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I'm from Montreal, QC and I'm surprised that he rank Quebec in first

I am happily surprised that for a change, there is no Québec bashing in this video nor in the comments. Usually the Canadian social medias are full of repetitive degrading comments about Québec.\n I'm from Québec and as a veteran I served my country in many beautiful provinces and territories until retirement. I wish we would be more united and see what we have in common rather than the contrary. ??

Life is excellent in Toronto and southern Ontario so I'm not going anywhere. If I were forced to move, I'd pick Ottawa or Kingston (both also in Ontario, of course). Out of province, my first choice would be Halifax for sure (all of Nova Scotia is pretty special) and probably St. John or Charlottetown next. On the west coast, Victoria just edges out Vancouver in my books. A little surprised that Quebec is first in your ranking but I do love visiting there. Alberta is gorgeous but culturally it's vibe is more American than Canadian. Anyone else find that?

I'm Indian. Indians have a major problem with traffic management, obeying traffic rules and being generally nice to other road users. They sit on the horn while driving. And going by how this guy's car was parked, I wouldn't be surprised if the guy had actually started this by honking or driving erratically.

Canadians seem to hate other countries, mostly the US. I'm not surprised, they are mostly xenophobes.

As soon as he put his hands on her it would have gone down. As in beat down! I’m surprised her brothers didn’t do something because at that point it’s self defense. Don’t let these racists instill fear. Fight back!

lol even if they were hypothetically stealing, I'm more surprised these shoppers employees care enough to play security when they are getting paid minimum wage....

Drew I’m surprised you didn’t talk about the diversity in Canada where I am from in Canada it seems there are more people that came from third world countries than people born in Canada

Am I even a teenie bit surprised. No. Trudeau is a traitor. I'm not exaggerating.

It is what it is. Those employees are doing a fine job.\nWith the slave wages those people are being paid I'm surprised they even bother.

Originally from the Philippines here and once a homeless man told me to go back where I came from. I'm actually surprised he said that, I’m just a passerby.\n\nIt hurts a bit but then I moved on. I think racism is everywhere. People just don’t have the time and mental energy to understand and know each other, I guess.\n\nThat is why I’m telling my son to have a good solid ground of resilience (aka not be to be a snowflake). Life is too short to wallow on this. We came to Canada as immigrants, do not except everyone to treat you like a first class citizen. But the way you act, the way you do, and how you treat people around you may earn you respect regardless of your color, race or creed.

15:02 I’m not surprised I always see brunettes with black or mixed race boys. Way more than blondes with black or mixed race guys.

Got to visit the neighbors up north two months ago and thankfully, my experience was wonderful! I'm of Mexican descent from Southern California and was visiting St. John, NB, and the people in New Brunswick were surprisingly friendly folks. I even had a random stranger who was worried about my bowel movements and warned me that eating too much seaweed would give me the runs. I absolutely enjoyed my time in New Brunswick and look forward to visiting my neighbors up north again in the near future.

I'm not surprised, that's what white Canadians Are all about.

I’m not surprised at all but how come you guys didn’t actually call out these companies? I know it’s pretty much everyone but tell the world who these people are.

NOT SURPRISED I'M AN PERSON WITH DISABILITY WHO GETS SECOND LOOKS DUE TO MY SERVICE DOG WHEN I'M NOT BLIND.... AND SPEAK UP FOR MY RIGHTS...

That man said not to drink alcohol and puke outside of the mosque (which is a pure place). And these British and whole world is criticizing him?? And Defending to drink Alcohol and drugs and become waste ???? No wonder and I'm not surprised that committing incest with their mothers and sisters is normal for white prople. And commit wrong things also. They don't want to accept the True path (Islam). What a wonderful world ?!

That man said not to drink alcohol and puke outside of the mosque (which is a pure place). And these British and whole world is criticizing him?? And Defending to drink Alcohol and drugs and become waste ???? No wonder and I'm not surprised that committing incest with their mothers and sisters is normal for white prople. And commit wrong things also. They don't want to accept the True path (Islam). What a wonderful world ?!

