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Hello, I just watched your video. Three years after you made it. I hope you are still with us and a very belated Welcome. Many people throughout the world seem to have so many stereotypes about Americans. Whether it is good or bad there typically is some truth in a stereotype. Overall it seems like you are enjoying yourself and no matter what there is no place like home. I would think no matter what your current situation is you still miss Canada as I would miss the United States if I were to move to Canada. \nA couple things you mentioned in the video were not correct and as with anything there may be a little truth in the matter but yet still incorrect.\nThose who do not have health insurance are not charged or taxed $150 monthly. There is a provision in the affordable care act (ACA) that penalizes certain individuals who make above a certain dollar amount. The amount is either $150 or $300 for the entire year. I concur any monetary penalty against anyone for not having health insurance is outrageous. I could be wrong but I believe this aspect of the ACA was never implemented under President Obama and it was indefinitely suspended or revoked by President Trump. I also feel like I need to address your thoughts about the United States all about war. I believe the American people are like most other people and want peace and civility. The government and major defense contractors have differing opinions at times. Of course there is plenty of people who are war hawks but they are in the minority. Most of us are absolutely sick of war. We currently have been at war for almost 19 years. That's six complete world war 2's in their entirety. \nI think you were being awfully generous when you said obesity is on par with the rest of the world!! Unfortunately there is far to many fat people here and the problem is only getting worse because the media says be happy and proud you are fat. Celebrating obesity is absolutely insane and it sends the wrong message to young people. If a close one is fat of course I love them but I also tell them privately that they are a walking heart attack. It's more than OK to accept someone the way they are but as a friend or family member you doing them a disservice by not mentioning their obesity. \nI'm sorry if you feel I'm being to harsh or critical. I think it is a wonderful thing to share the world's longest border with such a great nation as Canada. I have always thought Canada was like the United States fraternal brother or sister. We are very much alike with a few beautiful differences that distinguishes from one another. It doesn't appear that you upload videos hear anymore but I hope you get the opportunity to read this. Thank you for coming to the United States and I love all my canadian brothers and sisters. Take care.

Lovely Canada is truly regressing to ancient times! \n\nHow many masked women will it take for the “progressives” in Canada to finally see that they are dragging their beautiful modern culture back to a meaner time in history! \n\nNon-assimilating people from the most intolerant Muslim countries, where genuine toxic masculinity reigns and rules women like they are property...how is that a future for Canada! \n\nCanadian women aren’t pouring into Pakistan in huge numbers demanding they be allowed to wear bikinis at every swimming pool ! \n\nMuslims dare to play the victim and they feel entitled to tell Canadian Civilization how it should be! \nWho are they to lecture Canada on Human Rights!!!!!

A good percentage of Asian people in Canada refuse the Canadian passport not to lose their Asian citizenships. How is this allowed? You don’t want the passport guess what lots of other people in the world would love to come and become Canadians

We should protect Canadian people. That is why I LOVE Donald Trump, he stand/do for his people and kick out the bad guys.

Canada is for those who have are values and beliefs. If you don't have them, you are not welcome. The country we once loved is now at risk and is becoming a country that struggles with Canadian values. Christianity, equal rights, freedom of speech and our laws. They continue to change to accept the non-sense of those who have European or middle eastern views.\n\nThanks, Justin as you are the biggest problem. 2 faced and you can bend the rules, but no one else can.\n\nTime for true Canadians to stand up and keep our Canadian Values and not change them to suit foreigners.

Love it? https://youtu.be/-W3VsJ8GijI\n\nSome tips ok when Canadians get stopped at the border

The guy was absolutely right because sikhs are also radicalizing themselves and trying to be safeguard of muslims where as they forgot whom they worship were assassinated by those muslims, hypocritical attitude by Canadian sikhs these are not sikhs but the khalistanis and they are talking about peace and love?????????

My problem with women covering their faces is that that men are not allowed by law to cover their faces, so why would a certain group of women have this right. Women SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN A HIGHER STATUS because we should be EQUAL to men. People easily use freedom of choice as an argument to defend every single thing they do. I WISH, I WISH, I WISH they would advocate for freedom of choice in their country of origin. I wish they would fight for human rights the way they do when they come to the Western World. And saying that covering your face doesn't define you is complete bulls*** because when we ask you to take it off suddenly it becomes who you are as a person. As a Canadian Christian woman of Lebanese origin (second-generation immigrant), I love everyone... jews, muslims, hindus, ... you name it. But what I don't like is HYPOCRITES.

