@JOSEPH PHELPS good job getting every single nation to hate us Actually they already do. But good job getting every nation to hate us more Edit: I'm not saying his comment will get more people to hate the U.S.A, I'm saying if he annexed canada everyone would hate us
As an American who moved here 10 years ago, it amazes me how similiar we are, I don't think there's any other pair of countries in the world that's more similar. Yet seldomly do my Canadian friends wanna acknowledge it lol
It depends on what part of Canada you are in, as like the States, we vary from region to region. That said, you are quite correct. The only national Identity we have is "being polite/kind." For the most part. Despite over-performing in every war we've fought in, having the 4th largest Navy at the end of WW2, among other things. So as America has the "Rude" stereotype, we're juxtaposed to be against you. Mind you, some of the kindest people I have ever met were from Texas, and some of the meanest I've ever met were in Ontario or Quebec. As Canadian's we aren't really allowed any kind of Nationalism, except about our silly little identity as being "Polite". So people cling to that. Basically we're so culturally suppressed that many cling to the only thing we are allowed like addicted goblins. Like that kid in school, who's only good at one thing, and is super one-dimensional because of it, but also gets super mad when anyone else is also good at that thing.
I Agree--I lived in chicago for 3 yrs and had no trouble whatsoever blending in to my american cousins. Very similar culture, values and outlook on life.
@@daniel213141 Yes, Canada is so culturally diverse that you'll find every culture but Canadian culture here. That's the point. It's drowned out, and ignored in favor of foreign cultures. Which leaves us with what. Maple syrup, Poutine and being polite / Hating Americans. And even if we're all Canadian, we can't celebrate Chinese, or Japanese, or whatever other cultures are brought here -- if you are not from that culture -- because it's deemed racist or offensive.
@@HauntingSpectre Canada's identity is redefined with every wave of immigration, I'm not sure why anybody would have a problem with that. I've been celebrating Chinese new year for 40 years or Vaisakhi Day Parades in Vancouver. When this becomes an integral part of yearly celebrations it enhances culture in this country. I can only see that as a positive.
It's interesting to see the parallels between English Canada's fear of disappearing into the US and French Canada's fear of disappearing into English Canada.
@@juliadocherty7783 The simple fact that Canada is a metric country, yet Canadians use Imperial units for cooking is a sign that Canada is America's hat (to quote How I met your mother)
You can cite countless examples of this phenomenon throughout all of history. Two that come to mind immediately are Wales not wanting to be subsumed into Britain and pretty much everyone in classic Europe struggling against being subsumed into Rome.
I honestly find it genuinely interesting when media are trying to make Montreal over Tampa Bay as the team to cheer for in the NHL playoffs. Feel much more attached to Tampa Bay than Montreal.
Little known fact: J.J. was a Gaffer for FUBAR for 1-1/2 weeks, holding that auspicious position for nearly twice as long as anyone else in history ! Lol
I often think of Canadian Anti-Americanism being like having a brother who lives next door who plays his music loudly. You may get along but sometimes you just want to be alone with your own thoughts.
@Gwyn and Gold or that we just like to point out were a different country and have are our history, slang, idols, foods etc. Not just a bloody 51st state of the US.
Canada has failed in keeping its Southern neighbors out, but the US has also failed in keeping its Southern neighbors out, so maybe keeping Souther neighbors out is just too difficult lol
As an American married to a Canadian, I'm always interested in learning more about Canada, and JJ's TH-cam essays are, I think, among the best sources I've found. He cuts through the shibboleths and platitudes and offers insightful commentary. I've learned a lot. Thank you JJ.
"CANADA. HAS. FAILED." Flashes to post-apocalyptic, war-torn abandoned city. Robber runs out and grabs a bottle of maple syrup- "Oh, hey, sorry there, gotta take this, you know?" Armed vigiliante rises from behind shot-up car, cocks gun, "oh you better put that back there or I'm gunna haveta shoot ya, you know?"
Well...in Vancouver's Stanley Cup riot They looted a Chapters "Dude...check out this outstanding anthology of medieval Norse literature I snagged!" Somehow....that's kind of.....impressive
Remember folks, in the animated movie "Meet the Robinsons," there is a future timeline where the United States annexed all of Canada as "North Montana"
@@InfamousAustinT0 Albertans and Montanans hold so many values and ways of life in common it would be a very easy union. We both have high enjoyment of the outdoors, hold value in having public lands for all to use, hunting and fishing.
For such a click-baity title, this was super interesting and thoughtful. I love getting this sort of insight into our neighbors to the north; I know we're mostly pretty similar, but that makes these little diffferences kind of that much more interesting.
Given that Canada was started when Queen Victoria was young and the imperial mindset was found everywhere in the world at the time it is unrealistic to expect Canada to have been somehow more enlightened than the rest of the world.
Agreed, and I would argue for the time, the Father's of Confederation were actually more enlightened/forward looking than similar countries from that time period, like Germany or Italy. That's not to excuse their decisions, good or bad, but in their own time they were sincerely trying to build a great nation of the future.
5th generation Albertan here. If it wasn't for native families, my great great grandparents would have never made it through the first few winters. My grandfather could speak fluent Cree, my father, brother, and myself can also speak a fair amount. I can't imagine life without my native brothers and sisters. This is actually a common story for many families who settled in the West. Religious zealots were the main problem.
The native heritage in my current family and my ancestors runs strong. Even my job and community is influenced by chiefs and tribal councils. My wife is even status.
When I was a teenager, I had lived in the states for a few years and my friend came down to visit. Now, when I had lived in Canada I had either never heard any anti-american talk or was too young to know what the hell they were talking about. When my friend came down she suddenly just started ragging on America hard, and I didn't understand it at all. I was just like "well, I live here, and it doesn't seem too bad." At the same time she always talked about how inexpensive things were here and how happy that made her... I've never been a very nationalistic person, probably by virtue of the fact that was born in Canada, with duel citizenship, to an American dad, and a Canadian mom, who's parents immigrated from Germany and Austria. It's always been strange to me to see people who extol only the virtues of their country while criticizing the faults of other countries.
I used to live in Burlington, Washington (State), and at our local Mega-Grocery Store (Fred Meyer), I would see Canadians in both SUVs and literally, Motor Homes, lined up to buy Cheap American Gasoline before sneaking back over the border some 100 kilometres away! Just to piss them off (I like to piss people off), I would walk by (after filling up my Volkswagen Rabbit) and say "What kind of Communists ARE you, eh?" It worked every time.
The greatest virtue of the US is Geographic... no matter how terrible our leadership is the fact that we have the best land in the world keeps stupid from breaking things too bad.
I hope you now realize that politics is complicated. Free trade wrecked our economy southwards the way it affected your economy southward. So when you talk to people in the midwest, you certainly hear complaints about Mexico, where their jobs disappeared to. But mexicans are now pissed off because SO many americans are buying property there. Same thing here. Nationalism is an odd construction that never really existed until a short time ago historically. Nationalism is essentially the propaganda from the dominant 'tribe' that is trying to keep subject tribes in line. Now its been long enough that those are 'classes', and in the future it may even turn into 'castes'. But when Trump slapped tariffs on products one day as a whim that put thousands of canadians out of work, you can't expect people not to notice. At the same time we have a crooked poultry and dairy supply side management system which means here in the east we pay a fortune for chicken and milk, even more savings than gas come from going to the US. People regularly spend the weedend before thanksgiving making a road trip. Thats something different, and obviouslys something different than when america invaded Iraq, and the popular media started bashing Canada all over the news becouse we didn't join in the illegal war. Canadians travelling to the US reported getting harassed BY americans, not just government, again, for not joining a patently illegal war that basically destabilized most of the middle east and lots of europe with the refugees it created. Any different one of those things can pop into a persons head. In general terms until Trump most people didn't think THAT much about the states, but when a world power with a history of invading people kind of goes off the rails, people tend to notice. When that trucker protest happened in Canada there WAS a real fear that more like minded people from the US may come up and join them, and our police and military isn't the american one, even a SMALL attempt at destabilization would probably have serious consequences.
I'm American and I love the Canadians, I live in Buffalo, NY and we visit Canada often and we come across many Canadians here! Love to Canada and I know many Americans feel the same way!
When I was a kid, I hated Americans because that was what was expected. Then I had one teacher in high school challenge me to state objectively what the source of that was and I could not do it I understand objectivity is now racist
@@sierrachoco5271 I grew up with the same sentiments, although it felt more like a rivalry based off Canadian insecurity, rather than genuine hate. Honestly, American culture informs so much of Canadian culture that many Canadians will claim that their constitutional rights are being violated when the government does something they don't like. Canada doesn't have a constitution. But we did get Popeye's recently and goddamn that chicken sandwich is good.
I find it interesting that on some level all the former white British colonies are "failing" on their original national goals. The 3 Canadian themes mentioned; Australia with their former White Australia policies and very late recognition of aborigines; and New Zealand being built on a treaty that was ignored by the colonial government and then trying to correct that since the 70s but still having a native population that is consistently underperforming on all metrics. Australia and New Zealand also having shared foundation myths also kinda have to deal with new immigrants that don't share the cultural bond the nations shared; especially important since European New Zealanders are probably more likely to adhere to the belief that Maori are entitled to the rights and freedoms guaranteed in the treaty. As much as the former British colonies like to display their difference to the United States, and the problems the US has (the continuous racism problem etc), the US national project allows it to grow I believe since the national myth isn't as siloed into immoral or unachievable goals. Something I think a lot of Canadian, Australian, and New Zealanders sometimes forget as they champion themselves as being "better".
@@nittanyburg20 i think the us is the country where racism is most talked about. This gives the illusion that it’s very racist but it probably just as or even less racist that any western country.
Remember that forced and willing assimilation are two different things because apparently people seems to forget that and it shouldn’t be needed to say that a white guy enjoying asian food isn’t the same as stealing children to adopt them to white parents
While it is unfortunate, it's also pretty justified considering the USA has done and continues to do so many horrible things on par with Nazism. In fact, I once saw a post which basically read that Australia, Canada and the USA were like three brothers: two became highly successful entrepreneurs and the third became a crazed serial killer. The last part is kind of ironic considering that the USA has had more serial killers in its history (Bundy, Dahmer, Gacy, etc.) than any other country combined, AND is currently number one in mass/school shootings.
@@mathieuleader8601 Unlikely, as much as that is like the one good thing the senate could ever do, it would still be massively over-turning the "will of the people". Although tit might trigger some constitutional rearranging so you never know
I guess it sounds more dramatic to say "Canada Has Failed" than "The original goals set out by the ruling class when Canada first became a country are no longer relevant and have been thankfully abandoned due to massive demographic, cultural, geopolitical and generational shifts that have taken place over the decades".
