Great interview. I’m a Canadian and when Harper was prime minister he had somewhat of negativities from liberal news media. After watching this video, HARPER is incredibly insightful and intelligent. It’s amazing how the liberal media acts as propagandists. I regret voting for Justin Trudeau that ousted Harper
@@canmcneely I unfortunately did the same. Wasn't into politics much at that point but regretted it within a month as I'm sure a lot of people did. The worst part is not long after that election I got more into politics and a couple years later I really see the damage people around my age did by just taking the media's word on everything. It won't happen again though it is actually tough to find anyone who actually likes Trudeau because he tries to pander to everyone so he ends up pissing them all off.
Bert236 well, I’m glad you educated yourself and I’ll bet lots more people have your same story. Idk when you guys have elections again, but I can imagine Trudeau will go bye bye!
How the times change your opinion of someone. Never voted for Harper, but listening to him here was a really good experience. I listened to Justin Trudeau speak after watching this video and felt like my brain melted.
I has to listen to Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi...don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got til it's gone. Sorry about your brain. Get well soon.
@@rnelson299 Harper started to embrace an increasingly social-conservative agenda, including trying to set up a snitch line for neighbours to spy on each other and report things like polygamy. He made mistakes. Plus, political administrations don't usually last more than 10 years regardless of the reasons. Harper got 9 in.
I feel the same way man. I grew up in Vancouver under a very liberal family. Luckily I had co workers that were strong conservatives and talking to them, they changed my view points on many things. I voted against Trudeau twice, in 2015 and 2021. He’s in power now still and Canada has gone to shit. I pray more and more Canadians understand that Harper was the Man to run this country.
@@SgtKFergusonI wish Harper was still in power but at least we have Pierre who was the housing Minister underneath Harper and I think he did a pretty good job keeping housing prices low
Harper over-stayed his welcome, but his successor is the worst PM we ever had. Ironically the second worst PM we ever had was the current PM's father. Like father, like son, they just love running Canada into the ground and people keep voting them multiple times. I sure do miss Harper now. My take away - Canadians are un-educated in terms of politics. It's not because I vote Conservative and think I'm right, it's because every party except our Conservative parties think that balancing a budget is optional and think their policies work when we have years of data from our country and others that proves the policies don't work... and then they lie about whether it works. That's the entire Left in Canada - blind to whether their policies actually work: carbon taxes, more bail, uncontrolled immigration, more DEI, more wealth redistribution... none of makes us better off - in fact, all of it has saddled us with with more public debt, more crime, more homelessness, more poverty, more substance abuse, more broken families, more carbon emissions, and more people on the public dole than ever... while our national GDP drops, and our economy stagnates. We have more political prisoners now - e.g., trucker convoy - and less free speech - check out Bill C-11, C-18 and C-68... Look, if you think the Soviet Union "worked", then please keep voting Liberal and NDP in Canada. You're almost there. If you want any sense of democracy and economy to come back to Canada, and if you think government waste is the cancer it is - then vote Conservative. You're not spoiled for choice here in Canada.
@@John_II here's the thing I come from a liberal family and I've always been conservative but my liberal family is starting to turn more and more conservative because they're starting to read the writing on the wall they realize that the Liberals do not represent them and they're finally having enough of Justin Trudeau find myself a personally always been a conservative and although I do hate both the conservative and Republican parties in Canada and America is that the only options that will fix any of our issues the Liberals don't care about Canada or America the only thing they care about is Ukraine and Israel we need to fix our own problems before we can help anybody else
@@Michael-zi3kk You're in good company here. I miss when our Liberals could run surpluses, and balance budgets and help Canada be taken seriously. I'm with you - I hate that we only have one real choice for a party that will try to focus on Canada's domestic issues and will try to balance a budget. That happens to be the Conservative Party (in Canada) right now. It makes my casting a vote "easy" but I hate that this is where our politics went. It sucks that our only choices right now are (1) outright corruption, and (2) less corruption. with some financial restraint. Trudeau is a cancer on the Liberal party that used to be a real party. For the record, I'm not even convinced our Liberal care about Ukraine or Israel, I think they're pretending to care.
I don't think I've ever seen a person who is so well spoken, intellectual and thoughtful at the same time. This probably is my favourite episode of the entire Ben Shapiro show.
@Frank From ... you are exactly right. In 2015, Harper handed Trudeau's government a surplus budget. Trudeau destroyed this in his first year sinking Canada into a deficit that we are now buried in until approximately 2040. Disgusting mismanagement of tax dollars. This is what a socialist left government does... takes your money and spends it like drunken sailors. Now they want to impose a carbon tax with no planned system of accountability as to how the money will be applied to reduce the emissions output in Canada.
@Sargoy Of Mossad Canada was populated by FIRST NATIONS people for 1000s of years before any WHITE Europeans appeared in North America! And you are an IGNORANT RACIST BUMPKIN!
@@cthrew1603 Oh he did too, in addition to being a 'bouncer' (lol). As for his Wikii it's ambiguous... the first part indicates that he attended 2 universities & dropped out, while the latter portion shows he has 2 degrees (OMG).
Yup, Justin went running to Brian when things weren't going too well with NAFTA negotiations. And then he ignored the advice he was given. Canada got hosed, but hopefully, the overflow of wealth generated by the US will find its way up north.
What a sensible man. His approach is the economy (country) first and everything falls nicely in line. Trudeau is more about making himself look good and constant double talking, essentially saying nothing...just empty words. I wasn't a huge fan of Harper when he was in power, but now....this guy looks like a hero....amazing how times have changed.
Most Conservative felt his politics were stale, and thus did not go out to vote. Others thought no chance in hell would Hairdoo win. It is also harder for Conservative to vote since they are typically in industrial jobs and cant always get the time off. Liberals are all artists so they have nothing but time. We MUST ALL make it to the polls next year.
@@ChuckBeefOG I stayed home because Harper is leftist on most issues except modestly on economics, flooded us with foreigner immigration including ridiculous Somalis, Syrians, mohammedans, spied on us, killed our income trust income, reversed no Liberal social policies, and killed Kaddafi, supported Obama's wars in Libya and Syria and for Israel just because they are our allies.
Steve Dragos All our leaders including Bernier will bow to the UN and let them flood the borders. Its just a fact of life. Nothing can be done other than to destroy UN. Trudeau is signing a pact next month for a decade long plan for more migrants.
@MexicanTacos 07 What does "success of don" mean? What is don? Also, regarding identity politics, there is no such thing as left/right now that identity politics prevails. Therefore the Conservative party cannot form a consensus. It must choose an identity group and it cannot bridge Quebec identity with Christian western British identity, thus the country must be split up in at least two, or else Conservative has no future. That is why Conservative has become another attempt at liberal multi-identities. Harper was a liberal with a sprinkle of rightist economics, not different than Paul Martin or Mulroney when measured by outcome, except the Wheat board ended and the GST was cut a little.
@@staceycorriveau7495 Massive stretch. Far from the greatest. Harper was not that good at all. Chretien is the best PM of this current century so far, Laurier is best all time. I'd also say Mackenzie King, but sadly he was a massive racist and antisemite.
@@thecaynuck4694the only reason why I wouldn't say Mackenzie King was the best was because he tried to copy Roosevelt's New Deal and it failed if you learn about all the building projects he tried to make they were all failures that led nowhere and the conditions in the camps that those young men had to live in were terrible Mackenzie King was far from the greatest prime minister Harper chrétien or Borden even then I don't think he was the best prime minister because of the Ross rifle and some of his actions during World War 1 but I think overall he was a pretty good prime minister especially because of him giving rights to women also Borden and Mackenzie Kings treatment of non-white Canadians was absolutely terrible even for the time they would literally throw Canadians in camps in the middle of nowhere and especially back then Canada would get freezing and even the guards who were supposed to watch those people would sometimes starve because supply lines were so bad but I do agree Laurier was probably our greatest prime minister even though I'm a conservative
It did, but also because Harper did his best to marginalize and sideline the press, he was his own worst enemy at times much like Trump. He was an excellent economic PM.
Harper is a genius and was so good for Canada. I followed and supported him since the late 80's. Trudeau is a an embarrassment and is inadvertently paving the way for another Conservative PM.
@@yahulwagoni4571 Canadian Conservatives have a new leader Andrew Scheer, whom I like, but the media says is somewhat boring (but they said the same thing about Harper). He is, however, competitive nonetheless against Trudeau, which is shocking to political observers (Canadian Prime Ministers traditionally get two terms before they're turfed out). Trudeau is vulnerable because he had an absolutely disastrous 2018 (you can google the India trip, small business tax, "irregular" border crossers etc.). Recently his team has turned it around somewhat, by sounding tougher on illegal immigration and so on. But the 2019 election is still going to be competitive. It's going to come down to how bad people think the problems facing the country are, and whether they think Trudeau is capable of handling them. Like Harper said to Ben, Canada is the only western country without a populist movement (thank you Mr. Harper). And that's why the country elected a Trudeau, Haper left it in such good shape an airhead could run it. One wildcard is the Carbon Tax: Trudeau is going to run on imposing one nationally, the Conservatives will run against. If the election becomes a referendum on the tax, the outcome is anyone's guess.
Somethin Aint Right Here your right he could run again, but you seem a little miss informed Canada doesn’t have terms or term limits like the US. He could be PM for 30 years if he kept winning as it is he won 3 elections and was PM for almost 10 years. I personally think he was a great PM but after 10 years it was time for him to step down gracefully and go out on top, Unfortunately he didn’t. I think it’s possible a conservative government would still be in power if he had stepped down.
Oh man. There is no bigger Ben Shapiro fan than myself but I have to admit that Harper pretty much slammed him on the trade issue (maybe the first time I've ever seen that happen!). This was such a great interview and shows that a truly effective politician has to be someone who can do more than just debate issues - they have to be able to govern actual people in real life. I agree with another commenter here - if Ben really wants to run for office someday, Harper would be a phenomenal mentor. Harper's seasoned political acumen combined with Ben's intelligence and debating skills would be unstoppable. Great job to both on this!
Nobody got owned. It was the same views in different circumstances. As a politician you have to see things pragmatically. As a ideologue you look for and stick with principles. Both have a roll to play in any political movement. Think Obama would have won in 2012 if he hadn’t bailed out the auto industry? Harper said it without needing to imply it. Pragmatism is the bricks of a good politician and principle is the foundation. The lesson you learn from this exchange is really that you need both to be an effective leader. Becoming the Leader is politics.And as a whole we tend to focus more on the Roof and Siding rather than the foundation. Which is why in Western Democracies we tend to observe most politicians as under performers. As a whole we need to look at the principles and pragmatism better than just focusing on weather things just look good from the outside.
Amy, I agree with you on most of this. Ben is wrong on trade and has a problem stepping out of his own two shoes to see life from other perspectives. Like the trade issue, you can do all the book reading and grow your knowledge but that isn’t the real world (wisdom). Free trade has to have two people with good intentions and the world is trying to take out America... this is where Trump is 100% correct when he says I don’t care if they are allies or enemies, we’re getting screwed in trade. Trump correctly sees this whole thing called life as a competition and right now everyone is out to wack us and we have to put up barriers to keep them from getting to us.
