This video being legal to show on TV already means Canada is an amazing country with freedom. and humor. I am Thai and our laws regarding censorship of the monarchy is outrageous, I hope one day similar things like this can be seen on Thai TV and nobody responsible have to disappear afterwards.
If you read one Canadian book this year let it be Talking to Canadians by Rick Mercer. I grew up watching Rick from time to time and never really realized how special he is. But now I have a newfound love for the guy. He is a true Canadian role model.
sendmejunkify "Oh wait, no. It couldn't be this dude." Was funny enough over a year ago. Who would have thought (in retrospect) it could get funnier? Here we are in May 2020 and that dude (Jason Kenny I think) is now the Premier of Alberta.
i was more engaged than any class I have ever taken. I have learned more about politics than I have in my entire adult life, and also have laughed during the whole thing! A video not forgotten, Rick Mercer you are a Canadian gem and I cherish you greatly!!!!!
Thank you for this! I love how, at 3:45 he says “The advantage of our system is, if our Prime Minister decides to do something in completely insane, we have a system to remove him immediately“… And then they show a photo of George W Bush. How quaint that looks from the perspective of current times.
Despite Rick being rather real in the segment, that’s the one part where he’s out of his mind. If the governor general even lose a toe out of line there is typically a political crisis. Australia’s 1975 Constitutional Crisis being exhibit A and the King-Bing affair being exhibit B
+Brad Johnson THAT is correct. In fact, "constitutionally" the Brits can depose the monarch & become a full Republic .. ... even then, QE II would still remain the *Queen of Canada* (_she probably would have to move here or Australia_... LOL!)
Viennery No, the Commonwealth is a separate concept. Republics can be in the commonwealth. ***** Explained well, Elizabeth II is the Queen of Canada and the Queen of England, but the Queen of England is not Canada's queen, make sense? Think about it this way, I could be the CEO two companies, Canada Corp and England Corp. Being simultaneously the CEO of two companies does not mean England Corp owns Canada Corp any more than Canada Corp owns England Corp. Even though the CEO of both companies is the same physical person.
If my dad is the Police Chief and the Fire chief, and someone asks me who is the Fire chief, and I reply the Police Chief, is that wrong? As the Queen of England and the Queen of Canada are by tradition and likely by law currently one and the same person, isn’t the current Queen of England whether or not England becomes a full republic sometime in the future also the Queen of Canada? If so wouldn’t either designation as well as the Queen of whatever else she may be queen of, be a valid designation? Once England becomes a full republic that designation would no longer hold true as when my dad retires as the Police chief.
YES, SHE HOLDS THE TITLE ,,, BUT IT IS A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY , ONLY !!! Canada is a Sovereign Nation .. Makes her own decisions etc. As all Commonwealth Nations do ...Canada ,only pays homage constitutionaly , lip service to the Crown ,, but Canada , also belongs , to the British Commonwealth of Nations .. Which includes many Nations World -wide .. Its a strong Commonwealth .. And in a 150 years the Bonds between these Nations has never been broken .... Canada has many Bonds with other Nations across the World that do not belong to the Commonwealth .. Holland , Belgium , who the Canadians Liberated , at great losses & to this very day those Countries Honour Canada & the thousands of Canadians that gave their lives for them & remain & lie buried in their grounds .. So let's not get too carried away here :))) Canada has Served the World well .. And never asked a thing back !!! Basically in the 60's & 70's we were for years , Peace Keepers , UNTIL we threw our lot in with the U.SA. We have always been there for them , in their Crisis's etc. ..UNTIL changes were made , but ,,one sometimes has to give their head a shake at what our neighbours are doing .. We Will & WILL Continue to remain Loyal as Friends , but , oh !! One does not want to get shafted , as it is unfortunatley being Economically done to us ... Fair Trade ??? Well , Fair Trade or the Word "Fair" , means , Every One Should get a piece of the Sausage , not JUST The Who One Cry & Whimper , OR BULLY !! if they don't get 85 % of it .. Give & Take , SHOULD BE THE NAME OF THE GAME !! A real Deal-maker or Negotiator should know how to make it work !! So all walk away satisfied !!
Canada was never part of the USA. During the civil war the British loyalists fled northwards, to Canada (mostly Upper Canada) while the French held lower Canada. Canada was only ever part of the English and French Empires, and the French lost Lower Canada so it all became British. The USA did try to take over but lost the war of 1812 against The British (with minor aid from Canadian Militias, much more aid came from Indians but for their good work we stuck them in 3rd world reserves. Go Canada!)
"Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, whereas Canadians are malevolently informed about the United States" Merrill Denison, Canadian Playwright
I love this. He explains it clearly, but in a nice humorous way that if, say you got something wrong, it's fine .Because it's funney and you can laugh. Great way of explaining how our government works. Also, I shall be *down voting* every comment that refers to "remove the Queen" or some sort of similar thing.
