthy person with influence should be able to get this unification movement started.
Canada has a shrinking GDP per capita which is a key indicator of prosperity, a weakening Canadian dollar, a weak military, inflation issues, national debt has doubled, an increasing cost of living and housing crisis.
Canada is so dependent on the USA for its trade that it might as well join the USA.
Some Canadians still think that they need a ( USELESS king ) ' hovering ' over them in these modern times who lives on a faraway island and does nothing for them but what they really do need are lower taxes, a strong economy as well as a strong (American) military to protect the arctic.
Ownership of the Arctic means nothing if you can't defend it and Canada does not have the military to defend it, so the Arctic is fully dependent on the US for its protection.
In April 2021 Putin filed a submission to extend a claim to the Arctic, all the way into the Canadian and Greenland (Denmark) continental shelf and economic zone, as part of Russia's continental shelf.
This is a situation where they're claiming the entire Arctic Canadian and Danish continental shelf as part of the Russian continental shelf.
In 2018 Beijing agreed it would cooperate with Russia on a new Arctic silk route to connect Europe with Asia, signing 20 bilateral documents and agreeing to invest in the region.
As part of this, Beijing will build several Chinese docks across Russia's north in ports.
Russia demands permission for ships to use the Northern Passage including the use of Russian pilot ships.
Putin wants control of the Arctic trade routes and the natural resources in the Arctic which would create arctic dominance and it would threaten the USA.
America is the only country so far that has put 12 men on the moon, returned them safely to earth again and that was more than 50 years ago, so don't underestimate America.
It is a very generous nation. One notable example would be the Marshall Plan which financed the rebuilding of western European nations after the devastation of WWII.
America is the most powerful country in the world, not just military, but economically and also has the world's biggest economy.
It is also the country which has won the highest number of olympic medals, the country from which the highest number of nobel prize winners have come and also the country whose American companies have made the largest impact on the world.
In 2024, nine out of ten of the world's wealthiest people were Americans and there were 813 billionaires in America which is twice as many as the next country, China.
If America and Canada united, it would be the world's largest country and would be over one million square miles larger than Russia.
What a huge 'playground' we all would have with no border to restrict us-!
This would be FREEDOM.
United we Stand, Divided we Fall.
Another proud and pissed off Canadian here. I want to thank you John for the work you put into this video. That being said,while it’s a definite “feel good” piece, it’s nothing more than a walk down memory lane. What matters more now, is what is going on now...
I’m 68 and as far as I can remember, I used to consider the USA and its citizens as friends. My wife and I spent 12 consecutive winters in the southern USA. In April 2016 after your orange convict became your president, we drove our motorhome back to Canada and never set foot in the US again. Nor will we ever. We’ve been spending our winters in beautiful Puerto Vallarta since then and are delighted. Now that you’ve re-elected that convict, and exposed my beloved country to his lunatic and destructive plans, I no longer see the US as friends but more like an unreliable and unpredictable drugged up neighbour.
And we’re preparing….
I make this promise to all of my fellow Canadians: I will be front row and center on the border to defend my beautiful Canada against anyone and everyone anytime. I will be working my butt off to help diversify our export markets so to tremendously minimize our reliance on the US and sell our energy, minerals, lumber and goods to countries that want them. I’ll push our politicians hard to let them know we expect them to not only stand up for our country, but to push back really damned hard against the orange convict and his clueless band of Fox News brainwashed supporters. So hard, that they’ll learn the hard way that you do NOT fuck with Canadians.
At 77 yrs I agree regardless of our age we remember and will fight . Dictator bully orange man . 90% of Canadian's do not want or ever have wanted to be part of the US. Canada has never entered a war an lost we fight to win
Canadians need to be ashamed of their sovereignty to the so-called British crown which is anachronistic.
Canada's sovereignty is closely tied to the so-called British crown, which is the embodiment of the country's monarch and form of government.
Although the British monarch was the head of state, in practice, his or her functions were exercised in the colony by the colonial Governor, who acted on instructions from the British government in London.
During its three centuries of empire, Britain greedily invaded many countries and killed more people than were killed during WWII.
The history of the so-called English royals is intertwined with slavery.
The slave-trading initiatives endorsed by the English monarchy began with Elizabeth I’s enthusiastic support of John Hawkins’ slaving expeditions in the 1560s.
In three separate voyages backed by government officials, London merchants, and Elizabeth I, Hawkins raided African settlements on the West African coast and seized hundreds of enslaved captives from Portuguese ships.
In defiance of Portugal’s slave trade in Africans, Hawkins sold his cargo of African captives in the Spanish Caribbean. After his profitable second voyage,
Elizabeth I honored Hawkins with a coat of arms and crest featuring a nude African bound with rope.
Throughout Britain's African slave trading days, Britain SHIPPED OVER THREE AND ONE HALF MILLION SLAVES TO THE Americas.
Over half a million slaves' lives were lost during the Atlantic crossing.
Between 1689 and 1807,1,053 British vessels were lost whilst undertaking slave-trading activities.
The transatlantic slave trade by the British was the one of the largest forced relocation of human beings in history.
Britain DID NOT END SLAVERY UNTIL THE 1920s.
To fuel the growing first-world sugar industry of the late 1800s, Britain enslaved 1.3 million Indians then shipped them to labor on sugar plantations in Mauritius, South Africa, the Caribbean, Guyana, and Fiji.
This was known as Indentured Servitude which was another name for SLAVERY AND IT DID NOT END UNTIL THE 1920s.
