Juno News - June 28, 2024


Canadians reject woke attempts to cancel Canada Day celebrations


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Happy Canada Day! In this episode, we talk about why we should be proud to live in Canada and what makes it a great place to live. We also talk about some of the reasons why we shouldn't celebrate Canada Day.

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00:00:00.000 All the soldiers who have fought for this land, you know, they fought for this land and people just trashed this land. 0.99
00:00:06.860 I'm Canadian and I'm happy to be here.
00:00:08.920 I love Canada.
00:00:10.140 It's paradise. I'm proud to be Canadian.
00:00:19.520 Canada Day long weekend is upon us and we've heard for years now from politicians and the media
00:00:25.220 about all the things we should feel bad about because we are Canadian.
00:00:28.580 And all the things that people in our country over hundreds of years ago did that we have to all feel collective shame for.
00:00:36.500 I'm not quite sure if Canadians today or if newcomers here feel that way, but the media would certainly have us believe that's the case. 0.89
00:00:44.140 We've come to Square One Mall in Mississauga, not the place where you'll find your typical multi-generational Canadians, 0.99
00:00:51.160 a very racially diverse place, a very ethnically diverse place.
00:00:54.940 And we're here to ask people if they plan to celebrate Canada Day, if they feel proud to be living in this great country of ours,
00:01:01.400 and why they think Canada is a great country.
00:01:04.440 Let's try to have some positivity on the show for once.
00:01:07.120 It's tough these days to feel great about being a Canadian.
00:01:10.560 We're going to see if other people share that same sense of national pride that we do.
00:01:15.300 Let's see what people have to say.
00:01:16.300 We're asking people if they think Canada is a country we're celebrating and being proud to live in.
00:01:28.260 What do you think?
00:01:29.160 Yes, I think so. I love Canada.
00:01:32.280 I'm proud to be Canadian.
00:01:34.020 What do you think about people who say that we should feel sorry about the country
00:01:37.440 and things that happened 50 to 100 years ago and that we shouldn't be celebrating Canada Day
00:01:42.000 because of things that really none of us had anything to do with?
00:01:44.460 I think it's hard.
00:01:47.240 Everything's become really political.
00:01:49.700 I do believe in acknowledging those pasts and things that have affected them too.
00:01:57.060 But I don't think it should necessarily hinder us celebrating us just, you know,
00:02:05.460 kind of like saying I love you to our country.
00:02:09.580 It's still done a lot of great things for us.
00:02:12.040 Right.
00:02:12.560 Yeah.
00:02:12.940 And what do you think makes Canada such a great country to live in?
00:02:17.660 The people, health care, it's clean.
00:02:22.620 What do you think?
00:02:23.560 Oh, it's great. I love it.
00:02:25.940 What do you say to people who feel like we should be ashamed to be Canadian?
00:02:29.200 What do you say to people who feel like we should be ashamed about our past and our history?
00:02:32.880 No, no, no. It's great history. We should be proud of it.
00:02:36.700 I agree with you.
00:02:37.160 Every bit of it.
00:02:37.960 And what do you think makes Canada such a great country to live in?
00:02:40.660 It welcomes everybody. It's the place. It's, what can I say, right? It's paradise.
00:02:51.360 I think we should celebrate it. I mean, you know, I came to Canada in 1988. It was a great country. I still love it. I'm very patriotic.
00:02:57.980 And unfortunately, the last few years, it's kind of somewhat changed and went on a downhill.
00:03:02.780 But I still think we should celebrate it. I mean, we're Canadian. We should.
00:03:06.500 Right. And over the past few years, we've seen calls from people who want to almost make us feel bad about being Canadian and want to make us feel like we should feel sorry about things that happened 50, even 100 years ago.
00:03:19.200 And that should kind of quiet down the celebrations of Canada Day. What do you think about those calls from people saying that, hey, you know, this is a place that we shouldn't feel proud to live in and a lot went wrong in this country?
00:03:30.240 Well, that was 100 years ago, and none of us were alive back then. And we're not going to, we're not going to downtone the celebration of our country just because some people are a little soft about that stuff.
00:03:40.840 So, no, if you don't want to celebrate it, don't celebrate it. Well, we're not pushing it on you. But the people that are Canadian and want to celebrate it, celebrate it. I don't see why we should downplay it.