I'm a born and bred New Englander, and I find myself constantly forgetting that the Canadian boarder is anything other than a slightly more inconvenient toll booth. It would be nice to have a more open boarder, to be honest. I'd go visit more.
Crossing the border used to be easy for both Americans and Canadians. Then 9/11 occurred and the US tightened the rules significantly and began requiring passports. Of course, all that did in my opinion was to make things more difficult for people on both sides of border. And recently the pandemic really tightened things up.
I don’t know if you know this, but your videos have been extremely helpful for me as a new immigrant in Canada. I feel I’m getting context of what’s going on here from your perspective about Canada. So, thank you!
@@shadowcween7890 ugh classic leftist statement you really think this is propaganda just because he is conservative he is not anti Canadian he loves his country he knows that Canada has many pros but he is just explaining Canada flaws there is no problem in acknowledging a country's Flaws I am an American I know that America has flaws and that we should fix them America isn perfect neither is Canada or any other country
I enjoyed this video a lot! It both made me wonder if it was possible to evaluate a nation based on a summary of its founders’ goals (assuming such could be done for every nation today) like the three given here and wonder what new goals nations could or have establish/established for themselves today regardless of whether they have failed, succeeded, etc the original goals. Maybe even come up with a grading scale for nations about the original/founders’ goals and on the progress of new goals (if any). Kinda like a S, A, B, C, D, E, F grading scale or even add in ++, +, -, - -, if the scale needed to be more thorough. Or something. This was very interesting to go through each of the three and learn more deeply about each. I also enjoyed the way you ended the video with a look to the future. Although I feel like there’s a possible meme that could develop with you saying “in the year 1867” (or “in the year [insert year]”) given how often you had to say it in this video. Overall an excellent video!
As a french canadian, I think it's important to note that we're taught through our history textbooks that the federal government has tried to "assimilate" the french catholics into english protestants since the very beginning of Canada just like the natives, and in response to all that we've been in a "fighting" stance to protect our culture.
What's your general take on this issue? Are you in favour of quebec being its own country or not just some weird wacky quirky canadian province? I would like to know your opinion on this as you put big emphasise on some words there?
@@deutschelehrer69 I think it's important to cherish the french culture. You're told your ancestors have fought tooth and nail for it for more than 200 years, so you feel some responsibility to keep it alive. But making Quebec a country I find ridiculous. There's a lot of people I know who think that and I feel like they only have tunnel vision.
Depends, Canada had some post-1867 moments that were pretty bad. Like in the 1890's then Manitoba banned French and restricted French schools and 1912 regulation 17 in Ontario that shut down French public schools... It was "more" of a British policy yes... But (the dominion of) Canada was not entirely innocent of that either. Sources: www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/manitoba-schools-question#:~:text=Manitoba%20Legislation%20on%20Schools%2C1890%20to%201916,-The%20Manitoba%20schools&text=In%20March%201890%2C%20the%20same,An%20Act%20respecting%20Public%20Schools. news.ontario.ca/en/release/35963/ontario-apologizes-for-1912-law-on-french-in-schools
I'm from the U.S. and I (apparently) still have a noticeably Canadian component to my accent because I lived in Ithaca, New York for six years when I was a kid and had a Canadian best friend with Canadian parents. My arch nemesis in elementary school happened to be the son of the Cornell hockey coach, who had just as much power in New York as a football coach would have in the southeastern U.S. You guys influence us, too! It's a shame that the U.S. doesn't have a similarly close relationship with Mexico--or rather, that we're still trying to deny our closeness with Mexico the way that Canada tried to deny their closeness with us. Maybe in a couple more decades, having a good relationship with Mexico won't be so controversial.
The US-Mexico relationship is pretty different from Canada, because the overarching culture of the US and Canada are so similar one who doesn't know North American history would find it confusing why they're different countries at all. Whereas only a certain part of the US has cultural similarity with Mexico, and that part is unsurprising the part that used to belong to Mexico. So, I don't really see the parallel you're trying to make here.
As someone from Ontario who has been dating a guy from Pennsylvania for over 13 years,. I would love to see something making it easier for long distance couples from Canada and America to more easily get together and start their lives. But, obviously from my description, I do have a personal bias here.
I’m from Massachusetts who’s in a long distance relationship with a girl in Ontario. Four years strong. If they could make it easier for us to get together that would be fantastic. I wish you and your partner the best!
I'm not sure why you're having so much trouble. My spouse was able to get permanent residence in Canada 6-8 months after our marriage. It's not that hard just keep records of your relationship and pay an immigration lawyer 4-5k to do your paperwork.
My wife (Québecoise) and I traded visits for 6.5 years before marrying in Canada. Immigration was easy, because we kept good records for the paperwork, and never gave CBP or CBSA the idea that either of us would violate the terms of visitor status. Join an online cross-border couple forum to learn what to do and what not to do. Customs and Immigration in both countries are reasonable, but they get excited if you say or do things that make them doubt you are just visiting.
As a person of indigenous background (from BC), I have an ancestor who got away from one of the residential schools and "somehow disappeared" on a bridge. A few decades later, here I am watching this video in Ontario lol. Love your content man keep up the good work! 🤙👍
With talks of Quebec becoming a nation within Canada, does that mean the French language will not longer be required in the rest of Canada? The whole point was the preservation of French culture and language, but with an ethno-state, that is already achieved. Further, will the French language be required for high government positions? Or is this declaration more symbolic? And nothing will really change besides semantic.
French was never required unless you had a position in the governement ( which makes sense because you cant represent people if you cant communicate with them ), but its more of a symbolic thing imo. It's just a show of "power" to be like "hey, Quebec is Quebec and were different, thats it". They just wrote down what was already in between the lines.
tbh i’m from quebec and i wouldn’t really care. i can use english when i’m in the rest of canada and if we have the right as a province to only use french then the other provinces should have the right to only use english.
As long as trudeau is around, the rest of Canada will continue to be forced to incorporate French into everything. In fact he will push for even more if he thinks it will make Quebec happy and get him more votes.
@@yutiros5174 meme chose, le canada na jamais été bilingue cetais juste une mesure de pierre trudeau pour calmer les franciphones au quebec et en acadie, je veu que le quebec sois francophone apres si en alberta persone aprle francais je men fou pas mal.
@@StateoftheWorld jj said he dated a Australia guy in one of the videos that he was looking at the coins with half asleep Chris and I know I shouldn't assume but I think that jj is gay or bi
As a Native American my family's history is so sad and we lost almost all our culture... My tribe specifically has been fighting 50+ years to get our land back in Virginia.
as a Ukrainian it's also sad. My family lost their land from the Russians. One member was put ion Auschiwitz. They prayed to be conquered by Hitler it was so bad. Of course since I'm white )the colour of my skin) I carry the moral guilt for the indigenous people. We give free school, houses, no tax, preferential job placements, .... We're criminals in Canada it seems. I don't get anything back from Russia.... Since the 1990s the school scandal has never stopped.
@@MicahMicahel look I don't blame White people for what happened, it was a while ago it doesn't pertain to the last couple generations. Of course the effects of what happened are still very much prevalent and like I said, my family was killed. I can't forget that. But it was because they were weak and unable to defend themselves that they were conquered/defeated. You feel guilty for being white? Is that it? That's quite selfish honestly you didn't even have anything to do with it. Feeling guilt/regret over something isn't gonna do you any good just be stronger and learn.
The American similarity is what makes me laugh the most when I think about how South Park depicts Canadians, they're virtually the exact same culturally so they had to give them square wheeled cars and bizarre royal weddings involving cap'n'crunch
Canada has the EXACT same intl telephone access code as the US (+1). That's how independent they are. I know no other country this important that shares their access code with their neighbour.
Until recently, most of the Caribbean had the same international +1 code as well. It's called the North American Numbering Plan, look it up it's interesting
Canada copied the us. That’s why they’re that “similar”. No offense to our neighbors, but they copied the u.s. They did. Differences are in language tone and or dialect and accent.
"Getting the natives to disappear": Canada, US, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rico, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina,...have I missed anybody? Oh, Australia. Ya, it sucks.
In Chile, the genocide of native people in the southern part of the country is known as the "Pacificación de la Araucanía" which translates to "Pacification of the Araucanía", Araucanía being the region that was inhabited by the indigenous people. That was the name the project got on its time, and it stuck as a kind of satirical take on what was such a violent and horrible project under such a non-violent name
@J.J.McCollough 👍 I really enjoy the videos you make. They can be full of meaningful information about our snowy obscure country, while remaining interesting and engaging. This, while portraying Canada in its multi-faceted complexity for those abroad. Thank you. Cheers
I just found out your channel, I'm a Quebecer but I'm gonna move in another province and I love to see the perspectives of other provinces, I LOVE your videos that's all I had to say
Moving out of Qc is also on my to-do list once I qualify for early retirement. I have a sister and nephew now living in Calgary, it won't make sense to stay in Qc for my elder days.
"...except in Manitoba." When I was in school in Saskatchewan, all of Social Studies seemed to be about the Northwest Rebellion, which happened in Saskatchewan (albeit led buy the same guy who led the Red River Rebellion in Manitoba, to which you refer).
Hey JJ, love your videos. On the language topic, I don't get why Québec being declared officially French speaking would be different from the rest of the provinces being unilingually English speaking. I'm a french canadian living in Ontario, and I love living here. My culture has taught me to resist assimilation by promoting the french language and keep using it on a daily basis. I don't think everyone has intentions of assimilating us, but it is a natural phenomenon created by the difference in numbers. Keep up the good work. 👍
The Canada-US border has hardened significantly since 9/11 which isn't good for anyone on either side. A Europe-style open borders treaty with the US would be a bit too much once you consider the fact that Canada would have to adopt America's far more restrictive visa policy, but greater cooperation between the two sides can make the border crossing far easier and smooth than it is currently.
I’m Dutch through my parents but born in Canada. Looking forward to visiting my family in The Netherlands! I love Canada too. Very relaxed here where I live.
How to combat Quebec becoming the “nation” thing, but passive-aggressively: All Canadian provinces now call themselves nations. City of Toronto now calls itself The Toronto Nation. The corner store is now The Corner Nation.
