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TILL THE LAST 4 MONTHS, GLOBAL NEWS WAS REPORTING THIS NIJJAR GUY TO BE AN INTERPOL WANTED CRIMINAL, A CONMAN, ONCE AN ILLEGAL MIGRANT, KHALISTANI GANGSTER, CAR-JACKER & WHAT NOT. NO, THEY FORGOT EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM. HE IS SIMPLY A CANADIAN DUDE NOW. BDW, PURE HYPOCRISY ON DAILY DISPLAY BY THESE MEDIA....!! WHO WAS NIJJAR, PM TRUDEAU IS MOST CONCERNED ABOUT? [Search for Global News Canada Article] - Illegally entered Canada in 1997 with a fake name, Ravi Sharma - Got caught and denied asylum by Canadian Authority. - As plan B, married British Columbian woman to grab Canadian citizenship. - Wanted by Interpol for direct involvement in a 2008 bombing in Punjab, India. [Search for Global News Canada 2016 “Canadian Officials not talking about B C terror camp claim] - Raising money for Khalistani Extremist group through drugs, illegal migrants, carjacking, and theft of agricultural machineries in the country that accepted him as a citizen. [Search for PRP Joint Force Operation Results in significant cargo theft recovery] - The group's Babbar Khalsa affiliate bombed Air India Flight 182 on June 23, 1985, killing 329, mostly Canadians, Canada's worst terrorist attack. [Search for Global News Canada Most Canadians ignorant of Air India bombings, nation’s deadliest terror attack: poll] - Using Canadian land to operate against India for mythical Khalistan land (Portion of India + Pakistan) [Search WION NEWS for Indian politician killed in Punjab, Canada-based terrorist who has ties with Khalistan claims responsibility] Now, WHAT's HERE FOR TRUDEAU ? - Nijjar was among the best bud lights of MP Jagmeet Singh (MP for Burnaby South) [SEARCH GLOBAL NEWS 2016 B.C. man accused of running terror camp pens letter to Justin Trudeau] - MP Jagmeet Singh is a supporter & main fundraiser of Khalistani Terrorist group. - Trudeau's government relies on Singh's party (New Democratic Party) to stay in power/majority & Vote-bank since 2017. - Trudeau lacked any working development plan, often responding to every question with "Climate Change" and "Free Speech," with his limited woke vocabulary. - Now, by moving against India, *PM Trudeau is promoting Neo-Nationalism to divert people's attention away from inflation, housing & health crises and towards made-up issues in order to stay in power by doing what Khalistani extremists & Thugs desire!
Don't sell yourself short JJ. If you put out weekly Canadian political videos we would all watch because we love you and we love the quality content you always put out.
As much as I hate politics, I'd look forward to at least a monthly or bi-monthly summary of what's going on politically in my country. J.J. certainly has far less bias than our CTV, CBC and Global networks.
Especially if it filters the small stuff and leaves the larger, consistent, news items to be discussed. A monthly Canadians new update would be cool, or a 4 minute update on a story on the odd Thursday wouldn’t be a bad idea imo
One of the things I truly appreciate when J.J. discusses politics; the way he can talk about viewpoints he may personally disagree with, without demonizing them or dismissing them. It's so refreshing, and makes me genuinely more interested in learning more about every political "side" of a subject.
You have centrist brainrot if you don't see the clear bias. Look at how long he spent talking sh1t about the liberal and NDP (which I agree with) and then svcking off the conservatives whose only reason for not wanting to legislate him out of existence is because trans people are on the chopping block.
Meh, it didn't feel like he represented the NDP very well. You can support the liberal party's policies they do implement while arguing they aren't going far enough. Or does the NDP claim to directly oppose the bills they voted for?
As an American, the Bloc has always fascinated me. Not in the “Is Quebec gonna try to secede again?” aspect, but in the sway they have. Obviously they won’t win Parliament, but if you get a large Bloc turnout combined with a minority government that needs the votes, the calculus of including them does.
@@robindsouza8068 Yeah, it’s been an interesting hobby from getting weird looks from my parents watching the CBC coverage being simulcast on CSPAN (Our CPAC) as a kid to writing a college paper on the TV election night embargoes to trying to get my son to watch the CBC returns with me last time round to mixed results 😂. At the end of the day though, I feel like it’s good foreign policy to have a basic understanding of what’s going on with the neighbors and I keep an eye on the Brits too. With that said, Mexico is admittedly a blind spot for me.
As a "Quebecer", I hate it. The bloc should not exist on federal level. Imagine if each province does it? That would be pretty useless. More home power and a less central government is way better. Just let us be, mind your thing, and get the fuck out of our business. ;)
@@etiennelavigueur2955ça dépend comment ils utilise le parti. Il faut qu'il y ait des bonnes raisons pour exister dans les discussions. Quand les personnes n'avaient plus confiance au bloc en 2011. Il a presque disparu de la carte. Quand Legault est arrivé et que les parti fédéraux se disaient contre ses réformes, le bloc s'est retransformé en un parti représentant plus le gouvernement qu'une idéologie séparatiste.
Up date on Trudeau's Canada: Ukraine's president and Canada’s prime minister greeted a former member of the infamous SS 1st Galician Division, which fought for the Nazis in World War II, as they attended a parliament session in Ottawa, according to images shared by the Associated Press.AP News confirming that the 98-year old veteran given standing ovation by Canadian parliament, is Yaroslav Hunka, who fought for the 14th division of the Waffen SS (SS Galicia Division). Welcome to fascist Canada! URRRH! Urrrh!!!!
