The 2 Canada's - Is the divide TOO WIDE
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Summary
There are two Canadas, and there are two sides in the Israel and the Gaza conflict. I don't want to get into the Alberta independence debate, but there's a chasm between the two, and I'm wondering if the chasm is too wide for us to get together at this point.
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Hi, it's John and welcome to the channel. It is 3.54 a.m. It is Tuesday, August the
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12th. I hope you're having a great day today. I'm not going to speak really loud
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today because I'm in a hospital room. I do have a separate hospital room, which
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is great, but there are people out there, so I'm going to talk a little quieter
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today. For those of you who are interested, I'll give you a health update
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at the end of this video. Over the last couple of days, I've been trying to keep
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up to what's going on in the country to the best of my ability in my current
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situation. But there's something I've been thinking about for the last few days,
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and I wanted to just kind of talk about it here, and I prepared some notes, so I
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hope you don't mind if I refer to my tablet, which is right down there. I've
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been thinking how there's two Canadas. I don't want to get into the
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Alberta independence here at all. I don't want to talk about that. But there's
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two Canadas right now, and I'm wondering if the chasm is too wide for us to get
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together at this point. The hiking ban in Nova Scotia brought this into focus for
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me. On Sunday, I had planned on doing another in my series of videos called
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This Week in Stupid, where I list three things that stand out as stupid, and the
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hiking ban was going to be on that list, but not at number one. You might think,
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oh my god, it was probably the dumbest thing that happened last week, but not at
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number one. The people who support that get that honor. There's a definite
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demarcation line between the two Canadas when someone thinks banning someone from
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walking in the woods is a reasonable response to wildfires. I think it's
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similar to blaming the gun, not the shooter. As I said in a recent video, I
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believe in education and not legislation. We need to thank Joe Eveli for
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challenging this authoritarian dictate by Premier Tim Houston, and also thank him
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for his service. But this was one of the things I thought was just ridiculous. I
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can't understand why he would ban hiking in this situation, but the other side, the
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other candidate does. Many have likened this to the COVID mandates, and I seem to
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agree, some going as far as calling these climate lockdowns. I do have a
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question. Would the people who agree in this hiking ban follow a climate
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politician, if they propose limiting your movements, your travel, your eating
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habits, and other things? In a country with two Canadas, I wouldn't be surprised
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if a lot of people would be fine with that. Another indication of the two
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Canadas is the definite divide between the sides in the conflict in Gaza. I think
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everyone can agree we don't like nor do we want any war, but I remember who
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attacked on October 7th. I believe Israel has a right to defend itself, I believe
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Israel has a right to exist, and I believe Israel has a right to finish the job
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and end the scourge of Hamas. In my Canada, this seems perfectly reasonable, but to
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the other side, for some reason, they're supporting a terrorist organization. I just
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don't get it. They march in the streets, they intimidate those who disagree, and
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accept the word of a terrorist organization on things like food
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distribution and casualty numbers. There's a saying, the first casualty of war
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is the truth, and I believe that can happen on both sides, but I think I believe
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Israel more than I believe the other side in this situation. I think there's a
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reason why we have these two Canadas when it comes to this situation. The
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longest hatred being one, and that would be anti-Semitism. I think improper vetting
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of immigrants is a big issue, which is a huge issue in Canada right now, and I think
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that these are things that need to be discussed and need to be looked at, because I just don't
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understand. My Canada doesn't understand the other side at all on this one, and in a way
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William Tecumseh Sherman, I'll give you a quote. I love quotes. William Tecumseh Sherman
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said, war is cruelty. There's no use in trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will
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be over. So we can all hope that this war will be over sooner, before later. Another indication of
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the two candidates goes back a couple of years, the trucker convoy. Yeah, I had to bring this one up.
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I saw that as a pushback against government overreach, as people using their speech to tell
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their government they would not comply, and they had a right to earn a living, but it grew to represent
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the insanity that was COVID, closing playgrounds and beaches, mask mandates, so-called social
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distancing, people reporting friends who had guests in their home, curfews, arrive can apps, freezing of
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bank accounts, and so on. There were two candidates at this point, and I think that's really when it
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started, when I really started to notice how different I am as a conservative from the other side.
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Now, I think there were probably people who agreed with all of these mandates, who were on both sides
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when it comes to ideology, but the other candidate complied and did whatever they were told. My
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candidate just didn't get it. Can we bring our sides together on this? I don't know, but we're going
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to find out what happens with Tamara Litch and Chris Barber. They might go to jail for seven and eight
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years. I think that's ridiculous. They really aren't guilty of anything other than mischief,
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but the other side wants to see them put in jail to the fullest extent of the law, and I think that's
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crazy. COVID had me thinking about another great quote by Thomas Jefferson. When the government fears
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the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny, and I saw tyranny
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when it came to the other candidate in this situation. There are many examples of the two
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candidates, but I don't want to go on too long, but I suppose the recent election is a big one as well.
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This is the last one I'll give to you. People had a chance to vote for change, or they had a chance
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to vote for more garbage, and the other candidate voted for the trash heap. Let me know what you think
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in the comments. Again, I'm going to be very limited to what I can do here from my hospital bed. I'm
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waiting to have my helper here. One of the nurses helped me. They've been giving me great care here.
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As far as how I'm doing right now, I was able to walk about eight feet that way to get out into the
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hall last night, but I have to use a walker, and I'm on fentanyl, which goes against everything I
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believe in because I don't like taking drugs. I don't drink, but I have to take fentanyl in order
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to get rid of the pain enough to be able to walk eight or ten feet. I'm hoping I can be out of here
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by the end of the week, but right now I feel fine sitting here right now, but I'm in a situation where
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I can't walk. I have a broken pelvis in two places, I heard now, and this collarbone where I'm holding my
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phone is broken as well, so I'm pretty beat up right now. I would like to thank everybody. I've tried to
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read all the comments from my short little video the other day. I would like to thank everybody.
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I can't tell you how much it means to me that you had so many kind thoughts for me the other day. I
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thank you so much. Some people gave me a few bucks. I'd like to thank you as well. Every once in a while,
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some people hit the super thanks button and give me some money. It's not necessary, but I thank you
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as well. I hope you have a great day. I'll keep you up to date on what's going on. I can't promise a
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ring the bell for notifications. I'll see you in the next one.