VICE founder Shane Smith sits down with Canadian prime ministerial candidate Justin Trudeau to talk about his campaign, and the most pressing issues facing Canada today, from the controversial anti-terrorism bill to climate change. Watch "President Obama Speaks with VICE News” - bit.ly/1Ft75yv
After Shane Smiths Utter rim-job shamelful cowardice failure of an interview with BHO he deserves to NEVER have the chance to interview important people again. Go back to interviewing stoned skaters.
For almost the past decade this current Canadian government has worried me as they got their own way unabided. As a young voter I see the Conservatives have gone off the course to an area that quite frankly they have no business going to, and not only that, they think they can pass whatever they want in the name of security. Using fear tactics and American style politics is no way to be getting what they want. The people of Canada deserve a party that would actually represent the people and the interests of the country as a whole. The current young generation of voters is actually Canada's future, and not the old fogey's that want to stay in the past or are easily scared. I think we can be great again, we can be a shining light in the darkness of the world again like we once were. Petty fights between the Conservative, Liberals, and NDP can get tiresome for sure but no one ever seems to think of the future.
Brad Mcdougall Questions get screened by Justin's aids for all interviews. Basically all the good questions get nixed. Don't hate the player, hate the game yo, hate the game.
keith stone It wouldn't be more difficult for teens to get. They would have just as much access to it as they would alcohol, and would obtain it in the same manner. If teens want it they will still get it.
Dan C There's people pushing weed to kids in the middle of the street, do you see people sitting on the corner of the road with a coat full of bottles? That's the difference, most young kids are way too scared to ask some greasy dude to buy them alcohol or cigarettes and no reasonable person will do it because there's little or no profit.
Here's the real challenge VICE, get Stephen Harper for a interview and actually ask him hard hitting questions on his failed policies in practically every single arena since he has been Prime Minister. Alas here's to wishing for the impossible.
Dope, glad to see Vice getting in on Canadian politics. I hope there's more. It's nice to see all the comments bashing Trudeau for being socialist.This country is far more left leaning, conservatives included so call us socialist, just remember it's our flag y'all put on your backpacks when travelling abroad.(if the haters even get out that much). I don't like how Canadian television portrays politics and I'd rather have Shane Smith or more Canadians from vice covering Canadian politics. This year we will be having an election and this sort of coverage is important to get out the voters. (Although I have to admit I would of wanted more harder questions for Trudeau)
I can see why Trudeau though, the Liberal party is the "Middle" party and can give a feel for both sides. NDP would probably comply, but not Conservative, they are very selective on who and how they talk to reports/groups. Thus, if just NDP and Liberals were interviewed then Vice would be seen as biased.
Guys I think we should listen to all of them and then decide ourselves. Zantark Obama did the interview , why not Harper ? I agree with you, he doesn't look like that kind of guy but who knows ?
SharkNATO That's because most Canadians want Weed legal and Justin is willing to do that... or current government is never going to change! I feel like a slave in my own country. I can't wait to vote Justin in!
***** You do realize I feel like a slave in my own country, Legalize Weed and let me be human. That's a choice he has to make, not saying hes the best person to run but he seems like the only one to Legalize Weed and that's way over due.
***** Yea its a no win situation your screwed no matter what way you go I just wish weed was like tobacco you can legally grow your own at home you know or buy it rolled or un-rolled. Thanks for the chat hopefully someone with enough common sense wins
They won't. Vice is only trying to push the Liberal agenda, if they do a real interview then they'll expose Trudope for the ignoramus he is and make any other party look good.
Man there is an inordinate amount of hate for this guy, granted I know absolutely jack shit about Canadian politics, but this guy doesn't seem unreasonable at all, in fact I agreed with a lot of the things he was saying. Certainly I don't think he said anything here to warrant the vehemently negative responses I've seen, but maybe someone wants to fill me in on why people don't like him other than "Socialist Pony" or "Commie"? I mean I'm legitimately asking, did this guy do something terrible?
He's a rich kid who is out of touch with common folk and only rides on the coat tails of his fathers name. His father a former prime minister who destroyed are military ,our rights, socialized and indebted our nation, for starters. He has proven time and time again that he should stick to teaching drama. He's a liar and a phoney.
holyburritoimmexican www.justinoverhishead.ca/ blame the conservative party aka the government aka the party that destroyed the liberal party aka the party that breaks promises aka stephan harper
holyburritoimmexican For the "Commie" comments. It references something he said in the past. When asked which government in the world he admired the most, he answered CHINA!!! He said he admired its power to turn its countrys economy on a dime when needed. aka absolute control. This prick dreams off having all the power and doing whatever he wants with it.
He has done nothing terrible, he's an opposition leader under a majority government, so all they can really do is complain XD. Serious now. Our current government has launched a long attack campaign against him to ruin his image by linking him to his father's mistakes and making him seem too immature to be a leader. Overall, he is seen rather favourably by the public, but that is just personally, no politically. As you saw in the interview, he often claims to support: the environment, personal freedoms, but will then support legislation against these.
So much for unbiased reporting Vice. I don't mind Trudeau being interviewed, but when the reporter is making comments like "Canada is going backwards quite frankly", shows that Vice isn't unbiased on this topic. Usually you're decent about this, but I ask that you refrain from interjecting your personal opinions in, what is supposed to be, a factual based interview. Also, since you've interviewed Trudeau I'm kind of expecting you to interview Mulcair and Harper as well, otherwise all this video is is payed commercial programming by the Liberal party. Tl;dr: Don't get involved in partisan politics, remain objective Vice.
Quareen Setro How is the reporter interjecting his personal beliefs into a supposed objective interview logical and rational? Quite frankly, it isn't. Reporters putting their personal opinions into an interview is the exact opposite of objective.
Quareen Setro It looks like you didn't watch it. 13:50, how is that little bit of personal opinion bringing up important topics? It isn't. Its his own personal opinion and it doesn't belong in an objective interview.
Michael Bigam trying to stop us from sending 90% of our lumber over seas, causing shortages and ridiculous prices here, isn't destroying the industry. If they industry hadn't fought every step of the way to prevent any loss whatsoever to the utterly ridiculous profits for their share holders and actually worked with the government we would have a much stronger economy and the building that are abundant in BC wouldn't be so insanely expensive. I guess you are fine with selling the majority of our lumber to Asian countries and America while prices for the same trees that grow all around us are twice the price for the people who live here to buy as it is for an American buying Canadian wood in America... But keep on regurgitating that propaganda put forth by the industry solely to protect their billionaires profits.
TriggerSpawn do you realise how much money billionaires make every year off of Canadian resources while paying the lowest possible tax rate and hiding a huge amount in foreign accounts which will never be subject to Canadian taxes? I'm guessing not or you wouldn't be bitching like a child about the relatively miniscule amount that is spent helping our least fortunate and most highly exploited class. But I guess your fine with socialism for the most privileged 1% while they impose capitalist structure to systematically oppress the rest of us and perpetuate the social inequalities and biases in orded to keep them and their descendents as rich as possible for as long as possible with no regard for what it might cost the rest of the population. Great logic fuck face.
Nicolas Perez No thanks, I don't like having my country run by someone who piggybacks of his fathers fame and tries to mimic his dad (and fails, horribly)
Sorry Justin, You lost my vote for your support of c 51. Why don't you really serve democracy by forming a coalition with the N.D.P.? A majority of Canadians don't want a conservative govt. You are perpetuating the Harper regime because of your ego.
The Conservatives have a very low popularity and were elected with a minority of votes. This is largely due to low voter turnout and how our electoral system works. Justin has a nice image, but I agree, he often supports policies that experts refute. Albeit, he does offer small tweaks to legislation, but it wouldn't actually change it and is mostly just pandering.
TriggerSpawn They received 39% or so of the actual vote, but because of the first through the post election style they received more than 50% of the seats. That is what cormmal is referring to.