@@pauljones3017 Why? It speeds up to tell Canadians that Trudeau's Gov. is fascist, and is supporting Ukro-Bandera Nazi war criminals with Canada tax payers $$$!
Ukraine's president and Canada’s prime minister greeted a former member of the infamous SS 1st Galician Division, which fought for the Nazis in World War II, as they attended a parliament session in Ottawa, according to images shared by the Associated Press.AP News confirming that the 98-year old veteran given standing ovation by Canadian parliament, is Yaroslav Hunka, who fought for the 14th division of the Waffen SS (SS Galicia Division). Welcome to fascist Canada! URRRH! Urrrh!!!!
This was incredibly well balanced, a rarity. In regards to wages in Canada, I was utterly shocked when I visited my company offices in Vancouver at how low the wages are. How do Canadians live with such a high prices and such low wages? I don’t understand
@edwardjoe8448 agreed for the most part, but it's still crazy how hard it is to save. For instance, in Manitoba where housing is far cheaper, we still pay on average, I believe 48% of our income into taxes. Pretty crazy.
@@Gergentine For anyone reading this, total income tax (federal + provincial in Manitoba) would be 46% if you earn over $165,000. And remember, that's the top bracket reached by this income, in reality, in order to reach 48% you'd have to make over $200,000 a year to pay 48% income tax. The average income in Manitoba is $59k for which the total top bracket would be about 32%, but with the lower brackets included that would probably sit at about 25%. So when you read comments on places like RU-vid saying "Oh, look at that, *people in Canada pay 48% of income tax*", take this with a massive, massive pinch of salt. Because the person complaining about that might be making nearly 4 times the average income of the province (note : 4 times the average income, not 4 times the minimum wage).
As some that pays a extreme amount of tax’s in the us I get it. I work at least 12 hours day 5 days a week logging and driving log truck. It sucks to see so much taken out when some one else that puts in half the effort I support essentials either through free health care or food stamps or rent help. And I get the people that are in need but I’m talking about the 30 year old able body man baristas or waiters complaining they should be paid more.
@@brezhou29 thanks for info and break down! Do these numbers include federal and province taxes together? Ngl, a 32% tax rate on 59k is bonkers. Is housing cheaper in manatoba?
Conservatives have always been criticized as being aligned with big business, like liberals are looking out for the little guy. Maybe I'm naive but I think people are waking up to the fact that the choice is between conservatives aligned with big business or liberals aligned with the unelected international bureaucracies.
The Libs are also quite obviously a pro-business party. They are the party of the servive sector: banks, engineering firms, tech. Because their voter base is in the major cities and suburbs. The Conservatives are basically the same but have a tight connection to the fossil fuels and natural resource extraction industries. Like the Liberals have run the country for 75% of the past 100 years and have kept Canada at some of the lowest corporate tax rates in the Western world.
@@doodlebawb honestly they do it just super hard to do right can you remeber I good politicien that realy improve all aspect of socity. it easy to just blast the gov but the right think to do is look there platform what are the law they want to pass and wich law did they pass. one big problem is that people only rember the bad not the good
@@highway2heaven91Canada has a few unique twists like Bloc Quebec and their upper house has some unelected seats. Whilst we have no (mainstream) separatist parties and every upper house seat is elected.
As an American observer, I found this to be quite informative! So, in short, right now, Canada has an interesting quartet of choices: a Liberal Party in government, an increasingly-popular Conservative candidate, a quasi-opposition NDP (that both supports and opposes Trudeau), and a _Bloc_ in Quebec that may influence the results without winning the election. Thanks for making this video! Also, thank you, Isaac, for making the animations for these videos!
There's also some interesting geographic/demographic trends. For example, right now we're seeing the Maritimes rapidly turn blue (oh yeah, Conservatives in Canada are blue, while Liberals are red). The Maritimes can be thought of as a bit like West Virginia - the poorest part of Canada, rural, predominantly white, generally fiscally left but socially quite conservative/traditional. Whereas West Virginia has coal and maybe some fracking, the Maritimes have lumber, fishing, oil (in the case of Newfoundland), some mining (Cape Breton, Labrador City) and shipbuilding/port operations. The Bloc Quebecois is an interesting case of left wing nationalist party, with the national identity being for a province (which are equivalent to US states). Imagine if a left wing party in Hawaii was pushing as much independence as possible to protect their culture in the face of continental US colonialism - except that in this case, Hawaii would have the demographic heft of the entire US west of the Continental Divide. British Colombia is a power struggle between Conservatives in the rural areas and small towns of the interior, Liberals in the big city with lots of immigrants (Vancouver) and hippy types living in small towns on the Pacific Coast who generally choose NDP representatives (sometimes Green)., with all three parties making inroads into suburban Vancouver. Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are solidly blue in federal elections (especially Saskatchewan and Manitoba), but the left wing NDP can put up a strong challenge in provincial elections, due to them focusing more on economic issues when they campaign (as opposed to the federal parties that focus more on social issues). And in general, there's a much less clear cut divide between how cities, suburbs and rural areas vote. Rural areas are generally more conservative, but in some cases have supported other parties - the Maritimes have in the past supported the Liberals a lot. Northern, Ontario Northern Manitoba and the Territories have generally favorited NDP more - in part due to support from Native communities, and unionized miners. And the suburbs of Vancouver and Toronto often have higher concentrations of working class and middle class Asian immigrants, due to lower cost of living - and these immigrant suburbs tend to favor the Liberals, although recent polling shows a significant shift to the Conservatives.
