Take a look back at America's sometimes fraught relationship with our friendly neighbour to the north. Trevor Noah introduces us to a suspiciously handsome new Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau. Desi Lydic heads to the border to figure out why refugees are dumping America. Jordan Klepper finds himself in the middle of a Canadian trucker convoy protest. Donald Trump starts his first Canadian Trade War, while Trudeau offers to do your homework.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapter 1: What is the main topic of this episode?
Last night's huge news coming out of Canada.
Drake has released a video for his hit song Hotline Bling.
What the hell, Drake?
Chapter 2: Who is Justin Trudeau and why is he significant?
What the actual hell were you doing there? What are those dance moves? Like, you're holding every single mixed-race person back. Do you know how hard we've worked to be called black, and then you do this to us, Drake? You're gonna get our black status revoked dancing? What are those moves? What is he doing? I hope this was a joke.
So last night was big news for fans of Canadian rappers, but it also had a little something for fans of obscure Canadian trivia. A national election took place. Now, for most Americans, Canadian elections are sort of like hockey. It's clearly an intense contest, but nobody knows who's playing. or what the rules are. So, uh, let's make this condescendingly easy.
Sort of like when they used that, uh, puck, the glowing puck in the NHL, where they try to trick us into watching it. Yeah, that's what we're gonna do. The Canadian elections. Who won and what was the score?
the Liberals winning in a landslide. Justin Trudeau will be the next prime minister.
Justin Trudeau, head of the Liberal Party, similar to the Democrats. He's the son of one of Canada's most famous prime ministers, Pierre Trudeau. Justin plans to raise taxes and run a $7 billion deficit to kickstart the recession-bound economy, and he says help the middle class.
Aww. A $7 billion deficit? Aww. That's so adorable. America would probably drop $7 billion on a clock that calculates their deficit, which is $439 billion. Take that, you fiscally sound-minded moosebangers. Of course, Trudeau's policies weren't necessarily his most attractive feature.
He is 43 years old. He's a very good looking young man.
He's undeniably a good looking guy. He's a very handsome man.
He is very, very good looking. I think in America, he might just win the election on his looks alone.
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Chapter 3: Why are refugees leaving America for Canada?
The Trump administration has so far announced it would also end this temporary status for migrants from Honduras, Nicaragua, and Haiti.
All of this, not to mention Trump's feelings about immigrants in general.
Are they ISIS? Is this a Trojan horse?
has prompted a new wave of refugees seeking asylum in Canada, where their king in the north, Prime Minister Jon Snow, is all like... You're safe at home now. 90% of asylum seekers are crossing along a small section of the border, about 25 miles north of the town of Plattsburgh. So I headed there to meet a local coyote. My contact told me to meet him here. I gave him the code name She-Wolf Blitzer.
Are you Daisy?
Hmm? Desi, yeah. Once we got our bad Tinder date out of the way, I learned that Bill is a cab driver here in Plattsburgh, and it's the cab drivers who ferry the refugees to the border. It's gotten so busy that even party shuttles have converted into migrant caravans, taking all these people right up to the border of Canada. You know, if mayonnaise was a country. What the hell?
America's the country where people sneak into, right?
Yes, because we're the American dream.
We're the American dream. And look at all this food. I know, I don't get it. This serves one person.
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Chapter 4: What is the Canadian trucker convoy protest?
America is a great country. But... But with the way things are right now, we need a better life for ourselves.
A better life? I remember when people used to say that about us. And you're hoping for better things in Canada?
Yeah. Canada is an opportunity.
opportunity. We used to be the land of that. That's our brand. City on a hill, land of the free. Is Canada taking our place? As I watched Armstrong walk away, I thought about all we had been through these past 15 seconds. And I realized he wasn't just going to Canada. He was breaking up with America. Well, we've just been dumped. If there's one thing I know, it's how to handle being dumped.
You know what? Yeah, it's not working out. I decided first before you decided. Say what? Talking to him. I spent all day trying to convince people to stay. Any chance we can have a do-over? What if Oprah were president? Were all these people really choosing America's boring cousin? I don't think they're coming back. Maybe we should be reflecting or trying to grow from this.
or we can just handle it like any breakup. Seriously, Canada? Ugh, with Mueller's closing in, we're gonna change. I hope you're happy together. I don't mean it. Only one person could pick me back up, which is because Canada's younger than us. We're still America. We still got it going on.
We are the bomb.
Don't say things like that, Bill.
Yeah, I know.
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