He is Jewish, and will always be loyal to his own ethnos first. You can look back in his videos, when he took the trip to Israel that is a program available to all non-israeli jews. It is a free trip offered to all jews, which he took, and in those videos he did slip in some support for Zionist imperialism
@@DarkOfTheMist umm, firstly OP was commenting on how when JJ referenced his video on left wing nationalism he didn't make the normal joke of saying "Oh, in my award winning video, so and so", not actually commenting on JJ's stance on nationalism. Secondly, while I'm no Zionist or Palestine-basher, your words are a little on the nose with the anti-semitism there bud.
@Daniel Doucet implying that he "will always be loyal to his own ethnos first" just because he is jewish in the very first sentence is rich (i dont even acc know if jj is jewish)
@@bernardoohigginsvevo2974 judging by the way the Americans displayed blatant stupidity during covid 19 pandemic.. I would say no way. We need to keep Canada clean and just the way it is.
@@bernardoohigginsvevo2974 we all saw the way Americans behaved during the pandemic that claimed 1 million lives. So it's not happening ever and that is the way it should be.
Y'know, I think it's really interesting how many nations have a smaller neighboring nation that share many of the same traits as the larger. US and Canada, Germany and Austria, Spain and Portugal, Australia and New Zealand, etc. I wonder why.
I think it's just because country borders are often very arbitrary things. There's no real rhyme or reason why one place is a country and another thing isn't. China is a gigantic country, and then St. Lucia is also a country. The United States is a country defined by its diversity, Pakistan is a country defined by its "purity." There's no consistency here.
Great essay. Reminds me of a CBC ideas talk from about 8 years ago that claimed that the failure to come to grips with the genocide of the First Nations is (already then) an existential issue for Canada. I'd love to see you produce more of these thoughtful and thorough essays on the topic, particularly with native guest speakers.
If it's a genocide then how come there are more natives in Canada today then there were when the first Europeans arrived? And their numbers are on the ascendant. If Canada engaged in a genocide of its natives then country obviously did a very bad job of it. In fact out of all the demographic groups in Canada only the white demographic is declining and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future until its number declines to a point where it is less than what the natives are today. That is assuming Canada still exists as a country at that point. And when we reach that point will we call that a genocide or no?
I'd love to see him use his page to host more in depth talks on Indigenous issues in Canada from Indigenous people. The key is not just discussing it from a non-Indig perspective, as it's said "nothing about us without us"
@@AhPook55 When you find the mass graves of children in Residential Schools, then, yeah, it's a friggin' genocide. When youth suicide rates in Reservations are several times higher than the average, then yeah, that's a problem.
I don't agree with all your takes (for example I don't think the english-french union has failed or is close to failing) but I respect all the work and research that went into this video. Solid work!
it was not about living together in the same country, it was about integration, quebec has never feel integrated in the Canada, we disagree with everything, Canada wants to look like USA while quebec wants to look like Quebec, with a lot more similarity with europe, Canada have mangage to keep the US out(kinda) because Quebec is in(kinda)
I absolutely love Canada. Not because they're stereotypically friendly or because they're so much better than us Americans. But strangely, because the opposite is often found to be true. We're all one people with very similar histories and culture. We're siblings. And though we may quarrel from time to time, as siblings often do, we always have each other's backs when push comes to shove. I don't think there's a country the US really feels any closer ties to than our neighbor to the north.
Keeping the Americans out did work out in Quebec, a lot of because of the language barrier. If you look at the top 10 tv shows in Quebec, all are produced in Quebec and you have to reach ~15th place before an American show appears. It's different for movies (since we lack the budget for cgi and special effects in action movies) and music (where language is mucj less of a barrier), but the movie and music industry of Quebec are very much quite important in the province.
I think you could mention what Patrick Wolfe calls the “logic of elimination” as part of the settler colonial project to make Indigenous peoples disappear. Allan Greer has written a bit about it in the Canadian context I would highly recommend.
Canada was basically always doomed to fall into a protracted state of failure since it's inception. From the outset, the primary goal Canada set out for itself, "don't be American", was poorly define and poorly understand. Aside from not being a part of the crown, what being American is understood to be by Canadians overtime is nebulous, to say the least. With no real goal, Canada has never had any real direction, which is primarily why it bumbled into its second major failure - it's political structure. Canada's political framework was never designed to encompass territory which spanned from sea to sea. It was primarily designed to meet the needs and balance power between upper and lower Canada - Ontario and Quebec, effectively. Cramming in the western and eastern territories was the political equivalent of cramming a square peg into a round hole. These two failings contribute massively to what is probably Canada's spiciest issue - it's failed, and failing, multicultural project. With no clear goal and a broken political framework, groups that would ideally be unified wind up jockeying against each other for power. That's how you end up with a country that, on paper, preaches equality among groups, but in practices makes certain groups "more equal" than others. Examples of this manifesting would be status of Quebec and the natives, or more recently, the insane adoption of "progressive" ideas - like intersectionality - by Canadian institutions.
In the post-COVID world, for the moment Canada is on a literal level keeping Americans out. (Americans can't visit even if the American in question has a vaccination card). Really hoping for that to change.
Man, I'm a fully vaccinated American who just wants to go to Canada to eat Boston Pizza, A&W Poutine and Coffee Crisp ice cream for the first time. Is that too much to ask? It's weird that Europe is open to Americans yet Canada isn't. I had plans to go during summer of last year and here I am in summer of this year still waiting on the border to open so I can chow down on some Canada exclusive junk food that can't be shipped to the USA.
I'm surprised that in addition to the 1980 referendum, you didn't mention the 1995 Quebec referendum, where the "no" vote on sovereignty won, but only by about 1% of the vote.
@J.J.McCullough I really appreciate your videos, they give me great historical and political context for the issues that always seem to dominate the news these days.
With the difference in weapons laws, there will probably always need to be border control, but if Canadians and Americans could live and work in either country without a visa, that would be cool
It depends where you go in Europe. In some places like Normandy they still remember with gratitude the American servicemen who sacrificed their lives for the Liberty of France. You will see a lot of American flags there.
@Dan2314 Wonderluck i am hispanic, and USA is for us, like other hispanic country. Because many hispanic artist live in USA, for examplo i folow an influecer gamer who speak spanish and live in USA. thats why, maybe we view USA like a very close country. Is very common have a friend who traveled to US. I guess there are propaganda against USA, specilly from RT (Russia) Telesur (Venezuela and Iran). And in some countries like Mexico, the people could be more likely of this propaganda, but in the South (Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Brasil) these countries love too much USA.
Its similar to Anti-English sentiment we have here in Scotland. It's so weird but very clearly because the English are just so much more dominant over us and we've never liked that.
Canada in the 1850's:. "Those Americans are too obsessed with the Native Indians, they're too nice to their culture." Canada in the 2020's:. "ok, so, Muslim immigrants, we must like respect their culture instead of having a giant melting pot like those Americans where everyone assimilates."
Canadian multiculturalism has always confused me as an American... I, and I would think most people down here too would see assimilation as the best policy on Immigration, so that everyone does not have drastically different interests, language, customs, and values, and can barely even interact with each other. Assimilation of immigrants into a dominant culture is essential to keeping a nation unified, at least in my opinion.
@@bruhsoundeffect2882 Assimilation is a meme tho, there will always be differences , people will always think of their own group's interests first. Doesnt matter how hard you try to ignore it/ hide it. The melting pot just cant melt everything.
I mean you can only have universal individual rights if you get rid of systemic inequality and/or assume that everybody needs the same universal individual rights.
@@theangryholmesian4556 yeah you just probably shouldn’t have enclave ethnostates with special rights. I’m not quite sure how we have gone from thinking reservations were bullshit to now people defending their existence tooth and nail, me thinks someone found a way to profit from it.
@@Howtragicforyou No argument here. Quebec gets so much special treatment it's almost ludicrous to claim it even has 'minority' status anymore; on a political level they've learned to push their weight around to the detriment to populations which have been segregated to a much harder level by the Canadian state (particularly First Nations). I mean, yeah, getting shit on by the English is bad, no one's arguing that. But Quebec was walked thru British colonialism by the hand, & many ppls. were treated far worse, yet barely have their foot in the door of Canadian government today.
@@alexandrerochette It's not based on *ethnicity* per-se, no, but it is based on *language* & that language is seen by many (incl. those who speak that language) to pertain to an ethnicity (or more broadly, seen as *not* pertaining to certain *other* ethnicities, if you catch my admittedly oddly-worded meaning). Heck, I'd take issue w/ it even if it were *just* based on language. Personally, I think given the capacity of large governments today, *any* language can & should be enshrined as acceptable & protected under the law (& those speaking it cannot be refused services b/c they speak it). Really, the issue is why *French* is specifically enshrined & not any of a dozen other, more useful and/or more prevalent languages. You can't argue it's for practicality; it's a hold-over from when the colonial Britain couldn't get away w/ *totally* oppressing a majority-white European enclave without opening itself up to outcry from France-proper. Again, I'm *glad* somebody managed to get away without being totally oppressed by the British Empire. But I would much rather simply enshrine all languages in the Canadian constitution (such as it exists) & require no official language in government at-all. We have translators, interpreters, etc. & multi-lingual governments are clearly *possible* in the modern day; we might as well use them if it means a great civil servant who only speaks Estonian & Cantonese can contribute their skills when they otherwise couldn't. I'm probably being deliberately hyperbolic in this ex. but, really, I don't see much of a functional difference between *de-facto* privilege & *de-jure* privilege. I'm sure most ppl. who advocate for removing one are not particularly enthused by the existence of the other.
@@theangryholmesian4556 there's no such thing as systemic inequality. There's nothing in the system standing in the way of any person of any race in Canada achieving anything. We have centi-millionaires off all races and creeds.
One of my teachers told me: "If you're looking for a difference between Canadians and Americans, you will find it within their national mottos (official or otherwise). The American motto is easy to remember: 'Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.' The Canadian motto is also easy to remember, while also being tragically easy to omit from a young Canadian's education: 'Peace, Order, and Good/Responsible Government'. Vive la différence."
That phrase comes from imperial British law. Both Canada, Australia, Barbados, Hong Kong, South Africa, New Zealand and Ireland has or had this phrase in their constitutions or founding documents. Official motto of Canada is "A mari usque ad mare (From sea to sea)" and USAs is "In God We Trust". I don't find either of them particularly good.
@@Spacemongerr In God We Trust makes no sense especially since the US has freedom of religion or from it (on paper). Also, since most of the Founding Fathers were all of different religions.
@@llmeekos Yep. It would IMO be a bad motto for any country, but especially for the USA with their constitutional separation of church and state, it makes no sense. It was adopted in 1956, replacing the much better (de facto) motto "E pluribus unum" ("Out of many, one"), referring to the 13 states becoming 1 country.