On another political note, If the NDP win we would completely ostracize our selves from India while the Liberals would heavily damage it. The liberals destroyed relations with India and the current NDP head has supported Khalistan terrorists. Not to mention that the Liberal party has had major funding from China and most of the East Coasts property is owned by Chinese business, India's current number one enemy right next to Pakistan.
The smaller parties could never outright win, but they have more influence than in the US, because if the winning party (Liberal now) has a minority government, they will need smaller parties to side with them and form a caucus in parliament
@@ComfortableTool86 Yeah, and they get enough vote share that the two big parties will worry about losing votes to the smaller parties just as much as about losing votes to the opposing major party. So if the smaller party can push forward a popular idea, it's likely that one of the bigger parties will feel pressured to co-opt it.
@@timwinterhalter5233 it's also just greed and stupidity imo. Maybe we could start by not selling homes to companies and foreign buyers. Oh and using the purchases of homes for money laundering.
Mass immigration is your answer. Too much demand and not enough supply because Trudeau knows he's losing the support of actual Canadians so he brings in immigrants to offset it.
The Conservatives have been looking for an issue that will stick to Trudeau as the numerous scandals haven't really stuck to him as they should. The cost of living has been that issue, namely because its something that affects Canadians lives. People can't see the WE Charity or the SNC Lavalin scandal and how it affects them. However they can see the price of food and shelter go up because it directly affects them. The worse thing for any Canadian Politician is high inflation, and the specter of recession
I don’t think scandals matter at this point. As you said cost of living has skyrocketed and that’s enough. Imo the best thing the conservatives can do is stay professional and push what they plan to do once they get elected. People already dislike the liberals so as long as Pierre comes off as a nice but stern leader and doesn’t get caught up in all the childish name calling bs then he will have the Canadian vote. Maybe even a majority vote.
Unfortunately, the Conservatives are no different. They support Mass Immigration. They support giving our to Ukraine. They are the same. A Uniparty, just like the US. Only difference is that they have Trump and a Constitutional Republic.
Trudeau declared a national emergency for a blocked street in Ottawa and invoked Marshal law and suspended due process. That is the action of a dictator.
Part of the problem with getting scandals to stick, is the party saying them isn't very squeaky clean either. We had Harper go to the Middle East for $2.1 million, and then see them calling out Trudeau's $6000/night hotel cost. We had Conservatives make a bundle deal, selling off the Canadian Wheat Board and armored vehicles to the Middle East which I've been told they heavily invested in, then later call out SNC Lavalin. We have Poilievre, a major landlord, vote against anything to help renters in this country call out Trudeau. If we want to look back to better times, citizens were more important than the rich. That's no longer the case. Canadians will get the same small slice of the pie no matter what party is in control. It's just depends upon how you want to cut it up. Right now, reasonably well-off middleclass white males are angry their share is smaller. 47% of Canadians today would be in trouble if they missed their next pay cheque. That number was at 59% with Harper.
Canadian "conservatives" are so spineless and weak they will never manage to get that. They won't fight, they fold the moment someone calls them "far right" or "racist" and worship money before anything.
I definitely think pierre pollieve's focus on affordability is really resonating with a lot of people. As a young Canadian whose surrounded primarily by more left wing peers, it's interesting to see how many of them are leaning toward the federal conservative party, especially when they have out right hatred toward the provincial conservative government in Alberta where we live. So I think this is an interesting time for politics in Canada right now.
I feel like for many, it's more about getting Trudeau out and voting for whoever is more likely to win. But federal and provincial parties are slightly different. I just wish there was a way to make groceries more affordable. Especially where some grocery stores have been accused of anti-competition practices. I know I tend to shop more at Walmart than Superstore because it's so much cheaper!
Granted federal conservatives tend to be a lot more moderate than their Albertan counterparts because they have to appeal to the likes of Ontario which is nowhere near as right wing as the prairies where it seems to me that practically everyone who isn’t indigenous or a young city dweller is a staunch conservative.
I would very much consider myself left and I hate Pollieve. Especially how with the housing issue he seems to try and play it off as something that never would have happened had Trudeau never won. (I’m of the opinion it was gonna happen to some degree no matter what) Yet, right now if you asked me who I’m voting for it’s gonna be Conservative, cause hey I’m just tired of the Liberals at this point and hate Trudeau. Though yeah at least here in Ontario the provincial and federal parties are much different.
@thearbiter6843 you would be wrong about the housing prices happening no matter what. Trudeau is directly responsible for the Canada's terrible economic situation which is only getting worse. Pierre is the only person for the job of prime minister. If you think otherwise . I'm sorry but you must be living in a different universe
My theory is that Trudeau in 2021 saw how calling a snap election worked out for the British Columbia NDP-they picked up a majority very handily. Sad trombone noise
If Trudeau hadn't called an election then, he'd be running for election again now, and, based on the polls, would be in for a thrashing. Instead he has 2 more years. So, in the long run, things still seem to have worked out for him.
@@toggle2565 they get bad press, but I agree the best option we have. I wish they had a bigger voice. Also my theory on Trudeau calling the election was because people were preoccupied and didn't know there was one. Personally I had no idea, the vote happened and I heard after the fact. The only election I didn't vote in since becoming voting age.
@@Dexter037S4 My guy bloc or ndp have literally 0 influence. It's either conservatives or liberals if you want an actual say (I wouldn't vote for bloc or ndp anyways cause I think they are worse than liberals). Of course I don't agree with everything conservative party thinks, but they are a far better of the only two real options
I turned 18 a few months ago and am in the same boat. Love what Pierre has been saying and I also kind of like the way he proposes what he believes is wrong right now whilst also giving a broad idea of what he's trying to acheive. Something i feel like Trudeau's never done... I also resent the liberal ideology that was pushed on me all throughout school and a liberal teachers permanent abuse which mentally scarred me and ruined my childhood. If thats what the liberal party is trying to protect and those are the tactics they will use then they will never receive my vote. Also I wanna move out or at least buy a car but I can't 😭
@@wo_w6640 I'm not trying to be critical here, but I am just wondering what exactly is making you vote conservative? Policies, ideologies, etc. Just curious.