Like the African slaves, these Indian slaves were also brutally treated by the British.
With you 100%! I know many snowbirds are selling property in Florida. I live about 2 hours from the border, and I've been watching closely the situation in the states. My housemate and I are ready!
I agree! Anything happens i will resist and do everything in my power to keep our country free. Gorilla warfare....
Couldn't agree with your more...from a proud Canadian!
Love your channel John. Many people here in Canada feel betrayed not by Trump but by the support he gets about annexing or having a trade war with Canada
I'm pretty psissed off with trump too tbh. He's starting to sound like Putin before his "special operation" the moment he got a wiff of the power again. It very much appears he has gone drunk with power, joking or not, wether true or not, that is is how it appears.
The amount of support that he gets has always concerned me.
Without it, he'd just be some old guy spouting nonsense.
With it... well, here we are.
Trump didn't betray us. He betrayed humanity.
He didn’t campaign on this. I would bet anything that 2 months ago very few of his supporters would have independently come to this on their own. It’s only because they blindly follow him that they now support him on this too AND, importantly, because his propaganda brain washing media machine like Fox News jumps all over it. This is what we hear in the US that hate most of his nonsensical policies have to deal with all the time. It’s beyond sad and disturbing.
I've been down the youtube rabbit hole this past week and reading all the disgusting comments from Americans towards Canadians and Canada is so disheartening. I'm so sad and sick to my stomach. I never thought I would feel this much hatred towards America. I always considered us as great neighbours, but now I wish we could pick up Canada and float it far away from the US. Not only do I not want to be a 51st, I dont even want to near that country. If Canada were to lose it's sovereignty I would leave and move to Norway or Sweden.
As a Canadian reflecting as we're doing with these inspirational clips, I am dismayed at the surreal reality we are currently living. To witness the adolescent bullying from a so-called incoming president of the United States, as we are experiencing with trump, brings the bile to the back of my throat. This is unacceptable in every way. It flies in the face of diplomacy and democratic stability. No matter the outcome, the scars will run deep and remain permanently. As Canadians, we will NEVER give up the fight. WE NEVER SURRENDER! 🇨🇦✊😡I expect EVERYONE on either side of the border who is not wanting of destruction to stand up and FIGHT LIKE YOU'VE NEVER FOUGHT IN YOUR LIFE! That is all. Thank you.
Oh Canada, glorious and free. 🇨🇦🍁
"adolescent bullying" of the president? Where have you been for the last 9 1/2 years? Trudeau has called Canadian citizens misogynists, racists, islamophobes, etc. He even invoked the War Measures Act against Canadian citizens for peacefully protesting, where a disabled native woman is trampled by horses, journalist pepper-sprayed. And this PM is doing this to his own people. Pres. Trump is just trolling JT because he is a weak disgusting leader, he has no intentions of taking Canada and if you followed him, and actually listened to what he says and get to know his humor instead of reading headlines about him you would know that he is just trolling. JT had made many Canadians lose hope and lose pride in their Country, I mean after all he did say that "Canada is a post-national state".
Oh Canada, the land of the Liberals and home of the Communist.
The USA is no longer a democracy.
How about all the new Canadians arriving in Canada , that could care less about Canada .
@josephforest7605 Agreed 100%
Thank you from the bottom of my heart John F. I do hope some Americans see this video. Canadians thank you!
I hope so too!
Such a great video. Canada will not bow to Trump. We just fuckin won’t.
I agree , but keep in mind we have way too many new people arriving in Canada , that could care less about Canada.Many of them want to move to the U.S. and almost welcome they idea of Canada becoming a part of the U.S. . I know a Canadian Army recruiter and he told me how difficult it is to get somebody to sign up .
@josephforest7605 that was unnecessary and unfounded. Do better.
@@chrisphipps6642 Quite agree. Save the petty squabbles for some other time. And the immigrants I've spoken to are quite appreciative of being allowed into Canada.
@@josephforest7605 some of the immigrants I’ve spoken to are more willing to stand and fight than some of our born and raised extreme right Maga wannabes.
Donald Trump is the least of Canada's concerns.
I have family in the states. As a Canadian I feel betrayed by the United States. I’m a senior and I’ve seen many Presidents over the years who have respected us. Having difficulty accepting this terrible betrayal of our cousins who we thought incorrectly were friends. Annexation, declaration of economic war, what the hell is going on?🇨🇦
Americans are in for a very rude awakening.
Its not all of us, it's just the ones that have been hypnotized with hate from fox news and the like.
@@HappyValleyDreamin It's literally more than half of you. The majority voted to have Canadians treated this way. I feel horrible for decent Americans however I seriously hope the majority get exactly what they deserve when Trump destroys The U.S.A. I feel the same about the Canadians who will probably vote in Pierre Trump in our next election. These people are truly deplorable.
The “betrayal“ was Canada betraying America by allowing terrorists and fentanyl to come across our border and to allow the Chinese military to have posts inside of Canada to spy on America. America cannot trust the Canadian communist state anymore .Maybe you don’t need the $200 billion America subsidizes Canada with each year? Maybe you don’t need the Saftey of America’s military since you don’t have one of your own? Maybe you do not want to be able to afford a house and own a gun to protect your family And have excellent medical care and low taxes . Maybe you would rather deal with China
@@HappyValleyDreamin For every comment here from an American saying roughly what you're saying, there are 2 or 3 hurling more abuse. Sorry, I'm done - to hell with 'Merica!