Harper is wrong about healthcare though-and Ben should have challenged him. There was absolutely no moral imperative for Jews of Nazi Germany to pay taxes that provided health care to members of the Nazi party-not even to help poor sick children of the Nazi Youth suffering with pneumonia. Likewise, there is NO moral imperative for Ben Shapiro to pay taxes that provide healthcare to coddled university brats who try endlessly-when they aren't down and out with the flu-to prevent Ben from speaking freely at public forums he is invited to speak at. There is simply no moral imperative to subsidize those who'd force you to publicly wear a #@StarOfDavid or food or even their feces on your clothing just to ostracize and humiliate you for publicly disagreeing with them on political matters: ruclips.net/video/YPsU-kSBnwI/видео.html (Ann Coulter Gets Pied) There is no moral imperative to provide healthcare to those who would enslave you or kill you if they only had the power to: ruclips.net/video/PCHJVE9trSM/видео.html (Hillary Clinton's Guillotine Basket For the Heads of "Irredeemably deplorable" Trump supporters) There is no moral imperative to fund your own demise; no moral obligation to create a single-payer healthcare system which political beasts will eventually seize control of and use against you when they can finally begin their purge: 5-year Prostate Cancer Survival Rates: UK 51%; Norway 63%; Sweden 66% Denmark 38.4%; Australia 77.4; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 92.3% Source: "Cancer survival in five continents: a worldwide population-based study" ( _Lancet Oncology,_ July 17, 2008) by Michel Coleman et al. Every cotton plantation in the antebellum days had single-payer set up for all the slaves. That's because the owner of any property is the single payer in charge of maintaining that property-including human bodies. Every "irredeemably deplorable" black person was therefore covered by a DemocRAT-run healthcare plan back in the Glory Days of the DemocRAT Party. There's no better tool for keeping minds in chains than single-payer medicine. Harper needs to wake tf up! Single-payer medicine is all about enslavement of the people to Leftist government officials and Leftist bureaucrats. There's no better tool for stifling dissenting opinions.
@@MattieK09 Was just going to reply the same thing. I'm not sure I agree with either of them on driverless cars, but Tucker certainly won from a rhetoric standpoint IMO. Personally I wonder if some middle ground could be reached, perhaps a managed implementation over time. Would the companies profiting from driverless tech perhaps be willing to be on the hook for generous retraining packages for displaced workers? When a worker is legitimately displaced, they'd have access to these benefits for reasonable amount of time to account for retraining and then the benefits expire. After that the companies are free to profit like anyone else. It doesn't seem like that horrible of a deal to me, but I admit it's not something I've spent much time thinking about.
@@exclusivefresh dude, our entire country is morally perverse. It’s true that the country itself is stable and fine, but on an idealogical level we’re bursting at the seams with woke ideology... which isn’t a good thing for any country.
As a Canadian this makes me SO happy to see! He was one of the most best, efficient PMs of our country and I am very glad to hear me speak with Ben definitely a nice surprise to see!
Is this true I always heard bad stuff about him but as some people say the media is manipulative because I hear him talk and he sounds pretty clear-headed so give me your idea on this guy cuz everyone is involved in some way or another
Massive stretch. Far from the greatest. Harper was not that good at all. Chretien is the best PM of this current century so far, Laurier is best all time. I'd also say Mackenzie King, but sadly he was a massive racist and antisemite.
Serving in the Canadian Army domestically with Stephen Harper as PM was one of the proudest times in my life. My favourite memory of my service was shaking hands with the PM during a military PR event at the Calgary Stampede in 2007 in FFO.
really? liberal trolls told him a lot worse during Q&A (But who cares what they say). Anyway, Ben is more conservative and his is religious. Naturally they have some differences in opinion.
EXACTLY!!! Ben doesn’t get some things like trade. If a US made TV is $1,000 and a China made TV is $500, Ben thinks all TVs should be made in China because they can do it cheaper so we can buy cheaper stuff. What Ben NEVER talks about is that job you used to have that would allow you to afford nice things is now gone to China so you’re working for way less money... money that doesn’t stretch that far to buy all of this cheap stuff when the price of living (home or rent, utilities, car, insurance auto and healthcare) is continuing to go up.
He should have told Harper that about healthcare though. There was absolutely no moral imperative for Jews of Nazi Germany to pay taxes that funded health care for members of the Nazi party-not even to help poor children of the Nazi Youth suffering with pneumonia. Likewise, there is NO moral imperative for Ben Shapiro to pay taxes today that fund healthcare for coddled university brats who try endlessly-when they aren't down and out with the flu-to prevent Ben from speaking his mind freely at forums he is invited to. There is simply no moral imperative to subsidize those who'd force you to wear a #@StarOfDavid, or food, or even their feces and urine on your clothing just to ostracize and humiliate you for strongly advocating against their Leftist political views: ruclips.net/video/YPsU-kSBnwI/видео.html (Ann Coulter Gets Pied) There is no moral imperative to provide healthcare to those who would enslave you or kill you if they only had the power to: ruclips.net/video/PCHJVE9trSM/видео.html (Hillary Clinton's Guillotine Basket For the Heads of "Irredeemably deplorable" Trump supporters) There is no moral imperative to fund your own demise to the satisfaction of your political opponents; no moral obligation to create a single-payer healthcare system which Leftists will eventually seize control of and use against you when they can finally begin their purge: 5-year Prostate Cancer Survival Rates: UK 51%; Norway 63%; Sweden 66% Denmark 38.4%; Australia 77.4; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 92.3% Source: "Cancer survival in five continents: a worldwide population-based study" ( _Lancet Oncology,_ July 17, 2008) by Michel Coleman et al. Every American cotton plantation in the antebellum days had single-payer set up for all the slaves. That's because the owner of any property is the single payer in charge of maintaining that property-including human bodies. That's what ownership rights are about. Every "irredeemably deplorable" black person was therefore covered by a DemocRAT-run healthcare plan. Those were the Glory Days of the DemocRAT Party. There's no better tool for keeping minds in chains than single-payer medicine. Harper needs to wake tf up! Single-payer medicine is all about enslavement of the people to Leftist government officials and Leftist bureaucrats. There's no better tool for stifling dissenting opinions. If the dissidents aren't going to fear for their own health, you can still make them fear for their children's health if you control their access to medicine. That ought to shut them up.
@@txhorn10 The problem isn't that China makes things cheap, the problem is that China puts Tariffs on the US. Because there are things we make cheaper than them that they don't by from us because their government makes those things expensive through Tariffs. All Ben says is Tariffs are a tax on the country that implements it, but Tariffs also hurt the country they're used against (china has more expensive stuff if they can't buy ours). Therefore, if the goal is to punish China by implementing Tariffs until China agrees to remove those Tariffs, then at least recognize you're making things more expensive for your citizens not less, just for a good cause. A worthy sacrifice, not a benefit.
Ryungun Rie because only 19 percent of working age canadians actually pay more in taxes than they consume in government handouts, also the media gave him a free ride, and he got the stoner vote. And most of all feels over reals.
@Joshua DeLong uh...dude...what are you talking about. The guy made a comment about Trudeau not being able to speak properly and I agreed with that. Who said anything about Trump?? Are you on the wrong thread?
I've heard Crowder rave about this man, and now I understand why brilliant conservative politician. Would be immensely helpful for him to educate some conservative politicians in the USA.
Never realized how much I miss Harper till this video. Now that I'm old enough to understand mostly what he's taking about he is a seriously intelligent and well thought man! Hes smart enough to back his decisions and give concise answers as opposed to Trudeau shutting down questioning periods and leaving it to his party members to answer in his behalf.
You missed the fact that his government pulled the same no answer tactics during QP that Trudeau is pulling. Sometimes, even worse. Like or hate the NDP, Mulcair absolutely destroyed this man in QPs.
TheLoneKnight except for the fact the ndp litteraly want to shut down the oil fields and want to put a tax on all petroleum products which would force us into a recession, their not too bad.
@@chadking8767 never said I supported the NDP, I'm saying that harper had the same issues with not answering questions. I said Mulcair, in Question period, not on policy, absolutely destroyed Harper because of this trick.
"The budget will balance itself...'' jt is a self absorbed, narcissistic piece of pretty trust funded cash at work... he appealed to enough people to get elected in, and we'll learn if that still holds true come election time... i don't think the liberals will win more than a handful of seats, given the latest ongoings in parliament, west of Ontario... btw, Harper, as older and wiser and conceded as he is, is ten times more competent and capable a leader that Justin is... the west always gets left behind, as it always has...
PM Harper was not charismatic, trendy, flamboyant, or shallow but as a solid economist, intellectual, and democratic leader he was an excellent Prime Minister. My how the pendulum has swung.
Most Canadians would admit that Trudeau was the worst choice ever. "Twinkle Toes Trudeau aint cuttin it". Most Canadians would love to have Stephen Harper back as our leader.
@Nick Smith The foreigner concentration cities went liberal/NDP. They are heavily influencing the move to the left, even in areas that were solidly right. That is why legal immigration must be stopped. People are not people no matter which ethnic group; some are leftist by ethnicity/religion.
A true heavyweight. He has met and worked with and negotiated with the heads of states of virtually every country in the world, and with bankers, power brokers and others. A truly bang on win for the show to land such a guest. An incredibly smart and well spoken thinker. It's too bad Canada traded him for the clown they have now.
*MR. HARPER, PLEASE RUN AGAIN. CANADA NEEDS YOU.* Trudeau would NEVER be able to have a conversation like this. The contrast is insane, Harper is very intelligent. Able to explain the how and why of everything. Ben, I hope you gained a healthy respect for this guy! SO GREAT that you had him on!
He was my favourite leader. Truly made Canada thrive during his leadership. Wasn’t perfect because a country cannot be run by a perfectionist he was a human and he lead intelligently!
No, our political system kept the country afloat during the recession. You don't remember that it was the Bloc, NDP and Liberals who were going to defeat the government if it didn't provide a stimulus package? The one that "kept us afloat"?
What if everyone is hating on him just because he's young successful and good-looking that would be a shame people hate you sometimes when you're better than them
A person with a high intellect and who can understand normal values. Became highly educated as an economist. Actively worked in politics due to his own self interest. Worked in various government roles to further develop his understanding of things. This is the kind of person who should be considered for leadership.
@@MariaOliveira-pj7ig to be fair, mainy promintment conservatives at the time had been heavily mixed in with corruption scandals that were dealt with rather poorly. I think that, mixed in with several other factors, was what contributed to Harper's loss.
first moved to canada when he was prime minister. never was interested in canadian poilitics and until now, i had a just ambient hatred for him just because of the circle i travel with. what a shame, he seems so reasonable and correct.
Son Ja the problem with him is that he lacks charisma in a big way, which is a shame because the man is very smart and knows his shit. I’d take him any day over our current PM.
Prime Minister Mr Harper says it the way it is . Highly intelligent, sophisticated and equal. He does not take shots at the Trump Administration and rather that being a socialist gets right to business . Thank you Mr Harper for your dedicated service , immigration needs to be legal , not an automatic invitation. Mr Trudeau perhaps you should take a good look at. Mr Harpers economic views. Mr Harper is totally cool, keeps his tone calm. What a great leader !
I can't say that, I voted for Harper because of the fact he was doing a good job and the other guy had no experience. Harper won 99 seats so a lot of us voted for him.
I remember I had just become 19 and was able to vote in 2015, but I was busy with going to university and I had no interest in politics then. I didn't vote because I didn't have any knowledge about who to vote. I wish I had become interested in politics earlier in my life so I could have voted for this man.
@@maggieandjim1934 Scheer was not cut out to be prime minister. That man lacked proper leadership skills and had no charisma to pull voters in. I'm glad Erin O'Tool is taking over, I'm hopeful for 2023 election, the candidates for other parties are not looking good.
His speaking manner/ideas and to some degree look reminds me of Ted Cruz. Though he seems more reasonable than Cruz as far as finding real solutions to problems rather than toting a hard political stance and talking points.