SilortheBlade Yes however the 39% or so was the majority vote and since we have first past the post they get over 50%. If it were not like this (I.E Representational Method) the leading government would have near equal power (or less) than the opposing parties. Kinda beats the point of having a leader if it is like that
zeezo69x The attack in Quebec as in the one where the guy ran over Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent, killing him? If so that sounds like a very good answer from the police/RCMP in order to get more funding using a high profile incident and peoples emotions. Pretty well thought out, as are most of their statements. It's not like they're going to say it was all their fault for not knowing it was going to happen, and there's not much they could have done anyway since it was a crime of opportunity by a mental piece of garbage.
mrdann42 You are the only one who can prove it to yourself. I can only show you the way to the door. It takes time, it's not a legal remedy or an instant saviour program. This is the untarnished truth which is so hard to believe for some, though I assure you, it is 100% proven fact, reenforced 7 nights a week on live radio. All you have to do is find the patience to read enough of the essays. Release the spell binding and you are free! kateofgaia.wordpress.com/kates-writings/ kateofgaia.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/one-ring-to-rule-them-all-by-kate-of-gaia-pt1.pdf
***** Inaccurate. The leader of the party always becomes the PM. Just that the PM also runs for a riding for a seat in the House of Commons. The PM can be PM, without having won their riding. They just don't have a seat in the House of Commons.
Nnvy G Did I say that you said that you thought I voted Conservative?...that was a mouthful. This passive aggressive argument is annoying, why bring up the Conservatives if you didn't think I voted for them? The BQ, and the Green party are largely one topic parties as well and you didn't bring them up.
Just a correction: Canadians don't vote PMs into office but political parties. The leader of the party which gets the largest no. of seats in the lower house of Parliament is usually appointed PM.
As much as I dislike some of liberal party's stance on some things, I'll be happier than a pig in shit if the conservatives don't hold a majority come next election.
Indie Media Eastcoast Why should I vote harper over trudeau? Harper doesn't care for the environment and seems to only care about money from cooperation's and i'm not cool with that.
Indie Media Eastcoast The problem is I don't want to vote for Harper because he will continue with is arrogant and narrow minded ways, he doesn't listen to Canadians and Canadians want progress and we aren't narrow minded, we are more liberals then conservatives and i'm not sure if you know this but he doesn't like universal health care, something every Canadian cherishes and also the environment should be our biggest priority! we had millions of lakes that where protected before 2012 and now we have just over a hundred now being protected... that is sad and pathetic and I won't stand for that kind of bullshit. He has obtained quite the record over the past years he has been in office, he only cares about the rich while the poor are taxed to hell and also he allows hydro one to rape the Canadian citizens out of all their weekly pay in which there is a shit tonne of evidence for, they are in court as we speak for this horrendous act. There is so much bullshit he has pulled that to vote for him again shows how much you pay attention. Please take the elections seriously as this is important to everyone, the oil sands will be fine since both the ndp and liberals know its importance to our economy. Climate change is also real, to ignore scientists (the people who have much more knowledge then you) is a foolish thing to do.
Indie Media Eastcoast ... You should be american with the way you speak, there are kids and adults that fall to cancer and other terrible ailments and you expect them to go into debt for that illness because pharmaceutical companies will rape them with prices just like they do in america. And the biggest waste of canadian tax dollars is the war on drugs, we have failed to achieve anything with this pitiful war and have wasted billions on a failed plan and still to this day we do! there are more crack, meth, cocaine, heroin users today then back in the 80's and not to mention the war on drugs like marijuana, the drug that everyone said was bad but yet scientist failed to find any serious negative side effects for, to think billions went towards fighting a plant that does less harm then alcohol... it's embarrassing and shows harpers true intelligence! Bill gates also donated a whopping 30.2 billion to charity for poor people in Africa to help them with sickness and your trying to tell me he doesn't care for the poor? why are your facts so false? do you do any research or you just like believing you are right no matter what the evidence says...? Anyone that agrees with war on drugs and disagrees with free healthcare is a very delusional individual who can't think for themselves, you may be a baby boomer and if so that explains everything.
You act like everyone can get their hands on these cancer cures when in reality they are being suppressed from the public and if you let big pharma take over they would make sure those cures where abolished, it doesn't bring them money and that is what a big pharma would want. Free health care will allow more people to live comfortably with deadly diseases. I don't understand how someone like yourself thinks a cancer patient should have to deal with a 100,000$+ bill while struggling to live, it's a barbaric way of thinking and you really should be ashamed you think this way. Just because you where raised with the awareness of your well being doesn't mean everyone else thinks the same way you do. I agree that a lot of people are raised with bad habits but we shouldn't judge them for it but instead help them and that is what free healthcare does, it's an eye opener of sorts and once you realize your bad lifestyle you change it without knowing you're going to go broke because of a medical bill and when you struggle to pay that then how do you buy healthy food? or how do you avoid that cigarette from all the stress and if they don't want to change then a certain death is waiting. Not to mention the fact that little kids and healthy people are also susceptible to diseases as well, you are literally evil to think these people should be bombarded with medical bills, no doubt you're a rich snob who only thinks about themselves.
Do you want to raise corporate tax, and move business across sea? Do you want a carbon tax, to raise the price on everything from fuel, cars, clothes, & groceries? Than Justin Trudeau's your guy!
I doubt Harper would have sat down with Vice. In fact, judging by his relations with the media vis-a-vis- other PM's shows he would definitely never sit down for a Vice interview. Are you kidding? Harper would be lambasted.
+Ryan Sellers I rather pay more taxes and inject it in social programs than blow the current funds and get tax cuts for the middle class. We Canadians need a change to the whole Red Vs. Blue limbo that both pockets anyways. Look, we're pretty much choosing what STD we want for the next 4 years. We better make the best out of our taxes going to our broken social programs and try to fix what the Conservatives did.
+Electrohead92 NDP has no chance of winning, they are firmly in 3rd place, vote strategically though, this site shows all ridings in Canada and the best party to vote for to toss out Harper. Harper needs to be stopped and the Libs have the best chance at doing it www.strategicvoting.ca/alldistricts.php#
+Ryan Sellers I miss Jack Layton too. I voted Liberal because they have the best chance of beating the Conservatives & we NEED to get Harper out of office, but if Jack Layton was still alive I would have voted NDP.
+Kyle Surette this is the guy who voted in Bill C-51 to spy on you along with his boy harper. Do not elect any of the 3 "mainstream" parties (cons, libs, ndp). They are bought & paid for. That's the only reason you see media pumping them to get you to vote for them.
Liberals won what? Anyone dumb enough to be voting in any of the 3 "mainstream" parties put in front of them by banking & corporate interests is too dumb to be voting in the first place. All they're doing is putting is giving legitimacy to a kleptocracy.
Union of Conservative Canadians Incorrect, and painfully so. 'Conservative' governments in both Canada and the US have staggeringly depressing histories of mismanaging budgets, driving up debt, and slashing arts and social funding into oblivion. Conservatism means crony capitalism these days and we have woken up to that fact. The retiree crowd is the most prominent component of the Conservative camp and once they are gone the world can work on moving past the ignorant policies of the past. Conservatives are terrible with money. Conservatives are terrible for women, POC, the disabled, and the impoverished. Conservatism is toxic to compassionate people and is a consistent source for religious fundamentalism, xenophobia, bigotry, and destructive domestic and foreign policies.
Shane lives in the US, he doesn't understand how important the oil sands are to the Canadian economy. Anyone who protests the oil sands obviously doesn't rely on it to make a living.