Thank you John. As a Canadian, I needed a reminder that this current situation is an outlier. Every Canadian with whom I have discussed this matter feels the same way. Gloves off. We’re ready. We don’t want to fight but if our hand is forced, we will defend our country.
Exactly
Oh really? What’s your plan? We subsidize Canada $200 billion per year and we provide for your military so what exactly is it that you are going to do to America? Your countrymen don’t even have guns . Maybe you should stop letting in fentanyl and terrorists into our country. Maybe you should stop allowing the Chinese military to have military posts inside Canada to spy on America. Maybe then America wouldn’t be so hostile toward Canada
Yes!!!!!
Yes we will never surrender
You gave me chills when you read " O Canada". Thought I was going to cry. My Scottish ancestors sailed to Nova Scotia and gained their freedom from England the same year Americans signed The Declaration of Independence. My family didn't need to join America, they were already free. They joined the English and the French in 1867 to keep that freedom. Since then, we have survived war and peace together. I tried to think of a better neighbour, and uh.....maybe New Zealand? What has always puzzled me is why anyone would think that a Canadian would want to be anything but a Canadian and more puzzling why Americans wouldn't want to be Canadians, too?
I am slightly puzzled by your saying your ancestors had to leave Scotland to gain 'freedom from England' in 1776 when Scotland had requested a union with England and signed the Act of Union in 1707.
@@1chish Actually, I am as well. I always thought, for about 50 years, that it occurred in 1758, but I checked the internet and it said 1776. Who am to get in an argument with the internet. Anyway, it was after the battle of Culloden in 1746 that England came down hard on Scotland, outlawing bagpipes and songs and kilts and clans, marauding, pillaging and attacking innocents. The way I heard it, it took ten years to save enough money to send the oldest sons to Canada.
@ Well can I gently advise you that battle was fought between the Jacobites, led by Charles Edward Stuart, and the British government, led by the Duke of Cumberland. The 'British Government' which included the Scots.
Charles landed in Scotland in July 1745, seeking to restore his father James Francis Edward Stuart to the British throne. He quickly won control of large parts of Scotland, and an invasion of England reached as far south as Derby before being forced to turn back. They had invaded England and were trying to overthrow the legitimate crown of Great Britain. So not quite the heroes you may think.
As for the Tartan by an Act of Parliament in 1746 the wearing of Tartan was banned except as a uniform for officers and soldiers in the British Army and the ban on bagpipes was lifted in 1785.
@@1chish Yep, well summarized. You could add that it was the remnants of the dream of Catholic restoration. Personally, I heard the story from my Aunt, the holder of the history. I know my clan is a border area. Maybe some fought on both sides. After Culloden, the people were terrorized for a while. Nobody knew it was the last time, but it had been going on for 600 years. John and Alexander immigrated to Nova Scotia to begin again. First born male, like my dad and my brother have been called John A ever since.
You know things are bad when Americans have so had it w/Trump that anything would be better. Afterall, when your country ceases to care about you, or reflect your values, many are questioning what it means to be American.
I have a closer tie to the United States then most Canadians. I was raised by an American. My Mom was from New York and become a landed immigrant in Canada in the 1970's after marrying my Dad who was Canadian. My Mom loved Canada, she once told me that when she first moved here Canadians made her feel so welcome. i was born in Canada and have lived here my whole life. I have dual citizenship thanks to my Mom and it is something i have always felt blessed to have and taken great pride in but lately because of all that has been happening i have been seriously thinking of travelling to The U.S Consulate in Toronto and renouncing my American citizenship. I'm a proud Canadian and will chose Canada first every time.
❤🇨🇦
Maybe hold off on that until after Trump. I believe you can't go back.
Check out the cost first. It isn’t free.
I want to consider even with this current situation we are still helping out in California right now
We shouldn’t be. Why help an aggressive hostile enemy nation.
Zero sympathy here.
yes, I was happy to see Canadians go over to help, also when the Linesmen went to help the victims of the hurricanes. I may be going through a period of confusion over what has happened to Canada over the past 10 years but I haven't given up on Canadians because most of them have a good heart.
California didn’t vote for the cheeto. We are happy to help them. I’d think twice about any hurricane affected red states though…
@@desyloohoo are you serious? I suppose you are one of those who hoped that all the un-vaxxed would die of C-19, and one of those that jumped for joy when the handicapped native woman at the Trucker Protest in Ottawa got trampled by a police horse, and one of those that cheered when bank accounts were frozen and people couldn't buy groceries or pay their bills or by gas for their vehicles.
@@fiverx2159were helping the people as Canadians are famous for not the Government or the Orange man dictator
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for doing this video. I sincerely hope that some Americans view this and take it seriously.
This entire situation is frightening me. You were so correct when you said that Canadians will "Stand on Guard for Thee". We will fight any country, tooth and nail who tries to take us over. We know who we are and we know who we do not want to be.
This Canadian feels pity for the Americans who are intelligent and who have not drunk the kool-aid like yourself. You will have a President who is a criminal, a liar and a con artist. The entire world knows this and the entire population of the U.S.A. will have to pay for it in one way or another. He is turning the U.S.A. into a global pariah.
Thank you John for being on our side. You and your family will always have a home, north of the 49th.
Thanks for your respect and caring..please get this video to as many news outlets as possible..this really needs to be seen by all Americans...I really mean that thanks again..Canadian R
Yes it used to be a tradition for US Presidents to visit Canada first! Obama was great!