00:03:50.040 Last question I have for you is what makes Canada a great place to live in?
00:03:53.120 Everyone says it. Everyone has the freedom. We can all sit here and, you know, argue about, oh, there's this, there's that. No, there's freedom.
00:04:03.000 The thing is, I think now more people are kind of pushing their agenda. But it's like, no, look, Canada is the kind of place where you're allowed to do whatever you kind of want within its laws.
00:04:13.520 But at the same time, don't push your agendas on people. Celebrate it. Like, I'm Filipino, and I'm still, you know, very in touch with my heritage and my Filipino culture.
00:04:22.600 But it's within my house. When I'm outside my house, when I'm in Canadian land, you know, this is Canada. I've pretty much prospered here and grew up here.
00:04:31.060 So I always say I'm Canadian, and it's always been good that way. I'm happy to be here.
00:04:36.120 We're asking people if they think Canada is a country worth celebrating and being proud to live in.
00:04:41.140 Both, for the max.
00:04:42.800 What do you think about people who say that we should feel sorry for ourselves about things that happened 50 to 100 years ago and we shouldn't be celebrating Canada Day?
00:04:50.260 Do you think that there's any...
00:04:51.880 Who's saying that? Because we've helped every other country on the planet.
00:04:56.180 So it doesn't make sense that that person should be thrown out of his job.
00:05:01.040 I'm proud to be Canadian.
00:05:02.580 You think that Canada is a country worth celebrating and being proud to live in?
00:05:06.540 I don't know. I just came here last month.
00:05:08.920 You just came here?
00:05:09.680 Yeah.
00:05:09.880 All right. Well, welcome to the country.
00:05:11.300 Are you going to be celebrating Canada Day on Monday?
00:05:13.240 No, we actually plan family day at the home, and we will meet all friends at home, and we'll enjoy.
00:05:20.880 Okay, but you won't be celebrating Canada Day? You won't be waving a Canadian flag?
00:05:25.060 No, actually, I don't know too much about Canada Day, why they're celebrating.
00:05:29.980 That's why I will try to understand what they are celebrating, and then I...
00:05:33.580 All right. It is the day that Confederation started. It's the day that Canada became a country.
00:05:37.820 Oh, yeah.
00:05:38.520 So it's an important day here.
00:05:39.940 Yeah, it's an important day, and every country has this significance in their nation.
00:05:45.280 So I will obviously celebrate this because I will be part of the country right now.
00:05:51.380 So I will celebrate, obviously.
00:05:52.880 We're doing a video about Canada Day long weekend, and we're asking people if they think Canada is a country worth celebrating and being proud to live in.
00:05:59.260 What do you think?
00:06:01.020 Yes.
00:06:01.460 I think we should look at the past as, like, something that we should move forward from, not that we should, like, dwell upon and be so sad about,
00:06:10.580 but, like, that we're moving forward as, like, a loving nation and a symbol of freedom for all, so...
00:06:16.520 But what do you guys think? Do you think Canada is a country that is worth celebrating and being proud to live in?
00:06:20.580 That's a good question. Hold on.
00:06:21.940 Honestly, there's some things that we need to remember, but Canada as itself has built, like, you know, it's built up its reputation over its past 150 years.
00:06:31.700 So even though there are Indigenous people in the past that have been wronged, there's still, like, a bunch of accomplishments that Canada has made itself.
00:06:40.480 So they should still be recognized, but Canada should still be separated in its own way.
00:06:44.420 And what do you guys think makes Canada a great place to live in?
00:06:48.260 The people.
00:06:48.960 Yeah, it's a very diverse country. I feel like wherever you go, especially in square one, there's, like, so many people from, like, your home country.
00:06:55.560 So many people just know you, so you almost feel like you're at home, especially when you're an immigrant, you know?
00:06:59.260 What would be your answer to those that say, you know what, Canada Day is not something that we should be celebrating.
00:07:04.280 We should, it should be some sort of, you know, somber moment of reflection?
00:07:07.780 Because there are people out there that are genuinely unpatriotic of this country.
00:07:11.740 What would your answer be to them?
00:07:13.600 I mean, they have their own opinion, you know, like, they must feel like they've been wronged.