No I'm a Canadian and I think Canada is in the top 10 best countries in the world, but that person thought Canada was the best. And it's NOT simply because we aren't perfect.
Thank you for your rendition of our political system; you make it sound so ridiculous, which it is. Has anyone ever sat back and looked into the amount of money it takes to keep this morinic Democracy system ticking; I,ll bet you it's in the billions of dollars. No wonder we have such a deficit. If we were to take in all of our elections, the cost of MP's, MLA's, Civic leaders, government services, excluding law enforcement and other essential services, but embracing foreign councels - our country would be pretty well off. Proroguing government has been used too often and is not subject to holding our politicians to account, but if they were not being paid for the same period it would be a hard lesson for them to learn and tey would use it more wisely and wouldn't be as flippant about it.
"Has anyone ever sat back and looked into the amount of money it takes to keep this morinic Democracy system ticking; I,ll bet you it's in the billions of dollars." FYI "democracies" get better bang-per-buck than any other gov't system. Dictatorships generally have even higher taxes and the people get treated like shit for the privilege.
@araya1 Its not always cold . . . I'm pretty sure you get winter too. . . and it depends where you live/visit. I live in Vancouver, and it basically rains all winter. . . we usually never even get snow.
Well if that is true about being able to remove the sitting PM for 'doing something completely insane', then why is Justin Trudeau STILL able to enjoy the role and its many perks, as PM? What say you?
If you understood anything in the video it is because the Liberal government maintains the confidence of the house of commons and Justin Trudeau remains the leader of the party.
"a system that seemed to be broken was actually hard at work" -thats an interesting thought its too bad emergency measures had to be implemented in the first place but its reassuring to know theyre there I was in afghanistan when this whole thing happened so it wasnt central to my daly life but my family did tell me about the shitstorm that was going on in Ottawa
@DigoGcontaeanChlair we don't sing God Save the queen...where did you find this? Though we don't have a single national identity (we are a diverse), in times of crisis we stand together.Diversity allows us to tolerate and understand each other thus allowing us to have an open mind and not a narrow one. So what if SOME of our areas are cold? We have tons of natural resources and many natives up live there and have been for thousands of years! if you don't like the cold, then live in the south!
So hey, how bout we get the Queen out of our political system. Even though she has no power, but still. I dont like that immigrnats have to pledge an oath to the monarchy.
Do you have any idea what a huge pain in the ass that would be? I would much rather our elected representatives spend their time governing the country well, than carefully rewriting hundred year old documents to remove all references to the Queen and wasting a several million dollars holding a referendum.
Gabe wasn't insulting immigrants, Jay. He was saying that he took issue that new Canadian citizens had to swear an oath to the Queen. What else is the government doing? Going on vacation and lying? It wouldn't be that hard to change and we're going to have to do it all again anyway when Elizabeth dies and her son takes the crown and we have to change all the "Queen" and "Her Majesty" to "King" and "His Majesty".
No because people weren't that stupid when they wrote the constitution etc.. all the reference to the monarch use both genders already. And yes it would be that hard to change because it requires changing the constitution which requires unanimous consent of the provinces some of which have laws requiring referendums for their approval of significant changes to the constitution - and that is before you get into the whole "Quebec never approved the current constitution" debacle and have to deal with all those extra negotiations (see Meech Lake Accord and Charlottetown Accords to see how well that has gone in the past). There is still an on going court case challenging Harper's change to the rules of succession of the Monarchy to treat male and female heirs equally - and that is a change that has broad approval among Canadians. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-court-appeal-royal-succession-law-1.4541398
It does not. It says 'Queen' throughout the whole thing. I even believed you at first, but I looked it up on the Government's site and then I looked up the physical document. It says Queen throughout the whole thing from 1867 to 1982. Maybe I'm ignorant, and every document I've seen is filling in a blank where it says [Insert Gender Appropriate Monarchial Title] or it says 'Queen'. So, unless Canada wants to be officially ruled by Charle's wife, we're going to have to change it. Yes, there would be a political debacle. The Canadian Government is seemingly incapable of doing anything simply. What I am saying is it that it wouldn't be actually difficult to do, just annoying to get started. Or maybe it would be harder, considering the BNA Act is apparently still in Britain. Obviously, the rights of succession should be cognatic, it'd only be sexist not to. That's something that really doesn't matter since the direct heirs are all men. I support that change and I want the monarchy abolished.
Keep in mind that each province has a different education system. When I was in junior high and high school, we learned everything on this video and more.
@xTsukiTsuki Last statement from me and I'll leave you alone. Certain statements are made with the intent to lead others to an answer. Yours seemed to me like a leading statement, that was implying that it was a poor decision on the countries part. If you wanted to be accurate in the first place you'd note that not one man died. Anyways, that's all I have to say.