As an Argentine-Italian-Serbian-American (Parents are Argentine and Italian, Grandparents are Yugoslavian, Italian & Basque French) so I grew up with a love for international politics so learning so much about Canada's over the least year or two has been great. Thanks, keep up the hard work.
Just letting you know. The things you fled from are coming where in full force. We immigrated to Canada to run from communism and we slowly turning into one
Distraction tactic launched by JT. 3 Khalistan gang people shot before Nijjar 1 after and no one even knows their names. Sheep falling for the oldest trick in the book.
When Trudeau met the Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh (another Sikh) in person in his previous visit in 2018, he handed over the dossier of the crimes of these Khalistani terrorists (including Nijjar who has 16 charges against him incl. attempt of murder), but NO ACTION was done. In fact, a dinner event was canceled because the Punjab CM refused to attend because Trudeau's entourage included a person who was convicted of killing a minister in Punjab government. Trudeau has been turning a blind eye to all Indian requests. Now he is doing drama and asking for Indian cooperation. According to Indian Member of Parliament from opposition party (NOT from Modi’s party), Ravneet Singh Bittu (another Sikh) Nijjar was a close associate of those who assassinated another Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh (Bittu’s Grandpa). Most Sikhs in India do not want Khalistan. These Khalistanis in Canada are puppets of the Pakistani Intelligence Services ISI waging war against India. They have been asking openly for the assassination of Indian diplomats and Modi and other leaders. That is inciting violence. Unfortunately, now Jagmeet is the real PM of Canada, Trudeau his puppet. Under (Jagmeet) Trudeau, Canada is now a BANANA REPUBLIC like Pakistan or Colombia with gang wars, safe haven for terrorists and criminals roaming around.
I really appreciate that JJ takes the time to be informed, boil down what matters, and deliver it to the world in a concise and purposeful way. It is incredibly refreshing compared to the rest of the political information/commentary landscape. More people could stand to take a page from his book. I honestly feel like I understand the political landscape of Canada (with some light additional reading) so much faster than in my own country. JJ makes it simple to follow the main characters and what they are up to. Thank you for your work!
@@jeffforsythe9514 Like the increasingly state run papers that are going out of business? Or the CBC? Or my actual Canadian friends that basically say what JJ is saying?
This is my favorite type of videos on you're channel, its a high effort video of you deconstructing Canadian politics and putting it in a digestible and interpretable form with an unbiased view which is very rare content to find, so ty JJ
As a franco-Quebecer I feel I have to chime in. Because there's that misconception that's been going on for so long that it's now seen as a fact by most. And yet, nobody ever felt the need to stand up and loudly say ''No!, That is not who we are nor what we stand for''. So I feel somebody have to say it once and for all : We don't actually play accordion music on the street.
I find Canadian politics is a draining task for most people and we the common folk don't want to know what is happening but rather we tend to only react after the fact is done. We like to think we're rather smart, but over the years I'm amazed at the level our countrymen willing to just except the words of the person in the picture tube as truth and fact. We rarely practice critical thinking as a hole. So, I'm not surprised it took major financial burdens on the common person to finally say "What's going on here?"
It is hard for people to understand a problem decades in the making, and people want to think in black and white. Black and white thinking is the death of a lot of critical thinking. Also, people are lazy. Actually looking into thinks yourself is a lot of mental effort. Physically it isn't hard at all, but mentally it is hard. Its one of those things people want to do but never actually get around to doing. It is hard to constantly reconstruction how you know the world for every problem you might face. In the face of all that work most people are going to be lazy. There is a reason Kings and Emperors have been able to rule for some much of human history, and why democracies have failed so many times.
problem is canadian politics lacks the commentary filter that our contemporaries, namely the US have. messages get passed down to the everyday person from parliament/politicians and there is no third person to remind them that "hey, not everything they say is true"
I work in municipal development, and common people ignorance is baffling... and this also applies to politicians. Most of them dont havea clue what their doing, or what effect their decisions will have, even if you explain it to them, most of them will cast it aside as intelectual BS and wont remember it once it blows in their face...
@@soulslasher7890 However, even the USA doesn't have a lot of that either. There are definitely some independent people reporting the news in the USA, but there are also a lot of wealthy third parties that just do yellow journalism.
The hard truth is most people either don't want to put in the work or think it's out of react. So why think about it unless you're being interrupted? I remember going to rally against the TPP. More specifically, the anti sovereign global court aspects. Everyone there had a complaint but few actually knew what was being said in the agreement and the leader had no interest in developing a counter offer. He just wanted to make it toxic to touch the thing. So what happened? it was re branded. go figure.
I’m Canadian. Since 2021, I’ve switched jobs and added another half job. My overall salary is up about 25% from 2021 and I’ve experienced basically no change to my standard of living. The inflation issue is huge and I don’t expect any party is capable of doing anything about it.
