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January 30, 2025\n\nDon't look now but the Canadian dollar just hit a 5-year low . When Trudeau took office the Canadian dollar was 97% of the US dollar. Today it's 68%. Make sure you send Justin a thank you card

Same ways as before but different president and different results. Thank you America for makeing the election to big to rig. It’s working great.

THANK YOU TRUMP FOR MAKING US SAFER AGAIN ! This is for “illegal immigrants” not people that have just done “nothing” so you can’t call them “victims” do you call other criminals “victims”?

Coming from the orange turd who’s father ran away from his own country so he didn’t have to fight and he who wouldn’t have the balls to serve. Yet the Commander has and does serve and he dare say anything but thank you makes me sick.

Thank you Cmdr. Shilling for speaking out. It makes clear how personally hurtful and destructive Trump's trans ban is, while doing nothing to enhance military preparedness.

If i was still in the military I'm sorry but no matter how hard i tried i would not be able to take a biological male posing as a female serious. Thank god the unit i was in would never have had that issue, it couldn't happen. And forget about a biological female posing as a male, 98.9% of them couldn't make it, not without lowering standards, sorry it's just a fact, reality does not care about feelings

Thank you, CNN for making the point why transgenders are unfit.

It’s finally nice that CNN found a military service member that they can interview. thank God CNN doesn’t make policy. Just because you stick a lightbulb in your ass, doesn’t make you lamp.

Thank you for advocating for our community. I’m 71, transgender, and this administration’s rhetoric is deeply troubling to me. I can only imagine how a young transgender person or those who are serving our nation must be feeling. I have a YouTube channel, and up to now I receive very little attention about who I am. I’ve been growing my channel and enjoy making videos about “what’s next” None of them have to do with my gender. My subscribers /viewers seem to like my content despite my being transgender my comments are very respectful and supportive of my content. I hope that trend continues. People fear what they don’t know.

Thank you, President Trump ?? for making our military great again!!

Thank you, President, for making it less appealing for these people to stay. Enough is enough. May they go hone and elect their own Trump, like Argentina and Poland did did.

GOOD!!!!! Biggest problem on the entire planet right now is immigration!! Thankfully leaders like Trump are putting an end to it!!! Lots of other countries are doing the same and it makes me warm and fuzzy inside :)

A big point being missed here. These are not Mexicans. They are from Venezuela. I know to MAGA they are all the same, brown people. But Mexico is having to support a border that we were told was open. Extra personnel and extra expense because they happen to border the US. What thanks do they get? Orange face telling them to pay their share and insulting them. Don't forget he promised to make them pay for the wall last time. How well did that go for him?

LOL Columbia has agreed to all of President Trumps terms! Make America Great Again is fully on track! Thanks President Trump!!!!

Colombian coffee prices just went up by 37%, coffee beans are now gonna get expensive. Trump thank you for making us pay more for coffee, food and gas.

Thanks Biden! This is an INVASION!!!! BRING IN THE NATIONAL GUARD AND MAKE THIS VIDEO BE SEEN AS PROOF! Everyone hates us, but yet they are desperate to get in here????

Trump is making America great again. Thank you.

And we get thankful prices we’re gonna go up. We always knew they were gonna go up and he’ll make him go up ungodly high

And that is how you make America great again, thank you Mr President

What makes Trump the most transactional scumbag of all the presidents of the USA in history, is his pettiness. It is clear that Orange Jesus trwats entire nations the same as contestants in a dystopian version of The Apprentice. One of the many ironies is that his use of tariffs dooms Americans to paying ever increasing costs for everything they need or want. Just think of bananas which are one of the least costly fruits that poorer families may be able to afford and can be consumed by infants to the elderly with some kind of nutritional value. Thanks to the Gutless Orange Fool, even bananas are more expensive. But don't worry, the top 10% of Americans have 60% of all wealth so, they can have all the bananas they desire!

China says thank you very much!! Soon we will be surrounded by counties turning to China as a trading partner instead of the US. Trump will make China the Super Power as we become a third world shithole.

Hey thanks for making things more expensive. The people who voted for you should cover the costs for everyone else.

Coffee, cocoa, esmeralds, brown sugar, fruits, vegetables, electrical equipment, plastic and more.. there you go Americans go thank your God Trump for making your life great again. \n\nAlso have a great Valentine’s Day celebration with the flowers and roses coming from my country. 25%

Well countries going to hit agent orange right back each flight costing over 500k of tax payer money. 20 dollar eggs on its way, Mexico Canada making trade deals with China Americans will get screwed hard,thanks magats

Thanks oh fat orange one.....now you're going to make my COFFEE more expensive! It is bad enough we have to see your fat orange mug everywhere....but, mess with my coffee and that is crossing a line. Lol

thanks for making me laugh, if you change your mind, there is a lot of place here!!!