Harper is like Trump, just articulate and sane. But they both see the western world and the issues facing it. Was so glad to hear Harper sticking by Trump's policies.
Hands down greatest PM of my life time... but like the US, our media absolutely despised this man. The media lied and lied about him. And in turn, our country elected the most unqualified waste of air that has ever lived.
PANTSMONSTER pro immigration isn’t a bad thing... if you’re for immigrants coming here legally. Which he was. I think if you looked at his record, especially coming out of the recession you might change your mind. Canada recovered better than any other G7 country at the time. He isn’t anything like Trudeau. That’s an uneducated, and uninformed statement.
@@oleandra3759 Well, it depends on what you mean by "demographic". If by this you mean the color of people's skin, then up to a point I would say no. I say up to a point because I truly do appreciate diversity as a value in itself. The world is a more interesting place when it is replete with difference and variety. I wouldn't like any race or ethnicity to disappear or even shrink to near extinction. So in the extreme case in which, say, there is a clear and imminent existential threat to the white race, I suppose then I would say such demographic concerns are legitimate. However, declining birth rates among whites cannot be put at the feet of non-white immigration. Therefore, I see no reasonable case to be made for such demographic concerns in the context of immigration policy. When it comes to culture, I'm a pluralist. Multiculturalism is an oxymoron. One culture cannot be both multiple and singular at the same time. That's a contradiction. Immigration is a net gain for nations as long as it is conducted sensibly, which means legally and at a rate that prevents incoming groups from creating foreign cultural enclaves within their new country and resisting assimilation. I'm a second generation Canadian. I'm all for maintaining some aspects of identity with one's heritage. But a nation must have a single uniting culture, or it isn't a nation at all. That culture should be based on fundamental values about the legal and moral status of people, rights, and responsibilities. When immigration threatens this, then certainly it is a concern, but the mere fact that it can be a threat does not entail that it is, necessarily. That was the issue I had with PANTSMONSTER's comment.
I am older now and understanding things. Below comments are correct. Media beat up on Harper and we believed it. I just know my Dad hated Pierre, now I know why.
I have always been pro Harper and voted that way but if you had ever seen Pierre interviewed you would equally agree he was a very intelligent man. Justine is no dummy, but he has nothing to compare to his father or Stephen. Never understood the hate on Canadians got for Harper. That's social media for you. More powerful than any government.
Wow, i actually got chills listening to Harper at 46:35 ... this is political honesty that we don't usually hear. Leaders really do make very difficult choices and I think Thomas Sowell is right to say that "there are no solutions, only tradeoffs". This world isn't perfect and Harper's pragmatism reflects that
Stepen Harper.Was the Prime Minister that supported a coup in 2014.That over threw a Democratic Elected Prime of Ukraine.Victor Yanukovych in 2014.That started the war .With Russia..Stepen Harper has now put Canada in a very bad substation in the eyes of the world.Stephen Harper is one of Canada's worst Prime Minister's .Canadians will see the effects down the road..Trudeau need with drawn Canada from Nato and be neutral.Like Ireland.Canada is a vassal of U.S.
I grew up liberal and I strongly disliked Harper, but as is typical with the public I didn’t follow politics closely or really know what was going on. His 3-strikes crime bill, hard drug laws, private prisons, and changes to the student loan programs I thought were bad ideas, but now I wonder if I really knew what he was trying to accomplish since the only news I had was mainstream liberal news. Lot of respect for the man after watching this interview.
I am so confused!! Here is a politician who answers the question that was asked?!?! Most and for sure Trudeau has never actually answered a questions that was asked.
@@Captain_MonsterFart Like him or not, he may have been less directl as PM. He still answered questions, with answers closer to the question than most.
@@Captain_MonsterFart expecting perfection from anyone is ridiculous but u should also seek it out so we keep improving. Ur clearly a selfish moron who thinks that sounding smart is worth not actually commiting to ur stance on things. Why not actually put ur money where ur mouth is by also including ur oppinion on weather Harper would have been the better choice in 2014? Stop being a non commital pussy and show sopme spine. Dont wanna commit? Then shut up and stop ruining life for the avg person u loser
If he was as relaxed, forward and frank when he was in office, I would've voted for him in the last election. Instead, we got nothing of that during the campaign and now we have Turdeau.
@@TheBorsMistral True. He had also run the course of his entire term as PM, basicly as a minority government. My thinking ( for progressives. That means it is only my opinion ) Mr Harper had ran out of juice. Like all politics we will never know the full truth, as there is always in media a bias. This bias is also found in every thinking body ( so me for sure). Present day is feelings ( subjective or real ) trump facts. There is zero chance of measuring the damage this does. Small but loud groups just lieble dissenters evil names without facts or true understanding of the names they use. So they are Authoritarian, who can actually justify their actions of abuse in the name of their feelings.
Ben finally met his match with Mr. Harper! Damn, I loved watching this. The mentor (the teacher) and the protege (the student). Mr. Harper didn't become the PRIME MINISTER of Canada for a decade without knowing how to debate. He's not just an insecure know it all College student. He's not intimidated in the least and easily and smoothly can cut off Ben at the drop of a dime. He's a very intelligent and knowledgeable man. You can tell that Ben completely respected and admired him.
I think my favourite part was: "Well, they're building empty cities" "Well, not really. I've been to those cities. They're pretty full" Made me chuckle. Nothing like tempering down some hyperbole. We all need that sometimes.
@eimb1999 True, but your initial comment lacks tact. It was quite blunt. My point, though, was that a former PM was invited to his show; nevermind that he's peddling a book.
I don’t know if I would vote for Harper if he were to (hypothetically) run again as Prime Minister, but I can certainly say I regret loathing him as much I did (irrationally) when he was the leader. The media certainly did a good job painting him as a villainous caricature, and I fell prey to its slant. I have to say how pleasantly surprised how upfront he is in regards to policy-making, and he scored some great counterpoints against Ben: you really do see the divide in “someone who comments, and strictly advocates from theory and/or abstract,” and someone who is “responsible for actually implementing possible policies.” His acknowledgement of China’s trade policies and the deindustrialization of Western countries in particular really showed - in my view - how conservatives, both commentators and politicians - have to bridge the gap between their philosophies/theories and the legitimate concerns of those negatively affected by aforementioned examples. I was shocked to see Stephen Harper as a guest, but I am really happy you had him on, Thank you Ben.
Trudeau host regular funding parties, pay-for-play-schemes with Chinese officials and business people. He has done nothing to stop the purchase of land in Canada by Chinese....although it is illegal for foreigners to buy land or an apartment in China....and most of Asia actually. He encourages China to buy companies in Canada that have state secrets or technology. He tried to open a Free Trade Agreement with China...when Trump was destroying him in NAFTA negotiations....only for the Chinese to not allow senior leaders to meet with him knowing full well if they did Trump would get even stronger on trade...they let Trudeau sit alone for a day and laughed as he left the country.
Did you miss the part Ben said it's not his opinion but an argument some libertarians make? he wanted a reaction to a certain approach. its an interview technique ,not a debate.
@@miduneyev156 Did you miss that the argument "some libertarians make" is the same one he does on multiple episodes of his podcast? He might as well have said "I believe X" instead.
This is the man we gave up for Prime Minister Zoolander. Canada is filled with fools. It was fun watching PM Harper give Ben a rare spanking on trade. It's ok, Ben, we don't expect even you to have everything figured out at your tender age.
Did you miss the part Ben said it's an arguments some libertarians make, not his opinion? he wanted a reaction to a certain approach. geez,,,ppl hear what they want to hear...
Aaron F Agreed. He would have been wise to do an interview like this a few years ago... give people a chance to see what he is really about. One thing that is obvious from this interview is that he is extremely intelligent.
It doesn't seem like he has any aspirations to become a politician. I don't blame him. I think he has a bigger impact doing what hes doing right now to be honest.
Idk. Honestly probably something very similar or the same to what he is doing right now. After all, he is the founder of The Daily Wire. I mean it is possible over the next 20 years that he will change his mind about entering politics who knows.@Drinker_Of_Milk
He's not perfect (no one is), and he's got a charisma deficit (every politician must have some), but good grief, what were Canadians thinking when they voted for Trudy?!
No one knew he would be a clown, we just wanted a recognizable government back. The Reform and Alliance party--which later became the new version of the Conservative party, were ultra right wing crazy Christians with an agenda. They put on a good face while in power. But they were pretty extreme by Canadian standards. The Liberal party is kind of our traditional status quo. But it has mutated into something new. Well, I'm sure they are as pro-corporate as ever, but everyone is distracted by Trudeau's silly antics and can't see beyond it.
Just like the state's we have a biased national news service. The pro liberal CBC made Harper out to be a monster and trudeau to be a hero. Clearly any thinking Canadian knows the opposite to be true . The CNN of the north has a lot to do with this. Hopefully we can rectify this mistake next election(unfortunately we can't go back in time and reinstate Harper
@L3G3ND It was obvious from the get-go, for as little wisdom one would have. Just looking at the demeanor and listening to him... A catastrophe not even a clown
All these comments about being duped into hating Harper hit me in the feels 😂 all teachers, all media, everyone seemed to be against Harper in Canada. They dissed him for looking and acting boring but little did they know he was what kept us afloat
problem is people dont know that boring is the most unimportant thing to a leader of a country, especially if he's already shown himself to be an economic connoisseur as well as a patriot. I am so asha,med of what my country has become. I literally talked to people back during the election who said "ya, but harper is an asshole (??????). Justin is relateable and he's legalizing pot finally!"... I had to sit back and watch people vote for JT based on that. And even then, I didn't even fathom it would get this bad WITH AN ENTIRE YEAR LEFT TO GO
Shenura Fernando he lost 7 charter challenges and was starting to reach beyond what regular folk deemed acceptable and was booted. Turdeau (Castro) wasn’t voted in, Harper was voted out.
There were some real legitimate concerns under his leadership especially in his last term though. So let's not dismiss that. He is a well spoken and intelligent person. Being left wing, I actually really liked him at first. But also being a classical liberal I strongly believe in the principles of a democracy. Some of his actions were seen by some as undemocratic. However, not being in closed doors, most of us will never really know what went down and why it went down the way it did. But this is why some people voted against Harper. That being said, the educational system does promote it's leftist leanings. ♥️
The media only wants you to know enough to get you to vote for "their" party! And the media of course wants to make money so they feel bringing you the same news stories over and over, in the case of the U.S. the constant non stop slagging of Trump, is all you want to hear so that's all they give you.
Conventional news wont die. It's now propped up by the (Canadian) State. Just shy of 600 MILLION DOLLARS to keep the propaganda streams flowing. Cultural disintegration is not optional to Liberals, it is the GOAL!
@@FauxtakuLounge large Media is garbage they refuse to cover real stories like all they talk about is khashoggi and no one gives a rats ass about Khashoggi.
@@iloveNgany Well said and during the election when our MSM is constantly shitting on Trudeaus opponents while kissing Trudeaus ass it was because of that 600 million payout. We need to start callin our news fake news from now on lol.
Your heart did break, but many from Quebec are so happy that he is in. I just wish living in British Columbia wasn't so expensive, so that more would more to Western Canada in which lots more would vote to elect a government in which the economy is rich in the west. I'm not saying that the East is useless, its just that when it comes to the BC federal elections, many feel our vote means nothing since the prime minister is for the most part elected in the East.