I would love to come to Canada and have y'all try that on me! oh, this Puerto Rican would holler so loud about the discrimination, it would shock y'all Canadians out of your racism!

So sad! The government knew about it all along but chose to do nothing. In 2006 Lebanese conflict, thousands of Lebanese that never paid a dime in tax or spent over a month in Canada suddenly whipped out their Canadian passports and demanded to be rescued. I worked very hard to come to this country and I love how courteous and disciplined most Canadian are. I want Canada to punish cheaters.

I'm Canadian Muslim im not going back anywhere stolen land belongs to first nation hello white people you never be peaceful you killed millions first nation you bom 7 countries of muslim islm never does i live comfortable ??i love this country more then you do i will protect anyone try destroy we are all Canadian ??♥️

This is a good example of a western individual who are confused & fooled by Zionist media. Islam is a no terrorist religion . Or maybe is this Canadian a Zionist himself? Love & respect to our Sikh hero. Peace ??❣️

THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT IS RACIAL BATING...VERY SAD TRUDEU \nWHY IN MY LOVED COUNTRY YOU PLAY THE PLOITICS FOR VOTES...\nWE LOVE ALL HUMAN BEINGS AND CBC YOU NEED TO BE ASHAMED!!!\nMy daughter is Indonesian and my wife is Thai... Stop it CBC you are creating the devide with our cultures.... Sick Journalists trying to make a make when the know nothing about nothing but social media. Live it before you spout your mouth...Crap News CBC

cant speak english,cheating system,paying lawyers,fled u.s., taking jobs,probably no taxes,..WHAT DO U WANT..WE DONT HAVE MONEY TO JUST GIVE U, sorry trudope only loves jihadis, try that route.or..come legally like the rest of real canadians...

Canada is full of racism , but Canadians love to tell you it's only something that happens in the United States

Pobrecito! This is hilarious. He's complaining because his strategy for gaming the system didn't work and he got reemed by the Canadia lawyers. I'd love to encourage all the illegals arriving to go right to the Canadian border and apply to Canada...The liberal benefits in Canada are a lot more generous that the USA.

Wow, you're Canadian and get treated with this kind if respect and the government claims to vote for them because our Canadian lives are valued and they look put for our best interests? Has anyone really looked at all the Damn loop holes we have with *SO MUCH FREEDOM* its actually backwards! but they word it in such way and make it sound so confusing where we think they do have our best interest. REALLY ALL THESE RULES ARE ACTUALLY KEEPING US CONTROLLED. we do need the government on some matter to ensure we live by *GODS* rules not to originate their own rules to control us by. Canada is pretty darn good for this backwards talk, brainwash, diabolical plan. Look at the school or educational systems let lone bigger issues hidden in pages of pages by the hundreds of thousands rules we MUST LIVE BY. We all know its for their own personal benefit. We are only on this world for a short period of time we all want wealth ect. We all can have it. So many ways to fix the earth and how we coexist with eachother in peace and harmony. But TILL THE WORLDS POWER OF LOVE OVER COMES THE LOVE FOR POWER WE WILL THEN KNOW TRUE PEACE!!

Love the Canadian

Btw, Canadians in general are kind, brave, compassionate, and very civilized people. There may be some racists there, as there are anywhere, but when I visited Toronto all the Canadians were lovely. My family is multiracial and they treated us as normal human beings. Thanks to Canadian Border Patrol, which was so professional positive, and welcoming.

Islam is not a religion. It is a culture of death towards infidels this is any person not an islam. This is a death culture and we will pay the price for being such a peace loving society. Just look at what's happening in Europe now\n Canadians need to pay attention to the end results in Europe.

What I would like to know is why in the case of roxum road crossing we never saw any US officials there stopping people from illegally leaving the US hmmm! We had the RCMP there all be it as bellboys but they were a least present. I am glad I love Canada and the fact I dont want to leave, this is tought o watch because as a Canadian with Canadian values when we see people in trouble this nation has always offered help to others less fortunate. It is what makes us unique and respected by the world or at least it was until Trudeau got in.