Thank goodness, they didn’t make it across. These people have taken all the apartments, the homes, jobs. I mean, I haven’t even heard a chicken cluck over the last 45 years. I don’t believe we have chickens left. They have drained the life out of our economy and they multiply like something I’ve never seen. God bless and keep him at home safely.

Thank you Mr Trump for make this nation for safe ?❤

Please respect the laws of other countries, don't make your first act entering a country a federal crime. ❤Families deported together, stay together. Thank-you President Trump!❤

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First of all ,Save India from Indians, our ancestors gave us the beautiful land and people destroying this..then they decided not to stop here going to foreign land, showcasing their insensible and unethical behaviour making the whole civilisation embarrased, not following the laws, disturbing other societies.. and holding fake proud of showing off ..and always blames the authorities who are doing good..whts the meaning of 5th largest economy and growing infratsructure if our country still hold 84th passport rank ..Plus an average indian with an uncivilised behaviour representing in foreign land responsible for embarrassment of 1.3 billion people..learn some civic sense and you wont be the reason for racism dont ashamed whole civilization think about our ancestors, respect the law, contribute in economy and be bring peace wherever you go..and thanks for contributing in foreign remittance we are 4th largest

Thanks to Modi and bjo for making Indians leave India in high rate

I support china in this case. They built west on their land. So, no need to travel outside. Rather, west now comes to China. India needs to do the same. We got talent but we are after money. Thanks to those who came back from west and is making India a beautiful place. Request the people of India to support the government and to do little in making India great again.

Thank you for your honest attempt to understand our culture our history, our sense of humor, and what makes us Canadian; rather than American. Our general acceptance of immigration brings richness and change to our culture. We have a more cooperative than competetive attitude,I believe. There is a huge American influence, but still a European, British Isles and French component. History had taught us a lot.

Thank you Justin for making Canada a third world country

Thanks for making these videos.

Thank God for Donald Trump ?? Make America Great Again !!!

Glad Trump has exposed Canada’s lax and sloppy security and NATO and Military but I pray all will get fixed and two countries work more together but LEADERS make a big difference. Thanks Homan and Trump

Let’s make Canada great Again. Thanks to Trump our problems are now being exposed.

Thank you for your candid conversation and so many factors do contribute to this problem. As guests in this country they should make an effort to understand and respect the Canadian Culture. Short of that go back to your home country and be who you are.

Thankyou Tom HOMAN we need all the help to depor deport these illegal immigration. TRUDEAU HAS DONE NOTHING BUT MAKE THINGS WOTSE FOR OUR CANADIAN PPL. WE ZRE NOW STRUGGLING TO LIVE OUR NORMAL PROSPERING LIVES. THANK YOU AND PRES. TRUMP.

you can thank trump for making or border in canada safer.

He's RIGHT ! I don't remember agreeing to terr0rists coming and going freely !! Thank you Mr. Homan for making them take this seriously!

Wonder why we don't hate towards Phillipinos, Taiwanese, Vietanamese, Japanese immigrants. How many of these other immigrants have been making fake licenses, paying money to get truck driving license, pooping on beaches, horrible civic sense, drug war, Khalistani nonsense, scam galore, changing Canada into a low trust society just like India. The list just goes on and on. Thank you India

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I immigrated to Canada in 1981 because I married a Canadian I should say French Canadian girl and it was just a better place for her to continue on with her background. We relocated to Ottawa which is bilingual and made it very easy for both of us to assimilate together. I moved back to the USA in 2006 to help my sick brother and move back again to Canada in 2016. I came back for many reasons. The political Edge in the united states, the guns out of control, the increased crime rate daily, in just too many people everywhere. Now I was living in the Tampa Bay area and a lot of the people come from out of state and out of country especially in the winter to spend their cold months in the sunshine. Some things I miss in the United States comes usually down to the cost of living. Unless you get sick. And I miss living by the Gulf of Mexico. Except during hurricane season. I prefer living in Canada only because it's a slower easier paced social environment. It has nowhere near the political stress that the United States has where it can almost be violent. Actually, where it has been violent. Revisit January 6th. Out of control guns with hot-headed men mostly can force you out as well and back to Canada. Canada's social structure and environment supersedes the United States tenfold. And of course as we get older, Healthcare is a priority. I'm thankful there's a place like Canada close to where I was born or I can spend the rest of my life enjoying it as opposed to looking over my shoulder constantly. I also find that Canadians have a huge appreciation of warm months. So many people are outside even when they are eating at restaurants. Because of the warmer months are so short, Canadians really take advantage of enjoying it and those months are never taken for granted. Winters in Ontario, like here in Ottawa, can be very cold once January and February come around. But once you make it into the middle of march, you can almost smell spring in the air and somewhere on the way. But there are those dreaded 8 weeks of oh my God ?

