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This is the most Canadian thing I’ve ever seen!

Was this filmed with a potatoe?

They should have asked him what to do think of Jean Christen? I could see this face going all red. Otherwise he was a great finance minister.

Rick Mercer for PM!

...for whoever ends up living here...

wow thats sad

dont spend it all in one place 3:46 its funny cause its Canadian tire money

LoL Good one!

belle qualité de vidange

@studentofsmith walking down the isles? i didnt know this hardware store was an archipelago

The only PM in decades to have the balls to stand up to the US... we traded that guy for an American puppet in Harper. Could we switch back please!

@TheTurbinator Whats the old Canada? What do you miss, we still have a decent economy compared to the rest of the world, 2% less GST and other taxes too. Are there specific services you miss or what?

I miss the old Canada.

@anaphaxeon haha, the PM was travelling with an entire security entourage. you can see them in many scenes, even the motorcade.

Paul Martin - great finance minister, terrible party leader and prime minister. Easily the worst elected PM of the last half-century.

only Rick Mercer can get our Prime Minister to troll a Canadian Tire commercial...too darn funny

haha " odd spot for a Inuit sculpture, I wonder if it is covering a spot" I looked for this clip just for that part lol.

@mikefastener Liberal party might have a chance if Justin Trudeau leads the party.

@PoliticsStudent ...and indeed the whole accountability issue has come back to haunt Harper's Conservatives, at least to the minority of Canadians who bother to care about such issues.....

@guystoners if Michael Ignatieff is a disaster (i must be so blind...he looks okay to me) then what does that say about Mr. Harper?

@gluemanred Isn't that sad lol.

Paul Martin was the best prime minister we've had. Too bad he's gone. Iggy is a disaster.

only in Canada will a media personality goes to the PM house does an interview and ends up fixing up his house

haha, premie minister is walking through a canadian tire and no one notices him XD

@anaphaxeon I would have been like "Hey look!! It's Rick Mercer! Who's that guy he's with??"

oh my God the spot in their carpet... haha oh Rick.

A lot of people don't even know it was Paul Martin that made Canada's banking system so strong. We Americans got screwed with Banks that run our government. So whats the deal with Canadian Tire? Is it owned by the Canadian Government like your beer stores?

@yuri35435 I never spoke of the specifics of the scandal. I correctly credited it with contributing to the demise of the Liberal government. Accountability -- the response to the scandal -- was a key plank of the Conservative's 2006 election campaign, and the Accountability Act was one of the first bills passed (if not the first one) by the new Harper government.

that s one thing I do love about living in Canada....you cant imagine Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert doing things like this with Obama or Bush or Clinton. Say what you want about our last few PMs but they were great sports about coming onto shows like this and poking fun at themselves

@anaphaxeon You can see a few agents in the background.

@nightfalltwenish That's incorrect. He came into power in late 2003, and the Liberals had a minority government after the 2004 election. Martin resigned in 2006 after the Conservatives took control with a minority Parliament. The scandal you are referring to is the Sponsorship Scandal, and is credited with the demise of the Liberal government.

very amusing

Too bad they didn't come to the one I work at... Mind you, I live in an entirely different province...

@jeevanjot52 he doesn't have any bodyguards

lmfao

@jleb310ce Well, considering that Hardware Stores sells saws, knives and other lethal power tools, and putting into account of Bush's popularity when he lift office, who can blame him?

Can't say I was a huge fan of Paul Martin but at least he didn't take long breaks to "focus on the Olympics" like some current prime minister's I know.....

This is one thing I love about Canada. The prime minister is walking down the isles of Canadian Tire shopping and is NOT surrounded by bodyguards and hordes of people. (Though I'm sure there were members of the RCMP nearby.) Just imagine the American president trying to pick up a few things at Wallmart without a dozen secret service agents and a mob of people trying to get his autograph.

I liked both Cretien and Martin. Canadian Liberal Politics in general tend to produce better results then their... Conservative counterparts...

Paul Martin.. had some good ideas. Selling out Canada to the United States by signing the Security and Prosperity Partnership was NOT one of them..

martin was a good economist... he wanted to invest in small businesses and the fuel plant... he got slapped hard cuz of mr chretien... i didnt like chretien but martin seemed more like a man who can do a good job

Chretien was not competent. AdScam....

Half the people in the store certainly wouldn't be happy to see him that's for sure.

Omg, they are wearing seatbelts. I want my ticket money back!!!

to be honest i stay away from national politics. I dont even remember a competant PM since Cretin and that was only because he was tagged with Clinton at the time between the states and canada. I was surprised that harper got re-elected this time? I know its been a year or 2 since he was re-elected, but in newfoundland many people dont like him at least the ones ive talked to

At least he stood up to America!........Harper has learned Bush politics and offers Canada's resources on a h'or d'ourve platter to America, while he tries "schmoozing" and determining "what's in it" for Harper!

of course he had security, u just cant c them on camera. i met a rcmp body guard who has guarded all the PM"s he said Paul martin couldnt even go to the store to get a caisse of beer alone.

HAHAHA nice

haha you would've NEVER seen Bush walk into a hardware store with a tv host without security. I love Canada!

That is a very nice thought but think of D'arcy McGee and of course, the FLQ crisis.