Juno News - Exploring Canada during the lockdown

00:00:00.000 Hey folks, I have always been a believer that Canada is one of the best, if not the best,

00:00:10.400 country in the world. And I know a whole lot of people agree with me in a number of ways,

00:00:15.120 but normally when we say that best country in the world, well we mean a whole lot of things,

00:00:19.680 but we often, I think when we think about it, don't include geographically, physically,

00:00:26.000 just in terms of a beautiful space. Yet obviously this is so true for Canada in ways that,

00:00:31.920 while it's not true for other countries that just don't have the great diverse landscapes

00:00:36.560 that we get to enjoy. Canada really, truly such a beautiful country. And this applies whether it's

00:00:42.800 just places in, well, in our own backyard, places in rural Ontario, not far from the city. I spend a

00:00:48.080 lot of my time looking at the concrete jungle in Toronto, you know, head glued to the devices and

00:00:52.400 so forth. You get just an hour out of town and you go, man, this is awesome. Or to these places

00:00:57.040 that we don't travel too much, like in the Northwest Territories, you look at pictures and

00:01:01.280 bullets and you go, man, I can't believe this is my country. This place is phenomenal. And maybe now

00:01:08.960 you're Googling around and you're going, well, what things can I do in my area within a two-hour drive,

00:01:14.000 a three-hour drive, and you find, hey, there's this cool cave or this trail or whatnot, this place that

00:01:18.800 I just didn't know was so close to me. It's amazing. Some of you in some places, I'm in

00:01:23.280 Toronto, if you're in Ottawa, you've got the Gatineau Hills, Calgary, Vancouver, you've got

00:01:27.200 places really nearby. It is phenomenal. And I say all of this now because, of course, if you were

00:01:32.640 someone who loves to travel and would like to be doing that this summer, or would like to travel

00:01:37.120 somewhere else during the fall, you want to go on a cruise, you want to go on some sort of tour,

00:01:40.880 and you can't do that right now. I mean, we're coming back to life in many respects,

00:01:44.720 the economy's roaring back again, but the pandemic still brings travel restrictions to us.

00:01:49.520 And it's a bummer. It sucks. And I know if you want to see the world, I get it. You can't do it

00:01:53.840 right now, and you're feeling a little down about that. But really, look around. I hate to sound like

00:01:58.560 a Canada Tourism Board, Ontario Tourism, or whatever promotional campaign, but I really think it is true

00:02:04.720 that we are just so blessed to have a natural beauty in this country. And a lot of times we talk about

00:02:09.120 our trips. You go, where are you going? Are you going to go to New York? Are you going to go to LA?

00:02:12.160 You're going to check out the restaurants here. You're going to hop on a plane, go to Paris, go to

00:02:15.360 London. I've been to all those cities. They are fantastic. But more and more, and especially now,

00:02:20.480 I also say, you know what's also fantastic? Canada is fantastic.

Juno News - July 31, 2020