Under Justin Trudeau, Canada has sought to position itself as the global bastion of progressive politics. In my latest Telegraph documentary, seen above, I went to the former British colony to find out how Canadians are dealing with Trudeau’s radical reforms; from the promotion of gender ideology in schools and the mass legalisation of drugs, to his extreme new suicide laws and clamp downs on freedom of speech.
I began my investigation in one of the country’s most liberal cities, Vancouver. Possession of up to 2.5 grams of hard drugs, including heroin, cocaine and fentanyl, has been legalised in the city as part of a three year experiment which began in January of this year. If the aim was to combat the opioid crisis that already beset the city then it appears there is still much to be done as vast tent sites line the streets, patrolled by roaming zombie-like drug addicts.
As we filmed on Hastings Street, infamous as the epicentre of Vancouver’s homelessness crisis, I witnessed a topless man shoot a needle into his arm five feet from me. Though it wasn’t quite as bad as San Francisco, where my cameraman and I came under attack from angry vagrants, the scenes were still shocking.
It’s not just the homeless who patrol the streets of Vancouver. Chris Elston, better known online as Billboard Chris, campaigns against the imposition of gender ideology on children, whether through Canada’s education system or via dangerous operations to “transition” young adults. As his nickname suggests, Chris walks around Vancouver wearing signs protesting gender ideology, encouraging lively debates with passers-by which he puts on YouTube.
Chris kindly allowed our crew to join him on a walkabout, where we found many Canadians horrified by the use of puberty blockers in children and the promotion of biological men in women’s sports.
We did encounter some opposition of course, mostly through the odd shout or flicking of the finger. So much for Canadian politeness.
One aggressive gentleman, tall, ageing and angry, began a tirade against Chris with the rather bizarre singular message that he is “queer”.
Part of Canada’s social revolution can also be witnessed in its extreme new euthanasia laws. In 2016, the ruling Liberal Party passed legislation enabling assisted suicide for terminally ill Canadians. Next year the legislation will be expanded to include those with mental health problems. As Christianity declines across Canada, and the liberal obsession with “bodily autonomy” and “personal freedom” reaches its logical conclusion, a new dystopia is forming. As Dr Konia Trouton, a euthanasia advocate, told me, “we are an organised society but within that organisation we have to allow some freedoms and opportunities, this is not a communist system where we can try and reign that in”. The campaign group Euthanasia Prevention Coalition estimates that 13,500 people chose state-assisted suicide last year.
To prevent wokeism from spreading it is important to have a strong opposition party. Canada’s Conservatives have been historically weak in pushing back against Trudeau, however, their recently elected leader, Pierre Poilievre, has injected fresh energy into the party. Whilst there are some who still question Poillievre’s conservative credentials, his strategy seems to be working; one recent poll gave his party a twelve point lead over Trudeau’s Liberals.
However, the most successful opponents to Canada’s social revolution have so far not been politicians but members of the public. Our film highlights some of these brave individuals, including Dr Jordan Peterson, perhaps the most high-profile Canadian in the world other than the country’s leader.
During my travels I found ordinary people appalled at Canada’s surrender to drug dealers, its contempt for freedom of speech, its enforcement of gender ideology on children and a breezy willingness to terminate the lives of its own citizens. However, for all the depressing stories of people losing their jobs, or being hounded by the government, these cases were equally inspirational. Whilst Canada is a warning to the West, there are also individual messages of hope from those brave individuals fighting for their freedom.
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29 Comments
I'm a 90s teenager. Class of 97… everybody was about breaking the bonds of stereotypes.
I like the blue turban guy
Trudeau and Newsom are 2 peas in a pod. Look what Newsom has done to Commifornia during the same period that Trudeau has been in power in Canada. They even talk alike.
Country of the mentally ill.
As a Canadian living abroad I am just sad to have learned from this video that Jordan Peterson is Canadian. Ordinary people feeling let down by the government is tragic. The selection of sources for this video however feels manipulatively slanted toward a provocative far right take, which is pretty evident from the title. Human remains have absolutely been identified at Canada's residential schools https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_gravesites. I can't believe this video is from August 2023 and allowed the political candidate to share those views without being fact checked.
Blame Canada!! Blame Canada!! With all there little beady eyes who flap their heads so full of of lies!
I'm a lefty, I'm from New Zealand, I don't see this as left wing politics at all its just plain human stupidity. Its associated with the left because the people pushing it say they are leftists, I don't think they are at all. I think these people are simply opposed to what they see as 'the right' and therefore think by default they are leftist, and yes I'm aware that maybe I'm guilty of 'no true Scotsman' fallacy. I strongly oppose this 'woke' (although I don't like that word) rubbish, and I agree that its damaging but I'm more scared of the backswing that will inevitably come. Scary weird times.
Great piece of journalism. I live in Canada and this told the truth as I see it with my own eyes. As a parent, all I can do to protect my sons from this woke wave is to give them strong moral foundations, and to help them understand how powerful political and economic groups are trying to manipulate them. If only we learned to respect each other, no one would be afraid of having healthy conversations, no one would be afraid of getting cancelled for voicing one’s opinion, but that’s not the current state of Canadian society at the present time
That woman is just evil.
She took a break from murdering babies and took her hand to killing adults.
He soul is tainted with evil.
Everything about this doc is intellectualy dishonest an unscientific
Its fairly hilarious when Americans try to prove that Canada has more drug use and crime than they do. not to mention how many yanks get shot every year either by cops or random idiots?
How many Canadians have to sell their house to get life saving surgery, And Who started the Oxy/fentanyl problem in the fist place, Oh yeh thats right, the land of the "free"
The abortion doctor is the euthanasia doctor. What are the odds?
All of this is worse in the United States 🥰🥰🥰🥰
I almost cried when the 5 time paralympian described her grim situation. As an Iranian, Canada has always been a hotspot for immigration for us and I know so many who are living there, but I always had a not so good feeling about going to study in Canada because of all the wokism. I thank god 1 million times over that I did not end up there. Wished that I could also make a change, but I guess only the Canadian people can do that, if they realize the drench they're getting themselves into
I’ve never scene such bullshit in my life, I am talking about this report it’s not news it’s propaganda! I am not a huge fan of Trudeau but I would choose him or a leader like Donald Trump. The Telegraph is worse than Fox News.
It's a shame that both parties argue about culture war distractions instead of the imploding healthcare system, piss poor infrastructure, and cost of living catastrophe caused by 2.5% a year unrestrained immigration. Both parties like the money too much to care about the real issues that matter to people's actual lives…
This seems to show only one side of the coin. Why though?
The story of the veteran is absolutely criminal but the others are not far off either.
Your critical thinking skills are lost on the emotionally guided.
Bravo The Telegraph!
Thx trudeau for woke society and being a Single auntie mentality
16:10 I've heard this piano medley somewhere before, perhaps on this channel – is there a song and artist for it?
Think letting people choose to live or die is very fair. But dont take everything from everyone so they wamt to die thats just crazy ?
Oh dear, they tried this with my Mom. She choose life and the unpatriotic trilateral iron físts in control of their supposed "Grand Architect Government" shot my Mother and stole our property. Wish we had better news…. Pennsylvania State -Bombita(guerilla resistance in Burma and the States)
It's wonderful to get free access to this amazing documentary, thanks alot guys
Surprisingly good documentary for mainstream media 👍
Consulting Jordan Peterson about Canada is like consulting Alex Jones about the States, something nobody with credibility would even think of doing. He's a clown.
Pathetic, biased jounalism.
This documentary is not neutral, as real journalism should be.