+Denny Sensation The sentiment is absolutely legitimate, but with strong leadership the skilled oil sands workers could become the skilled solar, wind and geothermal power workers of tomorrow's Canada. It would take something to make the transition, but it has to happen sooner or later not just because of environmental concerns, but the simple reality of the collapse of oil prices all over the world. While the fossils fuel business always operate on a boom and bust basis, a long-term sustainable energy plan that takes advantage of the the unique expertise and terrain of Alberta could mean flourishing jobs for generations to come. Call me a dreamer, but that sounds like a win-win situation to me.
***** While I agree with much of what Trudeau says, his support of resource extraction and bill C-51, and his evasiveness when asked about *what exactly* he would change or keep in the bill, is incredibly troubling. The federal Liberals have not proven themselves trustworthy in the past either, and I believe them to be highly suspect. My hope is for an NDP government, but most of all to get rid of the despicable and unaccountable Harper government.
I think his support of the oil industry and C-51 are clear signs that he does not have our interests at heart. But the fact that he tries to look so friendly and approachable is especially worrisome.
***** I really want an end to first-past-the-post in favour of proportional representation (mixed-member or not) or at least preferential voting, because as it is now, the Conservatives win with so little of the vote due to Gerrymandering and vote splitting.
The second from the last (from Borda mathematician) is my favorite. It's only one turn so it's quick, and it's taking into account not only your first choice. I would simplify it to 3 choices though. And give a weighted value higher for the first choice, like 4, 2, 1. This is the best system imo.
I'm still voting for him? He's got great plans, he's got brains, potential. His dad was a rememberable Prime Minister AND Justin is sexy as hell! Harper needs to GO.
There are many reasons that I will vote for LIBERAL especially, because Trudeau legalizing and controlling pot. I getting sick of my neighbour they are little kids and they invite all school friends and make them smoke.
I'm from Vancouver living in Montreal and I didn't know much about Justin but after this I'm sold. He had me at the way he was pointing out other parties using fear tactics and how the system needs to change. Boom! done.
Notice he said government regulated pot. You will not be able to legally grow your own marijuana (without a licence)* if they legalize it. *Edited for clarity
60 years of the failed war on drugs. its time to end this shit with full legalization and it will be the choice of each province on how and if we can grow are own medicine. my guess would be 8 plants and upto 4 ounces per person.
Apparently his plan is for it to be regulated just like alcohol which means you'll be able to grow your own for your own personal use. You just won't be allowed to sell it.
***** And all of which require a government license. You will not just be able to freely grow weed like any other plant, even under a certain amount of plants.
What's your point? Canada is in a recession and is going into a housing bubble just like the US did.... Yet you elect this tattooed, sliver spoon fed and pretty dumb little face where the hamster in his head has been dead since he was born.... You elected an idiot just like we did in 2000 George W. Bush... Now we've got Barack Obama and soon Hilary Clinton. We've changed, more informed and you've all lost quite a bit of IQ points.
I'm not quite a young person any more, so I can relate to his fathers legacy without having to refer to a text book, with reality and a connection with an emotional sense... In 1980 my parents with 6 children (me included) started to build a modest house close to a thriving town in Alberta with around a 4% unemployment rate. Everything was going great, the house was almost completed. Dad had very lucrative jobs all over the country side with different gasplants and drilling rigs... then suddenly the word "Trudeau" and "national energy program" became very popular. I was only 4 years old, so I didn't know the significance, but I do remember many people became unemployed, miserable, then homeless. My childhood memories are of me and a few of my brothers sleeping in a corner of an unfinished bedroom, with one blanket, no pillow, huddled around the heating register... waiting for the heat to kick in like a pile of dogs. There were no baseboards, or rug on the floor, no window coverings, drapes or curtains... no lock on the front door... sometimes we would get canned food from behind the grocery store (dumpster diving). We traded some equipment we scrounged from the dump that we fixed, for some cows and chickens from a neighbouring part time farmer that used to work in the patch, so the milk and protein was usually enough. We managed to plant a large garden, so in the fall months we had good fresh produce to eat. To this day I still have no problem going for a full day without eating. Looking back, it was really tough times, my parents were miserable and always worried about the bank threatening to take back the house. Interest rates were 19% for the mortgage. We did manage to keep going by scrounging junk from the dump, and fixing it. If you go to the landfill right now, I guarantee that 70% of the deepfreezers sitting there just need a $6 relay or $25 thermostat to fix it... That is something that is easy to sell for $100. I promised myself I'd never be poor again, and now I'm set. Trudeau II can't take what I have saved up, but the younger ones starting out could get a serious reality check if the trudeau kid has the same economic sense as his daddy. We'll see if the Nintendo Wii generation can handle milking cows and shovelling chicken shit. Good Luck Canada. Do you want to look good with the few loud mouth hippies and tree huggers of the world, or would you rather have a roof over your head with heat and power?
am I the only one seriously not impressed with not just Justin trudeau but the liberal party of Canada as a whole. hey call me an NDP supporter which i'am, but I just can't find any substance in Justin and the liberal party which quite frankly along with the conservatives, 2 sides of the same coin in domestic and foreign policy.
IamRiTcHa amen to that! lol one of my Canadian friends when I asked him what he thought about harper's legacy so far in Canada since he's gotten in power all those years ago now, tells me "I'm just gonna say this. I wish we had the two term system like in the US" haha!
Indie Media Eastcoast nahhhhh me likes living on the planet a habitable planet that is, indigenous rights, worker's rights, and not a fan of the five eyes alliance harper has with the US,NZ,UK, and Australia. sooo nooope! no harper for me, and certaintly not this liberal douchebag either.
Indie Media Eastcoast nope! no the Liberal Party, to me their just another economic liberal, centre-right party, neo-liberal whatever you want to call them, to me the Conservatives and the Liberals are two cheeks of the same kind, or two sides of the same coin. soo yeah NDP all the way for me. and "rights of the white man" I think you'll find history has been very kind to the rights of the white man, and has suppressed successfully the rights of Native people.
Indie Media Eastcoast no one gets free university. if your rich or upper middle class its no problem, if your lucky enough to qualify for scholarship in which sometimes it doesn't cover everything, then no one gets free university. least of all not the poor of which first nations, aboriginal/torrres strait islanders, and native americans.
As a first time voter I will be a lifetime Liberal Voter! Thanks to Justin's promise to Legalize Weed. I will no longer feel like a slave in my own country, I can finally be human. Justin will win the next election hands down he is the voice of the new voters!
Vice getting the other leaders (Harper or Mulcair) too would be neat. I'd love to see Vice hit Harper with some hard questions. It's nice that they're covering Canadian politics at all though, I must say, keep it up!
I don't care for any party that needs to bash the other side to get "their" point across. I just find it dirty tactics. Concentrate on proving yourself Justin and let the other guy do his thing.
I am a first generation Canadian from S. E. Asia for last 45 years. Needless to say like many other new Canadians we are happy with the system and policies no matter which party is in the Government. . I have read Bill C-51 and found nothing against me, my children & grandchildren. On the contrary, I worry more about radicals who will bring bad names to responsible immigrant Canadians, my children & grandchildren. In this respect I wholeheartedly support this so-called contentious policy.
Another great interview by Shane Smith . VICE is supposed to be a network all about tits and violence and it did by far the best coverage (and still are) of the conflict in Ukraine . We need more channels like this
You know what? I think this guy makes sense on every point Shane interviewed him on. He seems down to earth. I had no clue what kind of man he was, but this interview, while short, gave me enough of a glimpse that may very well result in swaying me into Justin's direction. Sure, you may think all politicians are liars. I agree. But in the end, he makes sense to me. Liar or not, he has good points.
I really hate the fact that Trudeau talks about how he would give the law enforcement agencies all the powers they want, and it's silly to think that it could be a problem. IT'S A MAJOR PROBLEM. It's double-speak and that alone makes it impossible for me to vote for him (or Harper). Law enforcement agencies have proven time and time again that you cannot give them these powers. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Steve C Agreed, our police seem to think they can do anything they please these days. More and more police misconduct videos are showing up on the internet these days even though main stream media refuses to cover them.