How exactly are you going to “fight” for your country when you have an unarmed public and a military that is nonexistent. America provides all your military support so what are you going to do? Maybe you should stop being so conned by the propaganda in Canada and start doing some homework about what is really happening in America and across the world. Trump is not who you have been led to believe he is., Please stop embarrassing yourself by these uninformed comments
As a Canadian I am loyal listener and I am truly touched on your view of Canada. It is American people like yourself that will never dissolve our love and mutual respect which we share! ❤❤
thank you my friend: peace and love from NY.
Thank you for doing this video, we do love Americans, but we're proud to be Canadians just as much as you are to be Americans.
'We do love Americans, no offense to you but that's difficult to believe. A lot of comments that Canadians say about Americans and US in various social media platforms as well as comments in the Globe and Mail seem to say otherwise. They border on anti-Americanism and disdain and even condescending attitudes which are offensive to say the least.There are even videos of Canadians burning US flags and posting it online. So it then comes down to the point where Americans ask why Canadians hate them and the US.
Is there any explanations for those insulting attitudes and comments many Canadians seem to harbor against Americans and the US?
@@anthonypilolli7564 Honestly, I have to wonder how many of those people are actually "Canadians". Look at the narrative even Trudeau is putting out there that basically, Canada's culture consists of "saying we're not Americans". That's stupid, he's stupid. Trudeau has put Canadians in the most divisive & hopeless place I've ever experienced in my 57 yrs. I personally haven't seen the burning of American flags but, if it gives you any comfort 6 mths ago we had "Canadians" (not) burning Canada's flag & chanting "de ath to Canada". So, in my opinion, burning any flags is beyond my understanding.
@@anthonypilolli7564 Probably because of lies told about Canada, and Americans (some, not all) don’t acknowledge that Canada actually invented things that have bettered the world. Americans (once again some, but not all) seem to think they are the best at everything. They call us communists because we have universal healthcare. People are just reacting. It may not be necessarily be the right way to respond, but we are tired of being disrespected.
Donald Trump is the one who's disrespecting Canada and Canadians, not the American people. None of these discussions here and the looming trade war wouldn't even exist if Trump hadn't won this election. Funny how Harris and the Democrats aren't screaming that the election was rigged in favor of Trump nor does she and Democrats believe that the election was stolen from them and then concoct one lie after another the way Trump acted in 2020 and how he was partially for the responsible for Jan 6th.
I know of not one single solitary American who has contempt and disrespect for your country, except of course Trump himself. Canadians are rightfully angry over tariffs and trade wars and they should be. But it would be nice if Canadians focus that anger on Trump and his MAGA cult followers and not on Americans as a whole. Though Canadians insulting and trashing the US and Americans is also disrespectful and antagonistic and America bashing seems to be a national sport. Whether we like it or not we are stuck with each other, would Canadians prefer to have Mexico as their southern neighbors instead and have the most dangerous border in the world? I've been to the US-Mexican border myself and I can assure you that the Canada-US border is completely the opposite and a walk in the park compared to the massive problems and chaos of that border which would shock most Canadians beyond belief and who don't have to worry about their southern border, whether or not if they love to hate the US and Americans
I'm a 3rd generation Canadian, when my ancestors left Ukraine after the end of World War 1, fleeing Russian oppression, we were given refuge here in Canada when the US refused to allow us entry. I will always be a Canadian, to my dying day.
@dragonmaster1500 the US wouldn't let my Grandparents in either .they were Ukranian Jews
Thanks! As a Canadian, we do see Trump's action as America (and americans) being hostile towards us.
Thank you for understanding that and your empathy!
typo: should be "we do not see Trump's action as America (and Americans) being hostile towards us"
@@peatybirchgroover You do know that you can edit your original comment. Right?
Canadians need to be ashamed of their sovereignty to the so-called British crown which is anachronistic.
Canada's sovereignty is closely tied to the so-called British crown, which is the embodiment of the country's monarch and form of government.
Although the British monarch was the head of state, in practice, his or her functions were exercised in the colony by the colonial Governor, who acted on instructions from the British government in London.
During its three centuries of empire, Britain greedily invaded many countries and killed more people than were killed during WWII.
The history of the so-called English royals is intertwined with slavery.
The slave-trading initiatives endorsed by the English monarchy began with Elizabeth I’s enthusiastic support of John Hawkins’ slaving expeditions in the 1560s.
In three separate voyages backed by government officials, London merchants, and Elizabeth I, Hawkins raided African settlements on the West African coast and seized hundreds of enslaved captives from Portuguese ships.
In defiance of Portugal’s slave trade in Africans, Hawkins sold his cargo of African captives in the Spanish Caribbean. After his profitable second voyage,
Elizabeth I honored Hawkins with a coat of arms and crest featuring a nude African bound with rope.
Throughout Britain's African slave trading days, Britain SHIPPED OVER THREE AND ONE HALF MILLION SLAVES TO THE Americas.
Over half a million slaves' lives were lost during the Atlantic crossing.
Between 1689 and 1807,1,053 British vessels were lost whilst undertaking slave-trading activities.
The transatlantic slave trade by the British was the one of the largest forced relocation of human beings in history.
Britain DID NOT END SLAVERY UNTIL THE 1920s.
To fuel the growing first-world sugar industry of the late 1800s, Britain enslaved 1.3 million Indians then shipped them to labor on sugar plantations in Mauritius, South Africa, the Caribbean, Guyana, and Fiji.
This was known as Indentured Servitude which was another name for SLAVERY AND IT DID NOT END UNTIL THE 1920s.