Holy crap, there are SUCH bigger issues in the world right now than a stupid "who's better" argument between FRIENDLY countries. Give it a rest people.
The United Kingdom and France were already on the offensive and progressively winning the 1st World War when the United States got pissy that Germany was shooting their boats, the Americans were cannon fodder in that war. In World War 2, you helped out with the Normandy landings and taking the pressure off of Australia and NZ, but ultimately the Soviets could have beat the Germans without America. I'm British-Canadian and "we" meant the British and Upper Canadians.
@MrFataja Umm the last time the USA played Canada in hockey was the winter Olympics Vancouver 2010. Canada gold, USA Silver Finland Bronze, and thats the order of medals for both the men and women's teams. All time gold medal standing at the Olympics sees Canada 1st, USSR/ Russia 2nd, USA 3rd. John Hopps invented the world's 1st pacemaker in 1950 @ University of Toronto. But I digress, there is no need to put our country down when great contributions have clearly been made.
@IrishBhoy12 Sorry if you're annoyed by what I say, but I'm just telling the truth. English refers to the people of England, and also to the English language. You ask why I'm looking at a Canadian video if I am English. That is such a dumb question. First of all I am not English, I am originally from Scotland, but am now living in Canada and am a Canadian citizen. And why shouldn't I look at a Canadian video regardless of where I'm from ?
@ronmann606 Well it's not acceptable to me, simply because it's incorrect. The present monarch never has been, and never will be Queen of England. The last Queen to hold the title of Queen of England was Elizabeth 1, daughter of Henry V111, when Scotland & England were separate countries with their own monarchs.. In 1603, there was a Union of the Crowns of Scotland & England. Since that time, the title "Queen of England" has ceased to exist. Long live the Queen of the UK and Commonwealth.
Lol! That was great! Never get tired of Rick Mercer, he's brilliant! But what's real boring is every Rick Mercer video I come to watch to cheer me up and make me laugh, I find the same ppl engaged in their endless tiresome banter of US vs Canada! I swear on every Rick Mercer video on YT! Is nobody else watching? Or is it that they cannot get a word in edgewise? Who cares anyway about what country is better?
Bravo !! AT LEAST WE ARE NOT AFRAID TO SAY IT AS IT IS !!! MAKE FUN OF OURSELVES & OUR GOVNT. WITHOUT FEAR !!! AND OUR PRIME MINISTER CAN BE FIRED !!! HONESTY IS THE RULE !!
And now I am going to criticize your knowledge of Canadian history. There was a Canada then, two in fact: the colonies of Upper Canada and Lower Canada, the United States was trying to annex Upper Canada. Around 26 million Russian soldiers and civilians were killed. They still got to Berlin before any of the allies did.
@qoopsta Yes to be come canadian you must swear on oath to the queen. I swear (or affirm) that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada, Her Heirs and Successors, and that I will faithfully observe the laws of Canada and fulfil my duties as a Canadian citizen.
@moviemakerHiD2 First of all, Queen Elizabeth is NOT Queen of England, as you say. She is Queen, and Head of State, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Commonwealth. As Canada is one of the Commonwealth countries, it therefore follows that she is Head of State of Canada.
You're not so smart, Rick Mercer, talking about ignorant Canadians like that, considering that you showed your own ignorance when you said that Canada's head of state is Queen Elizabeth, the Queen of England, when in fact she's the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Commonwealth. So there, Mr. Know-it-all Rick Mercer.
@SnobRoll Defended Afghanistan with you guys, joined a coalition with America into Iraq. Trained security forces in various countries. Provided troops when other countries backed down, and lost them without making a loud peep about America's search for the non-existent WMD. And much much more. A little appreciation would be kind of nice.
There's only one possible explanation: Rick Mercer was replaced years ago by a cyborg. The producers of the show just use sound-clips from the first couple seasons and rehash them to fit today's politics and other news-related events. That's why he says the same shit, with the exact same inflection.
@ALEXthaGREAT26 LOL funny comment - but lets be serious for a second. Tons of NHL teams in the USA are struggling to fill seats. At the same time the league is refusing to bring teams back to Canadian cities that actually want a team. So..you're not doing anyone any favours.
P.S. the stanley cup final isnt Canada vs Usa. Both teams have americans and canadians playing of them. The Boston Bruins (winners) have 21 canadians on their roster only 7 americans. Vancouver Canucks have 23 canadians 6 americans. So the game was basically canada vs canada.
Man the government herein canada does suck. we don't choose our leaders and we have to act like the royal wedding is our event as much as theirs.... Seriously can't I just vote for the person who is going to be running this place? It's messy and it barely works at times.
@LyricalKid94 That's one reason why I cannot understand why Canada is not a republic yet. The only people who are obligated to swear an oath to Elizabeth are new immigrants. Anyone born in this country never had to. I'm a republican and you would never make me do it.