I'm quebequoise but I love every provinces. I work for a big Canadian company and speak with every one across the country. And visited. It's a beautiful place. Its a shame that politicis and history. Is separating us
The history of every State of the world is either to keep all of its different people (and the territory they live) in, either to eliminate the people who don't want to be part of it. Ethiopia with Tigree, Serbia Balkans, China Tibet... Actually I think Canada is really good at it and that's the problem is the nation-state model rather than one of Canada
I love honest law abiding Americans. I always loved America and it's good people. In 2009 I went to NYC and tried to join the Marines! I walked into the Time Square recruiting booth and tried my hardest but no dice. Growing up in the seventies , watching American TV late at night was a treat! I was simply enamorued with the sign off of the ABC, NBC and CBS playing military theme songs. Been to the States quit a few times and always met fantastic people. God bless America and her people!
Don't be ridiculous I have been assured by my Canadian friends that not only is Canada completely and utterly distinct, it's also better than America, a utopia, the greatest state in all the land.
Learned that my family is mostly made up of immigrants from America. Same with most of the other people around here. I'm more American than I am British in Canada.
@@augustuslunasol10thapostle Actually, ethnically, most white Americans are of German, Italian, or Irish descent. At the very beginning it was mostly British, but there’ve been so many mass immigrations since then that even though the culture is very English-based, the people are mostly not blood-related to England.
Their actually was a huge marketing campaign to get Americans to move to Nebraska in the 1880s. "Rain follows the plow" was one of the slogans lol. We all know how well that ended... ya know with that whole dust bowl thing lol.
More populous and technologically advanced peoples have always oppressed and marginalized less populous less technologically advanced peoples. The main difference is that we 1. Left a reasonably honest written record of the misdeeds, and 2. Came to feel some regret for those misdeeds.
@@lhistorienchipoteur9968 We have to get past the idea that it's a judgement of worth. No one goes back to knapping flint after they learn to work with bronze and have a reliable source the inputs. The people who made that transition didn't become "superior" humans, they just learned something new that replaced an old technique. It's "advancing" because the process only runs in one direction (setting aside Dark Ages and other calamities).
@@mrbattowel just is it's a curse it's a blessing but it just is if we ever reach the day that we finally meet other intergalactic life at first alot of people will be afraid and hate but as they advance people will accept and embrace though undoubtedly this outcome will undoubtedly be reached faster then today's goals of wanting to see everyone as equal
Man Drew's voice and personality, but without his chaotic, slightly unwatchable videos? It's like you've harnessed the power of the river for the greater good.
As a swede, we also have these issues regarding the respect for indigenous. Much the land used for mining belongs to the Saami and our government is hesitant to let that go, for that reason we also havent signed UNDRIP
JJ threatened to banish me to Canada if I didn't read these lines
Oh no...
We californians would freeze, canadas like our kyriptonite
Hello papi drewuwu.
I feel dirty for having said that. I'm sorry.
Oh boy
*you are going to canada*
Drew Durnil voice cameo lol JJ you thought we wouldn’t notice 😂
We would notice our senpai
@@Dcliddellparanormal yeah we all know drew durnil
i was like “why the hell does this guy sound like drew durnil”
lol I heard his voice and was confused for a second before going to the comment section to confirm
You ready for halo infinite soldier
Canadian nationalism is always
“We aren’t American”
@JOSEPH PHELPS then one day you would have found your white house razed to flames by your "new americans". 🤣🤣
@JOSEPH PHELPS would be a bad plan, new states would most likely vote Democrat
That wouldn’t be smart.
@JOSEPH PHELPS good job getting every single nation to hate us Actually they already do. But good job getting every nation to hate us more
Edit: I'm not saying his comment will get more people to hate the U.S.A, I'm saying if he annexed canada everyone would hate us
Mexicans: yes, you are.
As an American who moved here 10 years ago, it amazes me how similiar we are, I don't think there's any other pair of countries in the world that's more similar. Yet seldomly do my Canadian friends wanna acknowledge it lol
It depends on what part of Canada you are in, as like the States, we vary from region to region. That said, you are quite correct. The only national Identity we have is "being polite/kind." For the most part. Despite over-performing in every war we've fought in, having the 4th largest Navy at the end of WW2, among other things.
So as America has the "Rude" stereotype, we're juxtaposed to be against you. Mind you, some of the kindest people I have ever met were from Texas, and some of the meanest I've ever met were in Ontario or Quebec. As Canadian's we aren't really allowed any kind of Nationalism, except about our silly little identity as being "Polite". So people cling to that.
Basically we're so culturally suppressed that many cling to the only thing we are allowed like addicted goblins. Like that kid in school, who's only good at one thing, and is super one-dimensional because of it, but also gets super mad when anyone else is also good at that thing.
I Agree--I lived in chicago for 3 yrs and had no trouble whatsoever blending in to my american cousins. Very similar culture, values and outlook on life.
@@HauntingSpectre "..Basically we're so culturally suppressed.."???? How so? Canada is one of the most culturally diverse countries compared to most.
@@daniel213141 Yes, Canada is so culturally diverse that you'll find every culture but Canadian culture here.
That's the point. It's drowned out, and ignored in favor of foreign cultures. Which leaves us with what. Maple syrup, Poutine and being polite / Hating Americans.
And even if we're all Canadian, we can't celebrate Chinese, or Japanese, or whatever other cultures are brought here -- if you are not from that culture -- because it's deemed racist or offensive.
@@HauntingSpectre Canada's identity is redefined with every wave of immigration, I'm not sure why anybody would have a problem with that. I've been celebrating Chinese new year for 40 years or Vaisakhi Day Parades in Vancouver. When this becomes an integral part of yearly celebrations it enhances culture in this country. I can only see that as a positive.
Was expecting pessimistic doomer jj arc very disappointed
As to be expected of a (somewhat conservative but ultimately) _fIlThY cEnTrIsT_
I’m pessimistic about the chances of optimism to be fair.
he needs to grow a beard and wear an eyepatch
@@JJMcCullough damn thats deep
His perspective on Canadian-American relationships are quite gloomy to me
It's interesting to see the parallels between English Canada's fear of disappearing into the US and French Canada's fear of disappearing into English Canada.
Both of those things have happened and anyone who believes anything different, is utterly delusional...
@@juliadocherty7783 The simple fact that Canada is a metric country, yet Canadians use Imperial units for cooking is a sign that Canada is America's hat (to quote How I met your mother)
@@user-xg6zz8qs3q Imperial units come from the UK, brits also use imperial for cooking, height and body weight.
You can cite countless examples of this phenomenon throughout all of history. Two that come to mind immediately are Wales not wanting to be subsumed into Britain and pretty much everyone in classic Europe struggling against being subsumed into Rome.
I honestly find it genuinely interesting when media are trying to make Montreal over Tampa Bay as the team to cheer for in the NHL playoffs. Feel much more attached to Tampa Bay than Montreal.
I love how JJ looks like he’s the back up singer for a 70’s funk band
But he’s still sexy as hell!!!!!
He looks like the singer from The Doors
@@Shadow77999 I'm surprised there are people in this world who don't know Jim Morrison's name.
He's not
Little known fact:
J.J. was a Gaffer for FUBAR for 1-1/2 weeks, holding that auspicious position for nearly twice as long as anyone else in history !
Lol
I often think of Canadian Anti-Americanism being like having a brother who lives next door who plays his music loudly. You may get along but sometimes you just want to be alone with your own thoughts.
@Gwyn and Gold what is a slippery slope fallacy?
@Gwyn and Gold or that we just like to point out were a different country and have are our history, slang, idols, foods etc. Not just a bloody 51st state of the US.
@worm on a string What is the difference between a Canadian's superiority complex and an American's "patriotism"?
@worm on a string you are a true patriot
@Gwyn and Gold
“Ooooooooo communism! Ooooooooooooo.”
-Conservatives commenter shining a flashlight under his chin.
Canada has failed in keeping its Southern neighbors out, but the US has also failed in keeping its Southern neighbors out, so maybe keeping Souther neighbors out is just too difficult lol
Mexico has also failed in keeping it's southern neighbors out lmao
Nah I live in South Carolina and we struggle keeping the northerners out.
@@baronvonjo1929 Florida is the weirdest place of all. The further north you go, the more southern it gets.
such racism for people living in the south. No wonder all of humanity has failed.
@@shocktrauma85 Bro, those are the most truthful words I have ever seen. You nailed it, that's Florida.
This is like Hayao Miyazaki saying, “Anime was a mistake.”
And he was as right about that as I am right about this.
@@JJMcCullough You are so much spicier in the comments than in the videos, it's funny.
@@JJMcCullough based
Film was a mistake
@@Serocco Even speaking big mistake
Oh and rule 4: dispute Denmark with some stupid islands
EDIT: God damn it, this aged like milk.
hahaha
Hans Island is holy Canadian clay!
Unhabitable islands*
Disputes over islands no one really cares about? Just like their mother 🇬🇧
Sea territorial is important tho
As an American married to a Canadian, I'm always interested in learning more about Canada, and JJ's TH-cam essays are, I think, among the best sources I've found. He cuts through the shibboleths and platitudes and offers insightful commentary. I've learned a lot. Thank you JJ.
That's a bold title for someone in annexation range
I'm like that rage face meme where he is crying and angry and I'm like "WHY WON'T YOU ANNEX ME??"
@@JJMcCullough quick someone make a soy and chad wojack!
@@JJMcCullough we annexed Alaska out of boredom and because we could. You don’t think we’re looking at Canada? 😏
@@Sound557 bruh we bought Alaska
@@nikarshadsulaiman9614 I know- Canada is just the meat in an America sandwich
"Canada has failed".
Sweet. Montana is about to get a LOT bigger.
😳
Emphasis on *lot*
Finally. Montana Reich
HANDS OFF
Its time to make Montana Great Again!!!!
> Trying to get the natives to somehow disappear
Australia: *sweats intensely*
It's only natrual
Brazil : first time
New Zealand: *looks away*
Sweden: amateurs
@@zooteriasuitdooter9305 what the? Sweden??????? What did Sweden do?
"CANADA. HAS. FAILED."
Flashes to post-apocalyptic, war-torn abandoned city. Robber runs out and grabs a bottle of maple syrup- "Oh, hey, sorry there, gotta take this, you know?"
Armed vigiliante rises from behind shot-up car, cocks gun, "oh you better put that back there or I'm gunna haveta shoot ya, you know?"
*raises hockey stick* you might want to re-think that, eh?
Well...in Vancouver's Stanley Cup riot
They looted a Chapters
"Dude...check out this outstanding anthology of medieval Norse literature I snagged!"