@unknown0815. I left Canada when they elected Chretien (the designer of the NEP which caused my father to lose our home). Having lived in Australia China India Thailand and the USA I told my wife I felt it was time to go back to Canada as Harper seemed to understand what immigration was doing to our country and enough corruption had been taken out of the budgets and were balanced. Then Trudeau got elected and I told her we are moving back to Thailand instead. I can’t see myself every paying taxes in Canada again. I just refuse to support these liberal govt policies and deficits.
Harper is still totally clueless about healthcare though, and Ben should have challenged him on it. There was absolutely no moral imperative for Jews of Nazi Germany to pay taxes that provided health care to members of the Nazi party-not even to help poor children of the Nazi Youth suffering with pneumonia. Likewise, there is NO moral imperative for Ben Shapiro to pay taxes that provide healthcare to coddled university brats who try endlessly-when they aren't down and out with the flu-to prevent Ben from speaking his mind freely at public forums he is invited to speak at. There is simply no moral imperative to subsidize those who'd force you to wear a #@StarOfDavid, or food, or even their feces and urine on your clothing just to ostracize and humiliate you for strongly disagreeing with them on political matters: ruclips.net/video/YPsU-kSBnwI/видео.html (Ann Coulter Gets Pied) There is no moral imperative to provide healthcare to those who would enslave you or kill you if they only had the power to: ruclips.net/video/PCHJVE9trSM/видео.html (Hillary Clinton's Guillotine Basket For the Heads of "Irredeemably deplorable" Trump supporters) There is no moral imperative to fund your own demise to the satisfaction of your political opponents; no moral obligation to create a single-payer healthcare system which Leftists will eventually seize control of and use against you when they can finally begin their purge: 5-year Prostate Cancer Survival Rates: UK 51%; Norway 63%; Sweden 66% Denmark 38.4%; Australia 77.4; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 92.3% Source: "Cancer survival in five continents: a worldwide population-based study" ( _Lancet Oncology,_ July 17, 2008) by Michel Coleman et al. Every cotton plantation in the antebellum days had single-payer set up for all the slaves. That's because the owner of any property is the single payer in charge of maintaining that property-including human bodies. Every "irredeemably deplorable" black person was therefore covered by a DemocRAT-run healthcare plan back in the Glory Days of the DemocRAT Party. There's no better tool for keeping minds in chains than single-payer medicine. Harper needs to wake tf up! Single-payer medicine is all about enslavement of the people to Leftist government officials and Leftist bureaucrats. There's no better tool for stifling dissenting opinions. If the dissidents aren't going to fear for their own health, you can make them fear for their children's health if you control their access to medicine. That ought to shut them up.
I am not really sure what happened in the last election for Harper to lose to Trudeau. How anyone in Canada could elect a Trudeau after the evil disaster of his father is beyond me.
I'm so glad I have Harper's signature on my citizenship certificate and not Trudeau's. Trudeau isn't intellectually anywhere near in the same league as this guy.
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Ben, please interview Justin Trudeau. The compare and contrast would be amazing.
How many Uhms and Ahhs would you be able to take?
I'd love to see Jordan Peterson take apart Justin Trudeau
IKR!!!!
He might as well interview a garbage can
That "man" is disgusting and deserves no such dignity.
Great interview. I’m a Canadian and when Harper was prime minister he had somewhat of negativities from liberal news media. After watching this video, HARPER is incredibly insightful and intelligent. It’s amazing how the liberal media acts as propagandists. I regret voting for Justin Trudeau that ousted Harper
taburolando it is great to hear someone admit their wrong doing! Thank you for that! And I pray for your country as well:)
@@canmcneely I unfortunately did the same. Wasn't into politics much at that point but regretted it within a month as I'm sure a lot of people did. The worst part is not long after that election I got more into politics and a couple years later I really see the damage people around my age did by just taking the media's word on everything. It won't happen again though it is actually tough to find anyone who actually likes Trudeau because he tries to pander to everyone so he ends up pissing them all off.
Bert236 well, I’m glad you educated yourself and I’ll bet lots more people have your same story. Idk when you guys have elections again, but I can imagine Trudeau will go bye bye!
@@canmcneely October 2019 luckily.
You voted for JT? FU
How the times change your opinion of someone. Never voted for Harper, but listening to him here was a really good experience. I listened to Justin Trudeau speak after watching this video and felt like my brain melted.
I has to listen to Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi...don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got til it's gone. Sorry about your brain. Get well soon.
Nice to listen to him speak when he is not talking through that oil money filter.
I hear ya.
Trudeau is an actor.
@@davidpatterson9770 how'd that non-oil-money filter work out for you these last three years "bud"?
As a Canadian, this is epic.
sounds about right
What’s wrong with your country to throw away this guy and replace him with the drama teacher you have now?
@@rnelson299 Harper started to embrace an increasingly social-conservative agenda, including trying to set up a snitch line for neighbours to spy on each other and report things like polygamy. He made mistakes. Plus, political administrations don't usually last more than 10 years regardless of the reasons. Harper got 9 in.
Harper is the man
@@rnelson299 There are a lot of things wrong with Canada right now...
It’s crazy to think of how much high school brainwashed me into thinking conservatives are terrible people. Now that I’m older I miss Harper.
I feel the same way man. I grew up in Vancouver under a very liberal family. Luckily I had co workers that were strong conservatives and talking to them, they changed my view points on many things. I voted against Trudeau twice, in 2015 and 2021. He’s in power now still and Canada has gone to shit. I pray more and more Canadians understand that Harper was the Man to run this country.
@@SgtKFergusonI wish Harper was still in power but at least we have Pierre who was the housing Minister underneath Harper and I think he did a pretty good job keeping housing prices low
Harper over-stayed his welcome, but his successor is the worst PM we ever had. Ironically the second worst PM we ever had was the current PM's father. Like father, like son, they just love running Canada into the ground and people keep voting them multiple times. I sure do miss Harper now.
My take away - Canadians are un-educated in terms of politics. It's not because I vote Conservative and think I'm right, it's because every party except our Conservative parties think that balancing a budget is optional and think their policies work when we have years of data from our country and others that proves the policies don't work... and then they lie about whether it works. That's the entire Left in Canada - blind to whether their policies actually work: carbon taxes, more bail, uncontrolled immigration, more DEI, more wealth redistribution... none of makes us better off - in fact, all of it has saddled us with with more public debt, more crime, more homelessness, more poverty, more substance abuse, more broken families, more carbon emissions, and more people on the public dole than ever... while our national GDP drops, and our economy stagnates. We have more political prisoners now - e.g., trucker convoy - and less free speech - check out Bill C-11, C-18 and C-68...
Look, if you think the Soviet Union "worked", then please keep voting Liberal and NDP in Canada. You're almost there.
If you want any sense of democracy and economy to come back to Canada, and if you think government waste is the cancer it is - then vote Conservative. You're not spoiled for choice here in Canada.
@@John_II here's the thing I come from a liberal family and I've always been conservative but my liberal family is starting to turn more and more conservative because they're starting to read the writing on the wall they realize that the Liberals do not represent them and they're finally having enough of Justin Trudeau find myself a personally always been a conservative and although I do hate both the conservative and Republican parties in Canada and America is that the only options that will fix any of our issues the Liberals don't care about Canada or America the only thing they care about is Ukraine and Israel we need to fix our own problems before we can help anybody else
@@Michael-zi3kk You're in good company here. I miss when our Liberals could run surpluses, and balance budgets and help Canada be taken seriously.
I'm with you - I hate that we only have one real choice for a party that will try to focus on Canada's domestic issues and will try to balance a budget. That happens to be the Conservative Party (in Canada) right now.
It makes my casting a vote "easy" but I hate that this is where our politics went. It sucks that our only choices right now are (1) outright corruption, and (2) less corruption. with some financial restraint.
Trudeau is a cancer on the Liberal party that used to be a real party. For the record, I'm not even convinced our Liberal care about Ukraine or Israel, I think they're pretending to care.
I don't think I've ever seen a person who is so well spoken, intellectual and thoughtful at the same time.
This probably is my favourite episode of the entire Ben Shapiro show.
Came down to the comments to say exactly this. Beat me to it.
He was a prime minister after all. Literally his job to think about this shit
Some of us saw it long ago. What a difference with trudumb. Harper can talk circles around Trudeau. Imagine Trudeau talking with Ben...lmao
@Frank From Harper was far from a perfect leader, but even so it's hard to argue against tangible results. Canada needs a leader like him again.
@Frank From ... you are exactly right. In 2015, Harper handed Trudeau's government a surplus budget. Trudeau destroyed this in his first year sinking Canada into a deficit that we are now buried in until approximately 2040. Disgusting mismanagement of tax dollars. This is what a socialist left government does... takes your money and spends it like drunken sailors. Now they want to impose a carbon tax with no planned system of accountability as to how the money will be applied to reduce the emissions output in Canada.
Can you even imagine Trudeau articulating any of this in a conversation, absolutely NOT! Great interview.
Um.... ahhh... ugh... umm...
- the trudeau contribution
That would be very un-peoplekind for him to do
We as canadians we as canadians want blah blah blah
at least trudeau as PM talks to the media, unlike harper
Trudeau couldn't negotiate his way around a cereal box.
This is what we lost Canada...someone who actually understands economics
Jessie Van Morrison great economist bad leader. Need to have both qualities to be a good national leader.
@@MrJaseg1971 yeah not the greatest leader but far better then what we have now.
Jessie Van Morrison you are 100% right.
They should have invited Trudeau , he could have served coffee and sandwiches.
Moron. Harper was (and is) a traitor too.
Make Trudeau a Drama Teacher Again
Sounds promising! MTDTA!!
@Sargoy Of Mossad Canada was populated by FIRST NATIONS people for 1000s of years before any WHITE Europeans appeared in North America! And you are an IGNORANT RACIST BUMPKIN!
Thought he was a ski instructor.
@@cthrew1603 Oh he did too, in addition to being a 'bouncer' (lol). As for his Wikii it's ambiguous... the first part indicates that he attended 2 universities & dropped out, while the latter portion shows he has 2 degrees (OMG).
@Willie Dewar no idea where you got your info, but Scheer was never a waiter. Such a moronic statement, even in jest!
If Harper was still prime minister of Canada now our relationship with Canada would be great.
And they would likely not be trying to outlaw speech.
Yup, Justin went running to Brian when things weren't going too well with NAFTA negotiations. And then he ignored the advice he was given. Canada got hosed, but hopefully, the overflow of wealth generated by the US will find its way up north.
It still is a great relationship with the US from this Canadians point of view. You're like the 11th province. (Please no one hate, it was a joke.)
@@kevinacres1699 Good one!
...we can only hope that #MadMax has PM Harper in his core campaign team
Like.. if you think Justin Trudeau wouldn’t even understand this conversation.
LOL, that what I thought.
Lol yah.
Ummm, uhhh, ahhh, we are doing everything for the workers of this country we can. Mhmmm...
defi...defi...defiiiiisit? wat is deficit?
and i am just listening to Ben advertise life insurance
What a sensible man. His approach is the economy (country) first and everything falls nicely in line. Trudeau is more about making himself look good and constant double talking, essentially saying nothing...just empty words. I wasn't a huge fan of Harper when he was in power, but now....this guy looks like a hero....amazing how times have changed.
And to think that us Canadians voted Harper out in favour of Trudeau. I was embarrassed when it happened and I remain embarrassed to this day.
Most Conservative felt his politics were stale, and thus did not go out to vote. Others thought no chance in hell would Hairdoo win. It is also harder for Conservative to vote since they are typically in industrial jobs and cant always get the time off. Liberals are all artists so they have nothing but time. We MUST ALL make it to the polls next year.
