Canadian Election: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2015
- Canada is about to have a major election. John Oliver enlists Mike Myers, a beaver, and a moose to give voters some advice.
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To any Canadians here, FUCKING VOTE TODAY GOD DAMMIT!
+OneManArmy Not that easy, Americans seem to stick with one party and that generally is it (at least that is what it seems), mostly your party was the one that your parents supported but can be the other way.
Voting here is a matter of trying to figure out what one is trying to sell you the least amount of bullshit. Might as well run your finger up and down the ballet blindly to decide who wins.
+ThyBountyHunter I didn't know we had to vote in the MP's in order to vote in the Prime Minister, what kind of bullshit is that? We can't pick ALL the people we want in power?
I'm still voting, but it's so god damn confusing as hell! I know the Prime Minister I want to vote for, why isn't that enough?
+OneManArmy YES SIR
+DivinityZero Because the prime minister is selected from the present MPs by the governor general as the person who will maintain the confidence of parliament.
It's to stop a single person from controlling the entire assembly.
+DivinityZero the if you now what prime minister you want to vote for then you vote for the MP representing the party in your riding since the platforms are usually similar with only small differences depending on the local area views.
Canada is like a really nice apartment one floor up from a meth lab.
+Matt T I'm assuming your just as good looking? I can't imagine the amount of balls it took you to write that out behind your computer screen.
+Mech610 Yes, and America is the meth lab.
+Matt T Maquillage et Motocyclette, right? I remember reading about that over 2 years ago. Not sure why would anyone would even give a damn what they think what "countries" are uglier than others though...
+Matt T I guess you've never been to Montreal. Some of the m8st beautiful stylish women I've seen live there.
+J D Arsmith No that's Mexico. America is the beer bellied landlord who refuses to put a shirt on and uses a shotgun for a walking stick because he refuses to get his gout looked at.
"If you do a Google Image search on him, you can find every poor fashion choice that he's ever made."
That's taken on a whole new meaning now.
looooool brilliant...absolutely brilliant
Oof
Yo I'm a British person and I've clearly missed something...what's this in reference to?
The Hobatron His blackface scandal a few months back. He put on blackface and sang calypso music.
@@edwardgrimes7535 Oh of course, shit, that slipped my mind!! Yeah, that's...oh dear.
"Every bad fashion choice he's ever made"
He had no idea...
Oof
Oeuf
That's... actually, no, it's aged pretty well, it's still accurate.
Justin wasn't kidding when he said took dressing up way too far.
I was expecting the blackface photo to show up, even though I was aware that this was almost four years before the scandal
I think I might cry, THANK YOU JOHN OLIVER FOR DOING THIS!! WE CANNOT LET THAT MENACE HARPER BE RE-ELECTED AND GOD FORBID IT BE A MAJORITY!
+Nicholas Frechen haha don't worry I think I've done my fair share to help bernie sanders
+LEGIT_ELITE People actually live in Canada?
Weird.
Nicholas Frechen Trust me has has MANY canadian fans!
+Nicholas Frechen yup, if Bernie Sanders was running in Canada he'd probably become Prime Minister for life. We love him here.
+Nicholas Frechen Oh don't worry Canada feels the Bern, it's currently keeping us warm and will this Winter :) Disgusted at CNN though.
VOTE TODAY PEOPLE
+takahata101 This is the last place I thought I would ever see you.
+takahata101 Didn't think I'd see you here, awesome to see that you care though :D
huge fan, also, sup
+takahata101 WE WANT HELLSING ULTIMATE ABRIDGED EP.6!!! Just let us know a time frame so we can start planning release parties
+takahata101 canadians will be tuning in to an old man crying by 11 P.M. tonight
As a Canadian I want you to know that you helped repeal section 331 of the Elections Act. This is amazing considering how critical Canadians are of both US and UK elections.
Thats not how section 331 worked though. You are free to tell an audience your opinion about who to vote for. The problem was offering things that are tangible like money or some other incentive.
@@Spieterlaman but a law is only defined by how it is currently interpreted. Just because that is what they say the law means now, doesn't mean that because I the vague wording that it could mean a block on opinions in the future. There are many times a law had meant one thing at time of writing, then another thing years down the road. Clarifying laws through their wording is a big issue, and often laws need to be repealed or rewritten to reflect that.
TBF our elections over the last year alone were a laughing stock. Lettuce, anybody???
"Six months of living in Ottawa?"
*shows a picture of Gatineau, Quebec*
It could have been Moscow to me ahahahahah
Yeah but it's Quebec, which is basically Canadian Florida
Where'sTheComedy absolutely true
I know, right?!
@@wheresthecomedy5808 what?! No!! Canadian Florida is Newfoundland or the prairies... Quebec is more like Texas
Don't know why Canadians are taking offence to this. America is constantly mocked on this show.
Generally Canadians are pretty good about being made fun of so I'm disappointed in the Canadians who would be offended by this, but most likely the only the Canadians who actually like Harper were offended by this. I personally love that he did this. I feel if this even helped ONE Canadian decide not to vote for Harper it was well worth it!!
I remember when the Conservatives made a big deal of the sponsorship scandal and that's but a drop in the bucket compared to the laundry list of offenses the Conservatives have done.
Canadian's were not "brainwashed", we were fed up and needed a change of leadership...so "Anyone but Harper" was the mindset for most. Many people voted strategically to get rid of him.
I used to work in nuclear power so I'm well aware of how messed up our energy overages are being handled.
I'm sorry you feel that young voters are ill informed and thus shouldn't be involved in the political process.
Harper was far from ideal, Harper has done more damage to the core of Canadian ideals than possibly anyone in the history of this nation.
I'm not worried about my pockets at all. I'm more concerned about our infrastructure, government services, environment, citizens, and how we war instead of peacekeep now.
Most news these days isn't real news. It takes a lot of effort to find the true heart of some things...but other things, like Harper being a huge POS are plainly obvious for anyone to see.
A cursory glance already seems hyperbolic "Canada is over" is a headline that's not exactly giving me the warm fuzzies that this media source isn't over reactionary.
