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It's literally a few tens of thousands of people who bother to vote in the party leadership races, and then that guy decides the agenda for the entire party. And on top of that, Canada has all this other ridiculous fake stuff, like everything about Quebec.
So to have any high-level job in Canadian politics, in their government, if you want to be on the Canadian Supreme Court, if you want to hold XYZ jobs in the Canadian government, you have to be bilingual in English and in French. How many people in Canada are bilingual in English and French?
So to have any high-level job in Canadian politics, in their government, if you want to be on the Canadian Supreme Court, if you want to hold XYZ jobs in the Canadian government, you have to be bilingual in English and in French. How many people in Canada are bilingual in English and French?
The answer is almost none of them, because if you don't live in this tiny corridor between Toronto and Montreal, like the Ottawa-Montreal corridor, none of you are going to be becoming bilingual. There is no reason to know French if you live in British Columbia. There is no reason to know French if you live in Nova Scotia. There is no reason to know French if you live in Winnipeg.
The answer is almost none of them, because if you don't live in this tiny corridor between Toronto and Montreal, like the Ottawa-Montreal corridor, none of you are going to be becoming bilingual. There is no reason to know French if you live in British Columbia. There is no reason to know French if you live in Nova Scotia. There is no reason to know French if you live in Winnipeg.
So unless you go out of your way to learn French, a language that no one has any reason to learn except to go into politics, you basically can't go into politics in Canada. Canada is a fake, fake, fake, fake, fake democracy. And they need to be called out for this. Now imagine you're an immigrant to Canada, which like 35% of the population is going to be soon.
So unless you go out of your way to learn French, a language that no one has any reason to learn except to go into politics, you basically can't go into politics in Canada. Canada is a fake, fake, fake, fake, fake democracy. And they need to be called out for this. Now imagine you're an immigrant to Canada, which like 35% of the population is going to be soon.
Then, if you want to make it in Canadian politics, you have to know your native language, and you have to learn English, and you have to learn French. And on top of that, they have all this bizarre affirmative action so that Quebec won't secede. Quebec is only, I think, 20% of the population of Canada, maybe 25%. But they get a third of the Supreme Court.
Then, if you want to make it in Canadian politics, you have to know your native language, and you have to learn English, and you have to learn French. And on top of that, they have all this bizarre affirmative action so that Quebec won't secede. Quebec is only, I think, 20% of the population of Canada, maybe 25%. But they get a third of the Supreme Court.
They get all of these slots have to be assigned to them out of proportion to their population. Canada is a travesty, and more people need to be aware of this, and the only excuse to not be aware of it is that it's okay to not know things about Canada.
They get all of these slots have to be assigned to them out of proportion to their population. Canada is a travesty, and more people need to be aware of this, and the only excuse to not be aware of it is that it's okay to not know things about Canada.
I had to just think about Canada for the last three and a half minutes. It's not okay. What did Canada do to...
I had to just think about Canada for the last three and a half minutes. It's not okay. What did Canada do to...
We're not going to respect Canadian bacon because Michael Moore killed John Candy, and I'm not going to forgive him for that one.
We're not going to respect Canadian bacon because Michael Moore killed John Candy, and I'm not going to forgive him for that one.
In the movie or in real life? Yes. Well, I mean, it was his last movie, and it stressed him out, and then he died, and it was atrocious.
In the movie or in real life? Yes. Well, I mean, it was his last movie, and it stressed him out, and then he died, and it was atrocious.
The 90s for sure.
The 90s for sure.
March 4th, 94. So we're approaching โ See?