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As a German - apart from the content which is no less than justified - just technically comparing Trudeau´s speech with Donald Trump´s verbal outcome - what an incredible difference in niveau & tone. Isn't it almost tragic how little skill it took to run the U.S and even worse, how low the common-sense-threshold must be for a half of the American people to make this happen a second time. Embarrassing.

I'm not Canadian, but I do feel it's a real shame that President Trudeau is withdrawing...I understand that he's not perfect, but compared to who you have on the other side of the border, he's brilliant..and I really think that he is exactly the right person to have as a leader at this crazy moment in time.

This speech was delivered not by a politician, but by a statesman! Compare this speech to anyone the orange orangutan made! It's night and day, people! I stand by Canada 100%. Greetings from Hungary!

As a Brit I knew I loved Canada. They are like the more sophisticated, educated cousin of America ❤ Trudeau compared to Trump is like a watching a mature articulate man against a big spoiled orange baboon.

Um, harsh language? From Trudeau? Compared to Trump? Tough language.

now when trump tries to speak tonight you will see how a diaper wearing low i q toddler sounds like compared to an educated well spoken intelligent leader like Justin.

This man has many critics but he is articulate and strong here. Compared to Trumps ramblings he's like a God

Canada is absolutely minute compared to the US. They need us more than we need them.

Tonight the orange puppet will speak. Comparing him with Trudeau will be the best explaination ever of what's the difference between a civilized country and a thirld world one. Enjoy.

If Vladimir Putin is a murderous dictator, what about Benjamin Netanyahu? You are very weak compared to Donald Trump, and Canadians are sick of you.

Bermuda Triangle is nothing compared to the WHITE HOUSE - A REAL DANGER ZONE

This is a good leader….. trust me you should be really proud of him. He’s articulate he is direct and he is calm with the way that he delivers what he’s delivering….. compare and contrast with Trump

This is far greater leader compared to our orange donkey !!!!

Comparing pm Trudeau and trumps speech today. \nOne was an intelligent adult working to better his country!\nThe other is an elderly toddler suffering from a narcissistic personality disorder, who only cares about himself.

Courageous Canadians, courageous Canadian parliament compare that with the fully cowardly congress..on both sides. If the US congress has at least one testicle of courage Trump would be in jail by now. Canada is now the land of the free and the brave. America, show me that you are not the cowards your congress and courts are!

Let's see how 23 million tears were compared to 340 million LOL

America, please compare the fluency, coherence and vocabulary of this man to your president.

For all the Americans who 'stand' with Canada, you're welcome to try and move there. Once they reject you, compare and contrast their immigration policy to that of your own country.\n\n\nAnd try migrating there without approval. I can't wait until you ironically call them racist, too.

Hi is so smart compared Tramp and venc and mask. With no capital leters. Because no people only costume

Wow, what a rhetorical contrast compared to the guy across the boarder! And in two languages!

Canadian self employment is 13% or the population compared to USA 10%

You mention that Americans are 30% more expensive than Canadians but you dont mention that the US is far more unequal with a Gini coefficient of 0.41 vs 0.35 in Canada. Now there is also a known issue with using GDP data to calculate productivity and that is that in sme countries the labor of GDP is much lower than in others. You then end up with Irish productivity being the second highest in the world only because most large US corporations operating in the EU register there to pay lower taxes but most of that revenue is just on paper for Ireland. or with Guyana whose oil and mining revenue makes it productivity equal to that of the US. Maybe that is the case, but is it? and if so why is the average wage in Guyana so much lower? so choosing only one specific stat can make any point of view seem true. you have to look at the bigger picture.\nnow the issue is Canada has been getting more unequal but it is still much better than the US. so what it means is that the higher worker productivity in the US benefits corporations and billionaires far more than it benefits the average American. now if we compare cost of living say between NYC and Toronto:\nCost of Living in Toronto is 37.5% lower than in New York, NY (without rent) \nCost of Living Including Rent in Toronto is 47.1% lower than in New York, NY \nRent Prices in Toronto are 59.2% lower than in New York, NY \nRestaurant Prices in Toronto are 34.5% lower than in New York, NY \nGroceries Prices in Toronto are 33.0% lower than in New York, NY \nLocal Purchasing Power in Toronto is 7.2% higher than in New York, NY \nand this is similar when comparing almost all large Canadian cities with a comparable US one. And whilst housing and NIMBYIsm is real issue you have very similar issues in the US which also has almost no mix zoning. But throw in safety nets and go ask Canadians if they want to change for the US system. I doubt most will. Sure some want things to change but some assuming everyone wants an ultra capitalistic society. most are ok with less growth ut better balanced growth (the exact opposite of the boom and bust US model)

To be fair lending rules in Canada are pretty tight; especially compare to the USA ,their lending practices are a joke in comparison. A huge problem is that for several years we have bringing in 10 people for each housing unit built and a significant portion of those units are 300sqft micro-condos

I don't understand the comparison of housing debt to GDP ratio being relevant, other than as some kind of made up benchmark. GDP is an annual number, and mortgages last for decades. How is comparing these numbers directly a measure of anything other than the amount of money invested in mortgages has increased? I would think Household income to Household debt is a more useful measure, but then again, it doesn't capture the amount of capital people have in their homes.

