Exploring Canada during the lockdown
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Summary
I have always been a believer that Canada is one of the best countries in the world, and I know a whole lot of people agree with me in a number of ways, but normally when we say that, we mean a whole bunch of things. We often don't include geographically, physically, just in terms of a beautiful space, yet obviously this is so true for Canada in ways that while it's not true for other countries that just don't have the great diverse landscapes that we get to enjoy. Canada is truly such a beautiful country, and this applies whether it's just places in, well, our own backyard, places in rural Ontario, not far from the city. I spend a lot of my time looking at the concrete jungle in Toronto, you know, in Toronto. You get just an hour out of town and you go, man, this is awesome. Or to these places that we don't travel too much, like in the Northwest Territories, you look at pictures and bullets and go, I can't believe this is my country.
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Hey folks, I have always been a believer that Canada is one of the best, if not the best,
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country in the world. And I know a whole lot of people agree with me in a number of ways,
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but normally when we say that best country in the world, well we mean a whole lot of things,
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but we often, I think when we think about it, don't include geographically, physically,
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just in terms of a beautiful space. Yet obviously this is so true for Canada in ways that,
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while it's not true for other countries that just don't have the great diverse landscapes
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that we get to enjoy. Canada really, truly such a beautiful country. And this applies whether it's
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just places in, well, in our own backyard, places in rural Ontario, not far from the city. I spend a
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lot of my time looking at the concrete jungle in Toronto, you know, head glued to the devices and
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so forth. You get just an hour out of town and you go, man, this is awesome. Or to these places
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that we don't travel too much, like in the Northwest Territories, you look at pictures and
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bullets and you go, man, I can't believe this is my country. This place is phenomenal. And maybe now
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you're Googling around and you're going, well, what things can I do in my area within a two-hour drive,
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a three-hour drive, and you find, hey, there's this cool cave or this trail or whatnot, this place that
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I just didn't know was so close to me. It's amazing. Some of you in some places, I'm in
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Toronto, if you're in Ottawa, you've got the Gatineau Hills, Calgary, Vancouver, you've got
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places really nearby. It is phenomenal. And I say all of this now because, of course, if you were
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someone who loves to travel and would like to be doing that this summer, or would like to travel
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somewhere else during the fall, you want to go on a cruise, you want to go on some sort of tour,
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and you can't do that right now. I mean, we're coming back to life in many respects,
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the economy's roaring back again, but the pandemic still brings travel restrictions to us.
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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
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right now, and you're feeling a little down about that. But really, look around. I hate to sound like
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a Canada Tourism Board, Ontario Tourism, or whatever promotional campaign, but I really think it is true
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that we are just so blessed to have a natural beauty in this country. And a lot of times we talk about
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our trips. You go, where are you going? Are you going to go to New York? Are you going to go to LA?
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You're going to check out the restaurants here. You're going to hop on a plane, go to Paris, go to
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London. I've been to all those cities. They are fantastic. But more and more, and especially now,
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I also say, you know what's also fantastic? Canada is fantastic.