Somehow....that's kind of.....impressive
As a Canadian, I would say make more maple syrup
Hey, there, sorry but I think the armed vigilante sounds like he's from Minnesota, don'cha know.
@@scottadler well Minnesotans I’ve met have freely admitted that they actually are Canadians… I guess the more American kind lol
I was expecting Drew to go off his script and start talking about country balls.
Look at no no Germany
Take me home.
no no America (Confederate States of America.)
no no Germany (Nazi Germany.)
Remember folks, in the animated movie "Meet the Robinsons," there is a future timeline where the United States annexed all of Canada as "North Montana"
Best Montana
Shit that's what it is in the english version? In the french one its Australia who had been annexed and renamed South Canada.
Alberta could only wish for such a future
@@InfamousAustinT0 Albertans and Montanans hold so many values and ways of life in common it would be a very easy union. We both have high enjoyment of the outdoors, hold value in having public lands for all to use, hunting and fishing.
Truly the brightest of futures.
For such a click-baity title, this was super interesting and thoughtful. I love getting this sort of insight into our neighbors to the north; I know we're mostly pretty similar, but that makes these little diffferences kind of that much more interesting.
Given that Canada was started when Queen Victoria was young and the imperial mindset was found everywhere in the world at the time it is unrealistic to expect Canada to have been somehow more enlightened than the rest of the world.
Example
Agreed, and I would argue for the time, the Father's of Confederation were actually more enlightened/forward looking than similar countries from that time period, like Germany or Italy.
That's not to excuse their decisions, good or bad, but in their own time they were sincerely trying to build a great nation of the future.
She was 48. That's not young.
@@bradjohnston8193 she hadn't been in power for very long.
@@the4tierbridge Naawwww, only 30 years . . .
5th generation Albertan here. If it wasn't for native families, my great great grandparents would have never made it through the first few winters. My grandfather could speak fluent Cree, my father, brother, and myself can also speak a fair amount. I can't imagine life without my native brothers and sisters. This is actually a common story for many families who settled in the West. Religious zealots were the main problem.
And still are.
The native heritage in my current family and my ancestors runs strong. Even my job and community is influenced by chiefs and tribal councils. My wife is even status.
When I was a teenager, I had lived in the states for a few years and my friend came down to visit. Now, when I had lived in Canada I had either never heard any anti-american talk or was too young to know what the hell they were talking about. When my friend came down she suddenly just started ragging on America hard, and I didn't understand it at all. I was just like "well, I live here, and it doesn't seem too bad." At the same time she always talked about how inexpensive things were here and how happy that made her...
I've never been a very nationalistic person, probably by virtue of the fact that was born in Canada, with duel citizenship, to an American dad, and a Canadian mom, who's parents immigrated from Germany and Austria. It's always been strange to me to see people who extol only the virtues of their country while criticizing the faults of other countries.
I used to live in Burlington, Washington (State), and at our local Mega-Grocery Store (Fred Meyer), I would see Canadians in both SUVs and literally, Motor Homes, lined up to buy Cheap American Gasoline before sneaking back over the border some 100 kilometres away! Just to piss them off (I like to piss people off), I would walk by (after filling up my Volkswagen Rabbit) and say "What kind of Communists ARE you, eh?" It worked every time.
The greatest virtue of the US is Geographic... no matter how terrible our leadership is the fact that we have the best land in the world keeps stupid from breaking things too bad.
I hope you now realize that politics is complicated. Free trade wrecked our economy southwards the way it affected your economy southward. So when you talk to people in the midwest, you certainly hear complaints about Mexico, where their jobs disappeared to.
But mexicans are now pissed off because SO many americans are buying property there. Same thing here. Nationalism is an odd construction that never really existed until a short time ago historically. Nationalism is essentially the propaganda from the dominant 'tribe' that is trying to keep subject tribes in line. Now its been long enough that those are 'classes', and in the future it may even turn into 'castes'.
But when Trump slapped tariffs on products one day as a whim that put thousands of canadians out of work, you can't expect people not to notice. At the same time we have a crooked poultry and dairy supply side management system which means here in the east we pay a fortune for chicken and milk, even more savings than gas come from going to the US. People regularly spend the weedend before thanksgiving making a road trip. Thats something different, and obviouslys something different than when america invaded Iraq, and the popular media started bashing Canada all over the news becouse we didn't join in the illegal war. Canadians travelling to the US reported getting harassed BY americans, not just government, again, for not joining a patently illegal war that basically destabilized most of the middle east and lots of europe with the refugees it created.
Any different one of those things can pop into a persons head. In general terms until Trump most people didn't think THAT much about the states, but when a world power with a history of invading people kind of goes off the rails, people tend to notice. When that trucker protest happened in Canada there WAS a real fear that more like minded people from the US may come up and join them, and our police and military isn't the american one, even a SMALL attempt at destabilization would probably have serious consequences.
@@mikearchibald744 Trump isn't even president anymore. Get over it.
@@Sid4president These comments are over three months old, get over it.
bruh I wasn't expecting drew 😂
same
@@etienneracine-hebert9870 it says u commented 6 mins ago but soda 5 mins...
Drew caught me off guard
Nobody expects the Spa.... I mean Drew Durnill
I mean, they did collabed through Spaghetti road
I'm American and I love the Canadians, I live in Buffalo, NY and we visit Canada often and we come across many Canadians here! Love to Canada and I know many Americans feel the same way!
I love Canada and Canadians and live in Rochester
I grew up in Michigan and I don't mind Canadians outside of hockey season. Once october rolls around all bets are off. Let's go Red Wings.
When I was a kid, I hated Americans because that was what was expected. Then I had one teacher in high school challenge me to state objectively what the source of that was and I could not do it
I understand objectivity is now racist
@@johnhannibal5108 Sorry to hear that, I always thought of Canada and Mexico as the best neighbors any country could ever have. Best wishes!!
@@sierrachoco5271 I grew up with the same sentiments, although it felt more like a rivalry based off Canadian insecurity, rather than genuine hate. Honestly, American culture informs so much of Canadian culture that many Canadians will claim that their constitutional rights are being violated when the government does something they don't like. Canada doesn't have a constitution. But we did get Popeye's recently and goddamn that chicken sandwich is good.
The most shocking thing I learnt about this video on Canada is that there are no snakes in Ireland.
Well of course there are no snakes in Ireland... _now._
@@brianhiles8164 there never was
@@yetekt8025 There never WERE.
@@yetekt8025 how?
Legend has it that they were chased out by Saint Patrick.
I find it interesting that on some level all the former white British colonies are "failing" on their original national goals. The 3 Canadian themes mentioned; Australia with their former White Australia policies and very late recognition of aborigines; and New Zealand being built on a treaty that was ignored by the colonial government and then trying to correct that since the 70s but still having a native population that is consistently underperforming on all metrics. Australia and New Zealand also having shared foundation myths also kinda have to deal with new immigrants that don't share the cultural bond the nations shared; especially important since European New Zealanders are probably more likely to adhere to the belief that Maori are entitled to the rights and freedoms guaranteed in the treaty.
As much as the former British colonies like to display their difference to the United States, and the problems the US has (the continuous racism problem etc), the US national project allows it to grow I believe since the national myth isn't as siloed into immoral or unachievable goals. Something I think a lot of Canadian, Australian, and New Zealanders sometimes forget as they champion themselves as being "better".
I think this is very astute.
The “continued racism problem” is nowhere near as big or prevalent as the media wants you to think
@Sam shocking as it may be, the US is one of the least racist countries in the world
@Sam it exists everywhere.
@@nittanyburg20 i think the us is the country where racism is most talked about. This gives the illusion that it’s very racist but it probably just as or even less racist that any western country.
Remember that forced and willing assimilation are two different things because apparently people seems to forget that and it shouldn’t be needed to say that a white guy enjoying asian food isn’t the same as stealing children to adopt them to white parents
Kinda sad there is a Canadian anti-American sentiment. I’ve always found that we generally think very well of Canada and it’s people.
Brace yourself as you later find out there is an anti-american sentiment everywhere in the world
While it is unfortunate, it's also pretty justified considering the USA has done and continues to do so many horrible things on par with Nazism. In fact, I once saw a post which basically read that Australia, Canada and the USA were like three brothers: two became highly successful entrepreneurs and the third became a crazed serial killer. The last part is kind of ironic considering that the USA has had more serial killers in its history (Bundy, Dahmer, Gacy, etc.) than any other country combined, AND is currently number one in mass/school shootings.
Not all of us..! Alberta is like the Texas of Canada, and we like our guns and freedom. We think well and speak good about our American brethren!
As a person living in Ireland, I can confirm, there are no snakes here
Not even one?
Not even in a zoo?
Well, very rarrly some people...
You drove them to extinctions with "whacking days"?
Ahh man
When I saw the title, I thought this would be informing me that Canada passed that stupid CanCon TH-cam law.
Well, they did too
hopefully it will be quashed in the Senate
@@mathieuleader8601 Unlikely, as much as that is like the one good thing the senate could ever do, it would still be massively over-turning the "will of the people". Although tit might trigger some constitutional rearranging so you never know
@@JJMcCullough Ouch, sorry about that.
@@BenjaminDurette Maybe you can still hope that Queen Elizabeth II will explicitly withhold royal assent!
I guess it sounds more dramatic to say "Canada Has Failed" than "The original goals set out by the ruling class when Canada first became a country are no longer relevant and have been thankfully abandoned due to massive demographic, cultural, geopolitical and generational shifts that have taken place over the decades".
Good luck putting all of the latter as a TH-cam title
I mean other than “making the natives disappear” why should we be “thankful” that the goals (allegedly) aren’t relevant
@@Kornilovite Honestly, I'm more of a Pro City States.
@@Kornilovite Do you not want trade and cultural exchange with the US?
And it certainly doesn't hurt his view counter.
I'm a born and bred New Englander, and I find myself constantly forgetting that the Canadian boarder is anything other than a slightly more inconvenient toll booth.
It would be nice to have a more open boarder, to be honest. I'd go visit more.
Yeah I’m a New Englander myself and I have an S.O. In Canada and it would be nice to travel without the inconvenience of the border.
We. Do. Not. Agree.
You visit often enough.
Sorry.
That's spelled B O R D E R , you hoser!
No thanks
Crossing the border used to be easy for both Americans and Canadians. Then 9/11 occurred and the US tightened the rules significantly and began requiring passports. Of course, all that did in my opinion was to make things more difficult for people on both sides of border. And recently the pandemic really tightened things up.
Scotland sounds like a woke version of Quebec.