@@ChuckBeefOG I stayed home because Harper is leftist on most issues except modestly on economics, flooded us with foreigner immigration including ridiculous Somalis, Syrians, mohammedans, spied on us, killed our income trust income, reversed no Liberal social policies, and killed Kaddafi, supported Obama's wars in Libya and Syria and for Israel just because they are our allies.
Steve Dragos All our leaders including Bernier will bow to the UN and let them flood the borders. Its just a fact of life. Nothing can be done other than to destroy UN. Trudeau is signing a pact next month for a decade long plan for more migrants.
@MexicanTacos 07 What does "success of don" mean? What is don? Also, regarding identity politics, there is no such thing as left/right now that identity politics prevails. Therefore the Conservative party cannot form a consensus. It must choose an identity group and it cannot bridge Quebec identity with Christian western British identity, thus the country must be split up in at least two, or else Conservative has no future. That is why Conservative has become another attempt at liberal multi-identities. Harper was a liberal with a sprinkle of rightist economics, not different than Paul Martin or Mulroney when measured by outcome, except the Wheat board ended and the GST was cut a little.
it was only 39 percent that voted him in!! so it wasn,t us Canadians who voted him in,it was the pot heads
My wife glanced over and said "What a nice guy! Must be Canadian."
Yes he is! And we, Canadians, are proud of him
The greatest Canadian leader we have ever had.
@@staceycorriveau7495 Massive stretch. Far from the greatest. Harper was not that good at all. Chretien is the best PM of this current century so far, Laurier is best all time. I'd also say Mackenzie King, but sadly he was a massive racist and antisemite.
@@thecaynuck4694 Execpt for laurier Harper is the next best. Definitely not far from the best
@@thecaynuck4694the only reason why I wouldn't say Mackenzie King was the best was because he tried to copy Roosevelt's New Deal and it failed if you learn about all the building projects he tried to make they were all failures that led nowhere and the conditions in the camps that those young men had to live in were terrible Mackenzie King was far from the greatest prime minister Harper chrétien or Borden even then I don't think he was the best prime minister because of the Ross rifle and some of his actions during World War 1 but I think overall he was a pretty good prime minister especially because of him giving rights to women also Borden and Mackenzie Kings treatment of non-white Canadians was absolutely terrible even for the time they would literally throw Canadians in camps in the middle of nowhere and especially back then Canada would get freezing and even the guards who were supposed to watch those people would sometimes starve because supply lines were so bad but I do agree Laurier was probably our greatest prime minister even though I'm a conservative
The old media demonized Stephen Harper.
Agree. CBC is very liberal
@@needtoknow204 CBC, BBC pretty much any of the gov't owned media. That's why most foreigners hate Trump so much.
We had Harper Derangement Syndrome long before Trump became Media Enemy Number One.
@@OutSideTheBoxFormat The Trump effect!!
It did, but also because Harper did his best to marginalize and sideline the press, he was his own worst enemy at times much like Trump. He was an excellent economic PM.
One of the best interviews yet. I miss Harper as our PM.
Harper is a genius and was so good for Canada. I followed and supported him since the late 80's. Trudeau is a an embarrassment and is inadvertently paving the way for another Conservative PM.
What are the odds of him replacing the soi boi?
@@yahulwagoni4571 Canadian Conservatives have a new leader Andrew Scheer, whom I like, but the media says is somewhat boring (but they said the same thing about Harper). He is, however, competitive nonetheless against Trudeau, which is shocking to political observers (Canadian Prime Ministers traditionally get two terms before they're turfed out).
Trudeau is vulnerable because he had an absolutely disastrous 2018 (you can google the India trip, small business tax, "irregular" border crossers etc.). Recently his team has turned it around somewhat, by sounding tougher on illegal immigration and so on. But the 2019 election is still going to be competitive. It's going to come down to how bad people think the problems facing the country are, and whether they think Trudeau is capable of handling them.
Like Harper said to Ben, Canada is the only western country without a populist movement (thank you Mr. Harper). And that's why the country elected a Trudeau, Haper left it in such good shape an airhead could run it. One wildcard is the Carbon Tax: Trudeau is going to run on imposing one nationally, the Conservatives will run against. If the election becomes a referendum on the tax, the outcome is anyone's guess.
Canada could use PM Harper now. He still seems very young to be a Former PM
Sure could. He was PM for 10 years though, which is a fairly typical length of time to serve as PM.
Wish he did a podcast. He’s a great intellect.
I don't know the full history, but aren't PMs generally a lot younger than Presidents? There is no real minimum age unlike for US presidents
Usagiynami he could run again - I really think he should - he didn’t have a second term so he probably could give it a shot
Somethin Aint Right Here your right he could run again, but you seem a little miss informed Canada doesn’t have terms or term limits like the US. He could be PM for 30 years if he kept winning as it is he won 3 elections and was PM for almost 10 years. I personally think he was a great PM but after 10 years it was time for him to step down gracefully and go out on top, Unfortunately he didn’t. I think it’s possible a conservative government would still be in power if he had stepped down.
Oh man. There is no bigger Ben Shapiro fan than myself but I have to admit that Harper pretty much slammed him on the trade issue (maybe the first time I've ever seen that happen!). This was such a great interview and shows that a truly effective politician has to be someone who can do more than just debate issues - they have to be able to govern actual people in real life. I agree with another commenter here - if Ben really wants to run for office someday, Harper would be a phenomenal mentor. Harper's seasoned political acumen combined with Ben's intelligence and debating skills would be unstoppable. Great job to both on this!
Nobody got owned. It was the same views in different circumstances. As a politician you have to see things pragmatically. As a ideologue you look for and stick with principles. Both have a roll to play in any political movement.
Think Obama would have won in 2012 if he hadn’t bailed out the auto industry? Harper said it without needing to imply it. Pragmatism is the bricks of a good politician and principle is the foundation. The lesson you learn from this exchange is really that you need both to be an effective leader.
Becoming the Leader is politics.And as a whole we tend to focus more on the Roof and Siding rather than the foundation. Which is why in Western Democracies we tend to observe most politicians as under performers. As a whole we need to look at the principles and pragmatism better than just focusing on weather things just look good from the outside.
Amy, I agree with you on most of this. Ben is wrong on trade and has a problem stepping out of his own two shoes to see life from other perspectives. Like the trade issue, you can do all the book reading and grow your knowledge but that isn’t the real world (wisdom). Free trade has to have two people with good intentions and the world is trying to take out America... this is where Trump is 100% correct when he says I don’t care if they are allies or enemies, we’re getting screwed in trade. Trump correctly sees this whole thing called life as a competition and right now everyone is out to wack us and we have to put up barriers to keep them from getting to us.
Harper is wrong about healthcare though-and Ben should have challenged him. There was absolutely no moral imperative for Jews of Nazi Germany to pay taxes that provided health care to members of the Nazi party-not even to help poor sick children of the Nazi Youth suffering with pneumonia. Likewise, there is NO moral imperative for Ben Shapiro to pay taxes that provide healthcare to coddled university brats who try endlessly-when they aren't down and out with the flu-to prevent Ben from speaking freely at public forums he is invited to speak at.
There is simply no moral imperative to subsidize those who'd force you to publicly wear a #@StarOfDavid or food or even their feces on your clothing just to ostracize and humiliate you for publicly disagreeing with them on political matters:
ruclips.net/video/YPsU-kSBnwI/видео.html (Ann Coulter Gets Pied)
There is no moral imperative to provide healthcare to those who would enslave you or kill you if they only had the power to: ruclips.net/video/PCHJVE9trSM/видео.html (Hillary Clinton's Guillotine Basket For the Heads of "Irredeemably deplorable" Trump supporters) There is no moral imperative to fund your own demise; no moral obligation to create a single-payer healthcare system which political beasts will eventually seize control of and use against you when they can finally begin their purge:
5-year Prostate Cancer Survival Rates: UK 51%; Norway 63%; Sweden 66%
Denmark 38.4%; Australia 77.4; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 92.3%
Source: "Cancer survival in five continents: a worldwide population-based study"
( _Lancet Oncology,_ July 17, 2008) by Michel Coleman et al.
Every cotton plantation in the antebellum days had single-payer set up for all the slaves. That's because the owner of any property is the single payer in charge of maintaining that property-including human bodies. Every "irredeemably deplorable" black person was therefore covered by a DemocRAT-run healthcare plan back in the Glory Days of the DemocRAT Party. There's no better tool for keeping minds in chains than single-payer medicine. Harper needs to wake tf up! Single-payer medicine is all about enslavement of the people to Leftist government officials and Leftist bureaucrats. There's no better tool for stifling dissenting opinions.
Tucker caught ben on this too
@@MattieK09 Was just going to reply the same thing. I'm not sure I agree with either of them on driverless cars, but Tucker certainly won from a rhetoric standpoint IMO. Personally I wonder if some middle ground could be reached, perhaps a managed implementation over time. Would the companies profiting from driverless tech perhaps be willing to be on the hook for generous retraining packages for displaced workers? When a worker is legitimately displaced, they'd have access to these benefits for reasonable amount of time to account for retraining and then the benefits expire. After that the companies are free to profit like anyone else. It doesn't seem like that horrible of a deal to me, but I admit it's not something I've spent much time thinking about.
My god, from all of Canada please come back the country is falling apart we need mr Harper back
How is Canada falling apart?
Bolizen Québécois Separatism has returned bigger than ever and Alberta wants to secede as well in Wexit ideology.
@@thesebplaysgames2345 canada's just fine
@@exclusivefresh dude, our entire country is morally perverse. It’s true that the country itself is stable and fine, but on an idealogical level we’re bursting at the seams with woke ideology... which isn’t a good thing for any country.
@@BenSolo4 ahh ok got it. So a bunch of people have opinions you don’t like, so the country is bad. What should we do about that then?
As a Canadian this makes me SO happy to see! He was one of the most best, efficient PMs of our country and I am very glad to hear me speak with Ben definitely a nice surprise to see!
The greatest Prime we ever had
Is this true I always heard bad stuff about him but as some people say the media is manipulative because I hear him talk and he sounds pretty clear-headed so give me your idea on this guy cuz everyone is involved in some way or another
You are for getting about John A Macdonald.
Also Optimus Prime
Jeas Rester Believe me, he was THE BEST. In the same way we see the media go after Trump and lie and twist, they did the same to Harper.
Yup
Massive stretch. Far from the greatest. Harper was not that good at all. Chretien is the best PM of this current century so far, Laurier is best all time. I'd also say Mackenzie King, but sadly he was a massive racist and antisemite.
Holy crap I miss this man. Such poise. Such statesmanship. A leader.
Serving in the Canadian Army domestically with Stephen Harper as PM was one of the proudest times in my life.
My favourite memory of my service was shaking hands with the PM during a military PR event at the Calgary Stampede in 2007 in FFO.
@@jimhabsfan haha, do you realize what Trudeau is doing to our country?
I wished to serve Canada's military, and being able to meet harper/shake his hand would be an immense honor.
Thank you for your service!
Harper’s clear-headed analysis is so desperately lacking among today’s political leaders. This was my favourite Shapiro episode ever!
Lmao when was the last time someone looked Shapiro in the face and told him "that is a terrible argument" I almost fell over laughing
really? liberal trolls told him a lot worse during Q&A
(But who cares what they say).
Anyway, Ben is more conservative and his is religious. Naturally they have some differences in opinion.
