How Canada Will Fall.

[Jacob-dfhr]

"The plains provinces said they'd rather join America than be in a country ruled by Ontario." That's the most Alberta sentence I've ever heard.

[DamonHowe]

Anyone else coming back to this in 2025?

[jjkthebest]

Anytime somebody says "liberalism" I have to triple check what they actually mean. It means like 5 different things depending on where you are.

[NW.Cascadian]

This aged well. I used to be a proud Canadian, but over the last 10yrs ive lost all patriotism i grew up with. The 51st state thrrats would have made my blood boil in 2010, not today, instead i find myself thinking maybe that would make a better future for my child.

[petergyt]

Canada's problem is not that it has divisions, it's that Canadian politicians - practically all of them - see our divisions as something to exploit for political gain, not to heal.

[frankjad]

Being raised in rural Ontario and now living near Toronto (very urban), the differences in this country aren't provincial but urban vs. rural Canada.

[kevinacemusic]

I'm a Canadian and I'm ashamed how far we've fallen from our previous values. Housing market on fire, political tensions on both sides, a PM who fails to take responsibility, and being a wannabe america where the majority of our influential figures defect to the US.

[aesopvann]

When over 70, 000 Canadians leave their provinces for Alberta, you know you have a problem lmao

[jenglishmann]

A video similar to this about the UK’s current political issues would be really great. I don’t think collapse in the British system is as likely as it is for the Canadian one, but it would be very interesting to see your perspective.

[stephanledford]

I went to Florida State from 1970 - 1974 and took a class called "Canadian Geography" because I needed a credit in social studies and the class I wanted to take was full. The class was about 1/2 English speaking Canadians & 1/2 French speaking Canadians (I was the only US citizen - I almost said "American" out of habit). FSU had lots of foreign students back (and may still have a lot). I learned that the grain of the continent runs north-south, as this video pointed out, and that Canadians have more in common with their US neighbors just south of the border than their neighbors east or west of them. I realized that in the case of Canada, it was impossible to separate geography from politics and the conclusions the teacher and students came to were similar to what was mentioned in this video, mainly that Quebec would eventually become independent, and the prairie and maritime provinces would become US states.

The politics was very heated in the news between the Anglo and French Canadians but quite civil and polite in the class. I mention it here because while that was almost 50 years ago, nothing much has really changed. The author of this video suggested that Canada wouldn't last another 30 years, but I am not sure that 50 years from now there will not be a similar video speculating on the future of Canada.

[gavinlambert]

They call you mad, I gotta start calling you a visionary

[Mackerdaymia]

Interesting to note perhaps the parallels between US/Canadian nationalism and English/Scottish nationalism. In both cases the southern partner has a nationalism that rotates for the most part around conservatism and free market capitalism, whereas the northern partner has a nationalism that rotates more around social democracy.

[victorrosenheart]

YEARS AGO EVERYONE WAS CALLING YOU CRAZY FOR THIS VIDEO AND NOW IT IS OPENLY DISCUSSED!

[stevester]

As a Quebecer, it still baffles me that in the span of only a few years, Alberta has overtaken it as the province that most wants to GTFO of Canada. For a country that is always seen as peaceful, boring and friendly we sure are way more dysfunctional than people give us credit for.

[chicogp]

Wow this guy was talking about Canada becoming part of the US more than 2 years ago…fascinating!!!

[jonthomsen]

It's quite odd to see that this video is 2 years old. Great predictions.

[sidneyrussell]

This video is exceptionally prescient right now

[gabrielthompson]

I love Canada, but there definitely is a difference than the stereotype. But once again I truly love Canada and it is my favorite place to go!

[Peter_Morris]

“90% of Canadians live within 100 miles of the US border.”

I’ve always felt that we’ve been focused on the wrong border.

If that’s not a prelude to invasion, I don’t know what is. And as plucky as Montanans and Dakotans are, I don’t think they can stop the Maple Tide on their own.

[herbertpocket]

You are so brave to come out as half Canadian. Stunning and brave.