+Matthew McBride I'm Canadian. I'm not offended by this. I don't know anyone who would be offended by this.... Actually. I am offended! I'm offended that Oliver thinks he needs to tell me not to vote Conservative. I wouldn't vote Conservative even if the Conservatives and Oliver paid me to.
+Tony Bjornson In the tradition of Canada, as an American, on behalf of countrymen I've neither met nor had any conversations with, and without really understanding why you are offended nor why it is my responsibility to make you comfortable, I apologize, and I would like to offer you a cup of my finest freshly ground coffee and hope you will think better of us Americans when you next watch our television programming! :D
I swear, if Harper AND Trump are both elected into office? I'm finding a way to leave North America altogether.
EDIT: Okay, with Harper gone, that's one fear lifted. Now for the other one. Which, from I understand, shouldn't be a concern.
Deadweight Some of his recent new promises worry me, though. He seems to have a real hate for Muslim people and their culture.
+Nick Piers if Trump gets elected it will be because he is entertaining. If Harper gets elected, it was rigged.
+Nick Piers
Trump being elected would be the best thing to happen to America though.
+Nick Piers Yep saying GuttenTag to Merkel.
+Deadweight Harper's worse than Bush (2000-2008) though, so Harper _and_ Trump... Man it wouldn't even be funny how catastrophic.
A bit of history: a lot of people threatened to report Stephen Harper's band to the folks in charge of the Barbaric Practices Act. :)
Toori Baba The stuff that was banned by the Barbaric Practices act was already banned he just banned it again to make it seem like he did
@Toori Baba your'e a special kind of stupid, arent you
@Toori Baba MWAHAHAHAAAA. Were you born this stupid or did you have to work to get to this point? All that stuff was ALREADY ILLEGAL. Which Oliver points out. AND we have 911. Which Oliver also points out.
@Toori Baba You kind of missed the part where everything banned under the Barbaric Practices Act was already banned. If that counts as him protecting Canada, then any politician in any country could make murder illegal again and be protecting their homeland.
Toori Baba 911 already exists and all of the crimes in the act were already illegal
John: I'm gonna need 2 mascots one having a colonoscopy, 5000 Canadian dollars, and mike Myers.
HBO budget executive: honestly this is pretty tame fo...
John: also I might be going to Canadian jail.
HBO: WHAT
Canadian jail is where you have beavers lick maple syrup off your asshole.
I have no idea what I just said.
I suspect any American that ended up going to jail here in Canada would be rather surprised; basically, our worst prison would be like a 3 star hotel compared to 95% of US prisons....
Nope, Canada would never put John in jail. lol
@@myguykaikai9215 I laughed so hard at this
Don’t forget the snow plow. Seriously, how did they get that thing backstage?
In 2015 Americans laughed at Canadian elections. In 2016 Canadians feel sorry for American elections.
No Lilly the proper answer is panicking.
+lilly anne I loved what Bill Maher said, this is not completely accurate, but it went something like this. "Laugh at the clown driving the bus off the road but don't forget you are in the back seat".
Nick A very true
Nick A I'm american, this is true AND PLEASE PLEASE COLONIZE america TO SAVE US
+ Mokku Red -- Well as far as I know, the founding fathers scrapped the "open invitation" clause from the Constitution. You might be on your own there. Sorry.
Ah man, John Oliver is going to have to pay $5000 CAD. That's, like, $20 USD!
Ha, timely joke about the decline of the CAD.
+Lutranereis thats probably why the network didnt do anything when he literally broke canadian law on television. I HOPE so hard that it was blocked in canada though, so I can see the riots outside Harper's house tmmr.
+Mister Goop Too late. Judging by the comments, it definitely doesn't seem like it's blocked in Canada here on RUclips =)
+Lutranereis
Can't really blame Harper for that. You can't keep the CAD high with the oil prices tumbling.
+Lutranereis Ouch. Low blow, there buddy. You hurt my feelings!
Now I'm going to go to the hospital to have them patched up FOR FREE. :P
Aegix Drakan Ha!
As a Canadian, it satisfies me so much hearing Steven Harper talk shit about weed only for it to get legalized less than 5 years after he lost the election.
We love watching conservatives be wrong. Can't wait for there to prove today's conservative dipshits wrong over the next few years. Change is coming!
And look where it got us! Mass murder! People running naked thru the streets! Mayhem in every single Canadian city!
Oh wait...that didn't happen. Never mind.
@@mollyj6286 LOL
@Luís Filipe Andrade By all means, please explain how marijuana is "infinitely worse" than tobacco, I'm all ears.
@Luís Filipe Andrade Reports that say it "may" or "could" be worse (if you were to smoke like 30+ joints a day and basically suffocate yourself), despite also clearly stating that there's still not enough evidence, don't exactly back up the claim. Too much of anything can be harmful, you can drink too much water and dilute the sodium in your blood causing hyponatremia and possibly die too, but we don't look at it that way? Everything in moderation. If you seriously believe that a plant you could grow from a seed in a flower pot in your basement, and that has been proven to have several health benefits is "infinitely worse" than tobacco that contains arsenic, battery acid, ammonia, acetone, etc, and has been proven time and time again to cause several cancers and diseases, then I don't know what to tell you. I've smoked marijuana for over a decade, I have not lost any lung capacity, I exercise daily, I don't have cancer or heart disease, my teeth aren't yellow and black, my skin doesn't droop or permanently stink, my appetite is normal, I'm not dependent on it and don't get angry and irritable when I don't have it, I have never ODed or attacked anyone in a blind, stoned rage, I can still perform normally in every day life, my throat doesn't hurt and I don't have a chronic cough, and I sleep like a baby. 👍
oh how the tides have turned when it comes to "neighbours with crappy boyfriends"
John really just doesn't give any amount of fucks. It's brilliant.
Exactly, he's genius
Its amazing how little he cares and it makes things so fucking funny
*Janice From Accounting
gingergamergirl98 ikr lol
the 78- day election felt long as hell until i turned on CNN and learnt that the American election never fucking ends.