@Pro Semite likely referencing Humza Yusuf
Quebec is a Joke
Quebec is Canada's "South" in the American sense.
@@masterpython No.
You’ve clearly never visited Scotland.
I don’t know if you know this, but your videos have been extremely helpful for me as a new immigrant in Canada. I feel I’m getting context of what’s going on here from your perspective about Canada. So, thank you!
I feel the same way. Thank you, J.J.
The Snakes in Ireland bit made me laugh not going to lie.
I love America and I'm Canadian. Definitely not anti American in my house.
This is propaganda made by health insurance companies
you just wouldt want an american in your house, unless your a bed and breakfast
As an American...thx.
"Gunless" is one of my favorite Canadian American movies on TH-cam 😊
@@shadowcween7890 ugh classic leftist statement you really think this is propaganda just because he is conservative he is not anti Canadian he loves his country he knows that Canada has many pros but he is just explaining Canada flaws there is no problem in acknowledging a country's Flaws I am an American I know that America has flaws and that we should fix them America isn perfect neither is Canada or any other country
@@bradley8575 I'm probably Wrong, but I think they were referring to the Anti-American Socialism as being Propaganda.
I enjoyed this video a lot! It both made me wonder if it was possible to evaluate a nation based on a summary of its founders’ goals (assuming such could be done for every nation today) like the three given here and wonder what new goals nations could or have establish/established for themselves today regardless of whether they have failed, succeeded, etc the original goals. Maybe even come up with a grading scale for nations about the original/founders’ goals and on the progress of new goals (if any). Kinda like a S, A, B, C, D, E, F grading scale or even add in ++, +, -, - -, if the scale needed to be more thorough. Or something.
This was very interesting to go through each of the three and learn more deeply about each. I also enjoyed the way you ended the video with a look to the future. Although I feel like there’s a possible meme that could develop with you saying “in the year 1867” (or “in the year [insert year]”) given how often you had to say it in this video. Overall an excellent video!
"(Canada) is the most anti-American country"
North Korea: Am I a joke to you?
Yes.
Canada is the most American anti-American country I've ever seen.
@@Strideo1 anti white
how do you define being anti-white?
@@lukeh2556 he can't. Because a white nation cannot be anti white, he is paranoid
As a french canadian, I think it's important to note that we're taught through our history textbooks that the federal government has tried to "assimilate" the french catholics into english protestants since the very beginning of Canada just like the natives, and in response to all that we've been in a "fighting" stance to protect our culture.
What's your general take on this issue?
Are you in favour of quebec being its own country or not just some weird wacky quirky canadian province?
I would like to know your opinion on this as you put big emphasise on some words there?
Assimilation was more of a British policy than a Canadian one. I feel like the more accurate grievance is just being under “English domination.”
@@deutschelehrer69 I think it's important to cherish the french culture. You're told your ancestors have fought tooth and nail for it for more than 200 years, so you feel some responsibility to keep it alive. But making Quebec a country I find ridiculous. There's a lot of people I know who think that and I feel like they only have tunnel vision.
@@JJMcCullough I guess that a lot of French-Canadians outside of Quebec suffered from "British policies" even after 1867 then.
Depends, Canada had some post-1867 moments that were pretty bad. Like in the 1890's then Manitoba banned French and restricted French schools and 1912 regulation 17 in Ontario that shut down French public schools... It was "more" of a British policy yes... But (the dominion of) Canada was not entirely innocent of that either.
Sources:
www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/manitoba-schools-question#:~:text=Manitoba%20Legislation%20on%20Schools%2C1890%20to%201916,-The%20Manitoba%20schools&text=In%20March%201890%2C%20the%20same,An%20Act%20respecting%20Public%20Schools.
news.ontario.ca/en/release/35963/ontario-apologizes-for-1912-law-on-french-in-schools
I'm from the U.S. and I (apparently) still have a noticeably Canadian component to my accent because I lived in Ithaca, New York for six years when I was a kid and had a Canadian best friend with Canadian parents. My arch nemesis in elementary school happened to be the son of the Cornell hockey coach, who had just as much power in New York as a football coach would have in the southeastern U.S. You guys influence us, too!
It's a shame that the U.S. doesn't have a similarly close relationship with Mexico--or rather, that we're still trying to deny our closeness with Mexico the way that Canada tried to deny their closeness with us. Maybe in a couple more decades, having a good relationship with Mexico won't be so controversial.
The US has a very friendly relationship with Mexico. I hope you're not confusing one political candidate who attacks almost everything with the US.
the weird thing is american businesses certainly have a closeness and great relationships with mexico as they have alot of factories in mexico now.
@@subparnaturedocumentary, probably because it's a lot cheaper to hire Mexicans than Americans... oh, who am I kidding, of course that's the reason.
The US-Mexico relationship is pretty different from Canada, because the overarching culture of the US and Canada are so similar one who doesn't know North American history would find it confusing why they're different countries at all. Whereas only a certain part of the US has cultural similarity with Mexico, and that part is unsurprising the part that used to belong to Mexico. So, I don't really see the parallel you're trying to make here.
@@occam7382 dont forget the corporate tax break incentives as well.
As someone from Ontario who has been dating a guy from Pennsylvania for over 13 years,. I would love to see something making it easier for long distance couples from Canada and America to more easily get together and start their lives. But, obviously from my description, I do have a personal bias here.
I’m from Massachusetts who’s in a long distance relationship with a girl in Ontario. Four years strong. If they could make it easier for us to get together that would be fantastic. I wish you and your partner the best!
Let's just say that it is a lot harder to enter the US than it is to come to Canada, pandemic notwithstanding.
Hey another Pennsylvanian cool
I'm not sure why you're having so much trouble. My spouse was able to get permanent residence in Canada 6-8 months after our marriage. It's not that hard just keep records of your relationship and pay an immigration lawyer 4-5k to do your paperwork.
My wife (Québecoise) and I traded visits for 6.5 years before marrying in Canada. Immigration was easy, because we kept good records for the paperwork, and never gave CBP or CBSA the idea that either of us would violate the terms of visitor status. Join an online cross-border couple forum to learn what to do and what not to do. Customs and Immigration in both countries are reasonable, but they get excited if you say or do things that make them doubt you are just visiting.
Gave me a mini heart-attack when the video went private. Glad it’s back.
Same I was at 10 minutes in earlier
the drew durnil appearance caught me off guard😂
As a person of indigenous background (from BC), I have an ancestor who got away from one of the residential schools and "somehow disappeared" on a bridge. A few decades later, here I am watching this video in Ontario lol. Love your content man keep up the good work! 🤙👍
Do you know what tribe? (I don't know the correct terminology, sorry)
With talks of Quebec becoming a nation within Canada, does that mean the French language will not longer be required in the rest of Canada? The whole point was the preservation of French culture and language, but with an ethno-state, that is already achieved. Further, will the French language be required for high government positions? Or is this declaration more symbolic? And nothing will really change besides semantic.
French was never required unless you had a position in the governement ( which makes sense because you cant represent people if you cant communicate with them ), but its more of a symbolic thing imo. It's just a show of "power" to be like "hey, Quebec is Quebec and were different, thats it". They just wrote down what was already in between the lines.
tbh i’m from quebec and i wouldn’t really care. i can use english when i’m in the rest of canada and if we have the right as a province to only use french then the other provinces should have the right to only use english.
As long as trudeau is around, the rest of Canada will continue to be forced to incorporate French into everything. In fact he will push for even more if he thinks it will make Quebec happy and get him more votes.
@@yutiros5174 meme chose, le canada na jamais été bilingue cetais juste une mesure de pierre trudeau pour calmer les franciphones au quebec et en acadie, je veu que le quebec sois francophone apres si en alberta persone aprle francais je men fou pas mal.
It is really more symbolic than anything. This is like Quebec saying : we speak French and the Federal government being like : we agree about that.
Plot Twist: Drew and J.J live together and have been silently growing their own channels for years
No nothing is happening they are just RoOmAtEs
@@bathamsteryt Well Drew is Gay for Kim Jong-Un so I guess JJ just kinda awkwardly chills with em
@@StateoftheWorld jj said he dated a Australia guy in one of the videos that he was looking at the coins with half asleep Chris and I know I shouldn't assume but I think that jj is gay or bi
@@bathamsteryt interesting
@@bathamsteryt JJ is gay, he said it multiple times, the latest video in which he stated it was his last flags video
As a Native American my family's history is so sad and we lost almost all our culture... My tribe specifically has been fighting 50+ years to get our land back in Virginia.
as a Ukrainian it's also sad. My family lost their land from the Russians. One member was put ion Auschiwitz. They prayed to be conquered by Hitler it was so bad. Of course since I'm white )the colour of my skin) I carry the moral guilt for the indigenous people. We give free school, houses, no tax, preferential job placements, .... We're criminals in Canada it seems. I don't get anything back from Russia.... Since the 1990s the school scandal has never stopped.
@@MicahMicahel you aren't guilty your ancestors were. This whole line of thought is wrong. The sins of the father are not the sins of his children.
@@MicahMicahel look I don't blame White people for what happened, it was a while ago it doesn't pertain to the last couple generations. Of course the effects of what happened are still very much prevalent and like I said, my family was killed. I can't forget that. But it was because they were weak and unable to defend themselves that they were conquered/defeated. You feel guilty for being white? Is that it? That's quite selfish honestly you didn't even have anything to do with it. Feeling guilt/regret over something isn't gonna do you any good just be stronger and learn.
Why didn't your family stop them before they took the land
@@cop-killer- because dimwit using bows and arrows against European live ammunition rounds in guns isn't very effective.
The American similarity is what makes me laugh the most when I think about how South Park depicts Canadians, they're virtually the exact same culturally so they had to give them square wheeled cars and bizarre royal weddings involving cap'n'crunch
Yeah but those are all true though. The mushroom people of Nova Scotia are an actual protected group.
Canada has the EXACT same intl telephone access code as the US (+1). That's how independent they are. I know no other country this important that shares their access code with their neighbour.
I was pretty sure this was fake, but here's my like.
it could be one to nine... such a big deal. where do you live you know what its like in cape breton? might as well be britagne france
Until recently, most of the Caribbean had the same international +1 code as well. It's called the North American Numbering Plan, look it up it's interesting
I think all or most British Commonwealth countries drive on left side of road with Canada likely being the only exception.
Canada copied the us. That’s why they’re that “similar”. No offense to our neighbors, but they copied the u.s. They did. Differences are in language tone and or dialect and accent.
Video was taken down while I was watching lol! Either way I enjoy the content! Drew cameo was not expected but greatly appreciated
Drew has came out of the Reddit-countryball hell and got a cameo
Lmao
I miss his AI plays videos
@@TheApsodist we all do...