00:07:18.040 And, you know, there are days of remembrance and reconciliation for those people.
00:07:22.460 But at the same time, there should be a recognition and a reconciliation for Canada as a whole,
00:07:26.520 as it's a mighty country and it deserves its own recognition.
00:07:29.360 A lot of people recently have been saying that Canada should be, we should be ashamed to be Canadian.
00:07:34.060 It's a country that, you know, we have to feel bad about our past.
00:07:37.660 But I don't know if that's how everybody feels.
00:07:39.240 And I'm asking people if they think Canada is a country worth celebrating and being proud to live in.
00:07:42.740 Well, yes, absolutely.
00:07:44.420 Like, I mean, like, I'm Canadian, so I celebrate Canada Day every year.
00:07:48.040 And I mean, the greatest thing or the good thing about it is that everybody comes out and it's diversity, multiculturalism,
00:07:54.060 the fireworks and, like, all the entertainment performances on stage.
00:07:57.840 So, like, it's good to, like, kind of come out and look and see what's happening
00:08:01.440 and what performers and artists are out there, right?
00:08:04.720 And what do you think makes Canada such a great place to live and such a great country?
00:08:08.080 Democracy, the power and the movement of their political views and opinions.
00:08:15.820 You know what?
00:08:16.780 I think Canada in the past might have been celebrated to, you know,
00:08:20.860 but I think, like, we need that Canada pride back.
00:08:24.580 Like, not like, you know, we should get our country back
00:08:27.540 because people who are just moving here don't really care about the country.
00:08:32.480 They can trash the country and leave.
00:08:33.940 But while the Canadians who are born here, who, you know, all the soldiers who have fought for this land,
00:08:40.040 they, you know, they fought for this land and people just trashed this land, 0.99
00:08:44.600 I think, like, you know, we have to do something back, man.
00:08:48.100 That's a great answer.
00:08:48.940 Yeah, it's a great answer.
00:08:51.100 And what do you say to people who say that we should be ashamed of our country
00:08:55.420 and that Canada Day is supposed to be a somber day of reflection
00:08:59.380 for things that none of us had anything to do with?
00:09:02.200 What do you say to people who try to push that narrative?
00:09:06.060 Well, the thing is, it's not our fault, right?
00:09:08.880 It's, like, we all make mistakes, and...
00:09:12.980 But we also have to realize that because there are people who fought for us,
00:09:17.420 there are people who, you know, put the country where it is,
00:09:20.780 the people who gave us the freedom we have today, though I'm an immigrant,
00:09:25.740 you know, there are soldiers who have fought for us, you know.
00:09:28.180 If Nazi Germany were to take over Canada, I don't think it would be this free as well. 0.92
00:09:33.420 I don't think you would be, like, interviewing me about...
00:09:35.000 That's right, probably not.
00:09:36.020 Yeah, you would probably...
00:09:36.660 Maybe in a different language.
00:09:37.600 Yeah, and then you would probably kill if, like, you know,
00:09:40.500 they would kill the Jews, kill the race, you know, 1.00
00:09:43.280 it would be very racist and stuff.
00:09:45.680 Like, you know...
00:09:46.300 Yeah, yeah.
00:09:46.860 Yeah.
00:09:47.000 And so, the last question I have for you is,
00:09:48.840 what do you think makes Canada such a great country to live in?
00:09:51.720 Well, Canada...
00:09:52.780 Canada's, I think, like, if you want to go through politics,
00:09:56.520 but, like, I think Canada used to be great,
00:09:59.540 because, you know, the prices, food prices,
00:10:03.280 running out of the price, food prices, of course, are so high,
00:10:06.500 but back in the day, it was so, you know,
00:10:09.640 food prices are low, freedom, especially freedom,
00:10:12.980 freedom of speech, people move here because of freedom of speech,
00:10:16.180 which, especially if you live in a communism country,
00:10:19.680 if you, you know, if you speak against the government,
00:10:22.160 they chop your head off, you know?
00:10:23.520 Right.
00:10:23.980 But, like, right now, here, you can speak against the government,
00:10:26.960 like, I see people, I see people, like, making agendas about,
00:10:29.860 Yeah.
00:10:30.380 Oh, the government is bad, you know, residential school is bad. 1.00
00:10:34.560 Like, in this country, you can at least talk about that.