So glad we Canadians suffer through election campaigning on a shorter term and it's so far been much more peaceful (there's always next time) than this Clinton/Trump time.
United States is fucking awful for this. As soon as Obama was re-elected people jumped right into who would run next. I'm guessing by December 1st people will be rallying for 2020.
Hey, we had an 8 week campaign this year in Australia. That was considered very long.
I know our campaigns are roughly 500 days long
Cheryl Oduwole lol
Alien disguised as a human that is the greatest and most accurate description of Stephen Harper I've ever heard
God bless you
Remember during the ~2011 elections' televised debates (!), where he kept looking directly into the camera, dead-centre, while he spoke? Like he was trying to talk to the viewer, individually, directly? It was freaky.
.... was it really that long ago?!?
Also a huge cliche
Steven Harper was and still is the human embodiment of white wonder bread
Sliced very conservatively, with only tiny amounts of jam spread on it. With the crusts cut off because eww, colour.
With Lego hair.
@Nature and Physics Fun Fact: Xavier Bardem's hair stylist for the terrible hair he has in 'No Country for Old Men' is from Canada. He just looked Harper's hair and thought 'How would that look slightly grown out?' and now we have an iconic look of bad taste. And as a Canadian I can no longer unsee it.
True, but Trudeau is the frat boy who if his name was anything other than Trudeau would be selling insurance. It's hard to believe that we could go downhill from Harper, but we did.
White wonder bread is delicious. Stephen harper is the embodiment of some kind bread that has the nutritional value of a pop tart with the taste and texture of whole wheat bread.
I'd be thrilled with "emotional intelligence" in the Whitehouse at this point.
I’m canadian and I can tell you that Prime Minister Trudeau is great
Any kind of intelligence in the white house would be an improvement. Ideally, of course, we'd want both working emotions *and* working wits... but that might be setting the bar a little too high. They're only politicians, after all.
You had 8 years of "emotional intelligence" in the white house with Barrack Obama. It got you jack shit, remember?
Just gonna leave this here...
Justin Trudeau's current job approval rating: 40.6% (source: www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/leadermeter/ )
Donald Trump's current job approval rating: 42.5% (source: projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/ )
+Conor Corrigan - You see shit 'cause you're lookin' up your own ass, son. Lemme clue you in.
*Textbook right-wing strategy:*
Get into office *after* a decent left-wing government. Blame every problem on them and undo all policies helping people out of poverty and crime, into health, education and productivity.
Take credit for the effects of those policies even as they fade because you've cut them off just as they were beginning to show results (some things take time, you see, and fixing a broken country can sometimes even take slightly longer than eight years).
Call yourself a visionary and tell everyone how much money you "saved". Give tax breaks to your companies, your wealthy friends and yourself.
Rake in the dollars while you watch the country go to shit. Wait for another left-wing governance period. Bide your time and pop back up to repeat the process.
If Mr. Trudeau ever performed that party trick on me, I would first think, "heh, wow, I've just met the prime minister!" Which would be immediately proceeded by, "oh, my god, I've just killed the prime minister!"
thats the joke
Are you worried about the prime minister or that people will find out
Yeah but he started doing it well before he was the prime minister.
well he probably would get the death penalty or alteast life in prison so thats probably why he's worried he killed him
the death penalty doesn't exist in Canada.
11:45 my oh my how the tables have turned on this analogy
Mr. Oliver, would you please do more stories about Canada? We don't have any TV programs like yours handling Canadian issues.
Dude, right! I was just thinking that. This Hour has 22 Minutes is just not the same at all.
@@kalebsuedfeld6651It used to be, ditto Rick Mercer. Haven’t seen anything more recent though :(
"We used to laugh at comedians & listen to politicians. Now we listen to comedians & laugh at politicians."
well said.... kinda screwed up eh!
+Filips Äventyr It's literally been that way since ancient Greece.
Straight from /r/im14andthisisdeep
+Filips Äventyr “I've often heard it said a preacher
might learn with a comedian for a teacher.” (Goethe - Faust)
+Filips Äventyr What idiot does that?
So, his party trick for falling down stairs is to just fall down the stairs?
*sigh* And that bumbling buffoon is now our Prime Minister.
Mulcair was 10x better, at least he did hotline bling
I am so sorry, I accidentally flagged your comment, I was wiping my screen and something popped up and the next thing I saw it said comment flagged, I'm really really sorry
+crazy nerdy geek Spotted the Canadian!
SenSaien
My thoughts too! Haha
Who is watching this after 2019 Canadian elections
Bruh I thought this WAS the 2019 election till I saw your comment
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@@liammiddleton3064 LMAO
@@omaraliriani7963 My oh my has the world changed since then. trump and trudeau days,
His face at the 7:51 mark is still priceless.
It's interesting to look back on this now knowing how vital it has been in 2020 for the leader of a country to have a high level of emotional intelligence. I live in New Zealand - our Prime Minister is Jacinda Ardern.
You guys handled covid well
yeah covid got destroyed by new zealand
Stop bragging.
Trudeau doesn't really have emotional intelligence though. He's probably a sociopath. Remember when he mocked an Indigenous protester from a poisoned community?
i wonder if he got the money from that televangelist church he had for a month.
+shut your face! had? doesn't he still have it?
nah he shut it down because people started sending him jars of jizz (send us your "seed")
+shut your face! I hope he donated it to a "seed" bank lol.
+Matt DePrima hey! can I ask where this video is? thanks!
I think that money was all donated to Medecins Sans Frontieres
I'm Canadian and even I am disappointed he didn't opt for _"And as for your five thousand Canadian dollar fine? I can't possibly think of a better way to spend five hundred dollars."_
Omg, same! I was just waiting for it, but it never happened.
That is what he says! 13 minutes in.
@@nagdeolifeit’s not
Wait is 5000 Canadian really only $500? - a stupid American
(btw I'm that stupid American if you can't tell I legitimately want to know)
Emotional intelligence aged pretty well when we see Angry Tweet Kid go.