"Getting the natives to disappear": Canada, US, Mexico, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rico, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina,...have I missed anybody? Oh, Australia. Ya, it sucks.
In Chile, the genocide of native people in the southern part of the country is known as the "Pacificación de la Araucanía" which translates to "Pacification of the Araucanía", Araucanía being the region that was inhabited by the indigenous people. That was the name the project got on its time, and it stuck as a kind of satirical take on what was such a violent and horrible project under such a non-violent name
Even the native tribes tried to exterminate other tribes.
@@2010kb1 People seem to ignore that fact.
@@2010kb1 yep
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@J.J.McCollough 👍
I really enjoy the videos you make. They can be full of meaningful information about our snowy obscure country, while remaining interesting and engaging. This, while portraying Canada in its multi-faceted complexity for those abroad.
Thank you.
Cheers
Thank you! Where are you from?
I just found out your channel, I'm a Quebecer but I'm gonna move in another province and I love to see the perspectives of other provinces, I LOVE your videos
that's all I had to say
Moving out of Qc is also on my to-do list once I qualify for early retirement. I have a sister and nephew now living in Calgary, it won't make sense to stay in Qc for my elder days.
"...except in Manitoba."
When I was in school in Saskatchewan, all of Social Studies seemed to be about the Northwest Rebellion, which happened in Saskatchewan (albeit led buy the same guy who led the Red River Rebellion in Manitoba, to which you refer).
We covered that extensively in Northwestern Ontario too.
BC here, we spent a lot of time on the red river rebellion
we learn about that alot in quebec too
Hey JJ, love your videos. On the language topic, I don't get why Québec being declared officially French speaking would be different from the rest of the provinces being unilingually English speaking. I'm a french canadian living in Ontario, and I love living here. My culture has taught me to resist assimilation by promoting the french language and keep using it on a daily basis. I don't think everyone has intentions of assimilating us, but it is a natural phenomenon created by the difference in numbers. Keep up the good work. 👍
None of the other provinces are unilateral English speaking. It's certainly not in the constitution.
@@JJMcCullough It is de facto.
@@Leopold_van_Aubel It's de jure in Quebec? Though?
@@jeffforsythe9514 I can't tell if this is a joke or not
@@jeffforsythe9514 please explain, I'm genuinely curious
The Canada-US border has hardened significantly since 9/11 which isn't good for anyone on either side. A Europe-style open borders treaty with the US would be a bit too much once you consider the fact that Canada would have to adopt America's far more restrictive visa policy, but greater cooperation between the two sides can make the border crossing far easier and smooth than it is currently.
specially if you live in thoses borders towns
It's oke Canada. We Dutchies will always love you and keep sending you tullips every year!!!!
dankjewel!
Ah, they'll always have Amsterdam ...
I’m Dutch through my parents but born in Canada. Looking forward to visiting my family in The Netherlands! I love Canada too. Very relaxed here where I live.
We love the Dutch here too. Cheers Dutchies from a canuck
Are you still need nutmeg?
It’s official: Drew is one of the Big History TH-camrs now
How to combat Quebec becoming the “nation” thing, but passive-aggressively:
All Canadian provinces now call themselves nations. City of Toronto now calls itself The Toronto Nation. The corner store is now The Corner Nation.
Wow you're saying so Much bs. Sorry but we're a nation and it's not your stupid comment Who would prove others
wise.
Jokes on you, we're into that shit.
quebec has distinc cultural and ethnic from the rest of canada
Drew's voice fits all these snide, self-righteous, old dudes lol
He is from California
JJ's Canadian Nationalism video isn't award winning 😔
Edit: How did my funny comment spark an argument about Judaism?
He is Jewish, and will always be loyal to his own ethnos first.
You can look back in his videos, when he took the trip to Israel that is a program available to all non-israeli jews. It is a free trip offered to all jews, which he took, and in those videos he did slip in some support for Zionist imperialism
@@DarkOfTheMist umm, firstly OP was commenting on how when JJ referenced his video on left wing nationalism he didn't make the normal joke of saying "Oh, in my award winning video, so and so", not actually commenting on JJ's stance on nationalism.
Secondly, while I'm no Zionist or Palestine-basher, your words are a little on the nose with the anti-semitism there bud.
@Daniel Doucet implying that he "will always be loyal to his own ethnos first" just because he is jewish in the very first sentence is rich (i dont even acc know if jj is jewish)
@@aotoda486 haha I get it haha, "a little oh the nose" haha 😅
is JJ even jewish
Drew : narrates
Me : [visible confusion]
I wish there was free movement between Canada, the US, and Mexico. Mainly cause I'm one of the few to have family in all three.
No way. We don't want unruly people in our peaceful nation thank you.
Free movement between the U.S. and Canada might work, but until all the immigration issues get sorted out, it wouldn't work with Mexico.
@@bernardoohigginsvevo2974 judging by the way the Americans displayed blatant stupidity during covid 19 pandemic.. I would say no way. We need to keep Canada clean and just the way it is.
@@picklepoppers8223 I agree, a free movement policy between the U.S. and Canada would have to be implemented once covid is under control.
@@bernardoohigginsvevo2974 we all saw the way Americans behaved during the pandemic that claimed 1 million lives. So it's not happening ever and that is the way it should be.
Y'know, I think it's really interesting how many nations have a smaller neighboring nation that share many of the same traits as the larger. US and Canada, Germany and Austria, Spain and Portugal, Australia and New Zealand, etc. I wonder why.
I think it's just because country borders are often very arbitrary things. There's no real rhyme or reason why one place is a country and another thing isn't. China is a gigantic country, and then St. Lucia is also a country. The United States is a country defined by its diversity, Pakistan is a country defined by its "purity." There's no consistency here.
Always two there are: master and apprentice
Argentina and Uruguay
Legault is an idiot if he thinks English Quebecers are on board with this. It is idiocy
@@marklittle8805 I agree. I like Quebec for the best of what it is, not for the way it/they abuse(s) me.
Great essay. Reminds me of a CBC ideas talk from about 8 years ago that claimed that the failure to come to grips with the genocide of the First Nations is (already then) an existential issue for Canada.
I'd love to see you produce more of these thoughtful and thorough essays on the topic, particularly with native guest speakers.
If it's a genocide then how come there are more natives in Canada today then there were when the first Europeans arrived? And their numbers are on the ascendant. If Canada engaged in a genocide of its natives then country obviously did a very bad job of it. In fact out of all the demographic groups in Canada only the white demographic is declining and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future until its number declines to a point where it is less than what the natives are today. That is assuming Canada still exists as a country at that point. And when we reach that point will we call that a genocide or no?
I'd love to see him use his page to host more in depth talks on Indigenous issues in Canada from Indigenous people.
The key is not just discussing it from a non-Indig perspective, as it's said "nothing about us without us"
@@AhPook55 When you find the mass graves of children in Residential Schools, then, yeah, it's a friggin' genocide. When youth suicide rates in Reservations are several times higher than the average, then yeah, that's a problem.
I don't agree with all your takes (for example I don't think the english-french union has failed or is close to failing) but I respect all the work and research that went into this video. Solid work!
Trudeau just paved the way for Quebec independence and lack of any integration into Canada. This is horrible.
Why do you think this
The fact that Quebec wants to be a sovereign nation just goes to show how much Canada has failed in many ways.
it was not about living together in the same country, it was about integration, quebec has never feel integrated in the Canada, we disagree with everything, Canada wants to look like USA while quebec wants to look like Quebec, with a lot more similarity with europe, Canada have mangage to keep the US out(kinda) because Quebec is in(kinda)
I absolutely love Canada. Not because they're stereotypically friendly or because they're so much better than us Americans. But strangely, because the opposite is often found to be true. We're all one people with very similar histories and culture. We're siblings. And though we may quarrel from time to time, as siblings often do, we always have each other's backs when push comes to shove. I don't think there's a country the US really feels any closer ties to than our neighbor to the north.
Keeping the Americans out did work out in Quebec, a lot of because of the language barrier. If you look at the top 10 tv shows in Quebec, all are produced in Quebec and you have to reach ~15th place before an American show appears.
It's different for movies (since we lack the budget for cgi and special effects in action movies) and music (where language is mucj less of a barrier), but the movie and music industry of Quebec are very much quite important in the province.
And for Canada all the top tv shows are mainly from the US
@White Kings88 Alberta isn’t real Canada
@White Kings88 Its understandable Alberta is more similar to the US than Quebec. A lot of québécois prefers France than the rest of Canada.
@White Kings88 No we like France but it's still a foreign country. We would prefer be independent than join France.
@White Kings88 And yes the unfamous Toronto elite. One thing uniting french and english canadians across the country is our hate of Toronto lmao.
I think you could mention what Patrick Wolfe calls the “logic of elimination” as part of the settler colonial project to make Indigenous peoples disappear. Allan Greer has written a bit about it in the Canadian context I would highly recommend.
I've learned more about Canada in the last 4 days, then in my 29 years on earth. Thanks man.
Canada was basically always doomed to fall into a protracted state of failure since it's inception.
From the outset, the primary goal Canada set out for itself, "don't be American", was poorly define and poorly understand. Aside from not being a part of the crown, what being American is understood to be by Canadians overtime is nebulous, to say the least. With no real goal, Canada has never had any real direction, which is primarily why it bumbled into its second major failure - it's political structure.
Canada's political framework was never designed to encompass territory which spanned from sea to sea. It was primarily designed to meet the needs and balance power between upper and lower Canada - Ontario and Quebec, effectively. Cramming in the western and eastern territories was the political equivalent of cramming a square peg into a round hole.
These two failings contribute massively to what is probably Canada's spiciest issue - it's failed, and failing, multicultural project. With no clear goal and a broken political framework, groups that would ideally be unified wind up jockeying against each other for power. That's how you end up with a country that, on paper, preaches equality among groups, but in practices makes certain groups "more equal" than others. Examples of this manifesting would be status of Quebec and the natives, or more recently, the insane adoption of "progressive" ideas - like intersectionality - by Canadian institutions.
native support is ridiculous but French canada should be strengthened
When you fail to complete all the missions in EU4.
Underrated
How did u get that letter
@@knockhello2604 Icelandic keyboard
In the post-COVID world, for the moment Canada is on a literal level keeping Americans out. (Americans can't visit even if the American in question has a vaccination card).
Really hoping for that to change.