I love Islam and Muslims and converted to Islam at 13 although not eating pork is all that remains, but as a Canadian I understand the worry about total concealment, and all that needs to be covered is the hair. And you all may have forgotten but this goes for Christian and Catholic Women as well. The Bible says they are to cover their head when in a place of worship, praying or around strangers who are Men.

I remember when my family immigrated here over 15+ years ago and my brother was only 1 years old. 2 weeks after coming here he slipped on the floor and cut open his forehead on the hinges of our door and he was bleeding everywhere (he later had to get 6 stitches to fix it), my father was out working and we didn't know how to contact the police or hospital because we didn't have a home phone yet. We used our neighbors and the ambulance came and I strictly remember that because we didn't have our health cards yet they wouldn't start work even though my father said he will pay when he gets there. I remember my mother and I feeling helpless while my 1 year old brother was bleeding out (the hospital staff tried to stop the bleeding with cotton ball and bandage) and I distinctly remember that they did not start helping my brother even WHILE my father was paying but only started work after the bill was completed. Even though my family felt helpless at that time and we felt it was unfair, we never blamed Canada because it was their policy and they have every right to follow protocols. So it makes me angry to see people who walked into our country illegally getting far better treatment than my family ever got even though it might not be anything as life threatening as ours was. It makes me angry that our hard earned tax dollars are used to help people who have no motivation to help the country that gave them asylum during war.. It's actually the opposite as a lot of these families call their free housing "disgusting" and compare it to "living like a slave". I'm angry because little girls at my brothers own school are getting shoved and assaulted by refugee boys as young as 6-7 and are let off with a simple "don't do that again" and a meeting with the parents. This is not the Canada my family came to love and call home so I can't imagine the hardships of Canadians who are living here for 3, 4, 5+ generations 😔😔

after watching the video i felt bad for the canada immigration service as a naturalize Canadian i av to go by the books step by step and i have to wait for the outcome i was thinking of becoming a canada immigration officer just for de fun of it to chase down people who is in canada under falls pretense lol folks do not want to do things de honest way these days every body just want a ready fried donuts playing games so they must be more tight because i went in de right way , any ways they immigration is cool good people one love canada

I would do everything to be able to live in Canada. I love this country with all my heart and I am absolutely willing to become a Canadian citizen.\n\nAnd those people just don’t want to be in this beautiful country. I don’t get it.

This is a pretty misleading video.\nYes, our minimum wage went up to $14/h compared to the rest of Canada, however keep in mind it had to accommodate to the cost of living. You're lucky if you can even find a LEGAL small 1 bedroom basement for $800/month. Its not common. \nA car? Brampton has the highest insurance premium in all of Canada. \n\nDon't get me wrong. I LOVE Canada, I couldn't see myself living anywhere else because it is my home. \nHowever, when you compare it to india, in India you're only paying for electricity, gas, and food that you need to buy at the grocery store. \nBut if you really needed to budget and save money, food is LITERALLY growing in your backyard! All the veggies, fruits, etc. You just need to buy the grains and proteins! \n1.5 lakhs sounds great per month. But 1.5 lakhs is realistically not enough to live in Canada. \n\nDon't believe me? Google cost of living in Canada. Google how much a family of 4 would need to make to survive per month in Canada. Also, make sure to check out CANADIAN WEBSITES for this data. (.ca sites or try Global News or CTV news since they have this data)\n\nThe problem is everyone that comes to Canada always comes only to one area which is usually Toronto! However this makes the cost of living go up to accommodate this many people. Compared to Regina, or St. John's not many people immigrate there! It is a smaller city compared to Toronto but at least it's more affordable.\nDo you're research before coming here. Find out whats the best situation for YOUR FAMILY and what YOU can afford. \nCanada is a beautiful place, and yes, Brampton does have a lot of the Punjab culture, but don't be fooled. Be prepared when you come to Canada so you don't have such set backs once here. \n\nHope this helps!!

Need to send them back to where they came from, or did Canada twist there arms to come there. They love there culture so much they need to go back, not try to change the Canadian culture.

Can ANYONE and I mean ANYONE (preferably muslim) please tell me why ZERO of the rich wealthy countries arouns Syria didn't take any people in at all.The news and media don't even want to talk about it. I think its an honest question to ask and the media doesn't like it at all.It is good to help people and us Canadians love to talk about it but can't or don't want to admit that we can't even take care of our own backyards yet alone other people.