....No need to rub it in
Looking for moments of levity in random places in the age of coronavirus brought me here. ❤️🇨🇦
This didnt age well…
I love that Justin Trudeau is speaking french in that video, it makes Canada seem even more foreign.
His dad and him love to trash the only french province of the country....it gives them cred towards the anglos
@@ravemachin But aren't both of them actually fancophone?
@@ericamborsky3230 PET was....Justin is mostly anglo with french as 2nd language
@@ravemachin The fuck are you talking about?
Holy crap, a 15 min bit on Canada on an American station! I'm feel so special. I didn't even think American's knew we existed.
+Curtis Johnston Well eventually they were going to bust out a map and find Canada :)
+Curtis Johnston Hell no I been there 3 times and my uncle took a yearly vacation to red Lake Ontario for 27 years taking a new relative along each year . . ONLY the truly ignorant and uneducated or as Bill Maher calls them " STUPID Americans " are that clueless of our neighbor and other nations. ( BTW best luck in NOT gettign that guy as prime again , .
+TheCrazyCanuck420 it'll probably be a map of europe.
+TheCrazyCanuck420 Please, most Americans may not bother with geography but everyone knows where Canada and Mexico are; they do border the US after all.
As an American I have no clue why that is though, geography is extremely easy and doesn't take much time; just a shortcoming of the public education system, I guess.
+Curtis Johnston You'd be justified in going on air and declaring "America doesn't give a damn about Canada."
USA vs Canada conservative battle of the bands! MIke Huckabee on bass vs Stephen Harper on keyboard!
Of what I've seen of Huckabee, he's infinitely better than Harper at least.
+MutilatedMetalhead And Donald on the Trump...et?
Don't forget about Bernie Sanders on the vocals...
+Crazy Luigi he's not a conservative
+TheAnimaAnimal NO NO NO!!! Harper has nothing on the idiocy and self righteous, religious hypocrisy that Huckabee professes to practices.
As a canadian, rewatching this video 5 years later, all I can say is, "This is still briliant"!!!!
As a fellow Canadian I still find it cool to here him say things like "Justin Trudeau" and "New Democratic Party."
I know this was four years ago, but just came across it and as a Canadian, I couldn’t stop laughing!!! Lmao Especially the great Canadians at the end!! Mike Myers on a Zambonie , the moose getting a colonoscopy, LMAO!!! Fantastic!! Greetings from a (now) liberal Canada! So pull up a Labatt’s, spark that Dube and Welcome to Canada!!! Lol
I still watch this occasionally, it’s a pretty good one
Mike Myers was on a snowplow; not a zamboni. It would have been more Canadian if he had been on a zamboni, in my opinion. As a fellow Canadian, I've sparked up my dube, got my Party Pack, my buds, and my tunes! Who could ask for anything more? ❤from 🇨🇦
But Boarder Patrol will need to take you through 'secondary' to search your car and make sure you're not smuggling people, cocaine, fentanyl or guns thanks anyways.
How exactly do you enforce a law like that? Last I checked, Canadian laws don't apply to people living in the US, or any other territory for that matter.
***** So... what? Will they get deported from the current country the reside in because they did something there that upset the _Canadian_ government? Did Edward Snowden manage to obtain Russian citizenship before he GTFO'd?
***** I know I sound a little uneducated on this subject, but that's because I am.
I'd imagine if it were deemed severe enough that Canada would request extradition.
The Canadian Mounted Police have international jurisdiction.
They absolutely do not. You really think they can just cross U.S. borders to go arrest someone?
thanks to you john oliver, i went to vote today!! i don't watch TV and don't care about politics but after knowing what's going on i felt i had the obligation to go.
+abdou salem that's not at all what's going on....
+abdou salem If you're getting your political info from JUST John Oliver, then I have some bad news..
+samxyz .... do you live under a rock only to emerge once every four years for the federal election? Everything in this was completely factual.
+garfoonga1 Whether or not it was factual is not the core issue, it's more that John Oliver touched on just the appearances of Trudeau and Mulcaire, but not on the substance of their proposed policies (which are both infinitely better than Harpers).
It seems like he subscribes to the "anyone but Harper" mindset, and for those interested, there's a website for it. It tells which you which parties are stronger in which ridings, and who to vote for to shut out the cons.
I do wish he mentioned strategic voting, as it's a new phenomenon in Canada, and can't really exist in America where there's only 2 choices.
Well unfortunately Jon Oliver and his predecessor Jon Stewart are often times more credible and in depth than our other american news outlets. Granted they have the advantage of being more entertaining, not being beholden to advertisements Being on HBO, or having the time to really research the topic. Still Fox and MSNBC could learn a thing or two. American news is all just a Medea shit circus anyways.
In case it hasn’t been said, the drummer for Harper’s band is currently in jail for assaulting one of his middle school students in the late 90s.
“Head of state falling down stairs.”
Americans: I’ve seen this one before
😂😂😂😂 As a Canadian, I'd rather deal with Trudeau's weird sense of craziness than the craziness you all are dealing with in drumpf! Good lord!! If you need a holiday from the crazy, come visit Canada! We may not be perfect, but we're not THAT bad!! How you all stay sane, I'll never know, but more power to you!! Peace and love from Canada!
As a proud Canuck and NON-Harpo voter I totally adore this segment of Last Week Tonight! YAY, eh?
Sorry.
FUCK YEAH!!!
+Jazzy Babe Could a proud Canuck please explain to us yankees what that "Stephen Harper doesn't care about black people" joke was about?
+ShadowDragon8685 - it was a reference to Mike Meyers being beside Kanye West at some 2004 appearance where Kanye was saying that Bush didn't care about black people after Hurricane Katrina - the inference was that people said Meyers was guilty by association....which of course isn't true in any capacity - however Harpo IS a racist and that shit's against the law up here.....
+Jazzy Babe Ah. Okay, I sort of get why the "Oh god, not again" bit. But inferring that Mike was guilty of... What? Accusing Bush of not caring about black people? Of not caring about black people? Of being beside Kanye West, which is an awful thing to be guilty of?
Since Jon Stewart departure, this is the funniest guy in USA. Trevor Noah is funny, but so far, not as funny as John Oliver.