Id like Mr Smith to interview the conservative side and get their thoughts as a comparison. Well done makes me think a lot more on the future of Canada.
I believe Canadians do not understand conservative policy vs liberal policy. PLEASE for the love of god, PLEASE read each policy. If you are a low-middle wage earner, liberals will take from the rich and give to the poor + middle class (like robin hood). whereas conservative policies make it easier for the rich to get richer and the poor to get poorer (the gap between the rich and poor has gotten MUCH bigger since Harper's introduction to the House as Prime Minister. Mulcair is right in the middle with this one. EDUCATE yourself BEFORE your vote. vote for the POLICIES not what people tell you think for YOURSELF As a sociology graduate, I promise you that the BEST choice (not the perfect choice) for 90% of Canadians is the LIBERALS or the GREEN parties because of their leftist ideologies and policies. This is a country where we work TOGETHER for the betterment of all of society. NOT a country where we support the "survival of the fittest".
Never in my life would I have thought this guy could turn out so poorly. Did anyone in the party grill him at all before handing over the leadership position?! I was a supporter until one by one he started to land on the wrong side of the issues. In fact only marijuana he got right.
What's your point? Canada is in a recession and is going into a housing bubble just like the US did.... Yet you elect this tattooed, sliver spoon fed and pretty dumb little face where the hamster in his head has been dead since he was born.... You elected an idiot just like we did in 2000 George W. Bush... Now we've got Barack Obama and soon Hilary Clinton. We've changed, more informed and you've all lost quite a bit of IQ points.
Eva Luna I'm fine with it. Donald Trump actually seems to have mellowed.... Just like George Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama did, their general elections and primary elections were very ruthless and backstabbing too.
Godless Libertarian "Mellowed" - really? He chooses white supremacist bloggers for high positions in the state... Bloggers that are completely crazy - into government positions!! Mellowed, are you f**** kidding me?
His "control and regulate" on marijuana is not decriminalization ... there will still be laws and regulations that make it difficult or even impossible to grow your own. Which you know most people who use marijuana will want to do because it's cheaper.
Vice playing along with most media in this country and not paying attention to the ACTUAL leader of the Opposition, Thomas Mulcair. Please try and interview Mulcair, as he's more qualified to be PM and in general a more principled politician and statesman.
Shout out to Vice for caring about Canadian politics.
Vice started out in Canada bro.
Matt McHugh Shane and Suroosh founders of Vice are both Canadian.
Mikey shane smith hates canada globalnews.ca/news/1224438/vice-founder-shane-smith-knocks-canada-for-stifling-success/
igotlobsterhands no doubt
Harper is as close you gonna get..
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After Shane Smiths Utter rim-job shamelful cowardice failure of an interview with BHO he deserves to NEVER have the chance to interview important people again. Go back to interviewing stoned skaters.
jiimmer beamer agreed had alot of better questions just off the top of my head like wtf
For almost the past decade this current Canadian government has worried me as they got their own way unabided. As a young voter I see the Conservatives have gone off the course to an area that quite frankly they have no business going to, and not only that, they think they can pass whatever they want in the name of security. Using fear tactics and American style politics is no way to be getting what they want. The people of Canada deserve a party that would actually represent the people and the interests of the country as a whole. The current young generation of voters is actually Canada's future, and not the old fogey's that want to stay in the past or are easily scared. I think we can be great again, we can be a shining light in the darkness of the world again like we once were. Petty fights between the Conservative, Liberals, and NDP can get tiresome for sure but no one ever seems to think of the future.
***** thats why there should be someone from the fan base there to tell them our side and what we what asked and stuff so its not a shitty interview
Brad Mcdougall Questions get screened by Justin's aids for all interviews. Basically all the good questions get nixed. Don't hate the player, hate the game yo, hate the game.
I am 17 and can confirm getting weed is so much easier than cigarettes and alcohol.
Um yeah that's exactly my point. If weed was legal it would be harder for teenagers to get, that was the point i was trying to make.
keith stone It wouldn't be more difficult for teens to get.
They would have just as much access to it as they would alcohol, and would obtain it in the same manner. If teens want it they will still get it.
keith stone I'm 18 and don't do drugs but yeah I walk by like 3 weed( maybe some other stuff two) dealers on the way home but no deps or an SAQ
keith stone High taxes on tobacco have propped up the contraband cigarette market, however.
Dan C There's people pushing weed to kids in the middle of the street, do you see people sitting on the corner of the road with a coat full of bottles? That's the difference, most young kids are way too scared to ask some greasy dude to buy them alcohol or cigarettes and no reasonable person will do it because there's little or no profit.
I really want to like Trudeau, but I don't...
He's just so unlikable
hes an up front guy, better than harper
spenbour16 That's a low standard
spenbour16 I like how they both say that, but offer nothing of how Harp's is better. They're right in that that is a low standard though.
Big Thompson either way, he's better than the other options...
Here's the real challenge VICE, get Stephen Harper for a interview and actually ask him hard hitting questions on his failed policies in practically every single arena since he has been Prime Minister. Alas here's to wishing for the impossible.
that would be like interviewing a wall
Nnvy G >implying any political party will deliver on the policies they promise
NeATaNDtURdy But does that wall have paint drying on it?
Nnvy G i dont see stephen harper accepting an interview
Nnvy G thats the thing though. Stephen Harper has complete contempt for the media.... and democracy
I hope he becomes our leader, simply because of the incompetence of the Conservatives and Stephen Harper
You obviously don't know what the word incompetence means. If his government is incompetent please explain how or STFU.
Snake Plissken Use google and your brain asswad
StueyTheNoob What about NDP ?
snake needs someone to talk too
800nom or Green?
Dope, glad to see Vice getting in on Canadian politics. I hope there's more. It's nice to see all the comments bashing Trudeau for being socialist.This country is far more left leaning, conservatives included so call us socialist, just remember it's our flag y'all put on your backpacks when travelling abroad.(if the haters even get out that much).
I don't like how Canadian television portrays politics and I'd rather have Shane Smith or more Canadians from vice covering Canadian politics. This year we will be having an election and this sort of coverage is important to get out the voters. (Although I have to admit I would of wanted more harder questions for Trudeau)
To be fair Vice should interview NDP member and Consevatives ones.
I can see why Trudeau though, the Liberal party is the "Middle" party and can give a feel for both sides. NDP would probably comply, but not Conservative, they are very selective on who and how they talk to reports/groups. Thus, if just NDP and Liberals were interviewed then Vice would be seen as biased.
800nom to be fair Harper would never do the interview.
Guys I think we should listen to all of them and then decide ourselves. Zantark Obama did the interview , why not Harper ? I agree with you, he doesn't look like that kind of guy but who knows ?
***** Great democracy your promoting - The only idea's worth talking about are the ones you deem eligible? Dictator in the making......
***** - and there lies the problem with your position some gets to make the decision if someone should be silenced. Not free speech bro not free!
I never seen so many angry Canadians on the comment section before!
***** you just proved him correct
SharkNATO that name.
SharkNATO That's because most Canadians want Weed legal and Justin is willing to do that... or current government is never going to change! I feel like a slave in my own country. I can't wait to vote Justin in!
***** You do realize I feel like a slave in my own country, Legalize Weed and let me be human. That's a choice he has to make, not saying hes the best person to run but he seems like the only one to Legalize Weed and that's way over due.
***** Yea its a no win situation your screwed no matter what way you go I just wish weed was like tobacco you can legally grow your own at home you know or buy it rolled or un-rolled. Thanks for the chat hopefully someone with enough common sense wins
Please get an interview with Harper and Mulcair as well
They won't. Vice is only trying to push the Liberal agenda, if they do a real interview then they'll expose Trudope for the ignoramus he is and make any other party look good.