The funny part is there is really easy things that could be done but none of the parties seem to want to get into the gritty details with a proper plan. It would be so easy to simple promote work from home style policies which would allow people to save on gas and car maintenance, free up the highways in a dramatic way and give the average person more free time, not to mention decrease in pollution. This would also allow more office buildings in major cities to be freed up which could be then converted into apartments which would help with the cost of rent by creating a huge swing in supply of places to live. This would also allow businesses to spread out a bit more so we aren't cramming more and more into a few cities. All this with just a simple policy or two encouraging a businesses to work from home.
trudeau since first taking office has essentially put in 3 different carbon taxes that the avg citizen is paying. 1 at the grocery store. 1 for everything else you buy. one you pay directly as a tax
The federal liberal party challenges Quebec's law 21 (secularism) calling it “Racist” and they gave a standing ovation and honor to a former Nazi It's Ludacris
The Canadian Deschênes Commission of October 1986, by the Honourable Justice Jules Deschênes, concluded that in relation to membership in the Galicia Division: 56- The Galicia Division (14.Waffengrenadierdivision der SS [gal. Nr. 1) should not be indicted as a group. 57- The members of the Galicia Division were individually screened for security purposes before admission to Canada. 58- Charges of war crimes against members of the Galicia Division have never been substantiated, either in 1950 when they were first preferred, or in 1984 when they were renewed, or before this Commission. 59- Further, in the absence of evidence of participation in or knowledge of specific war crimes, mere membership in the Galicia Division is insufficient to justify prosecution.[55]
If you get internet points for numbers of comments, prepare to be inundated by the state sponsored indian far right propaganda and misinformation campaign. Its pretty gross and pathetic. Looking forward to see the episode.@@JJMcCullough
Independent of our own political biases and beliefs, I think we can all agree this is another well-researched, fair and objective analysis of Canadian politics. Well done JJ!
No it was not. I had no idea the JJ was a right winger. Instead of pointing out how the "Left Wing RU-vidr" was right about Poilievre he mocked him. "Pierre" has not put forward a single platform idea that does not hurt some minority group. He has openly called himself "Anti-woke" like that is a good thing. He has used dog whistles like "The Thin Blue Line" and blaming immigration for many of our problems and he supported the Convoy. What has he offered that would actually help ALL Canadians?
@@selalewow In what way did he "mock" David Doel? He called him "The top progressive Canadian political commentator on (RU-vid)" and said that his video showed insight into how the Liberal party's rhetoric will likely change in the future. He said that David was correct in pointing out that Pierre's political track record reveals him siding with corporations rather than the people over the last 20 years. He found concrete facts and used them to explain the current actors and their motivations with a fairly light degree of interpretation and prediction based on his observations, and never once disparaged any of the parties he discussed. It's also surprising that you call JJ a "right winger" and that you were unaware of his political leanings, considering he made an entire video about his views to very transparently establish his implicit biases when he does political analyses. I feel as though you're allowing your own personal views to cloud your judgement of what is and isn't objective.
Conservatives in federal power only defund the public and enrich big business. Pierre has no plans to actually improve the cost of living situation despite using it as his major rhetoric. I greatly dislike Trudeau, but after the Harper government I would prefer this to Conservative leadership.
Are you kidding me? Justin was literally groomed by his dad to become Pierre Trudeau 2.0. Every single issue under his prime ministry was replicated by Justin Trudeau, except with zero charisma. Now people can see what's actually going on (despite canadian news agencies doing everything in their power to gas him up) since it isn't deluded in honeyed words like it was under Pierre
Don't bet on it. Conspiracists are now convinced that less car dependent, '15 minute' cities are socialism to imprison freedom lovers, or some nonsense.
3:43 you could argue Trudeau has a left wing majority. Liberal + NDP = 184 seats As a Democrat-aligned person in the United States (specifically Bernie Sanders wing of the party), that’s how I see Canada’s partisan composition in its parliament. As both the Liberals and the NDP would be Democratic here in the USA.
My wife and I tried looking for better apartments in our budget here in Winnipeg because ours is Pest-filled and horrible, and we literally couldn't find anything else we could afford.
I’m always skeptic of politicians who use “common sense” as an argument. Good political leadership comes from highly effective people who can juggled with complex issues. Poilievre has been an MP for two decades, a minister of the Crown and he can’t really convince me that he can really “fight for” ordinary Canadians.
vote Trudeau then. dont forget to host 5 refugees at your apartment tho. and maybe try queer foursome with your wife and some other trans couple. And make sure your kids try all the legal drugs when they turn 16.
I noticed at 20:20 that the Bloc Québécois had used a map of Quebec that incorporates Labador into a wider province of Quebec. Until recently I didn’t realize that many in Quebec feel that Labador should have been incorporated into Quebec and not as a separate province of Newfoundland and Labador.
Yes, as a quebecker actually i feel that part of the country was alwais part of Quebec but i do recognuse that people there recognize them self as labradorian.
@@sdrawkcabUK In short the federal government cut a deal with Newfoundland, giving them lucrative hydro-power sites with the new borders of Labrador in exchange for them joining the canadian confederation. Quebec government never agreed to this deal, and to this day does not officially recognize the borders of Labrador.
Yeah, a simple Google search for news of Pierre contrasted to JT is almost shockingly negative for an opposition party. You'd think scrutiny of politics would be mostly balanced, if not skewed toward the incumbents for the fact that they hold the only *real* legislative authority. Though, to look at David's argument in the most favourable light, for the sake of debate. Perhaps he means that the media uncritically accepts the base premise of Pierre's rhetoric, such as advocating for the strength of the middle class, by engaging with him on his terms instead of undermining the premise. To frame it in this way, as if the media debates the claim "Canada is broken" on Pierre's home turf, on the argument he introduced, rather than say, criticism of his actual track record for instance (a largely unsubstantive subject, as Pierre is not the PM -- JT is). This would lead to the ineffectual, hollow, and almost embarrassing ad hominem that we see today -- comparing him to Trump, criticizing his "new look", calling him far-right etc. I don't personally agree with this line of thinking, but it is a thought.