Funny, though, that Trump felt the need to post US troops along the border to keep the Canadians out, and then TRUMPet it loudly in the media. 😁
Man, I'm a fully vaccinated American who just wants to go to Canada to eat Boston Pizza, A&W Poutine and Coffee Crisp ice cream for the first time. Is that too much to ask? It's weird that Europe is open to Americans yet Canada isn't. I had plans to go during summer of last year and here I am in summer of this year still waiting on the border to open so I can chow down on some Canada exclusive junk food that can't be shipped to the USA.
I'm surprised that in addition to the 1980 referendum, you didn't mention the 1995 Quebec referendum, where the "no" vote on sovereignty won, but only by about 1% of the vote.
Congrats for the Bretagne's flag in the background...very unusual to see this.
"Justin Trudeau is in charge"... Almost spilled my coffee...
i spilled my covfefe
That's the most Canadian moustache I've ever seen, it's well groomed but still makes me uncomfortable. Top tier.
@J.J.McCullough I really appreciate your videos, they give me great historical and political context for the issues that always seem to dominate the news these days.
With the difference in weapons laws, there will probably always need to be border control, but if Canadians and Americans could live and work in either country without a visa, that would be cool
Never thought I’d see drew durnil on this channel
They did a collaboration on spaghetti road
I see Brian Mulroney is no longer shown as being the Prime Minister in 1888.
Also, “Canadian Anti-Americanism” is nothing compared to that in Europe, in my experience.
Good. The less likely they are to become like America🙂 we don’t need more countries like America
@@dariann1661 let's make the world more like America 😈
It depends where you go in Europe. In some places like Normandy they still remember with gratitude the American servicemen who sacrificed their lives for the Liberty of France. You will see a lot of American flags there.
@Dan2314 Wonderluck i am hispanic, and USA is for us, like other hispanic country. Because many hispanic artist live in USA, for examplo i folow an influecer gamer who speak spanish and live in USA. thats why, maybe we view USA like a very close country. Is very common have a friend who traveled to US. I guess there are propaganda against USA, specilly from RT (Russia) Telesur (Venezuela and Iran). And in some countries like Mexico, the people could be more likely of this propaganda, but in the South (Colombia, Argentina, Peru, Chile, Brasil) these countries love too much USA.
Its similar to Anti-English sentiment we have here in Scotland. It's so weird but very clearly because the English are just so much more dominant over us and we've never liked that.
Your essays are just so consistently compelling. Thanks for your hard work and accessible communication, man!
Thank you man. I really enjoyed the First Nations part of the Video.
Canada in the 1850's:. "Those Americans are too obsessed with the Native Indians, they're too nice to their culture."
Canada in the 2020's:. "ok, so, Muslim immigrants, we must like respect their culture instead of having a giant melting pot like those Americans where everyone assimilates."
Only in Quebec
Canadian multiculturalism has always confused me as an American... I, and I would think most people down here too would see assimilation as the best policy on Immigration, so that everyone does not have drastically different interests, language, customs, and values, and can barely even interact with each other. Assimilation of immigrants into a dominant culture is essential to keeping a nation unified, at least in my opinion.
The north North Americans don't like the central North Americans.
@@bruhsoundeffect2882
Assimilation is a meme tho, there will always be differences , people will always think of their own group's interests first. Doesnt matter how hard you try to ignore it/ hide it.
The melting pot just cant melt everything.
@@constantinethecataphract5949 sure, but why make the problem of people not assimilating intentionally worse than it already is.
Special rights based on birthright. Nothing worrisome there. Couldn’t just have universal individual rights or anything
I mean you can only have universal individual rights if you get rid of systemic inequality and/or assume that everybody needs the same universal individual rights.
@@theangryholmesian4556 yeah you just probably shouldn’t have enclave ethnostates with special rights. I’m not quite sure how we have gone from thinking reservations were bullshit to now people defending their existence tooth and nail, me thinks someone found a way to profit from it.
@@Howtragicforyou No argument here. Quebec gets so much special treatment it's almost ludicrous to claim it even has 'minority' status anymore; on a political level they've learned to push their weight around to the detriment to populations which have been segregated to a much harder level by the Canadian state (particularly First Nations).
I mean, yeah, getting shit on by the English is bad, no one's arguing that. But Quebec was walked thru British colonialism by the hand, & many ppls. were treated far worse, yet barely have their foot in the door of Canadian government today.
@@alexandrerochette It's not based on *ethnicity* per-se, no, but it is based on *language* & that language is seen by many (incl. those who speak that language) to pertain to an ethnicity (or more broadly, seen as *not* pertaining to certain *other* ethnicities, if you catch my admittedly oddly-worded meaning).
Heck, I'd take issue w/ it even if it were *just* based on language. Personally, I think given the capacity of large governments today, *any* language can & should be enshrined as acceptable & protected under the law (& those speaking it cannot be refused services b/c they speak it). Really, the issue is why *French* is specifically enshrined & not any of a dozen other, more useful and/or more prevalent languages. You can't argue it's for practicality; it's a hold-over from when the colonial Britain couldn't get away w/ *totally* oppressing a majority-white European enclave without opening itself up to outcry from France-proper.
Again, I'm *glad* somebody managed to get away without being totally oppressed by the British Empire. But I would much rather simply enshrine all languages in the Canadian constitution (such as it exists) & require no official language in government at-all. We have translators, interpreters, etc. & multi-lingual governments are clearly *possible* in the modern day; we might as well use them if it means a great civil servant who only speaks Estonian & Cantonese can contribute their skills when they otherwise couldn't.
I'm probably being deliberately hyperbolic in this ex. but, really, I don't see much of a functional difference between *de-facto* privilege & *de-jure* privilege. I'm sure most ppl. who advocate for removing one are not particularly enthused by the existence of the other.
@@theangryholmesian4556 there's no such thing as systemic inequality. There's nothing in the system standing in the way of any person of any race in Canada achieving anything. We have centi-millionaires off all races and creeds.
I appreciate this perspective being a Canadian who hasn't paid much attention for most of my life. Thanks
One of my teachers told me: "If you're looking for a difference between Canadians and Americans, you will find it within their national mottos (official or otherwise). The American motto is easy to remember: 'Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.' The Canadian motto is also easy to remember, while also being tragically easy to omit from a young Canadian's education: 'Peace, Order, and Good/Responsible Government'. Vive la différence."
That phrase comes from imperial British law. Both Canada, Australia, Barbados, Hong Kong, South Africa, New Zealand and Ireland has or had this phrase in their constitutions or founding documents.
Official motto of Canada is "A mari usque ad mare (From sea to sea)" and USAs is "In God We Trust". I don't find either of them particularly good.
@@Spacemongerr In God We Trust makes no sense especially since the US has freedom of religion or from it (on paper). Also, since most of the Founding Fathers were all of different religions.
@@llmeekos Yep. It would IMO be a bad motto for any country, but especially for the USA with their constitutional separation of church and state, it makes no sense.
It was adopted in 1956, replacing the much better (de facto) motto "E pluribus unum" ("Out of many, one"), referring to the 13 states becoming 1 country.
I'm quebequoise but I love every provinces. I work for a big Canadian company and speak with every one across the country. And visited. It's a beautiful place. Its a shame that politicis and history. Is separating us
The history of every State of the world is either to keep all of its different people (and the territory they live) in, either to eliminate the people who don't want to be part of it. Ethiopia with Tigree, Serbia Balkans, China Tibet... Actually I think Canada is really good at it and that's the problem is the nation-state model rather than one of Canada
I love honest law abiding Americans. I always loved America and it's good people. In 2009 I went to NYC and tried to join the Marines! I walked into the Time Square recruiting booth and tried my hardest but no dice. Growing up in the seventies , watching American TV late at night was a treat! I was simply enamorued with the sign off of the ABC, NBC and CBS playing military theme songs. Been to the States quit a few times and always met fantastic people. God bless America and her people!
You look like you've timed traveled from the 1970's, cool man.
Don't be ridiculous I have been assured by my Canadian friends that not only is Canada completely and utterly distinct, it's also better than America, a utopia, the greatest state in all the land.
We're working hard to change all that
Depends on the province. Ontario has gone to the dogs, but lots of other places are still dope.
its not hard to be utopian when you live in canada.
americans have the choice part of north america but still make it look like hell on earth.
@@LukeTEvans Hahaha, it's quite funny to hear you say that, Canada looks like hell to me.
Learned that my family is mostly made up of immigrants from America. Same with most of the other people around here. I'm more American than I am British in Canada.
You do realize alot of Americans are British in origin
It wouldn't surprise me if that was the case with most older stock Canadians in Ontario as well.
@@augustuslunasol10thapostle I'm well aware that I'm of British decent, but pretty much all of that line went through the states first. Also, wah!
@@ungrave5231 wah
@@augustuslunasol10thapostle
Actually, ethnically, most white Americans are of German, Italian, or Irish descent. At the very beginning it was mostly British, but there’ve been so many mass immigrations since then that even though the culture is very English-based, the people are mostly not blood-related to England.
Their actually was a huge marketing campaign to get Americans to move to Nebraska in the 1880s. "Rain follows the plow" was one of the slogans lol. We all know how well that ended... ya know with that whole dust bowl thing lol.
Fire video again JJ, I’m not even done watching Just wanted to lyk
More populous and technologically advanced peoples have always oppressed and marginalized less populous less technologically advanced peoples. The main difference is that we 1. Left a reasonably honest written record of the misdeeds, and 2. Came to feel some regret for those misdeeds.
It's quite wrong to speak in terms of less/more advanced people. Think of it as an evolution in a different direction.
I mean you have a point but there is also a point where a people are so technologically advanced that they can see their past actions as wrong
@@lhistorienchipoteur9968 We have to get past the idea that it's a judgement of worth. No one goes back to knapping flint after they learn to work with bronze and have a reliable source the inputs. The people who made that transition didn't become "superior" humans, they just learned something new that replaced an old technique. It's "advancing" because the process only runs in one direction (setting aside Dark Ages and other calamities).
@@augustuslunasol10thapostle So is that a curse or a blessing? Or it just is?
@@mrbattowel just is it's a curse it's a blessing but it just is if we ever reach the day that we finally meet other intergalactic life at first alot of people will be afraid and hate but as they advance people will accept and embrace though undoubtedly this outcome will undoubtedly be reached faster then today's goals of wanting to see everyone as equal
Man Drew's voice and personality, but without his chaotic, slightly unwatchable videos? It's like you've harnessed the power of the river for the greater good.
How dare you insult Map Daddy's videos
As a swede, we also have these issues regarding the respect for indigenous. Much the land used for mining belongs to the Saami and our government is hesitant to let that go, for that reason we also havent signed UNDRIP