EXACTLY!!! Ben doesn’t get some things like trade. If a US made TV is $1,000 and a China made TV is $500, Ben thinks all TVs should be made in China because they can do it cheaper so we can buy cheaper stuff. What Ben NEVER talks about is that job you used to have that would allow you to afford nice things is now gone to China so you’re working for way less money... money that doesn’t stretch that far to buy all of this cheap stuff when the price of living (home or rent, utilities, car, insurance auto and healthcare) is continuing to go up.
He should have told Harper that about healthcare though. There was absolutely no moral imperative for Jews of Nazi Germany to pay taxes that funded health care for members of the Nazi party-not even to help poor children of the Nazi Youth suffering with pneumonia. Likewise, there is NO moral imperative for Ben Shapiro to pay taxes today that fund healthcare for coddled university brats who try endlessly-when they aren't down and out with the flu-to prevent Ben from speaking his mind freely at forums he is invited to.
There is simply no moral imperative to subsidize those who'd force you to wear a #@StarOfDavid, or food, or even their feces and urine on your clothing just to ostracize and humiliate you for strongly advocating against their Leftist political views:
ruclips.net/video/YPsU-kSBnwI/видео.html (Ann Coulter Gets Pied)
There is no moral imperative to provide healthcare to those who would enslave you or kill you if they only had the power to: ruclips.net/video/PCHJVE9trSM/видео.html (Hillary Clinton's Guillotine Basket For the Heads of "Irredeemably deplorable" Trump supporters) There is no moral imperative to fund your own demise to the satisfaction of your political opponents; no moral obligation to create a single-payer healthcare system which Leftists will eventually seize control of and use against you when they can finally begin their purge:
5-year Prostate Cancer Survival Rates: UK 51%; Norway 63%; Sweden 66%
Denmark 38.4%; Australia 77.4; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 92.3%
Source: "Cancer survival in five continents: a worldwide population-based study"
( _Lancet Oncology,_ July 17, 2008) by Michel Coleman et al.
Every American cotton plantation in the antebellum days had single-payer set up for all the slaves. That's because the owner of any property is the single payer in charge of maintaining that property-including human bodies. That's what ownership rights are about. Every "irredeemably deplorable" black person was therefore covered by a DemocRAT-run healthcare plan. Those were the Glory Days of the DemocRAT Party.
There's no better tool for keeping minds in chains than single-payer medicine. Harper needs to wake tf up! Single-payer medicine is all about enslavement of the people to Leftist government officials and Leftist bureaucrats. There's no better tool for stifling dissenting opinions. If the dissidents aren't going to fear for their own health, you can still make them fear for their children's health if you control their access to medicine. That ought to shut them up.
@@txhorn10 The problem isn't that China makes things cheap, the problem is that China puts Tariffs on the US. Because there are things we make cheaper than them that they don't by from us because their government makes those things expensive through Tariffs. All Ben says is Tariffs are a tax on the country that implements it, but Tariffs also hurt the country they're used against (china has more expensive stuff if they can't buy ours). Therefore, if the goal is to punish China by implementing Tariffs until China agrees to remove those Tariffs, then at least recognize you're making things more expensive for your citizens not less, just for a good cause. A worthy sacrifice, not a benefit.
Because of the substance following that statement, it was a great moment in this interview. One of many great moments, in fact.
CANADA, why did you elect an SJW as prime minster? WHY?
It's been infiltrated by sjws for quite sometime...
Because women vote for pretty boys. Look at the Kennedys.
Ryungun Rie because only 19 percent of working age canadians actually pay more in taxes than they consume in government handouts, also the media gave him a free ride, and he got the stoner vote. And most of all feels over reals.
My fellow citizens are snowflakes.
Because their media loves piece of shit Trudeau just as the media in the states loves sjw freaks.
Jesus! Watching Harper answer each question on point makes me embarrassed to have him out of power. At least I voted for him.
Me too!
@@pspears4741 Me three.
agreed I even lived in fish creek his actual riding for a his 1st term the good old days.
Me too
Now we have uh um I.uh will uh
Ben's inauguration speech in 2024: ''You're all going to die and go to Birch gold.''
Ben's election special on Fox really didn't feel quite right with Ben not reading the commercials
SHEKELS SQUAD UNITE.!
He will never be president . Too religious.
@@canmcneely explain.?
Slovakian, Slovenian or Russian troll he’s never gonna be president, unless he directly jumps into an office before that first, I just don’t see it...
Two very smart guys!! If that was Trudy being interviewed, you would hear 58min of uh uh uh um uh um uh uh uh uh uh um and Ben's commercials. Lol
Legitimately true.
@Joshua DeLong uh...dude...what are you talking about. The guy made a comment about Trudeau not being able to speak properly and I agreed with that. Who said anything about Trump?? Are you on the wrong thread?
Lol.... For sure.
So true.... Jester can only follow a script... high school drama student.... I can't bear to hear him speak it's sickening.
HAHAHAH!!!! This killed me!! 🤣
I've heard Crowder rave about this man, and now I understand why brilliant conservative politician. Would be immensely helpful for him to educate some conservative politicians in the USA.
Never realized how much I miss Harper till this video. Now that I'm old enough to understand mostly what he's taking about he is a seriously intelligent and well thought man! Hes smart enough to back his decisions and give concise answers as opposed to Trudeau shutting down questioning periods and leaving it to his party members to answer in his behalf.
Most of us become wiser as the years roll by. Now that you are wiser, pass that on to your children and grandchildren. Their future depends on us!
You missed the fact that his government pulled the same no answer tactics during QP that Trudeau is pulling. Sometimes, even worse. Like or hate the NDP, Mulcair absolutely destroyed this man in QPs.
TheLoneKnight except for the fact the ndp litteraly want to shut down the oil fields and want to put a tax on all petroleum products which would force us into a recession, their not too bad.
@@chadking8767 never said I supported the NDP, I'm saying that harper had the same issues with not answering questions. I said Mulcair, in Question period, not on policy, absolutely destroyed Harper because of this trick.
"The budget will balance itself...'' jt is a self absorbed, narcissistic piece of pretty trust funded cash at work... he appealed to enough people to get elected in, and we'll learn if that still holds true come election time... i don't think the liberals will win more than a handful of seats, given the latest ongoings in parliament, west of Ontario... btw, Harper, as older and wiser and conceded as he is, is ten times more competent and capable a leader that Justin is... the west always gets left behind, as it always has...
Glad to see you care about Canada, Ben!
He was in BC on Halloween. He was in Toronto last year. You can look up both on RUclips.
I don’t know if he paid more visits.
CanadianRM4 I watched the Halloween event, I was anticipating Stephen Harper to be on the show today
PM Harper was not charismatic, trendy, flamboyant, or shallow but as a solid economist, intellectual, and democratic leader he was an excellent Prime Minister. My how the pendulum has swung.
He really did lack charisma but at the end of the day he was good at his job.
Harper has never worked as an economist.
Harper put Canada through too many recessions... He sucked
Most Canadians would admit that Trudeau was the worst choice ever. "Twinkle Toes Trudeau aint cuttin it". Most Canadians would love to have Stephen Harper back as our leader.
Absolutely
Definately agree
what do polls in canada say about it?
That's what's known as wishful thinking and/or projection, Warren. Sadly, Canucks are further to the left than mainstream Democrats.
@Nick Smith The foreigner concentration cities went liberal/NDP. They are heavily influencing the move to the left, even in areas that were solidly right. That is why legal immigration must be stopped. People are not people no matter which ethnic group; some are leftist by ethnicity/religion.
A true heavyweight. He has met and worked with and negotiated with the heads of states of virtually every country in the world, and with bankers, power brokers and others. A truly bang on win for the show to land such a guest. An incredibly smart and well spoken thinker. It's too bad Canada traded him for the clown they have now.
My Lord, I miss this man! PM Harper was the best we have ever had. There are a lot of dummies up here who have no idea how good we had it with him!
*MR. HARPER, PLEASE RUN AGAIN. CANADA NEEDS YOU.*
Trudeau would NEVER be able to have a conversation like this. The contrast is insane, Harper is very intelligent. Able to explain the how and why of everything. Ben, I hope you gained a healthy respect for this guy! SO GREAT that you had him on!
"We have the former Canadian Prime Minister here, BUT FIRST lets talk about your impending death" Love that intro everytime :D
Lol i swear he gets off on that punch line
He's referring to the current Canadian government
I like when he says we are all going to plotz
Lmao... listen guys.. your going to die..alright
He was my favourite leader. Truly made Canada thrive during his leadership. Wasn’t perfect because a country cannot be run by a perfectionist he was a human and he lead intelligently!
Bring him back
I don't want him back....but..we don't have term limits eh?..sooo maybe...?
People forget that Mr. Harper kept us afloat during the recession.
Bouch78 Bouch this .... he handled it the best out of most world leaders
He did more than keep you afloat. He made you strong while the vast majority of countries were getting weaker by the day.
Bouch78 Bouch However he does support globalism , how much I’m not sure. Also Israel. Israel has way too much power over western governments.
he also gave us the TFSA
No, our political system kept the country afloat during the recession. You don't remember that it was the Bloc, NDP and Liberals who were going to defeat the government if it didn't provide a stimulus package? The one that "kept us afloat"?
For the love of God, can you run for PM again?
Agree
What if everyone is hating on him just because he's young successful and good-looking that would be a shame people hate you sometimes when you're better than them
David Kyriakidis I wonder if he could actually run again ? Hmm I’m actually wondering
I suppose he could run as an independent otherwise they would have to replace the current leader of the Conservative Party.
amen!
Harper is 10 times the man that Justin Trudeau is! It is really not even a contest.
he's a zombie, you seem to be misinformed
@@hydeph who? that stupid drama teacher TURDeau? i agree!!
Harper grow up. Justine is land of unicorns and fairy dust.
That's a stupid statement when you consider that my hamster is 10 times the man Trudeau is.
I agree we vote people in to run business of country not give it away
A person with a high intellect and who can understand normal values. Became highly educated as an economist. Actively worked in politics due to his own self interest. Worked in various government roles to further develop his understanding of things. This is the kind of person who should be considered for leadership.
Nicely said
Good lord...I miss Harper. I can’t believe we enabled his replacement with the biggest lemon in Canadian history.
I voted for him. I still don't understand how we replaced him with Trudeau.
@@MariaOliveira-pj7ig to be fair, mainy promintment conservatives at the time had been heavily mixed in with corruption scandals that were dealt with rather poorly. I think that, mixed in with several other factors, was what contributed to Harper's loss.
first moved to canada when he was prime minister. never was interested in canadian poilitics and until now, i had a just ambient hatred for him just because of the circle i travel with.
what a shame, he seems so reasonable and correct.
Son Ja the problem with him is that he lacks charisma in a big way, which is a shame because the man is very smart and knows his shit. I’d take him any day over our current PM.
Son Ja I'm glad you saw the light
My gripe with Harper is that he was taking away transparency in the government and also the heavy cuts in science programs.
@@mattroy3154 Justin Trudeau supported Bill-C51 and continued the cuts of the science programs.
@@Andrew-gn9qp Wow I didn't know that
As an Albertan damn do i miss Harper.
Dear Canadians, on question please. WHO THE HELL VOTED FOR TRUDEAU OVER THIS GUY??
I wish I knew
@生霊Ikiryo you either drink beer or you don't but who the hell drinks lite beer?!?
AA LI Not me!
Horny women...
People who like legalized marijuana for which they eventually got
HARPER IS LOVE. HARPER IS LIFE.
Prime Minister Mr Harper says it the way it is . Highly intelligent, sophisticated and equal. He does not take shots at the Trump Administration and rather that being a socialist gets right to business . Thank you Mr Harper for your dedicated service , immigration needs to be legal , not an automatic invitation. Mr Trudeau perhaps you should take a good look at. Mr Harpers economic views. Mr Harper is totally cool, keeps his tone calm. What a great leader !