@MrFataja google it and dont embarrass yourself. John Hopps invented the pacemaker and he's Canadian. Its not polite to say "Canadia hasn't done shit". Also we invented Basketball (despite what you claim) and hockey (still the best at it).
@hop1pop The man who is considered the inventor of the telephone is s Scotsman Alexander Graham Bell, who came to Canada with his family and did his early work in Brantford, Ontario, before moving to the U.S. where he took out the patent on the telephone.
@IrishBhoy12 You refer to The Irish, English, Scottish, Welsh and the French as "These races". These are NOT races. They are citizens of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and France, regardless of their race, which could be Caucasian, Negro, Asian, etc.
@andrewm153351 That's funny, if anything we have LESS restrictions in Canada (we're allowed to air swearing, for the most part, and we certainly aren't neurotic about sex the way the FCC is). Maybe you should actually watch Canadian comedy for yourself.
But overseas they came. From the ocean they marched to the White House killing and destroying everything in their way. The greatly over matched Americans fled leaving the White House totally vulnerable.
@MrFataja Guess you've never used a telephone, electric stove or washing machine and never heard of insulin, heart valve surgery, pacemakers and lasers - all Canadian inventions
@ManOfTheYear1991 Not giving a fuck is exactly why fewer people are voting, nowadays, and why things have gotten worse. You know the saying, "If you don't vote, don't complain!".
@cooled17 Hello cooled17, as I don't know you and have never met you, perhaps you are better qualified to answer your own question. So what race do you consider yourself to be ?
First of all canadas dollar is no where nere the same a american dollar Also the us is not going to be "Just a Bad Memory" we are so much more powerful than cananda
I hope Americans don't find out how much better it is to live in Canada, then we'd have a whole bunch of immigrants, much like how the Americans feel about the Mexicans.
actually, we joined ww2 two weeks after the british. mostly as a statement saying that we wouldn't blindly follow, but we still felt it was the right thing to do.
Yes, in 1867 the British North America act was passed joining the United Province of Canada with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, creating the Dominion of Canada.
I think he did have to swear an oath to the Queen at one point. He was a sea cadet and in order to become a cadet in Canada you have to swear an oath to Queen.
@OnRockIT Unfortunately, we lost all right to preach about Bush, after we promoted Harper to absolute power, right after he dug us into the hole and assaulted us.
Well as a Brit living in Canada permanently that did begin to make a bit of sense of the way Canadian government works. However, I am still confused LOL
This is grade 5 social studies in a nutshell.
Yesssss😂👍🏻👍🏻
Oh hell yeah haha
And yet most Canadians have no clue
Interesting that my Grade 12 history teacher is the one that showed it
Literally should be shown to any Non-Canadians if they ask how our country XD
Anyone here after Oct 21 2019
Me 😂
Haaa! You're a brave Argonaut Captain. :)
@@brianthedog6320 Me 2 heh
Me eh, the nostalgia makes me less depressed
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“She has a representative who is in charge of Canada”
*Shows picture of Stephen Harper*
“No not him next slide please” lol
Mr Mercer for Prime Minister!
This video being legal to show on TV already means Canada is an amazing country with freedom. and humor.
I am Thai and our laws regarding censorship of the monarchy is outrageous, I hope one day similar things like this can be seen on Thai TV and nobody responsible have to disappear afterwards.
Hello students currently sitting in Social Studies class watching this and thinking "YES!!! A VIDEO!!!"
If you read one Canadian book this year let it be Talking to Canadians by Rick Mercer. I grew up watching Rick from time to time and never really realized how special he is. But now I have a newfound love for the guy. He is a true Canadian role model.
Just finished his book last week and it was fantastic.
Just bought it… doing research for my trip to Canada next month
Newfound love. Well done, Sir.
Rick is brilliant! Loved this video.
If only he could be our PM. Love his wit & intelligence.
"Luckily, I was born here so I've never had to do it." Literally laughed out loud at that one.
But expected
"Oh wait, no. It couldn't be this dude." Was funny enough over a year ago. Who would have thought (in retrospect) it could get funnier?
sendmejunkify "Oh wait, no. It couldn't be this dude." Was funny enough over a year ago. Who would have thought (in retrospect) it could get funnier? Here we are in May 2020 and that dude (Jason Kenny I think) is now the Premier of Alberta.
@@focusedeyeif you think the "couldn't be that dude" dude is Jason Kenney, you're wrong. It's John Baird. I'd recognize his yelling face anywhere lol
I laughed my ass off. CANADA ALL THE WAY
i was more engaged than any class I have ever taken. I have learned more about politics than I have in my entire adult life, and also have laughed during the whole thing! A video not forgotten, Rick Mercer you are a Canadian gem and I cherish you greatly!!!!!
Rick, once again, simply brilliant.
What this was TEN years ago?! Also hey obligatory who’s here in the 19?
4/19/19
25/10/20...lol
26/10/2020
Thank you for this!