+Nuno Pestana No offense to John Stewart but I think John Oliver was funnier from the start.
TheCrazyCanuck420
Well, maybe... I don't really know how to compare them in those terms... I've laughed with one as much as I laughed with the other.
+Nuno Pestana In my opinion the funniest people in the states are Bill Burr, Lewis Black, and Louise C.K. (in that order).
TheCrazyCanuck420
oh, I don't know them, but I'm not American... I'll look for them. Thanks!
+Nuno Pestana Lewis is on the daily show sometimes. Bill and C.K. are awsome.
It's amazing how much the value of emotional intelligence has changed in the last 10 years, from being a backhanded compliment to something seriously looked for.
Watching this again as a Canadian in 2019 is beyond melancholic... we had a clean slate and so much hope, just 4 years ago...
"You think I'm afraid of six months in Canadian prison, what's that, six months of living in Ottawa?" Now as an Ottawan myself I totally agree with this statement. Though my only issue with that clip was that the picture he used WASN'T EVEN OTTAWA!" That was Gatineau, a city in Quebec just across the Ottawa River. Now in before I get all the ignorant comments from Americans or other people who don't care about the accuracy. Consider calling Jersey City the same as Manhattan simply because it's just across the Hudson River. But one again I do have to agree, Gatineau could definitely be considered to be like Canadian prison.
Damn, as a New Yorker your example really hit me. Well played
How could you be talking about anything other than a prison when saying "ya, buddy just got back from gat the other day and he hasn't been the same since, eh."
Ottawa. A city you think about so little, you didn't even realize that's not Ottawa. That's Ottawa. Or is it? Is it? There's no way to tell.
I love this so much. Please, please, someone tell me that John Oliver actually read this.
I'd still rather spend 6 months in a canadian prison than 6 months in jersey city
As a dual citizen in Canada I give this 15/11 beavers. That's 136% Beaver and he earned those extra beavers.
sorry.
Also that was only the tip of the Harper iceberg. That guy is mean.
P.s. Sorry
+Legless Rob I could NOT stop laughing at this for like a minute straight.
+Legless Rob hahahahahahah well played my friend, well played.
+Legless Rob I tried explaining to a girl how I earned her beaver as well. She hasn't spoken to me since.
15/11 beavers. I died
+Legless Rob As a citizen of Canada and Canada ONLY, I give this video and comment three zambonis, two Tim Hortons Ice Caps, and a bucket of maple syrup out of ten with a certified Eh+.
In Canada we had a comedy show called Royal Canadian Air Farce and in it they portrayed Harper as a robot. I think you can tell why.
the people whining about Trudeau have no Idea how good they have it right now
No, we really don't have it good. You guys have a comprehensive vaccine rollout plan, we have litteraly nothing because our PM is an idiot.
@@matthewfreitag1781 Yeah as someone who does live in Canada, I have to agree that Trudeau is not Handling the COVID recovery very well, but I wouldn't say he's an Idiot.
@@matthewfreitag1781 you can't argue that when we have 400,000 dead and made vaccinations a political thing instead of a health thing
@@matthewfreitag1781 if Trudeau would take charge of the vaccine rollout, we would be much further ahead, hopefully, than we were would be with the premiers running it.
This didnt age well
Should have used Canadian Tire money.
yeah, but then he would need a full suitcase to carry 5 grand
Omg yas
+Anthony Moyer
BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER MUSHROOM MUSHROOM
+Anthony Moyer there isn't enough paper in the world.
+The Gentleman snaaaaaake!
As a Canadian myself I must say that the only way the ending could be more Canadian is if they constantly said 'eh?' And ended every sentence with 'sorry'. Then John would eat some syrup covered in poutine while singing Oh Canada.
In other words my Saturday night
Will Plummer don't forget hockey sticks
What about ketchup chips
Wait…don't you mean poutein covered in syrup
You would also need a french and an english canadians arguing. You know, the "deux solitudes".
wait, as someone living in quebec ill ask you not to steal poutine from us
"Steven Harper doesn't care about black people" *Vietnam and H.W Bush flashbacks*
I guess Trudeau is different since he spent some time being black prior to being PM to which he spent a few days being Indian
@@antitroller101 *CLAPS*
I didn't get that joke... Someone care to explain?
1UP Gaming Lounge Its a joke about the infamous Kanye West remark about George W Bush, Mike Myers being next to him when Kanye said it
Years later, still thrilled Steven got the boot!
I know right?!?!? Like some nice pre Covid nostalgia ....
@@MyKrabi I know right! Strong leadership that stood up to the United States, navigated us through a recession, all while reducing our sales tax by 2 percent was so awful. Virtue signalling, blackface, and enormous debt increases have been much better.
Me toooooooo. Can you imagine Harper in charge during Kong flu?
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@Jaskaran Singh our gdp was reduced because of a financial crash, he did a fairly good job mitigating the recession.
He cut a lot of public sector jobs, the organizations become bloated over time and need to be reigned in.
He wasn't perfect, but he was pretty damn good.
@Jaskaran Singh definitely did.some bad things. The jet procurement was brutal. He said weed was infinitely.worse than tobacco. Can't defend everything. All in all, I was happy with him.
John Oliver making it rain Canadian style, I can die in peace now.
+TheAnimaAnimal so like, 35 bucks was wasted in USD... i hate our economy in canada...
+Mister Goop could always be worse :) learning about politics and voting right does a lot.
+TheAnimaAnimal making it rain is expensive here :(
+Randy O'Donnell doesn't have to be specifically your own currency :p can make the rain cheaper that way ^^
Watching Oliver do that reminded me of Barney from HIMYM and calling our money monopoly money hahaha
Sadly, I will not be voting to get rid of Harper today.
I already voted to get rid of Harper in the advance polls!
*virtual high five* sameeeee
same. I am so happy that the majority of Canadians view the same.
Please say you voted liberal. They give us the best chance to rid of him.
The riding I live in is very conservative so I almost voted for the Rhino party as a protest but voted Liberal as they are the only one that has a chance and they are the only party that released a platform for my riding.