In fairness to David, I do think the press tends to have a bias in the direction of focusing a lot on the new shiny politician of the moment. In that sense, Pierre gets a lot of publicly that is probably disproportionate to his relevance two years before an election, but you’re right that much of it is negative, so it sort of cancels out.
The government funded CBC has been the propaganda arm for the Trudeau government for too long. The rest of the bailed out legacy media aren’t much better. In Canada, anything conservative is attacked and disparaged with a non-critical knee jerk reaction. Now that there are faint glimpses of admission from the media about how Trudeau is such an f-up, you know things are embarrassingly bad.
@@JJMcCulloughI think people are also getting tired of the same ol talking points of unions and big business as if unions have never done anything wrong and big businesses have never benefit local economies
@@JJMcCullough As a personal anecdote, I remember when Jean Charest announced his leadership candidacy for the CPC. I pretty much woke up one day, looked at the news feed and basically every corporate media outlet gave him a shining review, in contrast to all the scary-populism-style articles they had given to Pierre at the time. I knew right away, "oh this is the guy who's a conservative but isn't seen as a threat to the progressive status quo". I actually met Jean on his campaign trail when he was in my neck of the woods, nice guy and was very punctual with his policy outline. But his rhetoric was along the lines of "people don't want American politics, they want common sense normal conservatism"... some of his people were twisting my arm to ask him questions at the end of his speech, so I said to him, "You said people don't want American politics. You know it's being imported by the barrel through the universities, right?" I found he didn't have a good answer, and when I asked about how you could protect free speech on campuses he kinda drafted up Pierre's idea quickly (tying federal funding to protection of free speech), which probably won't work (the academy can no doubt find a way to get around it).
My french Canadian boomer mother, who has been absolutely enamored w Trudeau from the moment he was born, and who is deeply nostalgic for the times of his father Pierre Elliot Trudeau, like deeply to the core loves Justin like a Canadian Prince - somehow saw the Convention speech by Pierre (was it aired on French Canadian TV?! She watches nothing else..). And she was so enthralled and amazed by Pollievre that she had to call me SEVERAL TIMES (she can't text) to ask me if I had seen it, which I hadn't and how amazing it was. Shes never even done this for any trudeau speech. I'm completely shocked by how positively she reacted to this man who she thought she hated. Good signs.
So she’s switched one weird fascination with a politician for another one basically? Odd thing to brag about.. why not suggest that she research the policies and outcomes of both parties instead of focusing on their aesthetics?
@@dty1207 In a perfect world, voters would cast their ballot with educated and informed opinions. There is truth to the idea of democracy as a popularity contest, well reflected by the general Canadian public's fascination with a fashionable leader instead of an effective one.
As an American political junkie, I make the following recommendations for the NDP, Liberal, and Conservatives.(Take this with a grain of salt, I am not Canadian) Advice to the Conservatives: Right now their strategy is holding up, attacking Trudeau and demanding change is probably the only way to defeat Trudeau, but based off my observations of European politics, Trudeau seems like a political survivalist. This means that Pierre should try to stake out his positions early to avoid any ability for Trudeau to shake up the race. He could also exploit the NDP-Liberal link very heavily, it would be in his best interest for the cooperation to collapse so there could be a snap election. This would might make Trudeau hit a roadblock in parliament and force his hand. Advice to the Liberals: The Liberal strategy should be to attack Pierre early on for his lack of name recognition beforehand, tying him to cooperate interests could also serve to put Pierre down. Trudeau should also make himself look like the PM, he should be interacting with other world leaders and staking positions for Canada internationally. He could really make a name for himself by visits to Ukraine and having his party try passing through large military aid packages through Parliament. He should also try taking a page out of Biden's reelection playbook, he should highlight the policy achievements he has made in order to bring back longtime Liberal voters. With the right manuvering, I think Trudeau could eke out a victory. Advice to the NDP: The NDP strategy should be a slow takeaway of support from Trudeau, not fast enough to cause Trudeau to hold a snap election, but not enough to seem like they are doing nothing. They should stake out and broadcast positions to the Left of Trudeau on major issues, and especially they should stake out innovative solutions. Stuff like Universal Basic Dividend, Negative Income Tax, or Data Unions. This strategy would peel off Liberals who are Left of Trudeau and wary of him. The NDP doesn't have a real chance of victory but if they can increase their vote counts it could grant them more influence next election.
I agree, but I think some of the main issues should be focused on more specifically. Especially since I, as a Canadian, has no idea what Trudeau's goals and aims really are. I've seen videos of the other two leaders out trying to make stands against how expensive everything is (Jagmeet Singh has been trying to focus more on education, healthcare, and student housing, which wasn't mentioned, where he did mention Pierre Poilievre has been talking more about taxes and other ways inflation impacts people), but Trudeau hasn't been saying anything too bold, and certainly hasn't done much of anything. Of course it's easy to blame the current leader for issues, but I haven't heard or seen too much from him in a while, even if they are empty promises...
Was expecting a bit of Canada's role in current geopolitics as well. It does deserve a video. Specifically covering India-khalistan issue, Ukraine war and Indo-pacific.
If only J.J Made this sooner, the Parliament just gave a standing ovation to a Ukrainian 14th Waffen-SS Grenadier division Veteran as a “Ukrainian war hero” Canada just awarded a Nazi…
I wonder if the biggest advantage of that early election call will be to avoid an election in 2023 (when it otherwise would have occurred) and have it in 2025 when the Liberals might have better support numbers.