I love how, at 3:45 he says “The advantage of our system is, if our Prime Minister decides to do something in completely insane, we have a system to remove him immediately“… And then they show a photo of George W Bush. How quaint that looks from the perspective of current times.
Despite Rick being rather real in the segment, that’s the one part where he’s out of his mind. If the governor general even lose a toe out of line there is typically a political crisis. Australia’s 1975 Constitutional Crisis being exhibit A and the King-Bing affair being exhibit B
I'll take Stephen Harper back any day over Trudope
That's a bad choice as well moving forward hopefully we can get even better candidates .
Being someone who loves politics, this is actually a very good funny representation how a parliamentary system works..
The Queen of England is not the Queen of Canada, the Queen of Canada is the Queen of Canada.
+Brad Johnson
THAT is correct.
In fact, "constitutionally" the Brits can depose the monarch & become a full Republic ..
... even then, QE II would still remain the *Queen of Canada* (_she probably would have to move here or Australia_... LOL!)
+Brad Johnson The Queen of the Commonwealth quite frankly.
Viennery No, the Commonwealth is a separate concept. Republics can be in the commonwealth.
***** Explained well, Elizabeth II is the Queen of Canada and the Queen of England, but the Queen of England is not Canada's queen, make sense?
Think about it this way, I could be the CEO two companies, Canada Corp and England Corp. Being simultaneously the CEO of two companies does not mean England Corp owns Canada Corp any more than Canada Corp owns England Corp. Even though the CEO of both companies is the same physical person.
If my dad is the Police Chief and the Fire chief, and someone asks me who is the Fire chief, and I reply the Police Chief, is that wrong? As the Queen of England and the Queen of Canada are by tradition and likely by law currently one and the same person, isn’t the current Queen of England whether or not England becomes a full republic sometime in the future also the Queen of Canada? If so wouldn’t either designation as well as the Queen of whatever else she may be queen of, be a valid designation? Once England becomes a full republic that designation would no longer hold true as when my dad retires as the Police chief.
YES, SHE HOLDS THE TITLE ,,, BUT IT IS A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY , ONLY !!! Canada is a Sovereign Nation .. Makes her own decisions etc. As all Commonwealth Nations do ...Canada ,only pays homage constitutionaly , lip service to the Crown ,, but Canada , also belongs , to the British Commonwealth of Nations .. Which includes many Nations World -wide .. Its a strong Commonwealth .. And in a 150 years the Bonds between these Nations has never been broken .... Canada has many Bonds with other Nations across the World that do not belong to the Commonwealth .. Holland , Belgium , who the Canadians Liberated , at great losses & to this very day those Countries Honour Canada & the thousands of Canadians that gave their lives for them & remain & lie buried in their grounds .. So let's not get too carried away here :))) Canada has Served the World well .. And never asked a thing back !!! Basically in the 60's & 70's we were for years , Peace Keepers , UNTIL we threw our lot in with the U.SA. We have always been there for them , in their Crisis's etc. ..UNTIL changes were made , but ,,one sometimes has to give their head a shake at what our neighbours are doing .. We Will & WILL Continue to remain Loyal as Friends , but , oh !! One does not want to get shafted , as it is unfortunatley being Economically done to us ... Fair Trade ??? Well , Fair Trade or the Word "Fair" , means , Every One Should get a piece of the Sausage , not JUST The Who One Cry & Whimper , OR BULLY !! if they don't get 85 % of it .. Give & Take , SHOULD BE THE NAME OF THE GAME !! A real Deal-maker or Negotiator should know how to make it work !! So all walk away satisfied !!
Canada was never part of the USA. During the civil war the British loyalists fled northwards, to Canada (mostly Upper Canada) while the French held lower Canada. Canada was only ever part of the English and French Empires, and the French lost Lower Canada so it all became British. The USA did try to take over but lost the war of 1812 against The British (with minor aid from Canadian Militias, much more aid came from Indians but for their good work we stuck them in 3rd world reserves. Go Canada!)
"Americans are benevolently ignorant about Canada, whereas Canadians are malevolently informed about the United States"
Merrill Denison, Canadian Playwright
I love this. He explains it clearly, but in a nice humorous way that if, say you got something wrong, it's fine .Because it's funney and you can laugh. Great way of explaining how our government works.
Also, I shall be *down voting* every comment that refers to "remove the Queen" or some sort of similar thing.
sounds like it should fall under the oath of fealty, I agree, will do the same
@MenwithHill As required by law, a translation shall be posted for you shortly ;)
This is why I love Canada...you make fun of your country. America would gripe. #IWishIWasCanadian
Do what I'm doing and immigrate. lol
The door is open. We wont miss you.
No I'm a Canadian and I think Canada is in the top 10 best countries in the world, but that person thought Canada was the best. And it's NOT simply because we aren't perfect.
