Comedian Bill Maher has issued a warning to Americans who admire Canada’s “woke” insurance policies on immigration, unemployment and well being care: Simply, don’t.
During a Friday phase on Maher’s HBO present Real Time, the 68-year-old host spent almost 10 minutes positioning Canada as a “cautionary tale” concerning the impacts of liberalism.
“If you want to save our country, we should follow the advice good liberals have given for decades and learn from other countries, especially those beacons of progressivism like Canada, England and Scandinavia,” Maher began, launching right into a rant about qualities and methods the U.S. ought to keep away from.
“At its worst, Canada is what American voters think happens when there’s no one putting a check on extreme wokeness,” he stated.
To make his level, Maher cited Canada’s 6.1 per cent unemployment price, in contrast with the 3.8 per cent price within the U.S. The comic additionally stated of the 15 North American cities with the worst air air pollution, 14 are in Canada.
“Canada was where all the treasured goals of liberalism worked perfectly,” he joked of American notion. “Canada was the Statue of Liberty with a low-maintenance haircut and cross-country skis, a giant idealized blue state with single-payer health care, gun control and abortion on polite demand. Canada was where every woke white college kid wearing pyjama pants outdoors who had it up to here with America’s racist patriarchy dreamed of living someday. I mean, besides Gaza.”
However, Maher stated “there’s only one problem with thinking everything is better in Canada: It’s not. Not anymore, anyway.”
Still, Maher stated he loves Canada. He clarified, to the sound of applause, that he simply hates “zombie lies,” which means “when things change, but the things people say about them doesn’t.”
Maher cited a Statistics Canada report that stated the nation added 1.3 million folks to its inhabitants in 2023 — then Maher equated it to if the U.S. allowed a rise of 11 million “migrants” yearly.
“Now, they’re experiencing a housing crisis even worse than ours — and we’re sleeping in tents,” Maher chided, incomes laughter as he confirmed a photograph of a sidewalk encampment. “The median price of a home here is $346,000. In Canada, converted to U.S. dollars, it’s $487,000.”
Maher stated that in Canada, Barbie wouldn’t have the ability to afford her dream home in Winnipeg, whereas Ken must work at Tim Hortons.
The comic additionally slammed Canada’s health-care system and stated regardless of excessive spending without cost protection, many Canadians can not see a health care provider.
Maher stated the ethical of his Canadian “cautionary tale” for the U.S. is “yes, you can move too far left.”
“When you do, you end up pushing the people toward the middle to the right,” he continued.
“They say in politics, liberals are the gas pedals and conservatives are the brakes — and I’m generally with the gas pedal, but not if we’re driving off a cliff.”
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