Like the African slaves, these Indian slaves were also brutally treated by the British.
@@samielkhayri9272it wasn’t his original comment 😂😂😂
Even with threats of invasion and death, we still sent hundreds of volunteer fire-fighters from BC and Alberta to help Los Angeles!
Not just those 2 provinces.
@@annieowlkley Those are the first 2 that responded the quickest! Even before America helped themselves!
@@crusader.survivor Even Quebec sent planes.
@@crusader.survivor Québec's planes were already there since fall... it is part of a contract we have with them.
@@wysetech2000Quebec says it's its own country. The person was talking about who Canada sent. All you hear the last ten years or so is Canada and Quebec. So when Quebec decides to be what all those presidents talk about United, considerate, welcoming, anti racist, joined as one across then we will Mention Quebec again. These days Quebec is anti Anglophones, anti First Nations and Anti anyone who doesn't speak French. Quebec is risking the lives of other Quebecois for its own agenda. Remind you of anyone?
So many people confuse being polite with being weak. A weak person will avoid a fight, a polite person will meet you fist to fist and apologize after.
We are Canadians and we are polite well spoken and well mannered until you back us into a corner .Then we punch above our weight. . Thank you for this video. How did you Americans get from such eloquent Presidents with such polished speeches to someone who sounds like a 10 year old throwing a tantrum. We will never be the 51st state
Hear hear! Sending you love from Montreal!
Donald Duck, Canada is not up for grabs!! You considering this weather serious or joking, either way it’s sick to the core!
Canada is and will forever be our country!!
They ended up like this because the Republican party kept screwing up the education system. Now they complain they own people can't do the job in tech the companies needs and yet they are gonna abolish the federal education department. They will create an even bigger inequality between blue and red states and they will continue complaining about migrants taking their jobs, jobs they can't do.
Exactly what I said. From eloquence to a clown.
❤️ Thank you for sharing this! 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 As a Canadian, this is very much appreciated!
Thank you friend, from someone who lives 5 minutes north of the border with particular appreciation. So pleased to share this one; incredibly pleased in fact.
Canadian here. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 All I have to say to our American neighbours is remember 9/11. Remember who took care of all the stranded Americans coming home. Remember who took them in, housed them, and fed them. It was Canadians. Even today, fire fighters from Canada AND Mexico, your other good neigbour, are fighting the fires in California, one of several American states which used to be part of Mexico. The US, like any other country, needs good relations with neighbours and friends. Isolationism will only create alienation, bad feelings, and the destruction of once-close friendships and alliances.
Dictator Trump is in for a ride awaking thinking Canadian's won't fight for our Country.
Great summary of US-Canada relationship spoken beautifully by former US Presidents within the walls of the Canadian Parliament where they were welcomed.
John, thank-you for your message of support for us Canadians. The election of Trump was shocking and destructive. The second election of Trump was destructive and extremely disappointing. Disappointing that so many Americans have rewritten history about Trump’s first term, rewritten what it means to be American, rewritten what it means to be Christian. I love my American cousins, but I love my country of Canada and our citizens more. I do not wish to have conflicts with the United States, but if push comes to shove, I can promise you that America will find Canada a strong defender of its freedom. I suspect the rest of the world would be on our side with this. The saving grace is that Trump has but 4 years to screw up this relationship to the point of no return. Hopefully the repair of the world’s greatest friendship will not be impossible by that point.
We were forced to elect Trump, as the only way we could reject Hillary and Kamala and the travesty of DEI, and other social liberal nonsense, and the oppression of the working class the open borders and unrestrained immigration of unskilled workers impoverishing so many, making so many homeless.
America is not taking away your freedom but trying to give back the freedom that you have already lost in Canada. Become American like you basically already are as Canadians and we will become greater because of it. You will be able to own a gun, you will have top notch healthcare, you will be able to afford a house, you will have low taxes, Please stop watching the propaganda and don’t see this as taking something from Canada but see it as giving back to Canada the freedoms you have already lost
@@largal47 It will be!!!
Thanks for this video. It brought me to tears. Canadians are just as patriotic as our American cousins.
Thank you for your support John. A concerned Canadian.
A great video, Brothers in Arms🇨🇦🇺🇸. We are currently helping to put out fires in LA, your postive message very needed right now. Thanks from all of us loyal 🇨🇦
We are not brothers in arms!!!! They are an aggressive hostile enemy nation. They threaten us daily.
Not our friends
Not our allies
Enemies by their choosing
We will never be a state of the US. Too proudly Canadian for that to happen.
There are 56 commonwealth countries in the world, of which Canada is but one.. however, when, if ever, the other 55 commonwealth countries, and their people were to be needed to protect any one of our commonwealth people's homes and lands from threats, there would be the wrath of all the commonwealth conglomerate to contend with..now wouldn't there..😊
BEAUTIFULY DONE JOHN.
Tom Brokaws piece on Canada US relations and history says it best. I hope all Americans look back and watch his excellent essay. Your past presidents until now are real Statesmen and not a Buffoon like your next President. I am half American and use to be proud to say that now,not so much. Thank you John
Agree with you 100% on the Tom Brokaw report, so well done!
President Obama received a standing ovation at the HOC before he spoke. He is such an eloquent and lovely man.
Someone needs to remind Mr. Trump and his administration that Danes and Canadians fought and died during the war on terror in Afghanistan alongside the Americans. He shows his respect by treating both countries sovereign. Good luck finding help the next time...