0:36 "We're on hold with Rogers..." OH MY GOD 😂
God save our Queen!
As an American who will be immigrating to Canada in the near future, this was rather helpful. Thank you lol.
“No, not him… next slide PLEASE!”
As a proud Canadian I say, God save the Queen of Canada!
You guys must be happy having Trudeau!
I really enjoyed how hard he whacked the screen when Harper's face came up
After the 2015 election, watching this made me chuckle a bit.
Thank you for your rendition of our political system; you make it sound so ridiculous, which it is. Has anyone ever sat back and looked into the amount of money it takes to keep this morinic Democracy system ticking; I,ll bet you it's in the billions of dollars. No wonder we have such a deficit. If we were to take in all of our elections, the cost of MP's, MLA's, Civic leaders, government services, excluding law enforcement and other essential services, but embracing foreign councels - our country would be pretty well off. Proroguing government has been used too often and is not subject to holding our politicians to account, but if they were not being paid for the same period it would be a hard lesson for them to learn and tey would use it more wisely and wouldn't be as flippant about it.
"Has anyone ever sat back and looked into the amount of money it takes to keep this morinic Democracy system ticking; I,ll bet you it's in the billions of dollars."
FYI "democracies" get better bang-per-buck than any other gov't system. Dictatorships generally have even higher taxes and the people get treated like shit for the privilege.
@araya1 Its not always cold . . . I'm pretty sure you get winter too. . . and it depends where you live/visit. I live in Vancouver, and it basically rains all winter. . . we usually never even get snow.
Canada's birth year can be 1867, 1931 or 1982 depending on what you consider "independence"
Well if that is true about being able to remove the sitting PM for 'doing something completely insane', then why is Justin Trudeau STILL able to enjoy the role and its many perks, as PM? What say you?
If you understood anything in the video it is because the Liberal government maintains the confidence of the house of commons and Justin Trudeau remains the leader of the party.
3:50 - I bet the US especially wishes that they had this ability right now...
Send help pls
Get rid of the queen!
The queen doesn't actually have any parliamentary powers. It's just a tradition.
Also it's nice to have an emergency lever if a PM starts acting like a dictator.
"a system that seemed to be broken was actually hard at work" -thats an interesting thought
its too bad emergency measures had to be implemented in the first place but its reassuring to know theyre there
I was in afghanistan when this whole thing happened so it wasnt central to my daly life but my family did tell me about the shitstorm that was going on in Ottawa
@DigoGcontaeanChlair we don't sing God Save the queen...where did you find this? Though we don't have a single national identity (we are a diverse), in times of crisis we stand together.Diversity allows us to tolerate and understand each other thus allowing us to have an open mind and not a narrow one. So what if SOME of our areas are cold? We have tons of natural resources and many natives up live there and have been for thousands of years! if you don't like the cold, then live in the south!
So hey, how bout we get the Queen out of our political system. Even though she has no power, but still. I dont like that immigrnats have to pledge an oath to the monarchy.
be thanks full of immigrants ,they work pay tax and welfare pay you every month
Do you have any idea what a huge pain in the ass that would be? I would much rather our elected representatives spend their time governing the country well, than carefully rewriting hundred year old documents to remove all references to the Queen and wasting a several million dollars holding a referendum.
Gabe wasn't insulting immigrants, Jay. He was saying that he took issue that new Canadian citizens had to swear an oath to the Queen.
What else is the government doing? Going on vacation and lying? It wouldn't be that hard to change and we're going to have to do it all again anyway when Elizabeth dies and her son takes the crown and we have to change all the "Queen" and "Her Majesty" to "King" and "His Majesty".
No because people weren't that stupid when they wrote the constitution etc.. all the reference to the monarch use both genders already. And yes it would be that hard to change because it requires changing the constitution which requires unanimous consent of the provinces some of which have laws requiring referendums for their approval of significant changes to the constitution - and that is before you get into the whole "Quebec never approved the current constitution" debacle and have to deal with all those extra negotiations (see Meech Lake Accord and Charlottetown Accords to see how well that has gone in the past).
There is still an on going court case challenging Harper's change to the rules of succession of the Monarchy to treat male and female heirs equally - and that is a change that has broad approval among Canadians. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-court-appeal-royal-succession-law-1.4541398
It does not. It says 'Queen' throughout the whole thing. I even believed you at first, but I looked it up on the Government's site and then I looked up the physical document. It says Queen throughout the whole thing from 1867 to 1982. Maybe I'm ignorant, and every document I've seen is filling in a blank where it says [Insert Gender Appropriate Monarchial Title] or it says 'Queen'. So, unless Canada wants to be officially ruled by Charle's wife, we're going to have to change it.
Yes, there would be a political debacle. The Canadian Government is seemingly incapable of doing anything simply. What I am saying is it that it wouldn't be actually difficult to do, just annoying to get started.