The young boy was comparing the Indian wage rate and Canadian wage rate that’s horrible lol to c his views about his motherland as I’m living in Nz but I will never say my motherland has gone through such bad time i agree there are few drawbacks in India but the amount of freedom and love we get in India is never going to happens in any foreign country I think he compares his reason of being happy is money this why he is being so cheap even remember the they sell sugarcane juice for $5??

trudeau is a lovely prime minister we have to be tolerant of the migrants they are nice people and the tax payer should pay for them to stay in hotels and they should be put in 5 star hotels to show our acceptance, and the prime minister said before they are more Canadian then ones born here as they choose to be here,  he is the best prime minister the country ever had I hope he stays on forever

ONE SHOULD LOVE THEIR OWN CULTURE AND LANGUAGE FROM BIRTH TO GRAVE.NO MATTER WHERE YOU MIGRATE FOR ANY REASON.REAL PEOPLE NEVER FORGET THEIR ROOTS AND NEVER INTEGRATE IN DIFFERENT SOCIETY BUT LOVE ALL.\nREAL CANADIANS ARE ONLY NATIVES.ਬੋਲੇ ਸੋ ਨਿਹਾਲ,ਸਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ।।

Why canadian make love dogy position? So both can see hockey....not smart at all.

15 years and still cannot speak English! He deserves to go back to South America! He obviously does not want to inter grate with the Americans or Canadians. I migrated from another country and have mixed in very well with Americans and I love the food! Pizza is so yummy!

Canada is a Beautiful Beautiful country , simple example is is me I came as a refugee from Srilanka with $68 , worked few years 2 jobs in as labour jobs... last 3 years I am a full time WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER and I did more weddings wite weddings Black wedding and South asian no one sofare treat me or any incident , Honestly i love them all canada has so beautiful culture ... we are all are canadian and we will support each other.\neven you can see my business portfolio and will you see it www.instagram.com/Dylan_Photographer

Did you feel that this video was quite offensive..!! Means how could you say like that...the culture, the belonginess we have for each other in India, festivals, love and lot more is no way in comparitive to what they have showed up...\nIndia is the only place where there is unity in diversity...\nThey..moneycentric people!!...\nAtleast respect your motherland!!! and this is why you can be unlike them....those native canadians...Atleast they love their country howsoever...

Canada is a joke, they went in the same train as Sweeden, I BET the working class is loving their taxes are going to the terrorists and human traficking business, so they can live luxuous lifes while canadians work their ass out xD

I am not even joking. I would love to run for pm because i feel 1000% more qualified than this guy. I just want to replace him. His dad came into power, dollar was even with the states. When he left it was 70 cents. This is his son people. This is our old pm's son mr dressup trying to make the canadian dollar worth even less imo.

Mexico City is a good city to live in..many opportunities..my sister in law is Mexican..she loves her country...nothing to escape from unless you are a criminal\n...no reason to cross the border unless you fall in love with a Canadian

A lot of homeless Canadians would love to be put into a hotel room...the offer doesn't happen.

I am confused - the other day i read immigrants are crossing the canadian border to come here to the US?? clarity please. Please cut the pipeline off - thank you - love that at canadian liberals are funny friendly and smart -

Sorry our Prime Minister misled you. Now you are finding out what it's like for many Canadians who must also be separated from loved ones to make ends meet, work endless hours for a decreasing paycheck, suffer all kinds of rejection and persecution, and still try to keep hope alive.

Trudeau is MIA, hates Canadians, loves foreign entities. Most useless prime minister in Canada's history.

To be clear, Many people rely on this network for the 'truth'. Not so much disappointed this individual persons who believed this, as disappointed with the unbalanced viewpoint this story reflected. Wishing all networks could provide a balanced viewpoint. This is not a balanced Canadian viewpoint. \nAt all. \nThis person is not representative, and is ' hoaxative'.\nJust asking people to learn more. ( I know you were told that he loves the uneducated..... but reading and learning is not terrible.)