Snake Plissken You do realize this guy is part of the center party. He's not even that left.
So you say...
No there is seriously a political party more to the left. The NDP.
Fuck Harper and Trudeau, there both right wing
Man there is an inordinate amount of hate for this guy, granted I know absolutely jack shit about Canadian politics, but this guy doesn't seem unreasonable at all, in fact I agreed with a lot of the things he was saying. Certainly I don't think he said anything here to warrant the vehemently negative responses I've seen, but maybe someone wants to fill me in on why people don't like him other than "Socialist Pony" or "Commie"? I mean I'm legitimately asking, did this guy do something terrible?
He's a rich kid who is out of touch with common folk and only rides on the coat tails of his fathers name. His father a former prime minister who destroyed are military ,our rights, socialized and indebted our nation, for starters. He has proven time and time again that he should stick to teaching drama. He's a liar and a phoney.
Oh, and shouldn't run a Popsicle stand yet alone a country.
holyburritoimmexican www.justinoverhishead.ca/
blame the conservative party aka the government aka the party that destroyed the liberal party aka the party that breaks promises aka stephan harper
holyburritoimmexican For the "Commie" comments. It references something he said in the past. When asked which government in the world he admired the most, he answered CHINA!!! He said he admired its power to turn its countrys economy on a dime when needed. aka absolute control. This prick dreams off having all the power and doing whatever he wants with it.
He has done nothing terrible, he's an opposition leader under a majority government, so all they can really do is complain XD. Serious now. Our current government has launched a long attack campaign against him to ruin his image by linking him to his father's mistakes and making him seem too immature to be a leader. Overall, he is seen rather favourably by the public, but that is just personally, no politically. As you saw in the interview, he often claims to support: the environment, personal freedoms, but will then support legislation against these.
So much for unbiased reporting Vice.
I don't mind Trudeau being interviewed, but when the reporter is making comments like "Canada is going backwards quite frankly", shows that Vice isn't unbiased on this topic. Usually you're decent about this, but I ask that you refrain from interjecting your personal opinions in, what is supposed to be, a factual based interview.
Also, since you've interviewed Trudeau I'm kind of expecting you to interview Mulcair and Harper as well, otherwise all this video is is payed commercial programming by the Liberal party.
Tl;dr: Don't get involved in partisan politics, remain objective Vice.
By who?
It's Logical and Rational.
Quareen Setro How is the reporter interjecting his personal beliefs into a supposed objective interview logical and rational? Quite frankly, it isn't. Reporters putting their personal opinions into an interview is the exact opposite of objective.
Dan C Looks like u didn't watched it, SHane moved important topics.
Quareen Setro It looks like you didn't watch it. 13:50, how is that little bit of personal opinion bringing up important topics? It isn't.
Its his own personal opinion and it doesn't belong in an objective interview.
Vice is an extremely biased organization.
"Bush/Clinton 2016" LOL
Sit down with Thomas Mulcair
Canadian Strategist NDP FTW
Canadian Strategist "We must take money from everyone and give it to the native and drunkard welfare leeches... GO ECONOMY" -Mulcair
s stevenson NDP fucked up BC's forestry industry when they were in power Mulclair seems like decent representation but Trudeau all the way :P
Michael Bigam trying to stop us from sending 90% of our lumber over seas, causing shortages and ridiculous prices here, isn't destroying the industry. If they industry hadn't fought every step of the way to prevent any loss whatsoever to the utterly ridiculous profits for their share holders and actually worked with the government we would have a much stronger economy and the building that are abundant in BC wouldn't be so insanely expensive. I guess you are fine with selling the majority of our lumber to Asian countries and America while prices for the same trees that grow all around us are twice the price for the people who live here to buy as it is for an American buying Canadian wood in America... But keep on regurgitating that propaganda put forth by the industry solely to protect their billionaires profits.
TriggerSpawn do you realise how much money billionaires make every year off of Canadian resources while paying the lowest possible tax rate and hiding a huge amount in foreign accounts which will never be subject to Canadian taxes? I'm guessing not or you wouldn't be bitching like a child about the relatively miniscule amount that is spent helping our least fortunate and most highly exploited class. But I guess your fine with socialism for the most privileged 1% while they impose capitalist structure to systematically oppress the rest of us and perpetuate the social inequalities and biases in orded to keep them and their descendents as rich as possible for as long as possible with no regard for what it might cost the rest of the population. Great logic fuck face.
Hey Canadians, vote for this guy!
Nicolas Perez No thanks, I don't like having my country run by someone who piggybacks of his fathers fame and tries to mimic his dad (and fails, horribly)
Nicolas Perez A Jew promoting a Globalist shill? That's a new one... sarcasm!
Trudeau for PM!
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mrYsignal NDP DOES NOT support Bill C-51. Check your facts before you start spewing bs.
sarmad mikha They were stupid not to.
captaincanpol.tumblr.com/post/121274800555/bill-c-51-justin-trudeau
Pfffftttt
Talk to Stephen Harper Please Vice.
MrLegoToy He can't do these talks... It takes far too much time to stretch the human skin over his reptilian body.
MrLegoToy Why would they talk to Harper? It would just prove all of Trudeau's arguments to be stupid
MrLegoToy Its more than 3 questions in this format though...
Tarathiel123 True, and they have to be different answers. Not just the same one repeated 3 times to answer 3 different questions.
TriggerSpawn LOL. When's the last time Harper had anything remotely intelligent to say that wasn't beating around the bush to fulfill his agenda?
Sorry Justin, You lost my vote for your support of c 51. Why don't you really serve democracy by forming a coalition with the N.D.P.? A majority of Canadians don't want a conservative govt. You are perpetuating the Harper regime because of your ego.
The Conservatives have a very low popularity and were elected with a minority of votes. This is largely due to low voter turnout and how our electoral system works. Justin has a nice image, but I agree, he often supports policies that experts refute. Albeit, he does offer small tweaks to legislation, but it wouldn't actually change it and is mostly just pandering.
I hope that isn't a lost vote period. Otherwise you have nothing to complain about.
cormmal538 That's not true, hence the majority government in the House of Commons
TriggerSpawn They received 39% or so of the actual vote, but because of the first through the post election style they received more than 50% of the seats. That is what cormmal is referring to.
SilortheBlade Yes however the 39% or so was the majority vote and since we have first past the post they get over 50%. If it were not like this (I.E Representational Method) the leading government would have near equal power (or less) than the opposing parties. Kinda beats the point of having a leader if it is like that
let me just say that anyone who thinks Canadians are all polite and nice has CLEARLY never read the UA-cam comment section of a Justin Trudeau video
This must be where they vent
The police in Canada already have all these powers on C-51.
Jose do you have the physical proof and evidence of this to link after making such a claim?
zeezo69x The attack in Quebec as in the one where the guy ran over Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent, killing him? If so that sounds like a very good answer from the police/RCMP in order to get more funding using a high profile incident and peoples emotions. Pretty well thought out, as are most of their statements. It's not like they're going to say it was all their fault for not knowing it was going to happen, and there's not much they could have done anyway since it was a crime of opportunity by a mental piece of garbage.
Ryan KeRay
prove it and link your source
mrdann42 You are the only one who can prove it to yourself. I can only show you the way to the door. It takes time, it's not a legal remedy or an instant saviour program. This is the untarnished truth which is so hard to believe for some, though I assure you, it is 100% proven fact, reenforced 7 nights a week on live radio. All you have to do is find the patience to read enough of the essays. Release the spell binding and you are free!
kateofgaia.wordpress.com/kates-writings/
kateofgaia.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/one-ring-to-rule-them-all-by-kate-of-gaia-pt1.pdf
mrdann42 kateofgaia.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/bulletproof-by-kate-of-kaia.pdf
Um prime ministerial candidate? why not just call him leader of the Liberal party
Supernerd7
Implies impending election.