The basic lesson from the Economy. How did China become rich and have high technology? Thanks to cheap labor, American capital, and factories, we built in China...Thanks to Chinese capital and technology Mexico will be one of the biggest producers of electric vehicles..They don't need the American market. This planet has 9 billion potential customers...The right thing to do was not to put tariffs but to open an EV factory in the USA using Chinese technology and money and everybody would benefit except Elon Musk and gas and oil corporations ..BYD or NIO better than Tesla costs about 25,000$ only... Tesla sells batteries for EVs for 26 000$...The same battery made in China costs 7.000$ because China has its own lithium. We should say goodbye to Elon Musk batteries and import batteries from China or make a lithium deal with Bolivia as China did. We would have American EVs better than Tesla for just 25.000-30.000$.\nCustomers are paying tariffs and this money goes to the government...Adding tariffs on most of foreign products is the faster way to create the Great Depression as Herberr Hover did in 1930 when he added Tariffs on 2000 imported products

Thank you, great video. Excellent overview of the issues, which you understand better than most Canadians because you've lived thru the transition.\nWe need your pragmatic reasoning to be heard by politicians.\nI'm not anti-immigration but rather support targeted immigration. We have to make immigration work for Canada and immigrants alike. We have to increase our GDP thru targeted investments in our society.

Thank you for summarizing these key changes! Many problems are actually the Canadian immigration system not learning from the mistakes of the US system and now it’s suffering the same consequences. If Canada cuts down on those selected immigrations but still takes in refugees, it’s only going to make anti-immigrant sentiment worse. Selected immigrants are allowed into Canada to help alleviate Canadian issues…or at least people who come through Express Entry are less likely to become a burden. On the other hand, refugees, given their unfortunate circumstances, really need to rely on a lot of social services and resources to help them resettle. The US has eliminated pretty much all non-humanitarian immigration that’s why immigrants are so demonized there. Americans only feel the drags of refugees and asylum seekers (even though ethically we need to protect them) and there is no selected immigration to balance that out. Yet this round of Canadian policy change is heading exactly that direction.\n\nIt used to be international students in Canada are not paying a lot more tuition than Canadian students. But Canadian universities saw how much money universities in the US are making so they asked the federal government to change the policy to enable them to charge international students several times the regular tuition (whereas in countries like France, international students actually pay less than citizens). So now Canadian universities rely too much on international students to operate and it becomes an exploitative relationship even before students step foot on the campus. The new PGWP eligibility is awful because students can make contributions in every field. It might (and that's a big if) address the pressing problems, but it won't help Canada grow.\n\nI thought the new language requirement was interesting. Some Canadians who immigrated decades ago when the bar was really low still speak English poorly and now they are saying people can’t come to Canada because their language skills are not sufficient. Another point about language is if you apply through Express Entry now, even if you scored the highest language score, given how competitive the pool is, you still won’t get selected. So it’s a given that you need to be fluent in one of the languages at least to get an invitation. Express Entry also selects only the top people, I saw the head of The Institute for Canadian Citizenship in interviews talking about those top-tier people only expect the best treatment/lifestyle when they come to Canada. That's why many of them leave after seeing these Canadian problems play out. But I believe a good Canadian life is not about living in a high rise in Vancouver and Toronto, driving an expensive car, or buying luxury items...it's about the communities, nature and middle-class comfort. So the system is giving PRs to the wrong kind of people (just like mismatched people when hiring that don't align with company values).\n\nThis brings me to the last frustrating issue. There were so many people who attended “fake” universities and bought “fake” jobs to earn points to get an Express Entry invitation. And it's clear that the government wasn't proactively catching these abuses. They are taking up spots from those who try to earn the points fair and square. If I understand correctly, Canada doesn’t send these people away if they are found out (since some of them were scammed). So they still take up immigration quotas.\n\nI have wanted to move to Canada for a long time. I have visited Canada many times, hiking trails through the coastline and fjords, climbing mountains and glaciers. I lived in Montreal for two months to improve my French and I was told by my homestay family that I was the first student they had who didn’t complain about the cold (I wish the winter never ends so I can skate or xc ski in the parks year-round). I have probably seen more Canada than many Canadians and I love every bit of it. But the opportunity for me to even get a shot to move there is pretty much nonexistent now. If only there was a way for the system to allow people who really care about Canada to get a shot at being part of this beautiful country.\n\nThank you for making these videos.

Make it 7 million please a d thank you ?