Or maybe it would be harder, considering the BNA Act is apparently still in Britain.
Obviously, the rights of succession should be cognatic, it'd only be sexist not to. That's something that really doesn't matter since the direct heirs are all men. I support that change and I want the monarchy abolished.
He tries to take the piss out of the crown, then immediately tells us why it's the best system of government at 3:57!
I forgot the Governor General can go behind Door #2 and ask another party if they have the confidence of the House.
> There is no test for her being of sound mind
You were damn right Rick
I wish this was how I was taught about government in school
Awesome video and by the way I an Canadian !
I love Canadians (im swedish) :D
were on hold with rogers! ahahahaha thats spot on! hahah
Where do I apply to be Governor General
?
Keep in mind that each province has a different education system. When I was in junior high and high school, we learned everything on this video and more.
@xTsukiTsuki Last statement from me and I'll leave you alone. Certain statements are made with the intent to lead others to an answer. Yours seemed to me like a leading statement, that was implying that it was a poor decision on the countries part. If you wanted to be accurate in the first place you'd note that not one man died. Anyways, that's all I have to say.
We need a 2022 version of this!
Holy crap, there are SUCH bigger issues in the world right now than a stupid "who's better" argument between FRIENDLY countries. Give it a rest people.
Thanks Rick! You’ve brightened my day once again!!
The United Kingdom and France were already on the offensive and progressively winning the 1st World War when the United States got pissy that Germany was shooting their boats, the Americans were cannon fodder in that war. In World War 2, you helped out with the Normandy landings and taking the pressure off of Australia and NZ, but ultimately the Soviets could have beat the Germans without America.
I'm British-Canadian and "we" meant the British and Upper Canadians.
@MrFataja Umm the last time the USA played Canada in hockey was the winter Olympics Vancouver 2010. Canada gold, USA Silver Finland Bronze, and thats the order of medals for both the men and women's teams. All time gold medal standing at the Olympics sees Canada 1st, USSR/ Russia 2nd, USA 3rd. John Hopps invented the world's 1st pacemaker in 1950 @ University of Toronto. But I digress, there is no need to put our country down when great contributions have clearly been made.
@IrishBhoy12
Sorry if you're annoyed by what I say, but I'm just telling the truth.
English refers to the people of England, and also to the English language.
You ask why I'm looking at a Canadian video if I am English.
That is such a dumb question.
First of all I am not English, I am originally from Scotland, but am now living in Canada and am a Canadian citizen.
And why shouldn't I look at a Canadian video regardless of where I'm from ?
@ronmann606 Well it's not acceptable to me, simply because it's incorrect.
The present monarch never has been, and never will be Queen of England.
The last Queen to hold the title of Queen of England was Elizabeth 1, daughter of Henry V111, when Scotland & England were separate countries with their own monarchs..
In 1603, there was a Union of the Crowns of Scotland & England.
Since that time, the title "Queen of England" has ceased to exist.
Long live the Queen of the UK and Commonwealth.
Lol! That was great!
Never get tired of Rick Mercer, he's brilliant!
But what's real boring is every Rick Mercer video I come to watch to cheer me up and make me laugh, I find the same ppl engaged in their endless tiresome banter of US vs Canada! I swear on every Rick Mercer video on YT! Is nobody else watching? Or is it that they cannot get a word in edgewise? Who cares anyway about what country is better?
School brought me here...
Bravo !! AT LEAST WE ARE NOT AFRAID TO SAY IT AS IT IS !!! MAKE FUN OF OURSELVES & OUR GOVNT. WITHOUT FEAR !!! AND OUR PRIME MINISTER CAN BE FIRED !!! HONESTY IS THE RULE !!
And now I am going to criticize your knowledge of Canadian history. There was a Canada then, two in fact: the colonies of Upper Canada and Lower Canada, the United States was trying to annex Upper Canada.
Around 26 million Russian soldiers and civilians were killed. They still got to Berlin before any of the allies did.
@qoopsta Yes to be come canadian you must swear on oath to the queen. I swear (or affirm) that I will be faithful
and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty
Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada,
Her Heirs and Successors, and that I will faithfully
observe the laws of Canada
and fulfil my duties as a Canadian citizen.
@moviemakerHiD2
First of all, Queen Elizabeth is NOT Queen of England, as you say. She is Queen, and Head of State, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Commonwealth.
As Canada is one of the Commonwealth countries, it therefore follows that she is Head of State of Canada.
You're not so smart, Rick Mercer, talking about ignorant Canadians like that, considering that you showed your own ignorance when you said that Canada's head of state is Queen Elizabeth, the Queen of England, when in fact she's the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and the Commonwealth. So there, Mr. Know-it-all Rick Mercer.
@SnobRoll Defended Afghanistan with you guys, joined a coalition with America into Iraq. Trained security forces in various countries. Provided troops when other countries backed down, and lost them without making a loud peep about America's search for the non-existent WMD. And much much more.