Holy crap!!! I never thought Harper would be the one to school Shapiro. I am a big fan of shapiro this is a great interview.
No shit he? Look Harper educate. Makes me proud to be canadian. And then I look at our current dipshit prime minister
My biggest regret in my life as a canadian, is not voting for Stephen Harper again, and instead putting the current cheesehead into office.
I can't say that, I voted for Harper because of the fact he was doing a good job and the other guy had no experience. Harper won 99 seats so a lot of us voted for him.
THERES NOTHING WRONG WITH SCHEER HES A GOOD MAN TRUDEAU IS AN IDIOT WAKE UP VOTERS
I remember I had just become 19 and was able to vote in 2015, but I was busy with going to university and I had no interest in politics then. I didn't vote because I didn't have any knowledge about who to vote. I wish I had become interested in politics earlier in my life so I could have voted for this man.
@@maggieandjim1934 Scheer was not cut out to be prime minister. That man lacked proper leadership skills and had no charisma to pull voters in. I'm glad Erin O'Tool is taking over, I'm hopeful for 2023 election, the candidates for other parties are not looking good.
Thanks a lot 😐
This guy gets it. Really good guest. Makes our politicians sound like 5th graders.
Yes i was struck by that also maybe moving to CANADA isn't crazy at all.
His speaking manner/ideas and to some degree look reminds me of Ted Cruz. Though he seems more reasonable than Cruz as far as finding real solutions to problems rather than toting a hard political stance and talking points.
Oh he is a very intelligent man, there is no doubt about that.
@@xSayPleasex Funny, seeing as Ted Cruz was born in Calgary, which is where Stephen Harper won his first election...
Harper is like Trump, just articulate and sane. But they both see the western world and the issues facing it. Was so glad to hear Harper sticking by Trump's policies.
Hands down greatest PM of my life time... but like the US, our media absolutely despised this man. The media lied and lied about him. And in turn, our country elected the most unqualified waste of air that has ever lived.
PANTSMONSTER pro immigration isn’t a bad thing... if you’re for immigrants coming here legally. Which he was. I think if you looked at his record, especially coming out of the recession you might change your mind. Canada recovered better than any other G7 country at the time. He isn’t anything like Trudeau. That’s an uneducated, and uninformed statement.
PANTSMONSTER It’s people like you that make the right look bad.
@@lucasfabisiak9586 Should nations be concerned about demographic and cultural turnover?
@@oleandra3759 Well, it depends on what you mean by "demographic". If by this you mean the color of people's skin, then up to a point I would say no. I say up to a point because I truly do appreciate diversity as a value in itself. The world is a more interesting place when it is replete with difference and variety. I wouldn't like any race or ethnicity to disappear or even shrink to near extinction. So in the extreme case in which, say, there is a clear and imminent existential threat to the white race, I suppose then I would say such demographic concerns are legitimate. However, declining birth rates among whites cannot be put at the feet of non-white immigration. Therefore, I see no reasonable case to be made for such demographic concerns in the context of immigration policy.
When it comes to culture, I'm a pluralist. Multiculturalism is an oxymoron. One culture cannot be both multiple and singular at the same time. That's a contradiction. Immigration is a net gain for nations as long as it is conducted sensibly, which means legally and at a rate that prevents incoming groups from creating foreign cultural enclaves within their new country and resisting assimilation. I'm a second generation Canadian. I'm all for maintaining some aspects of identity with one's heritage. But a nation must have a single uniting culture, or it isn't a nation at all. That culture should be based on fundamental values about the legal and moral status of people, rights, and responsibilities. When immigration threatens this, then certainly it is a concern, but the mere fact that it can be a threat does not entail that it is, necessarily. That was the issue I had with PANTSMONSTER's comment.
exactly it was fake scandals and fake news that brought this great man down.
I am older now and understanding things. Below comments are correct. Media beat up on Harper and we believed it. I just know my Dad hated Pierre, now I know why.
I have always been pro Harper and voted that way but if you had ever seen Pierre interviewed you would equally agree he was a very intelligent man. Justine is no dummy, but he has nothing to compare to his father or Stephen. Never understood the hate on Canadians got for Harper. That's social media for you. More powerful than any government.
@@MrGarycooper101 social media more powerful then government....there is a sad fact
@@MrGarycooper101 Pierre is better han Justin but you are no conservative if you think he was a good PM
True
Imagine Trudeau fumbling through a conversation like this.
@Bill Kazmaier umm uh, the Canadian people....
We like to say "a people-versation"
I would pay to see Shapiro interview Tudeau. The resultant debacle should be televised on MSM to wake up sleepy Canada.
ummm uhhh and , um , well , let me re order the thoughts..... so when, and .... no cant do it.
Wow, i actually got chills listening to Harper at 46:35 ... this is political honesty that we don't usually hear. Leaders really do make very difficult choices and I think Thomas Sowell is right to say that "there are no solutions, only tradeoffs". This world isn't perfect and Harper's pragmatism reflects that
And it was at that moment that Ben realized he was dealing with a national socialist.
@@Cromius771 excuse me the liberals are socialist
One of the best Sunday Specials in my opinion. Really liked the little back and forth debate on trade.
this is what conversation is as opposed to a bunch of insults the left is so big at.
Stephen Harper. Probably the best PM Canada ever had.
Stepen Harper.Was the Prime Minister that supported a coup in 2014.That over threw a Democratic Elected Prime of Ukraine.Victor Yanukovych in 2014.That started the war .With Russia..Stepen Harper has now put Canada in a very bad substation in the eyes of the world.Stephen Harper is one of Canada's worst Prime Minister's .Canadians will see the effects down the road..Trudeau need with drawn Canada from Nato and be neutral.Like Ireland.Canada is a vassal of U.S.
I grew up liberal and I strongly disliked Harper, but as is typical with the public I didn’t follow politics closely or really know what was going on. His 3-strikes crime bill, hard drug laws, private prisons, and changes to the student loan programs I thought were bad ideas, but now I wonder if I really knew what he was trying to accomplish since the only news I had was mainstream liberal news. Lot of respect for the man after watching this interview.
canadabboy I assume you live in central Canada or BC?
@SpearheadBT this does a pretty good job of summarizing my understanding of those ideas as well
@@lorrainearmstrong7587 grew up in bc but a resident no longer
SpearheadBT f
@SpearheadBT again, I totally agree with comment. I'm going to go clean my room.
Oh how I miss you Mr. Harper. You were our greatest prime minister.
Oh Canada, how far you have fallen. From this great sensible man to jihadi Justin.
Should still be my Prime Minister. Way to go Canada.
What a great intellectual interview! Makes you proud to be Canadian!
Frank Tilson amen brother.
Absolutely!!
What’s Trudeau do for you then? since most Canadians voted for him lol. (NOT ME)
True
We have to get Ben to interview Trudope. it would be epic
Ben would leave him either blubbering incoherently or completely speechless.
I'd rather see him interview Maxime Bernier
Uh, oh uh duh oh... Peoplekind... Uh oh uh we need more refugees... Uh.. Gender... Dah... I'm a feminist... 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣
Wesson with that name that figures!
It wouldn’t be an interview it would be an annihilation
I am so confused!! Here is a politician who answers the question that was asked?!?! Most and for sure Trudeau has never actually answered a questions that was asked.
Because he's not a politician any more. Don't kid yourself that he spoke like this when in power.
@@Captain_MonsterFart Like him or not, he may have been less directl as PM. He still answered questions, with answers closer to the question than most.
@@Captain_MonsterFart expecting perfection from anyone is ridiculous but u should also seek it out so we keep improving. Ur clearly a selfish moron who thinks that sounding smart is worth not actually commiting to ur stance on things. Why not actually put ur money where ur mouth is by also including ur oppinion on weather Harper would have been the better choice in 2014? Stop being a non commital pussy and show sopme spine. Dont wanna commit? Then shut up and stop ruining life for the avg person u loser
If he was as relaxed, forward and frank when he was in office, I would've voted for him in the last election. Instead, we got nothing of that during the campaign and now we have Turdeau.
@@TheBorsMistral True. He had also run the course of his entire term as PM, basicly as a minority government. My thinking ( for progressives. That means it is only my opinion ) Mr Harper had ran out of juice.
Like all politics we will never know the full truth, as there is always in media a bias. This bias is also found in every thinking body ( so me for sure). Present day is feelings ( subjective or real ) trump facts. There is zero chance of measuring the damage this does. Small but loud groups just lieble dissenters evil names without facts or true understanding of the names they use. So they are Authoritarian, who can actually justify their actions of abuse in the name of their feelings.
Ben finally met his match with Mr. Harper! Damn, I loved watching this. The mentor (the teacher) and the protege (the student). Mr. Harper didn't become the PRIME MINISTER of Canada for a decade without knowing how to debate. He's not just an insecure know it all College student. He's not intimidated in the least and easily and smoothly can cut off Ben at the drop of a dime. He's a very intelligent and knowledgeable man. You can tell that Ben completely respected and admired him.
I think my favourite part was: "Well, they're building empty cities" "Well, not really. I've been to those cities. They're pretty full" Made me chuckle. Nothing like tempering down some hyperbole. We all need that sometimes.
Stephen Harper is way smarter than people realize when it comes to the economy.
How did Shapiro net a former prime minister?
He’s really moving up in the world.
Kudos.
I'm waiting for Putin or trump.
@eimb1999 No need to get snide.
@eimb1999 True, but your initial comment lacks tact. It was quite blunt.
My point, though, was that a former PM was invited to his show; nevermind that he's peddling a book.
@eimb1999 ...you're ignoring my point, but whatever. And yes, I am a fan of Shapiro's quote, as well.
They’ve known each other for a while.
CANADA MISSES YOU!!! COME BACK TO LEAD CANADA AGAIN! PLEASE!
Ben asked him to invade the USA in 2012....I'm asking him to invade Canada in 2018.
Vote Trudeau out in 2019!
Even the liberals who elected him have doubts regarding his ability to even finish his current term
My whole family didn't vote before but we all had a conversation and agreed upon going to vote against Trudeau next election. lol. Goes to show..
Trudy is going to ruin Canada with all Marxist ideas nesn care about the west but he care about quebec
Manpreet Kaur as a progressive in Canada I can agree
Arthur Woof Trudeau a Marxist? He may be a buffoon but he’s far from following Marxists ideology lol
I don’t know if I would vote for Harper if he were to (hypothetically) run again as Prime Minister, but I can certainly say I regret loathing him as much I did (irrationally) when he was the leader. The media certainly did a good job painting him as a villainous caricature, and I fell prey to its slant.
I have to say how pleasantly surprised how upfront he is in regards to policy-making, and he scored some great counterpoints against Ben: you really do see the divide in “someone who comments, and strictly advocates from theory and/or abstract,” and someone who is “responsible for actually implementing possible policies.” His acknowledgement of China’s trade policies and the deindustrialization of Western countries in particular really showed - in my view - how conservatives, both commentators and politicians - have to bridge the gap between their philosophies/theories and the legitimate concerns of those negatively affected by aforementioned examples.
I was shocked to see Stephen Harper as a guest, but I am really happy you had him on, Thank you Ben.
never trust heresay, do you research and research some more.
Thanks for the honest reply.
Trudeau host regular funding parties, pay-for-play-schemes with Chinese officials and business people. He has done nothing to stop the purchase of land in Canada by Chinese....although it is illegal for foreigners to buy land or an apartment in China....and most of Asia actually.