+Drew Murray Depends where you are. I'm in an orange island here, so... yeah.
It was the "You wanna dance?" that made this episode for me.
Mike Myers is stuffed into that suit so tight he can hardly move his arms. LOL
Hope Trudeau realizes that people didn't vote for him because they wanted him for PM, but because they wanted Harper out of office.
+Le Dom I think he'd be fine with that.
+Le Dom They didn't want Harper and weren't convinced about Mulcair.
But this is how Politics works, even in Canada, tag team Liberans and Conservatives so each knows they just have to wait, no need to change behaviour.
On the other hand, Justin has worked as a normal human being for a very long time, and maybe he can remove some of the politics and actually get some stuff done. Election reform would be a nice start.
Well there was a third choice 😕
Yes about 40% of his votes were for that. To not just get rid of harper but the conservatives. Trudeau also better realize that with a majority government if he doesnt greatly change bill c51, and prevent the key stone pipeline, he will be seen as a massive flip flopper, and much of the ndp voters who went red this time out out harper, will never do the liberals a favor again and justin will face a tight race for a minority government next time. Mulcair was the best candidate. Experienced, principled, a sound platform and consistent position on issues. So naturally we elected trudeau to toss out the cyborg, instead of electing a democrat party at the federal level.
+Le Dom I voted for him, because I wanted him to be PM, I do not smoke weed nor will I even when it becomes legal, But he is 100% correct with his views of legalizing weed. Money, Less Crime, and Happy High People = A better Canada.
Go out there and vote you extremely and annoyingly polite people!!!
+Patren33 "...you extremely and annoyingly polite people!!!"
Sorry about that.
+Angelo Barovier Yeah, sorry, eh
+Patren33 Really, truly sorry eh.
+Patren33 voted in anticipation a week earlier gg m8.
+Patren33 im sorry we are too polite! Forgive us?
As soon as Mike Myers stood up next to John, I had a feeling they would make a Kanye joke
to be fair, Pière Trudeau could have used some of that emotional intelligence
you write Pierre like that on the other side of the pond?
@@domruck4815 no, it’s probably a Quebec thing
@@domruck4815 Pierre is always spelled with two r's and no accent and that's how Pierre Trudeau spelled it.
From what I have heard about Pierre-Eliot Trudeau, I gather that the statement of Justin Trudeau having more emotional intelligence seems accurate. Not to say that Pierre-Eliot was a bad prime minister.
I'm unfamiliar with Pière, what did he do? Was he especially callous?
Watching the criticism of political figures in Canada makes them look like Gods compared to the USA administration lol
been thinking the same thing throughout this video. :D
patronboy777 but that was kinda the point
Yeah at least that dude wasn't paying the mug to piss on him...
patronboy777 yeah but it’s Canada but who gives a fuck
patronboy777 except the former crack head mayor of Toronto
Canada says it's illegal for outsiders to influence out elections and Americans laugh? How's that lookin' now America?
roof pizza Oliver made fun of everybody. There is a difference between comedy news and spreading misinformation
Pretty good, Trump is a great President
Trumps not that bad he just called off a war against Iran Obama wouldn't do that
Liam Middleton wtf? He caused that issue in the first place done be a fucking idiot. Trump is a shit president
@@liammiddleton3064 Okay, we'll just add one to his score. Now he's only at -999! Oh, no, wait, he just did something and now he's back at 1000. And just so you know, saying "Someone else wouldn't do that" is not a compliment to anyone, it's just an insult to the other guy.
Canadians then: STEPHEN HARPER IS NO LONGER PRIME MINISTER NOOOOOOO
Canadians now: I guess our current prime minter is ok.....
Lool I don’t know any Canadian currently more happy with Trudeau than in 2015. There is a reason only 3/10 Canadian voters supported him last year, That’s about 1/10 Canadians
@@colinjohnston5734
That's a lie.
People are very happy with Trudeau. The ones who aren't wouldn't be happy with any Liberal because they love getting screwed over.
@@RuminatingRaptor JT is a frigging twat
@@alekkrieger2957
You’re pathetic.
As a canadian i applaud this
that makes you an accessory. : )
I'm canadian and it funny
me too
ok
quick question what has justin done since he go in power other then hand out money and travel the world.
For those who are curious, the most "most emotionally intelligent" won.
David Oh Well that is quite unfortunate. I guess that is why you don't get the son of a former PM into office because of his lineage, eh?!
David Oh Ouch.
At least he's better than Donald Trump.
David Oh I'm going to safely assume that you are not only a Trump supporter, but also an internet troll, a homophobe, a general nuisance... Do I need to continue? Probably because you're intellectual level likely isn't that high considering your language and grammar, but I quite frankly do not have the time to spend to list off every repulsive thing your being is made of. By the way, I wasn't specific because Justin Trudeau is better than Donald Trump in everyway. Maybe you should go watch John Oliver's TWO full videos on Donald Trump's bullshit instead of the five minutes he took to tease about our prime minister. Good luck with homosexual issues and thank you for asking me to specify.
+David Oh ... You do realize you have clearly watched this therefore you do watch this "wannabe", right?
Insult me as much as you want. I still am a productive member of my community while you still look like an idiot with your own homosexual issues even if you do have an "amazing" life. Have fun with that, pal.
Absolutely one of the most funniest coverages I have seen by Oliver Twist! I WANT MORE PLEASE! lol
I can just imagine John on a phone screaming "Damn it, I need Mike Myers on a snowplough by tomorrow, I don't care how, just make it happen."
5:00 "Emotional Intelligence" Is a scientific term, to mention.
+Lexyvil It is, but when someone says you have it in lieu of regular intelligence, that's not really a compliment. Most people see it as a nice way of saying someone is a dope.
+Lexyvil Which makes it no less funny.
He's really funny. But the bit about emotional intelligence ticked me off. It's the lack of emotional intelligence that's gotten humankind in so much trouble around the world. It's pretty caveman-ish for him to say what he did.
And EI is often regarded as more important than intellect from a managerial standpoint.
