Unify Action - June 24, 2025


Americans Take On Facts About Canada!


Episode Stats


Length

3 minutes

Words per minute

128.17

Word count

387

Sentence count

61

Harmful content

Toxicity

3

sentences flagged

Hate speech

3

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Summary

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In the spirit of good national relations, we asked Americans what they know about Canada, and the results were... not so much. What's the capital of Canada? How many provinces do you know about? What is Canada's national day? Who is the current prime minister? How does Canada celebrate its independence?

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00:00:00.000 We're here in Buffalo, New York, and in the spirit of good national relations,
00:00:03.600 we're going to be asking Americans what they know about Canada.
00:00:06.520 So what's the capital of Canada?
00:00:08.420 Uh, Montreal.
00:00:09.700 Um, is it Ontario?
00:00:11.280 What's the capital of Canada?
00:00:13.260 It's not Toronto.
00:00:14.560 Yeah, it's not Toronto.
00:00:16.680 Uh, I don't know.
00:00:21.020 Toronto?
00:00:22.220 Asco.
00:00:23.040 It's not Ontario. Hold on.
00:00:24.540 Ottawa?
00:00:25.160 Who's the current prime minister?
00:00:26.740 Ooh.
00:00:27.260 I know Justin Trudeau was the Prime Minister, but I know he's not the Prime Minister anymore.
00:00:32.160 I'm not sure who the new one is.
00:00:33.820 I know about Justin Trudeau, but after that, I am not a man.
00:00:37.880 Trudeau.
00:00:38.820 Oh, sorry.
00:00:41.920 Not Trudeau.
00:00:43.840 Yeah, it is Trudeau.
00:00:46.260 Oh, is that the one?
00:00:47.480 It's not Justin Trudeau anymore.
00:00:49.340 It's not him anymore?
00:00:50.340 No.
00:00:50.780 Oh, okay.
00:00:51.300 It's an older guy.
00:00:52.040 I don't know him.
00:00:53.140 We call the older one potatoes.
00:00:54.500 I don't know him.
00:00:59.500 Trudeau.
00:01:00.500 Ooh.
00:01:01.500 Dang. 1.00
00:01:02.500 A shit notion. 1.00
00:01:03.500 Yeah. 1.00
00:01:04.500 No.
00:01:05.500 I don't know the guy now.
00:01:06.500 I can't think of his name.
00:01:08.500 You got me.
00:01:09.500 I don't know his name.
00:01:11.500 Mark Carney.
00:01:12.500 He's basically, it's the same deal though going on.
00:01:15.500 Yeah.
00:01:16.500 Good job, Mark.
00:01:17.500 Congratulations.
00:01:18.500 Who had Canada as a colony before the British did? 0.99
00:01:22.500 The Dutch. 0.97
00:01:23.500 The Dutch? Would it be like the indigenous Canadian people? I'm not sure, actually.
00:01:28.720 It wasn't Spain? Was it the Spain?
00:01:31.740 Wow.
00:01:33.420 Wow.
00:01:35.540 France. 0.50
00:01:36.940 That would be a good one.
00:01:39.280 How many provinces of Canada can you name?
00:01:42.500 British Columbia, Quebec, you have Vancouver. That's a city, though, in British Columbia, right?
00:01:52.220 Ontario, Montreal is in, Quebec, I shouldn't know, there's something over in the west, oh gosh.
00:02:03.440 My answer is Saskatchewan, I don't know what providence that was in, Winnipeg, is that a providence? No, it's a city.
00:02:13.860 Vancouver, Montreal, Ontario, Ottawa, Calgary, Alberta.
00:02:23.640 Do you guys know how many there are in total?
00:02:25.500 It should be five, I think. Five, six.
00:02:28.540 Every year on the 4th of July, you guys celebrate American Independence Day.
00:02:32.160 When does Canada celebrate their independence?
00:02:36.100 Oh, Canada Day.
00:02:39.960 Is it in November? I don't know.
00:02:43.860 It's not too cool, Lena.
00:02:45.660 It's in October.
00:02:48.600 October, I want to say like 4th or something.
00:02:52.100 I think October 4th.
00:02:53.920 July 1st.
00:02:55.000 But you did pretty good.
00:02:56.260 Thank you, I appreciate that.
00:02:59.420 So I'm not bad, right?
00:03:00.920 Yeah.