Canada's going to build a wall soon , they are going to get swamped with mexicans on the run whom do not want to get deported. Canada should just over populate with mexicans ,they need more culture anyway, Canadians will love it, and have the mexicans build Canada just like they built the USA . Sharings caring !!! Tequiro Canada /Mexico \nTrump 2020

Hey handsome Canadian Trudeau he in loves with Muslim and the Canada country wide open door to welcome all China & all Muslim to Canada. You got it Trudeau. Happy for you Muslim Trudeau you must talk to our President & hide his company to build fantastic Hotel for your illegals Immigration! TRUMP FOR 2020 OUR PRESIDENT TAKEN GOOD CARE FOR AMERICAN FOR SO LONG ALL FORMER PRESIDENT FORGOTTEN AMERICAN PEOPLE! IN USA WE ARE SO SICK OF ILLEGALS IMMIGRATION HERE IN USA, LOT OF USELESS PEOPLE LAZY JUST DEPEND ON WELFARE FOREVER!

Hey Canadian people I know there is no population proplem there and you are not conservative but I warn if you didn't make a hard and fast rules to stop Muslims. Religion and population problems should be equal as Middle East and Asia and most imp increase your population. Because if Muslim in majority then your city your country and world will be horrible. Think seriously.i am Indian but I love Canada also and warn you seriously

Just want to tell all Canadians that America was laughing its ass off at this. The virtue signalling from Canada, then they get 30,000 immigrants in a few months and FREAK OUT hahahaha. Try a million a year you maple syrup queen loving jack asses.

You Canadians love to criticize America for its immigration policies... But it turns out that Canada's immigration policies are even more archaic. Enjoy the tariffs.

The Canadian president is a moron he tries to throw this out for publicity it backfires because he doesn't necessarily live in the poverty and the desperation at Immigrant families living so he doesn't know that when they hear him say something it's going to spread like wildfire and communities are going to shift and things are going to change and then he goes on the defensive sending some a****** to Los Angeles to tell everybody their hopes are false inshort that's all he said at least in this documentary he probably just wanted high-skilled immigrant labor for cheap not blue collar workers and either way Canada belongs and will always belong to indigenous people no matter how many people speak French in that cold-ass funky place from Cali with love we are all citizens of Earth can't wait till this old mentality goes away under the truth

growing up in canada, i felt left out in the blk community b/c i am a 5th generation blk cdn on mom's side and 3rd on my dad's - when other black ppl not canadian born met me - i tell them i'm cdn, but i always used to get the question - where are you really from - they were looking for me to say the islands - when i told them my paternal grandma was born in 1901 in canada - that's when the questions stopped. i've been told that b/c i wasn't from the islands, i had no culture in college, but a mbr of the black student society put him in his place i heard he got into a lot of trouble. i was asked what do we eat as in food as canadians what kind of music do we listen to - at our blk canadian weddings, the only carribean song played was hot hot hot by arrow - we played straight up r and b and motown. i hv been rejected by other blk men b/c i'm not west indian enough...it was hurtful. even with 'friends' they made of my cdn heritage but i used to think, why are you making fun of me knowing that my family and ancestors were in canada first - they were 1st generation - i live in the usa now and i'm with an african american man - he has never treated me as if i were different and he loves going w/me to canada. my parents told me it was jealousy on those ppl's parts - one guy i used to be friends with in college, when i went to his house, his mom was from the islands, when she met me - she said, 'you cdn ppl are loud' and that did it for me - i didn't date her son but when he met my parents, they never said any of that crap to him. in the usa, the african americans don't treat differently at all - my ex mom in law thought we were american but decided to live in canada - b/c she was surprised that blacks do live in canada. her other daughter in law's family were from the islands - but she gravitated more to my family and felt comfortable around them more than her family and this ex sis in law would brag about the islands this and that and she would make comments about my looks being skinny and such but it was jealousy - i didn't care much for her b/c she was very insecure. i felt once again, i was a young girl in college again - being around island ppl....i would love to meet drake and ask him did he feel left out and isolated because he wasn't from the islands - he makes me very proud being a blk canadian - his dad is african american and his mom is jewish. i still hv dealt w/racism not much with wht ppl, but with my own ppl - which is quite sad and on top of it-colorism, that also played a part from my family - being called pygmy, chocolate dip, nappy hair - it hurt but these so called relatives, they aren't all that anymore, they had hard lives as children...when ppl see something in you that is special and they don't have, that's when their ugliness shows -