He encourages China to buy companies in Canada that have state secrets or technology.
He tried to open a Free Trade Agreement with China...when Trump was destroying him in NAFTA negotiations....only for the Chinese to not allow senior leaders to meet with him knowing full well if they did Trump would get even stronger on trade...they let Trudeau sit alone for a day and laughed as he left the country.
Roger C the Chinese PAY TRUDEAU'S Liberals you stupid ignorant idiot
This is the most I’ve seen Ben challenged when it comes to trade policy, Harper really held his own and did a great job
Did you miss the part Ben said it's not his opinion but an argument some libertarians make? he wanted a reaction to a certain approach. its an interview technique ,not a debate.
@@miduneyev156 Did you miss that the argument "some libertarians make" is the same one he does on multiple episodes of his podcast? He might as well have said "I believe X" instead.
@@miduneyev156 your all over the place for fuck sakes dude. Ben is not infallible.
Yeah, really tells you about my country's voters eh? Fuck my life. We could of still had Harper guiding us. We fucked up so hard.
godliek jewoofy I am Canadian too man
This is the man we gave up for Prime Minister Zoolander. Canada is filled with fools. It was fun watching PM Harper give Ben a rare spanking on trade. It's ok, Ben, we don't expect even you to have everything figured out at your tender age.
Did you miss the part Ben said it's an arguments some libertarians make, not his opinion? he wanted a reaction to a certain approach. geez,,,ppl hear what they want to hear...
Mi Duneyev Ben has echoed those arguments countless times
Did you miss the part where Ben makes that exact same trade argument every single time he talks about trade?
Enjoyed the discussion, Two intelligent people talking, Wish Harper was still our PM
This is the most I ever heard Harper talk. The guy knows what he is talking about
Aaron F Agreed. He would have been wise to do an interview like this a few years ago... give people a chance to see what he is really about. One thing that is obvious from this interview is that he is extremely intelligent.
Well, Harper was an economist so...
I had forgotten how much I like this guy.
Very interesting discussion.
It's so refreshing to hear a (former? ) politican speaking so intelligently.
How sad for Canada that... Trudeau.
WOW! ..... this Harper guy is a well spoken sharp fellow. I just want to keep listening
This guy makes an awful a lot of sense. I wish we had more politicians like you in Sweden.
Noone Andersson We miss him terribly in Canada.
I wish we still had him in CANADA. We have an idiot.
What a heavyweight! If Ben has political aspirations he could learn a few things from Harper.
It doesn't seem like he has any aspirations to become a politician. I don't blame him. I think he has a bigger impact doing what hes doing right now to be honest.
Idk. Honestly probably something very similar or the same to what he is doing right now. After all, he is the founder of The Daily Wire. I mean it is possible over the next 20 years that he will change his mind about entering politics who knows.@Drinker_Of_Milk
He's not perfect (no one is), and he's got a charisma deficit (every politician must have some), but good grief, what were Canadians thinking when they voted for Trudy?!
No one knew he would be a clown, we just wanted a recognizable government back. The Reform and Alliance party--which later became the new version of the Conservative party, were ultra right wing crazy Christians with an agenda. They put on a good face while in power. But they were pretty extreme by Canadian standards. The Liberal party is kind of our traditional status quo. But it has mutated into something new. Well, I'm sure they are as pro-corporate as ever, but everyone is distracted by Trudeau's silly antics and can't see beyond it.
Just like the state's we have a biased national news service. The pro liberal CBC made Harper out to be a monster and trudeau to be a hero. Clearly any thinking Canadian knows the opposite to be true . The CNN of the north has a lot to do with this. Hopefully we can rectify this mistake next election(unfortunately we can't go back in time and reinstate Harper
I never voted for Trudeau & never will. I’m voting Conservatives for Alberta & Canada. If Harper came back, Trudeau wouldn’t stand a chance.
The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, whether the tree was Pierre Trudeau or Fidel Castro. Same difference.
@L3G3ND It was obvious from the get-go, for as little wisdom one would have. Just looking at the demeanor and listening to him... A catastrophe not even a clown
Man, I miss harper, when he was PM, Canada was a normal and respected country
it was a great 10 years, a real PM
Make Trudeau a drama teacher again !
Hahahaha!! 👨💼
wasn t he a grade school teacher. grade 2 i think.
In saudi arabia.
*SUBSTITUTE DRAMA TEACHER......Trudeau loves Part time jobs :) the only type of Job he can bring us Canadians!
@@martinemjt substitute teacher
Smart, practical and he can articulate his speech better than Trudeau and Trump.
Ya think .
@@clydebrown4859 ok Twitter bot
Imagine Trudeau trying to keep up an intelligent conversation like this. It would never happen. Canadians threw away a gem when they voted out Harper!
All these comments about being duped into hating Harper hit me in the feels 😂 all teachers, all media, everyone seemed to be against Harper in Canada. They dissed him for looking and acting boring but little did they know he was what kept us afloat
problem is people dont know that boring is the most unimportant thing to a leader of a country, especially if he's already shown himself to be an economic connoisseur as well as a patriot. I am so asha,med of what my country has become. I literally talked to people back during the election who said "ya, but harper is an asshole (??????). Justin is relateable and he's legalizing pot finally!"... I had to sit back and watch people vote for JT based on that. And even then, I didn't even fathom it would get this bad WITH AN ENTIRE YEAR LEFT TO GO
Shenura Fernando he lost 7 charter challenges and was starting to reach beyond what regular folk deemed acceptable and was booted. Turdeau (Castro) wasn’t voted in, Harper was voted out.
It was his opposition to gay rights and the fact he loved people that hated brown people that defined the last election.
@@adamnoble-johnson3855 And that he hates Canada. That played a huge factor in the election.
There were some real legitimate concerns under his leadership especially in his last term though. So let's not dismiss that. He is a well spoken and intelligent person. Being left wing, I actually really liked him at first. But also being a classical liberal I strongly believe in the principles of a democracy. Some of his actions were seen by some as undemocratic. However, not being in closed doors, most of us will never really know what went down and why it went down the way it did. But this is why some people voted against Harper. That being said, the educational system does promote it's leftist leanings. ♥️
This is why conventional news is dying. Long form, exploratory content is where it's at.
It’s a shame this sort of interview doesn’t get to large media.
The media only wants you to know enough to get you to vote for "their" party! And the media of course wants to make money so they feel bringing you the same news stories over and over, in the case of the U.S. the constant non stop slagging of Trump, is all you want to hear so that's all they give you.
Conventional news wont die. It's now propped up by the (Canadian) State. Just shy of 600 MILLION DOLLARS to keep the propaganda streams flowing. Cultural disintegration is not optional to Liberals, it is the GOAL!
@@FauxtakuLounge large Media is garbage they refuse to cover real stories like all they talk about is khashoggi and no one gives a rats ass about Khashoggi.
@@iloveNgany Well said and during the election when our MSM is constantly shitting on Trudeaus opponents while kissing Trudeaus ass it was because of that 600 million payout. We need to start callin our news fake news from now on lol.
Greatest economic Prime minister in history of Canada ever.
Harper, best Canadian PM ever.
I've always voted for this man. When Trudeau won, my heart broke.
unknown0815 I still can’t believe he won. My faith in humanity was restored though when trump was elected in the states.
Ditto
Your heart did break, but many from Quebec are so happy that he is in. I just wish living in British Columbia wasn't so expensive, so that more would more to Western Canada in which lots more would vote to elect a government in which the economy is rich in the west. I'm not saying that the East is useless, its just that when it comes to the BC federal elections, many feel our vote means nothing since the prime minister is for the most part elected in the East.
@@Boesner11 did BC not primarily vote liberal last election xD. its Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta with that problem, not you guys.
@unknown0815. I left Canada when they elected Chretien (the designer of the NEP which caused my father to lose our home). Having lived in Australia China India Thailand and the USA I told my wife I felt it was time to go back to Canada as Harper seemed to understand what immigration was doing to our country and enough corruption had been taken out of the budgets and were balanced. Then Trudeau got elected and I told her we are moving back to Thailand instead. I can’t see myself every paying taxes in Canada again. I just refuse to support these liberal govt policies and deficits.
I am American and a constitutional originalist....I want this man as my president Harper 2024!
Now, that’s a prime minister. Bravo PM Harper.🇨🇦
Arguably Canada's Best prime minister ever.
We didn't realize how good we had it
Well, media always had a control over people minds. And there is no shortage of growing voters to be brainwashed in any direction.
Logan Laird some of us did. The rest elected the Liberals
I did.
understatement of the year Logan
I did. I would have voted for him until the day one of us died.
When Steven Harper graduated Grade 8, he was smarter than Justin Trudeau is right now.
Nope, kindergarten
Facts.
Harper is still totally clueless about healthcare though, and Ben should have challenged him on it. There was absolutely no moral imperative for Jews of Nazi Germany to pay taxes that provided health care to members of the Nazi party-not even to help poor children of the Nazi Youth suffering with pneumonia. Likewise, there is NO moral imperative for Ben Shapiro to pay taxes that provide healthcare to coddled university brats who try endlessly-when they aren't down and out with the flu-to prevent Ben from speaking his mind freely at public forums he is invited to speak at.
There is simply no moral imperative to subsidize those who'd force you to wear a #@StarOfDavid, or food, or even their feces and urine on your clothing just to ostracize and humiliate you for strongly disagreeing with them on political matters:
ruclips.net/video/YPsU-kSBnwI/видео.html (Ann Coulter Gets Pied)
There is no moral imperative to provide healthcare to those who would enslave you or kill you if they only had the power to: ruclips.net/video/PCHJVE9trSM/видео.html (Hillary Clinton's Guillotine Basket For the Heads of "Irredeemably deplorable" Trump supporters) There is no moral imperative to fund your own demise to the satisfaction of your political opponents; no moral obligation to create a single-payer healthcare system which Leftists will eventually seize control of and use against you when they can finally begin their purge:
5-year Prostate Cancer Survival Rates: UK 51%; Norway 63%; Sweden 66%
Denmark 38.4%; Australia 77.4; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 92.3%
Source: "Cancer survival in five continents: a worldwide population-based study"
( _Lancet Oncology,_ July 17, 2008) by Michel Coleman et al.
Every cotton plantation in the antebellum days had single-payer set up for all the slaves. That's because the owner of any property is the single payer in charge of maintaining that property-including human bodies. Every "irredeemably deplorable" black person was therefore covered by a DemocRAT-run healthcare plan back in the Glory Days of the DemocRAT Party. There's no better tool for keeping minds in chains than single-payer medicine.
Harper needs to wake tf up! Single-payer medicine is all about enslavement of the people to Leftist government officials and Leftist bureaucrats. There's no better tool for stifling dissenting opinions. If the dissidents aren't going to fear for their own health, you can make them fear for their children's health if you control their access to medicine. That ought to shut them up.
Immature comment, You have not facts to this statement
I am not really sure what happened in the last election for Harper to lose to Trudeau. How anyone in Canada could elect a Trudeau after the evil disaster of his father is beyond me.
I'm so glad I have Harper's signature on my citizenship certificate and not Trudeau's. Trudeau isn't intellectually anywhere near in the same league as this guy.
Same
Trudeau probably use crayons to sign his signature lol
If you think Trudeau isn't smart, you should check out the other guy south of the border!
I know right!!
JT is no bright light, that much is correct, but neither is SH. NEITHER of them compare favourably to PET, Pearson or Diefenbaker.
Bring Harper back give him 20yrs to fix the mess!!!!!