{"id":127534,"date":"2024-04-16T11:25:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T11:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/16\/bill-maher-warns-americans-about-canada-yes-you-can-move-too-far-left-national\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T11:25:42","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T11:25:42","slug":"bill-maher-warns-americans-about-canada-yes-you-can-move-too-far-left-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/16\/bill-maher-warns-americans-about-canada-yes-you-can-move-too-far-left-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher warns Americans about Canada: \u2018Yes, you can move too far left\u2019 &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/pdf\/empsit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bill Maher<\/a> has issued a warning to Americans who admire Canada\u2019s \u201cwoke\u201d insurance policies on immigration, unemployment and well being care: Simply, don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>During a Friday phase on Maher\u2019s HBO present<em> Real Time<\/em>, the 68-year-old host spent almost 10 minutes positioning Canada as a \u201ccautionary tale\u201d concerning the impacts of liberalism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf 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,\u201d Maher began, launching right into a rant about qualities and methods the U.S. ought to keep away from.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt its worst, Canada is what American voters think happens when there\u2019s no one putting a check on extreme wokeness,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>To make his level, Maher cited Canada\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10404690\/statistics-canada-jobs-report-march-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">6.1 per cent unemployment price<\/a>, in contrast with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/news.release\/pdf\/empsit.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3.8 per cent price within the U.S<\/a>. The comic additionally stated of the 15 North American cities with the worst air air pollution, 14 are in Canada.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cCanada was where all the treasured goals of liberalism worked perfectly,\u201d he joked of American notion. \u201cCanada 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\u2019s racist patriarchy dreamed of living someday. I mean, besides Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-textSignup\">\n\t\t\t<strong><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tBreaking information from Canada and world wide\t\t\t\t<a class=\"c-textSignup__link\" href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10423689\/bill-maher-canada-us-real-time\/javascript:void(0)\" data-micromodal-trigger=\"newsletter-signup\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"article | newsletter signup text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t despatched to your e mail, because it occurs.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/strong>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>However, Maher stated \u201cthere\u2019s only one problem with thinking everything is better in Canada: It\u2019s not. Not anymore, anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They say in politics, liberals are the gasoline pedal, and conservatives are the brakes, and I&#8217;m usually with the gasoline pedal, however not if we&#8217;re driving off a cliff. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hutj3OUVQi\">pic.twitter.com\/hutj3OUVQi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Maher (@billmaher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billmaher\/status\/1778989085362987082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 13, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Still, Maher stated he loves Canada. He clarified, to the sound of applause, that he simply hates \u201czombie lies,\u201d which means \u201cwhen things change, but the things people say about them doesn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Maher cited a Statistics Canada report that stated the nation <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10386750\/canada-41-million-population\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">added 1.3 million folks<\/a> to its inhabitants in 2023 \u2014 then Maher equated it to if the U.S. allowed a rise of 11 million \u201cmigrants\u201d yearly.<\/p>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10424891\/fixed-mortgage-rates-canada-spring-housing-market\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/home-sale-sign_6a7403.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"Some fixed mortgage rates are up despite hints of Bank of Canada cuts. Why?\" data-title=\"\">Some mounted mortgage charges are up regardless of hints of Bank of Canada cuts. Why?<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10414868\/toronto-trumpeter-swans-reunion\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Copy-of-sarrah-has-y37-in-net_02A5665-copy_Photo-by-Ann-Brokelman.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-posts__details\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-posts__headlineText\" title=\"\u2018Magical\u2019 reunion of swan mates in Toronto goes viral in heartwarming video\" data-title=\"\">\u2018Magical\u2019 reunion of swan mates in Toronto goes viral in heartwarming video<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>\u201cNow, they\u2019re experiencing a housing crisis even worse than ours \u2014 and we\u2019re sleeping in tents,\u201d Maher chided, incomes laughter as he confirmed a photograph of a sidewalk encampment. \u201cThe median price of a home here is $346,000. In Canada, converted to U.S. dollars, it\u2019s $487,000.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Maher stated that in Canada, Barbie wouldn&#8217;t have the ability to afford her dream home in Winnipeg, whereas Ken must work at Tim Hortons.<\/p>\n<p>The comic additionally slammed Canada\u2019s health-care system and stated regardless of excessive spending without cost protection, many Canadians <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10375937\/bc-stroke-victim-waits-9-hours-doctor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">can not see a health care provider<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Maher stated the ethical of his Canadian \u201ccautionary tale\u201d for the U.S. is \u201cyes, you can move too far left.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you do, you end up pushing the people toward the middle to the right,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey say in politics, liberals are the gas pedals and conservatives are the brakes \u2014 and I\u2019m generally with the gas pedal, but not if we\u2019re driving off a cliff.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_4437740_661e5c6d78be8\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"4437740\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/4437740\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_4437740_661e5c6d78be8\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Jim Carrey talks Canada\u2019s universal healthcare on Bill Maher'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/299\/739\/JimCarreyThumb.jpg?w=1040&amp;quality=70&amp;strip=all\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"auto, \" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/299\/739\/JimCarreyThumb.jpg?w=450#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 450w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/299\/739\/JimCarreyThumb.jpg?w=720#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 720w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.globalnews.ca\/videostatic\/299\/739\/JimCarreyThumb.jpg?w=1040#038;quality=70&amp;strip=all 1040w,\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1040px) 1040px,(min-width: 720px) 720px,450px\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__overlay\"><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time class=\"c-video__duration\">0:56<\/time><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__title\">Jim Carrey talks Canada\u2019s common healthcare on Bill Maher<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2024 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Comedian Bill Maher has issued a warning to Americans who admire Canada\u2019s \u201cwoke\u201d insurance policies on immigration, unemployment and well being care: Simply, don\u2019t. 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