Trump doesn't care
Thank you John, hopefully the people who need to hear this actually listen.🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Thank you very much for creating this powerful and moving compilation.
Thank you again for opening your heart to show how much Canada’s independence means and what previous USA presidents have said to keep our friendship strong. ❤️ from Canada 🇨🇦
Previous presidents statements mean zero. Live in the present. They are threatening us daily so who cares what jfk said. What they say now matters and now they are threatening us and other allies.
As a 84 year old Canadian who, since I can remember, have had a sincere admiration and have always supported our neighbours, the USA. I am so grateful for this reminder.
Thank you John. You’re a proud American, as you should be, but I would be honoured to add that you are, in my opinion, an honorary Canadian. I’m 73 and never forgot as a child my mother pointing out the peace arch border with the sign “may these gates never be closed”. I thank both you and young Tyler Bucket for educating Americans about our great country. (Please tone it down a bit though, we don’t mind if Americans think we live in igloos and eat whale blubber), that keeps us a-bit of an enigma. Hey buddy,
ever need a cup of sugar just come over and ask your neighbour eh :). You may have to stay for a beer. ❤ with love from one Canadian
I agree with you and I am an American.
Glad to have you here. Thanks for speaking up.
Oh John, my heart breaks at the thought of all that Canada and the USA stand to lose. I pray that there is still hope for continued peace and prosperity for Canada and the USA. Thank you for this video, - it means so much to Canadians to know that not all Americans feel such contempt for Canada as has been expressed so often lately with redicule and threats. May God Bless both our countries as we try to find our way..
Dorie, please stop pretending that Canadians do not look down on Americans. Yes, generally speaking we do get along with each other, but there are countless videos where Canadians ridicule Americans over all kinds of differences between "us" and "them". Canadians are about to discover how much they depend on the U.S., and it will be a painful lesson.
The prosperity you are praying for will be found in union between the two countries. Look for referendums at the province level regarding a move to the U.S., starting with Alberta.
@@deadeye4520get out of here! And take Danielle Smith with you!
@@deadeye4520 Unfortunately, Americans also depend upon Canada. Sadly, that will be painful for them as well. Unnecessary suffering inflicted by people that are friends upon each other is tragic. Apparently, many of your presidents have recognized the blessing to our two countries that our unique relationship has been. I am in good company. We need to remember their wise words. That was, at least in part, the point of this video. So, I am not pretending. WE have been, and hopefully will remain, two neighbouring, sovereign countries that work together for our mutual benefit. But you are wrong, prosperity will not be the result of your bullying and hatred. Canada is not interested in your 'offer' .
@@deadeye4520 You underestimate our resolve and the power we hold as a nation. You are clearly an Alberta Separatist. the majority of Albertans do not agree with your sentiment. Your separatist movement is being forced upon us and we will see what happens in the next provincial election. If you and your minority core try to pull anything before that. You may be in for a surprise. Everyone is watching what you are doing.
As a Canadian, I thank you and all other American UTUBERS who have stepped up to defend us. I wish all U. S. citizen all the best in the next 4 years.
Thank you, John, for another thoughtful video. It obviously illustrates the mutual respect our two nations have for each other, as stated eloquently by so many of your past presidents. Citizens of our two nations obviously share many things besides the world's longest undefended border, including a sense of humour and a sense of decency. I particularly enjoyed Reagan's description of what "the U.S./Canadian border so long has been: a meeting place, rather than a dividing line." 🇨🇦🤝🇺🇸
Excellent. So appreciate this
Thank-you for replay it's very sad what's going on today my God bless us all
Thank so much for doing this for Canada 🇨🇦 I love your channel God blessi you
Canada and the US relationship at the moment is like a toxic sibling rivalry. We (Canada) love our brother but can't understand why he (USA) wants to hurt us. We're tolerant but not doormats. Sometimes if relationships are so badly damaged...they can never go back to the way they were. Too many hurt feelings and lost trust.
My brother went this way and I literally had to go no contact. Everything was a comparison and everything was my fault. He couldn’t take accountability for anything. It’s exhausting. America deserves so no contact at this point. Let them sit in their empty house and try to blame everyone else.
We Canadian and American brothers and sisters are not just friends we are family. My family have been in Canada for over 300 plus years and half of my family are Americans. In the name of our great creator, never separate this special friendship and family bond. Long Live Freedom for all. God Bless and God Speed. 🇨🇦🤝🇺🇸👍👍👍😊❤️❤️❤️
While I'm sure there are parts of my country that would gladly prostrate themselves to the stars and stripes and meekly accept the yokes placed upon them, speaking for myself only, I would resist. I would hope more than just myself would rise and fight in anyway possible. Until every bone in our bodies are shattered to dust, until our last dying breath. My parents were immigrants to this country, and I was born here. They chose to come here versus the US. My father, and his father are buried here. This is the land that they made a home in. This is the land they made a family in.
If the flag of the United States ever flies over our cities or Parliament Hill, there is no law, domestic or international, no acts too heinous to reign in our resistance.
Australia will be right by our Canadian cousins
🇨🇦🇦🇺
As for the heinous part, remember the laws of war were put in partly because Canadians did them. There is no boundary to what I personally do to protect my country from Trump.