Let's face it, he'll call an election next year, and it'll be rigged again. He'll still have a minority government, but we'll be stuck for another 4 years of him.
as an australian, theres something which is sometimes referred to as the "its time" factor, where to public recognises that even after long periods of success, things just have to change eventually, and a government generally approaches it after 3-5 terms, I'm not Canadian but governments are facing cost of living around the world, maybe the its time factor is playing a part in truedeu's demise?
To be fair, the point about housing not being built due to red tape and NIMBYs is 100% accurate. Here in BC, we studied it extensively and found that to be the case, as has been published via the panel reviews and reports. Then we started passing provincial laws to force cities to reform the bad local zoning, and start setting construction quotas. They started with a list of the 10 most unaffordable cities first. Victoria's city council immediately responded by passing a "poison pill" rule to sabotage zoning reform and prevent the "missing middle" strategy from working in practice (via introducing lots of asinine little hurdles that cannot possibly ever be fully satisfied), which will have the effect of chilling new development, keeping construction far below capacity and prices high. We do not know where this is currently headed. Not sure if the province might end up taking them to court, or if the premier will have to pass more new laws to invalidate the retaliatory nonsense, or if both sides might find workarounds -- we're really not sure. But we HAVE confirmed the bottleneck is deliberate, it is at the municipal level, and it is being done in bad faith by people who have a lot to lose if homes suddenly become more affordable. The problem, when you have someone like Pollievre on the scene beating the populist drum, is it distracts people from arriving at an appropriate understanding of where this lack of affordability is originating. Convincing or trying to convince everyone it's a federal problem won't help when that branch of government doesn't have the fine tools necessary to tackle a lot of the very specific legal work needed to clear a deliberate local construction bottleneck, for example. If Pollievre wanted to do better, he could draw attention to that instead, and give the locals a voice. Given his willingness to change his tune based on the prevailing political winds, there might be hope for this happening yet, who knows.
We're having the same issue in quebec. A ton of unoccupied land right next to city are in zoning limbo. My parents want to move somewhere specific but it's been in "it'll be zoned residential in a year or two" for like a decade
So you want to give the same guy's that helped create the situation another chance because they Will "fix it this time"? Nah Bruh, examples have to be made...
@@Jet-ij9zc Each I come back from work I pass in front of a huge expanse of locked wooden area next to the freeway with a existing service road. There is no environment and farming protection reasons to not develop it. It belongs to a very nimby village though...
This is a very well articulated point. Thank you for sharing! I think another problem is the fact that individual entities can own too many properties. Forgien and domestic single entities with ridiculous amounts of capital purchase multiple (literally 100's or 1000's sometimes) properties leaving fewer homes for everyday middle/working-class Canadians to own themselves. The second the pricing drops they can swoop in and buy as many properties as they like. If we limited the amount of properties one could own (exponential tax increase after a set number of properties) that would flood the market with inventory, dramatically dropping prices. Even limiting the number to 20 could have a desireable effect. Throw in a massive tax on foreign investors to help open up some homes while getting the ones that continue ownership to pay for afforable housing initiatives for Canadians. Way too many big players have too much to lose to make this polically possible so I doubt it would happen. If someone did run on that platform, I wouldn't be suprised if that person were to be assinated. 😮💨
This was summarized so greatly that my "short attention span brain", usually having a hard time watchin a tiktok, was devouring the video with my eyes and ears all the way to the end. Great job JJ.
Congratulations on now having a staff. You are so incredibly talented and you have maintained a great level of integrity. Your channel remains my absolute favorite and I consistently look forward to your next work. Your family must be so proud of the success you've become. Isaac your work on the channel thus far is wonderful. Until next week, so long from Maine, USA.
I can't fathom how JJ or any other Canadian could talk about politics right now without even mentioning the standing ovation that the parliament just gave a veteran of the Waffen SS.
@@asphyxiafeeling He published it two days later. Why are you throwing out speculation that you could easily have falsified yourself in defence of the entire parliament applauding a nazi? Do you not think you should make sure before spreading falsehoods, to put it generously? Your ill-informed comments have no value to anyone other than to the scum that Canada has sheltered from justice for decades.
@@gavinhillick You can literally check his social media and see that he hasn’t avoided discussing what is now old news. You strongly give off the impression of someone who is spending too much time on the internet. I think whatever right wing stuff you’ve been consuming is rotting your brain. Touch grass, eat a nice meal, and spend a bit of time off the web for own health.
As an American, I have no real clue about Canadian politics. This is probably the best explanation I can get about what's going on in Canada. Thank you JJ.
@@annabethsmith-kingsley2079 I think the stereotype is that Canadians know more about their own politics than Americans know about theirs, but the truth is you guys probably know just as much as we do about ours.
There has always been deep mixted feelings between french canadians and anglophones in the province. Its not one sided at all. There has been a lot of history in the past where Anglos were the french-canadian's bosses and were treating them like trash and the relationship status has never really felt like it has gone away (some Anglos being very condesending towards the french canadian people -just because they speak french tbf-)
Hey JJ, just wanted to say I’m thankful you made this video, I’d love for you to make this kind of video again as you make information easy to digest and that makes Canadian news easy to digest. ❤
I live in the province of Nova Scotia, and our taxation is one of the highest, and compared to the other Maritime provinces, we’re probably one of the highest for living. A new Apartment Building that was built near me, and a 1 bedroom is $1.800.00 per month, which you would need to work 2 jobs at the same time to even afford. You should look into our provinces housing crisis, it’s a mess.