*****
Inaccurate. The leader of the party always becomes the PM. Just that the PM also runs for a riding for a seat in the House of Commons. The PM can be PM, without having won their riding. They just don't have a seat in the House of Commons.
I think that was for all the Americans out there who have no clue what goes on with the Canadian government.
He dropped the term #netneutrality Vote #Trudeau
Voting for a person because of a single issue is idiotic and short sighted. *rolls eyes*
Dan C That's exactly why many in the Conservative base vote for Harper. Rolls Eyes
Nnvy G Did I say I voted for the Conservatives?
I was just saying that voting for a party because of one issue was idiotic. Plain and simple.
Dan C Did I say that you voted Conservative?
I was just pointing out that is precisely the platform the Harper Government has been taking.
Nnvy G Did I say that you said that you thought I voted Conservative?...that was a mouthful.
This passive aggressive argument is annoying, why bring up the Conservatives if you didn't think I voted for them? The BQ, and the Green party are largely one topic parties as well and you didn't bring them up.
Just a correction: Canadians don't vote PMs into office but political parties. The leader of the party which gets the largest no. of seats in the lower house of Parliament is usually appointed PM.
As much as I dislike some of liberal party's stance on some things, I'll be happier than a pig in shit if the conservatives don't hold a majority come next election.
Glad this interview was done, I change my mind on who i'm voting for.
Indie Media Eastcoast Why should I vote harper over trudeau? Harper doesn't care for the environment and seems to only care about money from cooperation's and i'm not cool with that.
Indie Media Eastcoast I should vote harper because he's not french... are you kidding me? start looking at the bigger issues man.
Indie Media Eastcoast The problem is I don't want to vote for Harper because he will continue with is arrogant and narrow minded ways, he doesn't listen to Canadians and Canadians want progress and we aren't narrow minded, we are more liberals then conservatives and i'm not sure if you know this but he doesn't like universal health care, something every Canadian cherishes and also the environment should be our biggest priority! we had millions of lakes that where protected before 2012 and now we have just over a hundred now being protected... that is sad and pathetic and I won't stand for that kind of bullshit. He has obtained quite the record over the past years he has been in office, he only cares about the rich while the poor are taxed to hell and also he allows hydro one to rape the Canadian citizens out of all their weekly pay in which there is a shit tonne of evidence for, they are in court as we speak for this horrendous act. There is so much bullshit he has pulled that to vote for him again shows how much you pay attention. Please take the elections seriously as this is important to everyone, the oil sands will be fine since both the ndp and liberals know its importance to our economy. Climate change is also real, to ignore scientists (the people who have much more knowledge then you) is a foolish thing to do.
Indie Media Eastcoast ... You should be american with the way you speak, there are kids and adults that fall to cancer and other terrible ailments and you expect them to go into debt for that illness because pharmaceutical companies will rape them with prices just like they do in america. And the biggest waste of canadian tax dollars is the war on drugs, we have failed to achieve anything with this pitiful war and have wasted billions on a failed plan and still to this day we do! there are more crack, meth, cocaine, heroin users today then back in the 80's and not to mention the war on drugs like marijuana, the drug that everyone said was bad but yet scientist failed to find any serious negative side effects for, to think billions went towards fighting a plant that does less harm then alcohol... it's embarrassing and shows harpers true intelligence! Bill gates also donated a whopping 30.2 billion to charity for poor people in Africa to help them with sickness and your trying to tell me he doesn't care for the poor? why are your facts so false? do you do any research or you just like believing you are right no matter what the evidence says...? Anyone that agrees with war on drugs and disagrees with free healthcare is a very delusional individual who can't think for themselves, you may be a baby boomer and if so that explains everything.
You act like everyone can get their hands on these cancer cures when in reality they are being suppressed from the public and if you let big pharma take over they would make sure those cures where abolished, it doesn't bring them money and that is what a big pharma would want. Free health care will allow more people to live comfortably with deadly diseases. I don't understand how someone like yourself thinks a cancer patient should have to deal with a 100,000$+ bill while struggling to live, it's a barbaric way of thinking and you really should be ashamed you think this way. Just because you where raised with the awareness of your well being doesn't mean everyone else thinks the same way you do. I agree that a lot of people are raised with bad habits but we shouldn't judge them for it but instead help them and that is what free healthcare does, it's an eye opener of sorts and once you realize your bad lifestyle you change it without knowing you're going to go broke because of a medical bill and when you struggle to pay that then how do you buy healthy food? or how do you avoid that cigarette from all the stress and if they don't want to change then a certain death is waiting. Not to mention the fact that little kids and healthy people are also susceptible to diseases as well, you are literally evil to think these people should be bombarded with medical bills, no doubt you're a rich snob who only thinks about themselves.
Do you want to raise corporate tax, and move business across sea?
Do you want a carbon tax, to raise the price on everything from fuel, cars, clothes, & groceries?
Than Justin Trudeau's your guy!
I actually like Trudeau. He at least gives us real answers.
Talk to Harper
I doubt Harper would have sat down with Vice. In fact, judging by his relations with the media vis-a-vis- other PM's shows he would definitely never sit down for a Vice interview. Are you kidding? Harper would be lambasted.
Talentedpunker Why? He's only got crap to say anyways. The dude needs to move out already. November can't come soon enough.
Talentedpunker why would he talk to Vice a sex and drug obsessed "news outlet".. he actually has self respect
Hampdood84 but no respect for his country.
Hampdood84 And you are here then because....?
Right now I'm split between liberal and NDP. I'd love it if Vice interviewed Tom Mulcair in order to get more insight of both parties.
+Ryan Sellers I rather pay more taxes and inject it in social programs than blow the current funds and get tax cuts for the middle class. We Canadians need a change to the whole Red Vs. Blue limbo that both pockets anyways. Look, we're pretty much choosing what STD we want for the next 4 years. We better make the best out of our taxes going to our broken social programs and try to fix what the Conservatives did.
+Electrohead92 NDP has no chance of winning, they are firmly in 3rd place, vote strategically though, this site shows all ridings in Canada and the best party to vote for to toss out Harper. Harper needs to be stopped and the Libs have the best chance at doing it www.strategicvoting.ca/alldistricts.php#
+Ryan Sellers I miss Jack Layton too. I voted Liberal because they have the best chance of beating the Conservatives & we NEED to get Harper out of office, but if Jack Layton was still alive I would have voted NDP.
+Electrohead92
week left ,Mulcair numbers is too low , make your vote count ,vote for Liberal to get rid of corrupt harper
+CARP SPUDPICKER
BYE BYE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Trudeau has my vote hands down
Same!
+Kyle Surette this is the guy who voted in Bill C-51 to spy on you along with his boy harper. Do not elect any of the 3 "mainstream" parties (cons, libs, ndp). They are bought & paid for. That's the only reason you see media pumping them to get you to vote for them.
***** Oh shut up, you already know that the Liberals have won stop pulling your bullshit on others.
Liberals won what? Anyone dumb enough to be voting in any of the 3 "mainstream" parties put in front of them by banking & corporate interests is too dumb to be voting in the first place. All they're doing is putting is giving legitimacy to a kleptocracy.
***** Whatever you say.
I will never, ever, vote liberal again in my life. You have ruined this country.
iReturnV1deotapes pierre truduea and lester b pearson were liberal and they were great
Liberal policies are a joke. Conservative individualism is the only way for Canada. Who do you plan on voting for?
Union of Conservative Canadians Incorrect, and painfully so.
'Conservative' governments in both Canada and the US have staggeringly depressing histories of mismanaging budgets, driving up debt, and slashing arts and social funding into oblivion.
Conservatism means crony capitalism these days and we have woken up to that fact. The retiree crowd is the most prominent component of the Conservative camp and once they are gone the world can work on moving past the ignorant policies of the past.