+Lexyvil This piece really made me lose respect for him. His views are in general brilliant and to the point. To not know about EI and ridicule it displays his lack of EI. For people not to have intellectual intelligence is more common that people think, those people in general make up for it in EI. It is very unfortunate that people think there is only one type of intelligence. There is in reality at least three; Intellectual, Emotional and practical. Most people have 2 of the 3 and if you have all 3 you are in general more successful than others.
In the end it is the fault of the full team to make fun of EI. John Oliver projecting to be an intelligent and tolerant person should have known better and done more research for this bit, but then he wouldn't have been able to display his favourite animal, the frowning walrus.
So, to summarize; I am disappointed in the bit but will keep an open mind as we all have flaws, and seemingly this was one of the "Last week tonight" team's one. Let's hope they in the future do better research so this kind of flawed reporting does not happen again as it will be used against them if there is ever an effort to discredit the team and the messages of the program in general.
Seems that people don't realize that the USA multi year election campaign is not how the rest of the world does it. Also focusing on the physical appearance of candidates is low brow USA style media reporting of elections. Why not focus in the issues or the substance of the campaigners?
+Overonator did you not see the full video?
+garfoonga1 Yes I saw the whole video. Because there was some focusing on the issues doesn't exempt my complaint, it does make my complaint weaker with less force.
+Overonator Because the media circus doesn't make nearly as much money that way, nor can they control the political landscape as easily.
+Overonator Well, it is a comedy show. But your point's absolutely valid in the greater context.
+Overonator Meh. In France it's been a good 6 months we're in the campain for the presidential election of May 2017
Ah, I remember when shows had a live audience.
Revisiting this because the Canadian Election is just around the corner...
I can't wait for another video on the Canadian election
5000 Canadian dollars? What is that? $150 US?
+slimjimihendrix
$3,797.516 actually
wow, I didn't realize it dropped that low
F you Harpy
higurashikai09
As a Canadian, I knew approximately how shite our dollar was doing. :)
+slimjimihendrix yep, but to be fair, for a bit our dollar was pretty good...back in the earlier 2000s, umm, well, my point kinda died right then and there didn't it.
sam brewer Yikes
+higurashikai09 Did Canadian Dollar fall, or US dollar got stronger ?
It's funny how he pokes so much fun on Canadian parties when you realize you have Donald trump running for president, but we still love you
+Carol Chen We love you too - even though you just elected a pretty boy whose best trick is face planting down stairs. Hope he pulls that one at the Kremlin! Hehehe :-)
And Trump is toast. He is just there for entertainment because the other Republican candidates have the appeal of burnt toast.
+Gregory Martin on the real, seems Canada's thinking their political shit don't stink.
+Carol Chen Oh, Trump will get really nailed to the wall by Oliver at some point. That I can guarantee. What Oliver has done with Trump so far is just the warm up.
*****
Yeah but check out John Olivers piece on Australias prime minister too. What a wanker.
Of course, we had George Dubya for 8 years (who I never voted for), but makes me feel strangely better to see our allies dealing with the same crap. Schadenfruede as the German folk would say. :-)
He made one on trump I believe it was hilarious
Looking for moments of levity in random places in the age of coronavirus brought me here. ❤️🇨🇦
Stay safe.
I’ve been binge watching John Oliver for days now!
As a Canadian, I feel embarrassed of that “relatable” bit with Steven Harper
I am Canadian, and I was laughing so hard until john started talking about Stephen Harper's religious policies and a felt so ashamed. Those policies are not what Canada is and it kills me that he is tarnishing our image.
Yeah don't worry, I think at the moment all western states are either with you or should be. The global perception of Muslims is fucked
+theratpack87 I feel like he trivialized Canadian politics and I feel the same way as you do. Islamophobia is an issue but it's not the only one that Harper has a problem with. He didn't need to trivialize politics in order to get the point across that Harper needs to be put out. I feel like he misrepresented Canada by showing leaders in video cut bad moments lol Like he showed JT falling down stairs.. Come on! They were all cheap shots that made us look really dumb and ignorant and I feel offended..
No I understand you, that happens to the U.S. All the time fuck just look at trump. I can imagine how you feel US politicians do nothing to make me as an An American look good. To the world we look like a bunch of illiterate, racist, jackasses misquoting our own founding fathers. I think it has to be taken with a grain of salt, at the end of the day Oliver isn't a news man he's a comedian and that's how he should be taken by others. Albeit a smart knowledgeable comedian but one non the less. His job it to get laughs. And the best sully of laughs is governments he world over. Catharsis I guess
Well, I'm Canadian and I can already guess before watching it he'll diss Stephen Harper.
I'm American and I'm glad Harper is gone.
shut up you with ur hot prime minister and free healthcare
Oh god...
No one likes Harper
trudeau is just aweful
I always found it funny,that somebody from the UK was talking about Canada on a USA show
I think there's a video of John Oliver at some Canadian Commedy show making jokes about the USA...Here it is: ruclips.net/video/dK_u7yWTd3U/видео.html
He really should be riding a Zamboni, eating a Nanimo bar, wearing a leafs jersey, listening to Simple Plan all while drinking Molson
I wish LWT did a subject on France's presidential elections in 2017 :D
Agreed
they probably will when the time comes
+Tancri Von Bouzin Why? That just seems like a silly idea. I'm Canadian so I can see why this episode was good; however, why on EARTH would they cover France? Canada borders the US and this is a US show so therefore we can make a solid conclusion that the geographical proximity of Canada to the US makes this relevant to the mostly American audience. FRANCE IS A WHOLE FUCKING OCEAN AWAY LMAO, do you think Americans care about France? Especially after you guys didn't help us in Iraq and we were forced to change the name of our fries to Freedom Fries which was a huge inconvenience to me because I order a lot of fries and I kept misspeaking and saying the old name. Cowards.
+Adam Smith To be fair, Iraq was a bad idea, Canada didn't get involved either.
Alex Mehta Yeah we did, always following big bro US lol
This was an awesome episode. So glad that trudea won!!