A little appreciation would be kind of nice.
There's only one possible explanation: Rick Mercer was replaced years ago by a cyborg. The producers of the show just use sound-clips from the first couple seasons and rehash them to fit today's politics and other news-related events. That's why he says the same shit, with the exact same inflection.
@ALEXthaGREAT26 LOL funny comment - but lets be serious for a second. Tons of NHL teams in the USA are struggling to fill seats. At the same time the league is refusing to bring teams back to Canadian cities that actually want a team. So..you're not doing anyone any favours.
P.S. the stanley cup final isnt Canada vs Usa. Both teams have americans and canadians playing of them. The Boston Bruins (winners) have 21 canadians on their roster only 7 americans. Vancouver Canucks have 23 canadians 6 americans. So the game was basically canada vs canada.
Man the government herein canada does suck. we don't choose our leaders and we have to act like the royal wedding is our event as much as theirs.... Seriously can't I just vote for the person who is going to be running this place? It's messy and it barely works at times.
@LyricalKid94 That's one reason why I cannot understand why Canada is not a republic yet. The only people who are obligated to swear an oath to Elizabeth are new immigrants. Anyone born in this country never had to. I'm a republican and you would never make me do it.
@MrFataja google it and dont embarrass yourself. John Hopps invented the pacemaker and he's Canadian. Its not polite to say "Canadia hasn't done shit". Also we invented Basketball (despite what you claim) and hockey (still the best at it).
@hop1pop The man who is considered the inventor of the telephone is s Scotsman Alexander Graham Bell, who came to Canada with his family and did his early work in Brantford, Ontario, before moving to the U.S. where he took out the patent on the telephone.
@IrishBhoy12 You refer to The Irish, English, Scottish, Welsh and the French as "These races".
These are NOT races. They are citizens of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and France, regardless of their race, which could be Caucasian, Negro, Asian, etc.
@andrewm153351 That's funny, if anything we have LESS restrictions in Canada (we're allowed to air swearing, for the most part, and we certainly aren't neurotic about sex the way the FCC is). Maybe you should actually watch Canadian comedy for yourself.
Came here after hearing of the show's end.
@charlotte4112 I think she's appointed by the Queen of England, so no one votes for her. I could be wrong though.
But overseas they came. From the ocean they marched to the White House killing and destroying everything in their way. The greatly over matched Americans fled leaving the White House totally vulnerable.
The Queen of CANADA, Rick.
@MrFataja Guess you've never used a telephone, electric stove or washing machine and never heard of insulin, heart valve surgery, pacemakers and lasers - all Canadian inventions
@ManOfTheYear1991 Not giving a fuck is exactly why fewer people are voting, nowadays, and why things have gotten worse. You know the saying, "If you don't vote, don't complain!".
@cooled17
Hello cooled17, as I don't know you and have never met you, perhaps you are better qualified to answer your own question. So what race do you consider yourself to be ?
First of all canadas dollar is no where nere the same a american dollar Also the us is not going to be "Just a Bad Memory" we are so much more powerful than cananda
I hope Americans don't find out how much better it is to live in Canada, then we'd have a whole bunch of immigrants, much like how the Americans feel about the Mexicans.
actually, we joined ww2 two weeks after the british. mostly as a statement saying that we wouldn't blindly follow, but we still felt it was the right thing to do.
Yes, in 1867 the British North America act was passed joining the United Province of Canada with Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, creating the Dominion of Canada.
I think he did have to swear an oath to the Queen at one point. He was a sea cadet and in order to become a cadet in Canada you have to swear an oath to Queen.
@OnRockIT Unfortunately, we lost all right to preach about Bush, after we promoted Harper to absolute power, right after he dug us into the hole and assaulted us.
Well as a Brit living in Canada permanently that did begin to make a bit of sense of the way Canadian government works. However, I am still confused LOL
WW1 and WW2 yes, we were the relief pitcher who had to come in to win the game.
Oh, and the Brits burned the White House. Canadian history. lmfao
I dont need Canada explined to me. Its my country and I love it!!! Come to my youtube page and give this proud Canadian your vote! PLEASE!!
@KaoriProductionz Leader is not a title. So your argument is invalid. The Prime Minister is a leader, just not the one he asked about.
God save the Queen!!!
Not sure who the first one is; I have seen him before, but can't remember his name. The other two are Stockwell Day and John Baird.
A lot of people thinks of Canada.. Well now that your two years older, I hope that your more educated now so I don't have to explain.
This 6 minute UA-cam video taught me more about our Canadian government than school. I'm not sure how to feel about that....
Basketball was Dr James Naismith in Canada, although he eventually moved to the USA and naturally brought the game with him.
Everything I ever needed to know in grade ten civics was told in 6 minutes!
I would like go to there even I am mexican it seems we don't have good relations with them because our problems with drugs
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!