Conservatives are terrible with money.
Conservatives are terrible for women, POC, the disabled, and the impoverished.
Conservatism is toxic to compassionate people and is a consistent source for religious fundamentalism, xenophobia, bigotry, and destructive domestic and foreign policies.
The Republican Party in the U.S. Has been for starting many wars in the Middle East and driving up debt but not the Conservatives
What do you mean conservatives are terrible for women?
Shane lives in the US, he doesn't understand how important the oil sands are to the Canadian economy. Anyone who protests the oil sands obviously doesn't rely on it to make a living.
+Denny Sensation The sentiment is absolutely legitimate, but with strong leadership the skilled oil sands workers could become the skilled solar, wind and geothermal power workers of tomorrow's Canada. It would take something to make the transition, but it has to happen sooner or later not just because of environmental concerns, but the simple reality of the collapse of oil prices all over the world. While the fossils fuel business always operate on a boom and bust basis, a long-term sustainable energy plan that takes advantage of the the unique expertise and terrain of Alberta could mean flourishing jobs for generations to come. Call me a dreamer, but that sounds like a win-win situation to me.
I actually want to vote Liberal now. NDP is my other choice.
I agree with evething he said.
***** While I agree with much of what Trudeau says, his support of resource extraction and bill C-51, and his evasiveness when asked about *what exactly* he would change or keep in the bill, is incredibly troubling. The federal Liberals have not proven themselves trustworthy in the past either, and I believe them to be highly suspect. My hope is for an NDP government, but most of all to get rid of the despicable and unaccountable Harper government.
cheesesux yeah their support of bill C-51 trouble me too!
I think his support of the oil industry and C-51 are clear signs that he does not have our interests at heart. But the fact that he tries to look so friendly and approachable is especially worrisome.
***** I really want an end to first-past-the-post in favour of proportional representation (mixed-member or not) or at least preferential voting, because as it is now, the Conservatives win with so little of the vote due to Gerrymandering and vote splitting.
The second from the last (from Borda mathematician) is my favorite. It's only one turn so it's quick, and it's taking into account not only your first choice. I would simplify it to 3 choices though. And give a weighted value higher for the first choice, like 4, 2, 1. This is the best system imo.
Anyone but Harper gets my vote!
Stale Darkey Legalize Weed and you have my vote for LIFE
***** So what does being tread like a slave in you own country do? How about you shut the fuck up!
He has my vote!
My only complaint with this video is that it wasn't longer ;) Great interview as always Vice
This guy has such a smug face.
Dang, I was all for Justin till I saw his ad... ;( Now I'm Definitely NOT voting Him
I'm still voting for him? He's got great plans, he's got brains, potential. His dad was a rememberable Prime Minister AND Justin is sexy as hell! Harper needs to GO.
Hope he wins
Me too but the only way he can win, is if you vote! I know I am :)
well said!
why do people say Harper is a racist in the comments section
***** can`t tell if trolling, or not, pretty sure your joking... hope your joking
***** nope just another one of trudeau's wagoners
***** Back all of those statements up with evidence and sources
***** Well then why don't you back it up with sources and evidence?
***** As much of it as you can
this man will not beat that crook harper. this man is a lost soul.
There are many reasons that I will vote for LIBERAL especially, because Trudeau legalizing and controlling pot. I getting sick of my neighbour they are little kids and they invite all school friends and make them smoke.
+Хосров Акбари Лео
legalizing pot reducing crime, that for sure
Is it legalized now ?
I'm all for legalization, but it's not gonna make the neighbor kids stop smoking it. That's just silly.
Damn i know this is an old interview but he's just so mesmerizing !
Canadians elected Derek Zoolander for Prime Minister.
I'm from Vancouver living in Montreal and I didn't know much about Justin but
after this I'm sold. He had me at the way he was pointing out other parties
using fear tactics and how the system needs to change. Boom! done.
wow he looks young to be 43
Hahaha, Justin Trudeau looks like Barbie's boyfriend "Ken".
WOOHOO FULL LEGALIZATION IN CANADA 2016 BABY!! YOU BETTER LET US GROW ARE OWN PLANTS JUSTIN YAH FUCK! :)
Notice he said government regulated pot. You will not be able to legally grow your own marijuana (without a licence)* if they legalize it.
*Edited for clarity
Oh my god, please put your helmet back on.
60 years of the failed war on drugs. its time to end this shit with full legalization and it will be the choice of each province on how and if we can grow are own medicine. my guess would be 8 plants and upto 4 ounces per person.
Apparently his plan is for it to be regulated just like alcohol which means you'll be able to grow your own for your own personal use. You just won't be allowed to sell it.
***** And all of which require a government license.
You will not just be able to freely grow weed like any other plant, even under a certain amount of plants.
Love him or hate him, Justin is still better then harper
I really want a liberal Government, I like their stance on the majority of issues.
+TheShaleco
Good for you !!!!!!
Ask and you shall recieve
Gold Creed Yeah as soon as the atlantic results started coming in I was excited!
TheShaleco Red sea of the maritime
That was not an interview, that was "I'll ask a question, you answer your party line and I'll move forward"... Not journalism.
Love all the conservative comments from rightist America - pretty telling and humorous
+VanIsleNuckFan Isn't your currency collapsing vs the US dollar? USA USA USA.
Way to prove my point.. 'Merica - sure feels free up here, hows that goin for ya?
+joe momma hahaha, good ol' Americans. Them southern folk always told good jokes.
American Man Don't let the door hit ya, where the good lord split ya...
What's your point? Canada is in a recession and is going into a housing bubble just like the US did.... Yet you elect this tattooed, sliver spoon fed and pretty dumb little face where the hamster in his head has been dead since he was born.... You elected an idiot just like we did in 2000 George W. Bush... Now we've got Barack Obama and soon Hilary Clinton. We've changed, more informed and you've all lost quite a bit of IQ points.
kudos for covering canadian issues!
i trust this bro
Montréal's a small place, Phil.
I'm not quite a young person any more, so I can relate to his fathers legacy without having to refer to a text book, with reality and a connection with an emotional sense...
In 1980 my parents with 6 children (me included) started to build a modest house close to a thriving town in Alberta with around a 4% unemployment rate. Everything was going great, the house was almost completed. Dad had very lucrative jobs all over the country side with different gasplants and drilling rigs... then suddenly the word "Trudeau" and "national energy program" became very popular. I was only 4 years old, so I didn't know the significance, but I do remember many people became unemployed, miserable, then homeless.
My childhood memories are of me and a few of my brothers sleeping in a corner of an unfinished bedroom, with one blanket, no pillow, huddled around the heating register... waiting for the heat to kick in like a pile of dogs. There were no baseboards, or rug on the floor, no window coverings, drapes or curtains... no lock on the front door... sometimes we would get canned food from behind the grocery store (dumpster diving). We traded some equipment we scrounged from the dump that we fixed, for some cows and chickens from a neighbouring part time farmer that used to work in the patch, so the milk and protein was usually enough. We managed to plant a large garden, so in the fall months we had good fresh produce to eat. To this day I still have no problem going for a full day without eating.
Looking back, it was really tough times, my parents were miserable and always worried about the bank threatening to take back the house. Interest rates were 19% for the mortgage. We did manage to keep going by scrounging junk from the dump, and fixing it. If you go to the landfill right now, I guarantee that 70% of the deepfreezers sitting there just need a $6 relay or $25 thermostat to fix it... That is something that is easy to sell for $100.
I promised myself I'd never be poor again, and now I'm set. Trudeau II can't take what I have saved up, but the younger ones starting out could get a serious reality check if the trudeau kid has the same economic sense as his daddy.
We'll see if the Nintendo Wii generation can handle milking cows and shovelling chicken shit.