00:10:38.140 And if you go to China and talk bad about the government,
00:10:41.280 oh, yeah, you know, you're not going to see them again.
00:10:43.780 Yeah, okay, goodbye.
00:10:44.360 So you're going to celebrate on Monday?
00:10:46.180 You're going to celebrate Canada Day?
00:10:47.380 Yeah, I hope to see the fireworks and stuff, man.
00:10:50.260 You're going to celebrate Canada Day this weekend?
00:10:52.420 Probably.
00:10:53.600 What are you going to do?
00:10:55.480 Check out whatever, like, my village square is doing over in Streetsville.
00:10:59.100 What do you think makes Canada a great country?
00:11:01.780 Uh, how much welcoming we are to people and the maltiness of it.
00:11:07.920 Canada is a country that is worth celebrating and being proud to live in.
00:11:10.560 What do you think about that?
00:11:11.340 Yes, I do, because I came here, so I'm making the best of it.
00:11:15.740 What do you say to people who feel like we should be ashamed of our past and not celebrate our country?
00:11:20.480 That's the opinion, not mine.
00:11:21.900 Not yours?
00:11:22.380 The country has changed a bit.
00:11:24.320 You know, I feel like it's become more modern, more whatever the woke stuff is, right?
00:11:30.200 Yeah.
00:11:30.360 I'm not trying to, like, obviously, like, show.
00:11:33.800 No, I agree with you there.
00:11:34.880 No, so, you know, at some points it feels like a little overboard, right?
00:11:41.240 Oh, certainly.
00:11:41.940 And one of those examples of this sort of this woke push in our country is to make us feel bad about being Canadian, right?
00:11:48.140 It's to make us feel like we should be ashamed of what things that happened that we have nothing to do with.
00:11:52.600 What is your response to people who say that this is a place where we should, you know, Canada Day is a day we should have a somber day of reflection.
00:11:58.760 What do you guys think about that?
00:12:00.140 It's the day you celebrate your country, right?
00:12:02.860 Every country has that, and why can't Canada have it?
00:12:05.240 Because, you know, Canadians have the typical stereotype of, you know, being nice, overly nice and stuff like that.
00:12:11.720 Sorry for everything.
00:12:12.940 You know, we should be allowed to celebrate.
00:12:15.340 I was born in this country, yeah.
00:12:15.960 We should be allowed to celebrate some stuff.
00:12:18.200 We shouldn't, okay, every country has done something wrong.
00:12:20.540 We agree that we've done something to reconcile with that, you know, we've tried to make efforts.
00:12:25.500 But at a certain point, you know, we shouldn't keep having to do that.
00:12:29.160 Well, we still should acknowledge that, but, you know, we should still be able to celebrate some things.
00:12:33.240 Absolutely.
00:12:33.560 And what do you guys think makes Canada such a great country?
00:12:36.840 Well, the place itself is good, as you can see here, you know, all this stuff.
00:12:41.960 I was born in this country.
00:12:43.160 I lived here for all my life to go to any country because it's a beautiful place.
00:12:46.700 But when you just know it, nobody that we spoke to in Mississauga is ashamed to be Canadian.
00:12:51.700 No one is ashamed of our country.
00:12:53.500 Despite what activists or people in the media might tell us this weekend about all the things that were done in the past,
00:12:59.040 no one actually feels that way.
00:13:00.220 It feels like the only people who genuinely think this country is not worth celebrating are fringe left-wing activists.
00:13:06.760 Everyone else just thinks that this is a great country to live in.
00:13:09.080 Yeah, we have our problems.
00:13:10.440 Sure, things aren't perfect.
00:13:12.120 But all things considered, this is still, in my opinion, the best country in the world.
00:13:16.000 Canada Day is a day to be proud of our past, proud of our heritage, proud of our culture.
00:13:21.060 It is unique.
00:13:21.900 It is something to be cherished and celebrated.
00:13:24.080 And most importantly, it is worth preserving, not whitewashing, not erasing, and not destroying, not tearing down our statues.
00:13:33.020 It's a culture that is so important and one that we should all feel proud to be a part of.
00:13:38.040 Signing off from Mississauga, Harrison Faulkner.
00:13:40.600 We'll be right back.