The problem with this is only comparing Canada to the US.

You can’t compare Europe, Canada or any other countries with USA. Because USD is global reserve currency, USA has highest productivity and hence got biggest gdp per capita compared to any other major economy.

I tried launching a startup in cleantech in Canada, shortly after COVID. No private investors had an interest, and none of the banks lend to businesses, unless they have cash flow.\n\nLong story short, there is no economic mobility in Canada. You are either rich or poor, and nether can swap places. Despite how foolish property speculation is, compared to the potential of a cleantech startup (with a patent), rich people put it into real estate anyways. Literally everyone loses, because of the actions of economically illiterate rich people.

If GDP takes government spending into account, which it does, then American numbers will look higher (look at their debt compared to Canada)

I grew up on Vancouver Island and the local government didn’t allow for secondary suites. Then with housing crisis continuing the fact that province had to step in with a carrot and stick approach to municipal governments to approve more housing and change regulations stick being if you don’t meet targets you lose power and carrot you hit the targets you get cash this created a direct opportunity cost of nimbyism plus the federal government would top the amounts if a municipal government hit there housing targets. It changed really quickly the municipal government changed the law to allowing secondary suites to be built which the cost per square foot to build is 1/3 compared to new builds. This allows more rental properties and housing options and allows more people to purchase goods and services in the local area and not dramatically increasing the costs of new infrastructure to service them as compared to a new housing development on the outskirts of the city. A home could comfortably double it’s density every effectively, affordably and swiftly.

GDP is mostly a useless metric to compare any economies and it was made that way intentionally.

American GDP per capita is lopsided by tech giants that bring money from all over the world but employ small numbers compared to other industries. Take that out its just Russia. If the USA doctors charged 200k for surgey, the gdp went up 200k but the patient is now bankrupt. \n\nCanada messed up with immigration and handing out study permits. There was never a need for low skills foreign workers and diplomas that taught zero skills to international students. The root cause the crony capitalism that drives down wages and workers quality of life. Nothing will change until workers get back power they had in 50s and 60s.

As someone living in Canada... I actually don't feel much of the things mentioned in the video. Sure, wages are not growing as fast as it can, but as someone who managed to purchase a home *before* the bubble started to expand, I'm living steady right now.\n\nWhat is REALLY causing a large part of the social and economic issues is actually the fact that provinces are NOT expanding new towns and cities in the millions of kilometers that needs to grow. Everyone is moving into cities, including refugees and new immigrants, which is driving up local prices and demand for everything. A few years ago, there were literally news of townships outside of the major cities offering houses and land for $50 per acre if people move to those towns and live there. \n\nCanada's biggest (heh) advantage is how much land it has. It's biggest weakness is how little comparative population it has. The worst problem is the concentration of population in like 6 keys cities throughout the entire country. If more people who complain about housing or social issues were willing to move outside of the major cities, they wouldn't have those problems.

I'm tired of Canada being compared to the US and no one else. Yes, the US is more productive, richer and powerful than Canada, everyone knows that. But they're also all those 3 things to every other economy in the world! Don't stop comparing Canada to the US, but for god's sake, could you throw in some European and Asian countries too?

There is no way you can cover the economic situation of Canada in 14 minutes. \n\nThe housing crisis is actually caused by a 1982 change in a public policy about financing housing and specifically to move away from public housing to have a strictly financing the mortgages \n\nThis means that when we had the 2008 housing collapse banks for completely bailed out with no public input compared to the United States

You should be more concerned with median income or statistics that omit the top 1% as that is the reality the vast majority are living. In 2021, Canada was top 5 in the world in median disposable income. Finally, the US’s financial services and healthcare are big contributors to the US GDP while both have their problems (financial services don’t make the lives of the general public any better and US healthcare is incredibly inefficient). So, comparing the GDP of these countries is not a fair comparison.

the booze is cheap in the US...but watered down compared to canada...