I have lived in Canada for 86 years. I have ancestors who came to Canada in the 1600,s. My ancestors, like all others who came to Canada, did so because they wanted a better life, wanted to be free to possibly own a small piece of land and to be able to decide on which government to choose. Our ancestors fought in wars, many died and many more wounded. They sacrificed themselves to preserve freedom for CANADA. If Herr Trumpf thinks he will remove the name Canada from world maps he should rethink his position. Any move he makes towards this end will be concidered an invasion of my country and I will be forced to use all means necessary to stop him. It is not the men and women he will send across the border that will be the primary targets- it is him. This is not a threat it is a promise.
@@EziekielNightwind I am a 45 year old mother and I wouldn't hesitate to pick up arms and defend my country with all the strength I could muster.
Viva la resistance
Thank you, John. I remember the Reagan address. It was so reassuring for me as a Canadian. I really hope that your viewership increases. It's really important we remain strong allies in every aspect. I really am cheering for the Canadian AND American people to get through this next segment of history, unscathed. Cheers! 🇺🇸🇨🇦
Excellent compilation, John. Very well put together - you made the point excellently.
If you haven't already, watch Obama's full address to Parliament. It's just one of those really great speeches (as was his address to the UK Parliament). I don't understand how the US went from that, to this, in such a short time.
Keep up the good work - your efforts are appreciated.
Thank you friend ❤️👊
Thank you for the lovely sentiments John, they are truly appreciated.
Hi John, great choice of videos at this bizarre time in Canada-US relations. I needed this.
Having served 43 years as a senior officer in the Canadian Army and concurrently nine years a justice on the criminal bench of the the Ontario Court, I am deeply dismayed at Trump's revival of Manifest Destiny (or perhaps Magafest Destiny) and the Monroe Doctrine. The War of 1812 was one of my teaching subjects at the postgraduate level for senior officers, which included field study trips to the actual battlefields along the Niagara Frontier. One of my cousins (1st 5x removed) was an ADC to General Sir Gordon Drummond, during that war. In 2013, I was invited to lecture for a week at the University of MIssouri on the topic of the War of 1812 and present-day Canada-US defence relations. It was a tremendously fun time, lecturing to both undergrads and postgrads on these topics. At that time, I had a strong belief in our cross-border partnerships on defence, law enforcement, and trade. I told these Mizzou students, including ROTC cadets, that I never lost a wink of sleep worrying about national security in this regard. Although Canada and the US have their disagreements, I told them that we always work it out together, usually coming up with "a better mousetrap." Now, I am not so sure.
Having deliberately put Trump back into power, knowing all of his deep character flaws and obvious personality disorders, my American cousins have put my homeland Canada into serious jeopardy from a bona fide lunatic. I say cousins, being a Mayflower descendant, as well as from being United Empire Loyalist stock during the American Revolutionary War. My ancestors had been in the Thirteen Colonies since the late 1500's and remained loyal to the Crown (Loyalists/Tories) against the Rebels (Patriots), during the Revolution. Accordingly, they became some of the founding families of Upper Canada, which is now the Province of Ontario. Ontario's motto is "Ut incepit fidelis sic permanet" - translates to “loyal she began, loyal she remains,” relating to the Loyalists and to the Crown. So yes, my American cousins is quite an apropos term.
Now, in one week's time, Trump will be once again be the holder of the keys as Commander-in-Chief of the most powerful military and economy in the world. Supporting his desires is the MAGA majority of morons that put this madman back into the Oval Office. He hasn't even been sworn-in as President and he has already got the free world tied up in knots, wasting precious time and human capital on countering his insane ideas.
I ask, what is the US going to look like after three years of Trump's second term? Will the use of armed troops to round up and concentrate illegal immigrants be the new norm? It only took him 41 days to normalize a "joke" about taking Canada into a serious threat. As a lesson from history, look back at what got normalized in Germany between 1935-38, let alone from 1939-45.
How are non-MAGA Americans going to rein-in Trump? He is playing right into Putin's hands by attempting to disrupt/destabilize NATO by having one NATO country threaten attack on other NATO countries. Canadians and non-MAGA Americans cannot rely on using rational arguments with this irrational being.
Very best wishes to you John F.
The other John F.
Hi, thanks for this and for your military service. I’m also interested in your job as a judge and lawyer who clearly knows history and understand law so you know how our constitution is under attack as well.
As a Canadian, thank you very much
First time commenter, although subscribed for over a year. This really touched me, I appreciate your calm steadfast demeanor in these turbulent times.
@@ShawnFlynn-yj4rf thanks Shawn. I appreciate your joining the conversation though I wish you didn’t have to under these circumstances. Peace my friend.
Thank you for all your videos but especially this one. As a Canadian who lives like 45 min from the Niagara falls border and works at a tourist stop i cone into contact with Americans somewhat regularly... Thank you for pointing out how much we do for each other, and how much is at stake ... Also i can guarantee almost no (if any) Canadians want to become the "51st state"... And we will fight to stop it...and youve seen what we can do when we bet angry...thanks again for the great videos
Thank you from western Canada ❤
John. Your reactions remind us of how great our American cousins are. Times are messed up. but our countries will always be bros.
I loved what Obama and Bidens speeches said. Well done John and I do hope the Àmericans see your podcast!
As a convicted felon, Trump cannot visit Canada legally without special permission. The same is true for many other countries.
Great point .
He could move his army into Canada with no approval from our Parliament because we agreed to it for security.
@@dougstewart3243 We can disagree now! Thanks to T-rump.
This is very well done - I had never seen the FDR one before.
Thanks John!