Good Luck Canada. Do you want to look good with the few loud mouth hippies and tree huggers of the world, or would you rather have a roof over your head with heat and power?
am I the only one seriously not impressed with not just Justin trudeau but the liberal party of Canada as a whole. hey call me an NDP supporter which i'am, but I just can't find any substance in Justin and the liberal party which quite frankly along with the conservatives, 2 sides of the same coin in domestic and foreign policy.
At least you are an NDP supporter and not a conservative moron. Anyone but harper
IamRiTcHa amen to that! lol one of my Canadian friends when I asked him what he thought about harper's legacy so far in Canada since he's gotten in power all those years ago now, tells me "I'm just gonna say this. I wish we had the two term system like in the US" haha!
Indie Media Eastcoast nahhhhh me likes living on the planet a habitable planet that is, indigenous rights, worker's rights, and not a fan of the five eyes alliance harper has with the US,NZ,UK, and Australia. sooo nooope! no harper for me, and certaintly not this liberal douchebag either.
Indie Media Eastcoast nope! no the Liberal Party, to me their just another economic liberal, centre-right party, neo-liberal whatever you want to call them, to me the Conservatives and the Liberals are two cheeks of the same kind, or two sides of the same coin. soo yeah NDP all the way for me. and "rights of the white man" I think you'll find history has been very kind to the rights of the white man, and has suppressed successfully the rights of Native people.
Indie Media Eastcoast no one gets free university. if your rich or upper middle class its no problem, if your lucky enough to qualify for scholarship in which sometimes it doesn't cover everything, then no one gets free university. least of all not the poor of which first nations, aboriginal/torrres strait islanders, and native americans.
As a first time voter I will be a lifetime Liberal Voter! Thanks to Justin's promise to Legalize Weed. I will no longer feel like a slave in my own country, I can finally be human. Justin will win the next election hands down he is the voice of the new voters!
Get Stephen Harper out
Nice to see his consistency looking back.
Cool Video Bro
Mr. Smith kicks ass in this interview! He definitely did his research. Good stuff!
He's bae ❤
And you're an idiot.
konsulminibus Thanks so much! 😂
he is a saying his fathers legacy would make it harder for him, that's a lie.
Would love to see someone ask him a question about monarchy.
Justin Trudeau was really the best option for Canada.
Why is everyone wearing jackets on a sunny day at the end lol?
As a young Canadian Voter, I would very much like to see one of these interviews done with Green Party Leader, Elizabeth May.
Vice getting the other leaders (Harper or Mulcair) too would be neat. I'd love to see Vice hit Harper with some hard questions. It's nice that they're covering Canadian politics at all though, I must say, keep it up!
I don't care for any party that needs to bash the other side to get "their" point across. I just find it dirty tactics. Concentrate on proving yourself Justin and let the other guy do his thing.
Great interview!! Go get them Justin!
I am a first generation Canadian from S. E. Asia for last 45 years. Needless to say like many other new Canadians we are happy with the system and policies no matter which party is in the Government. . I have read Bill C-51 and found nothing against me, my children & grandchildren. On the contrary, I worry more about radicals who will bring bad names to responsible immigrant Canadians, my children & grandchildren. In this respect I wholeheartedly support this so-called contentious policy.
Justin = The next PM of Canada
The whole problem with Trudeau is that he's from Quebec.
tupac shakur: my ambitionz as a ridah.
justin trudeau: my ambishunz as a liar.
I'd like to see the the other potential candidates too vice. I personally really appreciate hearing from Northern political dialect in this format!
I truly hope Vice will do interviews with Mulcair and Harper, now. 15-minutes-long interviews are way too rare in traditional media.
Another great interview by Shane Smith . VICE is supposed to be a network all about tits and violence and it did by far the best coverage (and still are) of the conflict in Ukraine . We need more channels like this
Definitely do a sit down with Tom Muclair please. Ask more questions!
He wants weed, I want weed, VOTE T
Yeah I wanna smoke in my backyard without having neighboors snitch to the cops! Vote Trudeau!
You know what? I think this guy makes sense on every point Shane interviewed him on. He seems down to earth. I had no clue what kind of man he was, but this interview, while short, gave me enough of a glimpse that may very well result in swaying me into Justin's direction.
Sure, you may think all politicians are liars. I agree. But in the end, he makes sense to me. Liar or not, he has good points.
I really hate the fact that Trudeau talks about how he would give the law enforcement agencies all the powers they want, and it's silly to think that it could be a problem. IT'S A MAJOR PROBLEM. It's double-speak and that alone makes it impossible for me to vote for him (or Harper). Law enforcement agencies have proven time and time again that you cannot give them these powers. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Steve C Agreed, our police seem to think they can do anything they please these days. More and more police misconduct videos are showing up on the internet these days even though main stream media refuses to cover them.
Id like Mr Smith to interview the conservative side and get their thoughts as a comparison. Well done makes me think a lot more on the future of Canada.
Trudeau says, I should be prime minister of Canada 'cause my daddy was, and I have nice hair.
Can you get an interview with Mulcair?
this guy is real the way he talks, not like all other politicians which always talk with the same formula...props
Way to bring it home Shane.
I believe Canadians do not understand conservative policy vs liberal policy. PLEASE for the love of god, PLEASE read each policy. If you are a low-middle wage earner, liberals will take from the rich and give to the poor + middle class (like robin hood). whereas conservative policies make it easier for the rich to get richer and the poor to get poorer (the gap between the rich and poor has gotten MUCH bigger since Harper's introduction to the House as Prime Minister. Mulcair is right in the middle with this one.
EDUCATE yourself BEFORE your vote.
vote for the POLICIES not what people tell you
think for YOURSELF
As a sociology graduate, I promise you that the BEST choice (not the perfect choice) for 90% of Canadians is the LIBERALS or the GREEN parties because of their leftist ideologies and policies.
This is a country where we work TOGETHER for the betterment of all of society. NOT a country where we support the "survival of the fittest".
I'm a VERY disappointed! Very disappointed! Not once did he say "eh"!
Never in my life would I have thought this guy could turn out so poorly. Did anyone in the party grill him at all before handing over the leadership position?! I was a supporter until one by one he started to land on the wrong side of the issues. In fact only marijuana he got right.
Well spoken about the generation of young people
Canada is going backwards?
US is the only one going backwards in that area...
What's your point? Canada is in a recession and is going into a housing bubble just like the US did.... Yet you elect this tattooed, sliver spoon fed and pretty dumb little face where the hamster in his head has been dead since he was born.... You elected an idiot just like we did in 2000 George W. Bush... Now we've got Barack Obama and soon Hilary Clinton. We've changed, more informed and you've all lost quite a bit of IQ points.
Godless Libertarian hahahha.... your comment is so funny now that Donald Trump is the president. How are you coping up? 😆
Eva Luna I'm fine with it. Donald Trump actually seems to have mellowed.... Just like George Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama did, their general elections and primary elections were very ruthless and backstabbing too.
Godless Libertarian "Mellowed" - really?
He chooses white supremacist bloggers for high positions in the state... Bloggers that are completely crazy - into government positions!!
Mellowed, are you f**** kidding me?
Shane Smith: Bush Clinton 16.
Trump: allow me to introduce myself.
Also Shane Smith is Canadian.
His "control and regulate" on marijuana is not decriminalization ... there will still be laws and regulations that make it difficult or even impossible to grow your own. Which you know most people who use marijuana will want to do because it's cheaper.
Vice playing along with most media in this country and not paying attention to the ACTUAL leader of the Opposition, Thomas Mulcair. Please try and interview Mulcair, as he's more qualified to be PM and in general a more principled politician and statesman.
Good job Shane
"sure..."
LEGALIZE IT!!!!!!!!
I like his stance on everything else then c51, you can see right through him through with his looks when the bill was brought up.
Nobody's worried about terrorists except my grandma!