+DustingBread Trudeau is quite possibly the dumbest person to ever get elected prime minister of anywhere. As long as he is not allowed to talk or make important decisions, we may be ok.
Hurray the guy who says he admires China for their dictatorship is now in charge of us!
+Mike Steeves Too late! He already gave a victory speech last night...
+Mike Steeves good luck with Trudeau. We have another year of this election process with the craziest candidates I've seen in 3 decades.
+DustingBread Thanks. There's something somehow comforting in knowing the political insanity is not limited to the US Republican party.
I watch this every once in a while and look back on it. Not many people know much about my country, but it makes me feel good knowing that you think we are important. Thank you.
In total, complete honesty, we really do love you all.
I love the Mike Myers reference to 2005.. 😂😂😂 IYKYK.
It's your civic duty to vote Canada! Get out there today and vote!
+BruceWillakers Oh hello there, Rob.
+BruceWillakers ROB!!
+BruceWillakers Casual Unforgotten Realms telling you to vote
iam busy blue jays in ALCS.
+BruceWillakers Rawb? Great to see you here! I voted at lunch!
Trudeau is amazing, He is the best PM in quite a while.
I thought you're blood of old valyria? You mean to tell me you're canadian? XD
A Dragon needs only fire to be born.
+Viserion Targaryen me nem nessa, zhey quoy quoyi.
Bruh Long may they reign.
I wasn't too sure about him at first but I have to admit he isn't as bad as I thought he would be. One thing's for sure at least; he is infinitely better than harper
This needs a 2024 revisit.
As a Canadian this is so weird to watch in 2024. This feels like a time capsule. I was too young to vote that year but I still remember the election season and watching this segment on TV. Almost feels like a simpler time.
the irony of watching this from canada after the US election of 2016 is just too beautiful
Canada: "Hey America, where's YOUR cool president?"
U S.A: "..shut up."
Canada: "I'm sowry, what was that? I can't hear you over the sound of your citizens crossing onto our land like a Jewish exodus. Oh wait, those aren't immigrants! They're stoners, looking to buy pounds of our Canadian Kush!"
U.S.A: "Go ahead and laugh, once we're over the opioid epidemic, we'll be doing pretty good too!"
@REEL SIXX Might be. Sometimes us autists have a need to make sure the text book definition is what someone means when they constantly fuck up the usage of a term. Like how apparently "literally" is a popular word to use now when most of the time the following statement is hyperbolic.
@@chickensandwich8808 Kids these days just don't know how to pronounce "metaphorically."
@jamesk479 Irony about making fun of a law and bragging about violating a law against people from another country trying to influence voters.
@@GordieGii "Literally" in that context is supposed to mean "actually", whereas "figuratively" would mean metaphorically. "Literally" as in "according to the meaning of a thing" versus "figuratively" as in "as a figure of speech".
John Oliver looks like an angry bird
he once described himself as looking like 'a near sighted parrot who works at a bank'
lol really laughing hard
Why do I feel good every time JO mentions Poland here, despite the fact, that it's always in a negative context?
Please make a 2019 version, us Canadians need another perspective
Now 2021!!
That ending... Was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen :') ... You guys are awesome!
I wish I understood it though, Who is that guy in the mounty outfit? what does he have to do with canada? and what was with the black thing and sudden music stoping?
+Sean Anderson the mountie is mike myers (a famous canadian actor who's starred in austin powers and shrek, among many other movies), and the black thing is a reference to something kanye west said about george bush in a live tv interview (incidentally, while standing next to mike myers!)
this person has been in a coma. who the fuck doesnt know that shit, seriously.
Me, because I ignore celebrities outside of movies.
Tube You Really though, I could ask you a bunch of questions you probably don't know the answer to bud =p
As a fan of this show and a Canadian I never thought I could like John Oliver more, then this episode came out.
As a fellow Canadian, I couldn't agree more. Well, I probably could agree more, but I'm far to tired to right now.
Watching this in 2019, nearly 4 years later and with our elections being just under 2 weeks away for our next prime minister... This reminds me of a simpler time.
Hope the new NDP leader gets in. JAGMEET SINGH 2019
NDP wins a lot of places, they’ll be the deciding factor this election
Unfortunately they lost a lot of seats in Quebec which given who was running for the NDP, I pin the blame on Quebec's secularism bill!
If only but I saw the results coming for the ndp just as they did since 2017. If we want to gain seats, especially if we want to form government, we need a new leader.
Emotional intelligence is a real thing and it correlates more directly to success in life than IQ. I don’t know if they actually tested him on it but it is a real attribute.
That video of Harper saying he likes movies and tv shows is so cringey and then you think someone behind the camera said "Thats perfect! People will LOVE you now!" just makes it funnier. And you know that his campaign manager or whatever said, what do you like that will help people get to know you and like you more? and he says "I like movies and tv shows" because thats all he has to say. shits comedy lol
And now you voted in a leader that is a complete stereotype of a male feminist. A feminine beta who is desperate to show women have feminist he is because he thinks they will sleep with him. He induces cringe with his very presence.
purpandorange im not canadian sir
Matt Wallach Lucky man
I don't think Trudeau would have any problems getting women to sleep with him no matter his views. He believes that men and women are equal. How does that make him emasculated?
***** "We need women in office cuz it's current year" Yea, gender over skill is the definition of emasculated.
Mike Myers? Where's that guy been?
Trying to make a career comeback since his last good movie "Goldmember".
lazylank The last time I saw him in a good movie was Inglorious Basterds.
Christian Tyler Hannah
Was he in that? I haven't seen it so I wouldn't know.
lazylank He had 1 scene & it was pretty cool.
Christian Tyler Hannah
Cool. Well I look forward to watching some day.
That fall down trick is hilarious!
Harper: the charisma of a Stannis, the morality of a Cersei.
Lmaooo
LOL! I suppose a zamboni wouldn't fit in the studio?
Dude he pissed in a cup and put in the fucking sink- Settle down. I mean- I thought for sure he pissed in it, and put it back in the cupboard- but nope. Just a dirty mug in the sink.
The Zamboni is an American invention.