I’m mixed race but pass as white. I see the difference between how white people and minorities are treated. It’s messed up. Not even surprised and it pisses me OFF.

Oh you are surprised I have a good job just because I'm black huh?\nOh let me find that middle finger I've been vsaving for a while... Ah it's in my pocket, here!!!

I don't think they should be uncomfortable with those results. Most people lean toward what they are surrounded by...and depending on where black people are located, they are surrounded by white people in person and/or in media. Our concepts of safe, pleasant, and beauty are manipulated the same as everyone else where we are. That's why you get little white girls who prefer white dolls...and you get little black girls who prefer white dolls... I'm not surprised that the black men had no preference. I also wouldn't be surprised if they had preferred Europeans.

i'm surprised they didn't mention afriville in this documentary

What I'm getting from all of this. All races want to be with their own kind. Black,Hispanic, Asian, Middle Eastern, this will never change. You can push diversity, push it down the throats of the general public but don't be surprised when it doesn't work.

They're homophobic etc don't like dogs but nothing against pedophile,oh! I'm so surprised! lol Hi from France :)

I'm surprised Trudeau didn't step in and dismiss all charges because this is racist! Haha!

As a kiwi who lived in Canada for a while, this wouldn't surprise me if it happened in the US but Canada.... They are better than this and I'm sorry they have some crazy lady misrepresenting how awesome they are

WOW! 2 years and he is out? With small time like that I will not be surprised if he is out doing the same thing again or has someone else running it. Big Money to be made screwing Canada and I'm sure business is good since Canada only gives little time for doing it

By these comments, Canadians hate immigrants even more than American white supremacists. This man is scared for himself and his family. His case is just ignorance. He doesn’t know the proper ways to go about it. Him getting a lawyer and what not has showed he’s a bit smarter than many immigrants seeking asylum but most cases people don’t know the proper way to migrate out of their countries. They just know that there are better and safer opportunities elsewhere. As for everyone whining about why he doesn’t speak English, not EVERYONE CAN LEARN AT THE SAME PACE. There’s people that live in other countries for years and only know enough to get around and then theres people that just pick up on languages In less than a year. The language doesn’t matter. I’m sure he knows enough to communicate with people. I’m more surprised at the amount of people that law this and law that. Yes there are laws that should be followed but do people even consider morality? I hope none of you alls countries go to war or are over taken and you have to try to seek asylum in another country because I highly doubt you all would escape the ‘proper’ way. Most of you in the comments are sick and sad and will never truly understand the despair these people feel until you’re put in their position. Don’t bother replying to this comment because I won’t answer. I said what I said.

My mother an all white woman from Edmonton Alberta, married a black American man from San Bruno CA, and now this, I'm surprised

I'm not surprised poc been saying this forever.

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 -

So I'm in a dilemma of whether I should move down to Florida and live with my American girlfriend, or stay up here and support her moving up here in Canada. My main issue is health care. I just hear many people have bad service and poor treatment with insurance down there, but it all depends what insurance your applying with. People are fairly nice, but there are also some douche bags as well so I'm not surprised. With my overall budget, I could likely stay down there for about a few months or so. Here in Canada, taxes are a little higher, but it's worth it (Some idiot said our taxes are lower), health care is paid for, winters are cold but anyone can survive through it. Some say Canada is a socialist (which is Not -_-). Liberal party is ruining Canada as it is in a way. But again, it's better Justin than Trump. (Betting for Scheer). Idk, politics is bad in both countries I say. Idk, I'm likely missing some things here. Should I move down with my girlfriend, or stay up and support her moving up here?

P.S. Mark is kinda hot, I'm surprised they didn't give him best deals.

I'm a mixed teen (black/white) I took the test turns out I prefer white slightly more than black not surprised I was raised by my white mom my dad was all ways there until the divorce just less so after but I've all ways been a mom as girl so.......