This is why so many older Canadians were shocked by Trump's words. Many of us have visited the Peace Arch and the statement carved into it stating "May these gates never be closed". Canadians do not want to be Americans, we want to live peacefully alongside Americans. A mutually beneficial peace and cooperation with shared interests, just as has been for so many generations. Good lord, it is sad to see how Biden has declined so quickly. This is a great compilation by the way. Nice. job.
i am a first generation canadian. my dad from california, my mom from wisconsin. i was at a night club when i was in my 20's and some guy came up behind me and sucker punched me. i never saw it coming and have no idea why it happened. that's what i'm feeling right now with donald trump. i should point out it didn't end well for that guy at the night club.
Thank you for this amazing video🍁
It is so important to remember the importance of every thing we have mentioned to each other
John, you are the best bandaid, the best lodestone for objective thinking, the best puller of heartstrings and the best reminder of why we must, independent of bad politicians, keep our beliefs and our faith in each other's people. Thank you for that timely reminder. We will keep the faith with our American friends and family, independent of detrimental elements.
🇨🇦🇨🇦 I really love your channel & it brings tears that all Americans do remember the bond & respect that our 2 nations have had with each other... Trump needs to take note....❤💙❤💙
Addressing a joint session of Parliament (Commons and Senate) is an honour that not all American Presidents receive. I think only Eisenhower, Kennedy, Clinton, Reagan, Obama and Biden have addressed a joint session. Zero chance it will ever be offered to Trump.
Trump being convicted of an Indictable offence (similar to an American felony) is not allowed to enter Canada
Trump is a felon. He cannot be allowed into Canada
Hey John, thanks so much. I love your videos. Cheers from Nova Scotia!
Thank you, that brought tears to my eyes, as a Canadian it gives me some hope for the future of both countries
Thank you John.
This was well done thank you for sharing some positive thoughts
🇨🇦🙏🇺🇸
Thank you John🇨🇦
Thank you for these video’s. I had heard most of those speeches on tv. I shed a tears for my cousins and partners. I spent 27 years driving truck into 48 states.
Merci John, keep fighting for us and you know that we will fight with you
Thank John for this amazing video. Am 61 years old female and a proud Canadian 🇨🇦 I do hope others Americans will see this to. I have always loved your videos. God bless you my friend from 🇱🇷👏
Thanks John! Love your channel!
Nancy in Winnipeg 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦.
THANK YOU
Thank you for this glimpse of sanity.
As a proud Canadian, this video deeply moved me. It’s a powerful reminder of our shared values and why we must stand together. It also shows that there are good, moral people on both sides of the border who care about what’s right. Thank you, John, for inspiring hope. This cannot continue.
Thankyou John, those speeches were incredible!
A proud moment for Every Canadian and American Citizen. Thank you for your Channel John. 🇨🇦- 🇺🇸.
Thanks for your thoughts and the reminders of agreement between 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦. It's incredible and important the relationship between our two nations. Unfortunately in 2025 we are only halfway through a fracturing of just that, and the scars will be seen and felt for decades to come.
have SHARED to facebook...many thanks!
Thank you John, this video very much touched my heart, and reminded me there are some sane, decent, intelligent Americans. I think Canadians need to remember this right now.
Thank you for sharing! Proud to be Canadian 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Thank you again, for reminding me why we are friends and allies.... hopefully forever! 😉
Wonderful, thank you!
Thank you John 🇨🇦♥️
Thank you for this. Very insightful.
These historic clips of presidents speaking about the shared affinity among our two nations is timely. As someone with friends and family on both sides of the border, I feel that connection deeply.
I believe that it boils down to showing mutual respect and appreciating the solidarity and friendship we have forged over time. That is the starting point in working together to change things that may need rethinking.
I hope we can get back to a normal relationship after Trump but I fear that what he does will cause irreparable damage for decades to come.
Thank you John.We Canadians never give ourselves credit for who we are or what we have historically done. That's just who we are! But what you have shown in this video has instilled in me a true sense of humility and pride in my country Canada.
We don't need the pat on the back for a job well done . We know we did a good job and God will reward us in time
First-time viewer. I'm really impressed! Subscribed. 🇨🇦
(Edited to say I'll be sharing this widely with American friends.)
Thank You John for what you do 🫡🇨🇦
Thanks John! The true North is free and will continue to be free!
Thank you , Merci John.🍁
I think, John, my virtual friend, that you would both enjoy and profit from making a "viewing video" of the 1940 film "49th Parallel" --- directed by Michael Powell, and starring Raymond Massey, Leslie Howard, Lawrence Olivier and many others. It divides very neatly into segments. It was made both to buck up the spirits of Canadians, who were already in the war against Hitler, and to convince Americans that they should join the effort. There are brilliant scenes in it, and the final few minutes with Massey (the only actual Canadian star in the film) are utterly magnificent. I'm sure you must have seen it some time in the distant past, but it is particularly relevant now and worth a re-watching. Since it can be found on TH-cam in a high quality print, I don't think there would be any difficulty doing this.
America didnt want to fight because they are cowards. Canada sent an entire volunteer army to Europe in WWII, America drafted and sent people who didnt want to fight. Nothing changes, the good American people are complicit in whats going on because instead of actually resisting, they are posting shit on X and accomplishing nothing.
I, for one, will watch that movie! May things turn out for the best.
This is so timely and so good. Thank you from a US expat to Canada
PATRIOT! Standing proud with our allied friends! NATO Forever! Thanks Mr Biden! SALUTE!
Thank you John and God Bless you for this video and trip down memory lane. Shared withall groups in our Freedom movement in Canada and Australia and others
Great idea! Thanks John F.