@@ryanelliott71698 No it’s not great here. In our Downtown areas we have like 75+ tents pitched inside out downtown parks, and all the garbage, the smell, the needles people lay around on the sidewalks, it’s not great.
Always love these updates JJ. It's so easy to get lost in the everyday around me and I can always rely on your videos to remind me of the world outside my brain :) Happy Sunday everyone! Appreciate you JJ!
Timing was stellar with this video with the whole inviting a Nazi to parliment thing. Depending on how it's covered in the news, it may shape how the liberal party is viewed.
Canada really is a lot like the US, except i'm surprised to see housing seems even worse. i knew some areas were bad, didn't realize it was so widespread. it's like an alternate dimension with only trivial differences
Great job, Isaac, on the animations! Great video, J. J. I'll defer to your fellow Canadians for any commentary on the parties, But I do enjoy learning about how your country is doing. I loved the Brilliant ad. Looking at your bookshelves gives me anxiety because I think, "Oh no! What if there's an earthquake?" haha You probably don't have those (or do you?). Anyway, I loved that line about the empty bookshelves of our minds. 😂 Thanks so much!✌💜
Pierre is the workers canditate for sure, workers love cutting welfare and giving that money to their boss and shareholders. surely it means a raise is coming for all the workers any day! yay!!!
I'm 22 almost 23 and I'm currently living with my grandmother. I hate it and I want to go back to living in the city, I want a better education so I can get a half decent job. I don't want to stay in this small town and work at the damned fish plant again. I'm on E.I but that isn't gonna last. I need affordable rent. I'm disappointed that the NDP have a deal with the Liberals it doesn't give me much confidence in them. As a person who's LGBT I'm pretty sure the people in Canada who would like to see me dead vote Conservative (or Bloc) so I can't see myself ever voting for them. The Liberals have done nothing for me, if they could solve the housing crisis it might instill some confidence. I vote NDP but like I just said if they don't stand up to the Liberals what good are they? I don't feel good about the state of our politics. I want a party that stands up for the rights of all Canadians who need assistance not whatever mess we got going on right now.
Thanks for the rundown. It was accurate, and well researched. It's a great gateway for those curious about our political landscape the past 2 years. I know you've focused on Federal Politics, but it would be great if you covered provincial politics as well. I know Ontario has gone through quite a lot, the Greenbelt scandal is a huge one. I'm sure other provinces has quite the political history in the past two years as well. Thanks for the video :)
I'd love for him to look as Saskatchewan politics as well. Our Sask Party has been doing nothing to help the province for YEARS and still blames their own shortcomings on the fact that the NDP was in power 30 years ago
I watch David Doel / Rational National about the same amount as I watch JJ… an actual conversation between these two would be unique, and I’d love to see it
Honestly I'd love to see a video with these two debating each other especially since there are on opposing sides of the political spectrum as J.J. considers himself conservative while David actually ran for the Green party of Canada several years ago.
@@GenerationZ313I’d be fine to do some sort of thing with him. He seems very level headed. I worry his base might hate me, though, and thus hate him for talking to me. I feel they’re a lot more ideological than my base.
@@JJMcCullough I’m probably as representative of David’s base as anyone here, and yeah (although I’m a JJ patron and not yet throwing anything at David). David’s viewers specifically were implicated in being relentlessly sooty (euphemism) to one of his Leftist Mafia cohosts until she peace outed. Some are a bit… rowdy 😕. Judging by the comments on this video, though, it sounds like he’d get the same thing here. I still really wish it can happen! (In the same Leftist Mafia incident, it sounded like Lance’s channel, The Serfs, was a more civilized place. I won’t represent Lance as being any less rabidly lefty than David, but he’s also really broadly informed on current Canadian politics and lol, now I just want to turn this into a request for a threeway conversation) And what I mean by all of it is I think it would be salutary for David’s and JJ’s audiences to know more about their common interests
As an ethnically French Canadian living in the US who is also a self proclaimed communist, I'm very conflicted by the politics in Quebec😂 Thank goodness I get to vote between two incomprehensible old men here stateside...
11:03 Something that is quite astounding is that real gdp per capita has stagnated in Canada since 2015. I think this contributes to the feeling that Canada is broken
We can see that trend across a lot of other nations around the world. I think in hindsight, we will see that the problems we have are not just Canadian but global
Its been stagnant in pretty much every developed country. it's not a Canada specific thing, more the developing world is more dynamic and growing faster and the easy money is not their for the west anymore.
@@simpletown323there are immediate things they could do to mitigate the cost of living in Canada right now. 1.Cut the carbon tax, the cost of fuel drives everything. 2.Slow down immigration, Canada has a housing crisis with no fix in sight. 3. Why is the Liberal Government threatening more taxes against companies(Grocery stores). The consumer will truly be the only people that will feel that extra cost.
@@TheTroyc1982 Precisely. And unfortunately Canada has done very little to do more in order to innovate, improve manufacturing, or remain competitive or even retain things that keep it desirable as a place to live or do business. All we've really done is sell more oil and continue to push the value of real estate, and those are both hurting us.
As a Canadian living overseas, who left when Stephen Harper was still PM, I appreciate these political updates to keep me in the loop. Since I no longer have representation through a local MP, I do find it hard to stay engaged. Being represented in the constituency where you last lived over a decade ago doesn’t make a whole lot of sense to me. I wish Canada had a similar model to France and Italy where expatriates have direct representation in Parliament through dedicated MPs and ministers. Statscan said that in 2016, roughly 4 million Canadian citizens were living abroad, which is around the same population as Alberta who gets 34 seats in Parliament. Yet not a single MP to represent the specific interests and needs of Canadians living abroad.