This is what the last administration was all about. Remember KamaLIE? We have the border under control. This is to utterly DESTROY USA. On our tax dollars. What is the immigrant benefits compared to American homeless, veterans, those who've experienced natural disasters and lost everything?

Most illegal migrants spend thousands of dollars to commit the crime (entering any sovereign country illegally is simply an invasion). If they dare to enter China or any of the Arab countries this way, then who knows, they would be in heaven or hell rather than back home. All the deportees should be arrested on reaching back home for invading a foreign sovereign country and tarnishing the images of hundreds of millions of citizens of their countries who enter the USA or any other developed democratic country to study at the best of the universities, and after completion of the courses, they are not only provided the best of the jobs but also citizenship or other legal status to stay put in the countries. But these people reach their desired destination after going through rigorous educational and other processes and after a thorough background check. But in the matter of illegal immigrants, how are the victimized countries supposed to know their backgrounds? How can one be sure if they are not hardcore criminals, terrorists, spies, or even trained soldiers of enemy countries? In such uncertainty, how can the invaded countries be sure that an incident or incidents of such a large magnitude might not take place that, in comparison, the incident of 9/11 would look like the small incident of bursting firecrackers?But on one election promise, the president is, unfortunately, taking a complete U-turn that those students who do the master's and other higher studies should be retained and provided legal status to stay in the country as their contributions are needed to give the country the perpetual cutting edge in the highly competitive world and keep the country's status as number one. These scholars are feeling cheated that by spending huge amounts of money and contributing to the research and development during the studies, they have not only been taken for a ride but also become the main target of the deportation campaign as their status is available with the government. On the other hand, millions of undocumented workers are comparatively safe, as tracing and deporting them is not an easily achievable task. Besides, millions of foreign citizens are given entry into the country on flimsy grounds, and many of them do not even ever go to elementary school. I think even God would not be able to make out what the fuck this country has become on this issue. Almost the same is the situation with most of the EU countries, the UK, Australia, and Canada.

Their mental capacity is comparable to about 0.01 indian so yeah that's understandable.\n\nHis act was not because he was pissed at the delivery person but some other Indian who might have humbled him somwhere.?

16000 is nothing compared to the the migrants from the USA coming to Canada...

That's less than *2% of all illegal immigration* that is coming into the US compared to MILLIONS coming from other borders. \nIt is still an issue, but why are you making it sound like it's one of the MAJOR issues and all your illegals are from Canada.

So much misinformation in this video. First off, Trump didn't force Canada to do anything. Canada had the $1B security plan already in place and was going to do this long before Trump came to power. Secondly, more people come in to Canada illegally from the US than the other way around. Also, Canada has a huge issue with these people smuggling US guns in to our country. \n\nThe US needs to secure its borders. Canada has the fewest number of illegals coming in compared to US and Mexico, and also, they all come in from the US. Nobody is swimming across oceans to come in to Canada illegally otherwise.

16,000 illegal immigrants from Canada. VS millions from the southern border. Compare that to the 118,000 illegal immigrants from the US into Canada. The stupidity of Americans is really mind blowing.

Drugs smuggling coming from Canada? What do you mean it’s like less than 1% compared to Mexico.

Put a fucking concrete wall to Canada border, 98,7 % Hard drugs in Canada come from USA border !!!, 96,3 % of illegal migrants in Canada come from USA border !!! 100 % illegal Guns in Canada come from USA Border..... please orange garbage bag closed the fucking border and no more trade.... to explain for low educated compare Canada with under 39 millions peoples and America 433 millions peoples, take your time to understand the only true, not from fox family.... Canada vs USA for 1 illegal migrants enter in USA from Canada, 1000 illegal migrants enter in Canada from USA, For guns 100 % illegal Guns enter in Canada come from USA, 0.00 % illegal Guns enter in USA from Canada, no one..... they're more drugs dealers USA that Canada have citizens, included kids, olders, priest etc.....

New York protects these aliens and 16,000 is a pittance compared to the 15 million illegal aliens that you let in on your Southern border that you'll never ever be able to get rid of so why is Canada treated so harshly compared to your own Nation definitely a one-sided story

Exactly...look at the size of our border compared to your puny border. We don't care if the immigrants leave our country and migrate to the US. As long as they don't stay here. You brag your country is so rich and powerful, you deal them because it doesn't matter how you try to twart them...they all want the American dream.

Honestly 16k is really not a lot compared to the millions coming in from the southern border. And I'm sure the US let a lot more people get in Canada (especially through Roxam) than the reverse lmao

16,000 aint much compared to millions from mexico lol

Comparative to other state Punjabi are recorded in highest number so plane landed there, in this case no argument