July 4, 2025 • 25 mins
We hit the streets at the Alberta Legislature in Edmonton to find out how everyday Edmontonians really feel about the current state of Canada. From heartfelt pride to honest concerns, we asked candid questions and got real, unfiltered answers.
Join us for a mix of surprising takes, wise reflections, and raw patriotism as we gauge the pulse of the people. This is not just another Canada Day video—it's a window into the minds of Canadians today.
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Proud to be Canadian. Edmonton is awesome and.
What do you think is better, thewomen back home or the women
here? There's so much diversity here.
Happy Canada Day. Happy Canada.
Day, Happy Canada Day. I came for very hard country.
There is racism. What do you think of all the
people that say Edmonton is likea boring dead city?
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The nature in Canada is amazing.Just that we can do what we
want. You know, we get free
healthcare. You know we're not.
I'm an immigranty. Some Indian people stink.
Whoa, now I'm being. Cute.
She goes up to me. She goes up to me.
She's like suck it in, suck it in.
What's? Never.
As an athlete, we constantly face criticism for our bodies
and. Canada especially is a place
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where opportunity is people. Are thinking that they're going
to be losing jobs because of AI.People come from very different
walks of life, but we're kind ofunified by this idea of if
you're lonely, just come out. There's a lot of people out
there. I fuck with my natives.
Canada Day, man happy. Canada Day, Yeah, we.
All here. Proud to be Canadian, you know
what I'm saying? Tight shit, tight shit.
Yeah, so. John A McDonald, actually I
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don't know if I'm he was, he wasone of the forefathers or some
shit. I think he made like the
railroad. I think so.
I think he unified Canada right before that.
I think they were all just separated.
But through him, we're here. And, and shout out to the
natives, you know what I'm saying?
A lot of Edmonton is on native land.
So I just want to, you know, sayshout out them, you know what
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I'm saying? I I fucked with my natives,
Yeah. We're here at the Ledge.
Beautiful man, beautiful day. It's bumping today.
It's actually crazy. There's so many like families
here. Happy Canada man, it's been
great bro I I see you got the whole fit here.
Yeah, I try every once a year. Sometimes it's too much.
I think there's a kind of subdued this year.
Yeah, yeah. What brings you guys out today?
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We're here to like, celebrate. Canada here, come.
Here as a. Family and.
Just just see the. Beauty.
Check out what all of local Edmonton has to offer because
Edmonton is awesome and everybody should come and see
our beautiful city are. You guys originally from Canada
and. Raised, Born and raised
Edmontonian, both of us. Yeah, that's awesome.
What's your favorite part about Edmonton?
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Festival We are the festival capital of Canada, so come out
enjoy the summer here. Enjoy all the festivals you have
to offer. Like my, my favorite part is
probably all like the local businesses here and how and how
like more like we can like all of us like at random times we
can just come together and just.Just celebrate cultures and
everything. As a country, what do you think
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we could improve on in Canada? We.
Can improve on is how we can getmore jobs for people.
Yeah, more jobs and getting a lot of the people out of the
street. That would be very good.
Edmonton does has a has a serious homeless problem, right?
And we need to be able to eradicate that with more kind of
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hope and more programs for them,right?
Yeah. So that would be great.
If the city can come out with somany programs, that would be
great and also mean being as a coach.
If we can use suppose to get kids out of the street, that
will also be good, yeah. What do you guys think that we
could do better though? Like to improve as a country?
Edmonton as a country, we're awesome already, so it's hard to
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say, but we were to improve in the city.
I think our River Valley has lots to offer.
We're not taking advantage of it, so I think we could take
some notes from other cities andmake our River Valley a little
bit more accessible to everyone.Amber, how's your day?
He's been great so far. Happy Canada Day.
Are you originally from Canada? I was born in Africa, West
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Africa, Iberia. Yeah, what what made you move to
Canada? 2010. 2010 yeah, yeah.
And what was the reason for this, Sir?
Because my wife is here. Yeah.
Just loving the people. They are very decent, very
great. Yeah, people are very nice.
Do you enjoy the winters? Not really.
I came for a very hard country also.
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Yeah, winter was. Winter is very tough for me.
Even my first, the first time I ever came here, I thought I want
to go back because the place is cold.
Yeah. Yeah, Alberta.
Where here in Edmonton, AB wherethe temperatures can reach plus
30 like today or -30 hey. What do you think of all the
people that say Edmonton is likea boring dead city?
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I mean, honestly, you just got to look for stuff to do.
There's always stuff going on festivals like you just really
got to look for it. If you're staying at home or in
Clareview or anything like that,there's not much to do over
there so. Yeah, 100%.
I feel like, you know, there's like a lot of life going on in
the city, but people don't make an effort to go look for it.
Oh, honestly, there's so much toenjoy about Edmonton.
You just have to be with the right people and just really,
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honestly look for it. And.
What? Why do you dress up like this
for Canada? What makes you?
What specifically this year or every year?
Every year it seems like you're.Very proud Canadians, yeah.
What's your favorite part about Canada?
Everything, yeah. Be more specific.
Coast No, I can't. I like, I can't.
Like, everybody loves everybody.This is our country.
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And see now, like, just love Canada.
Yeah. And would you mind just telling
the viewers where you're from? Spain.
What are you doing all the way here in Edmonton?
Exploring Edmonton and I workingin Calgary.
Okay, I see so in. Calgary.
You're working in Calgary, but you're here to visit Edmonton.
Yeah. So why Edmonton out of all the
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places? I feel like, you know, there's
so much more to do in, like, Calgary, right?
Banff everything there. Yes, because I know Banff yet
and Kamor Yoho Park and I want to visit Edmonton because it's
the capital. The capital, yeah, yeah, a lot
of people don't know that it's actually the capital of Canada,
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not. Calgary No.
As a country, do you which? What do you think is the best
that unites all of us? Is it like the music or food or?
Yeah, people, People. What separates us from the other
countries? Kindness, being sorry too much,
but we know, we know we're, we're kind.
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We don't wear it on our sleeves and stay, but people know it.
We're kind. So yeah, kindness.
Why do you think we're kind? Do you think it's like from the
top down? Does it start from?
As Canadians, you'll learn it from whatever your parents, my
parents and everybody's nice here and just it's just
instilled. You'll learn it.
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If you don't. I mean, you just learn it.
So man, what's what does Canada mean to you?
Hey I I'm an immigrant. I moved here at a very young
age. I was like 10 months old and
since I moved here, bro, like I just got to say this has been
such a chill, accepting country.And, you know, obviously, like
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there is racism, there's some messed up.
What's what's this outfit all about?
It's just the thing I started about 15 years ago.
I come every year, I love Canada, I celebrate Canada and I
do this every year. 15 years? Wow, that's dedication.
What? What keeps you going?
I don't know, it's just for the love of Canada, I guess.
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What's your favorite part about Canada?
You know, just the freedoms we enjoy in Canada.
It's a great place to live. Specifically, what kind of
freedoms? You know, just just that we can
do what we want. You know, we get free health
care. You know, we're not OK.
Wonderful. And was there anything else you
kind of wanted to say to, I don't know, Calgarians or
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Edmontonians? Do you have a message for the
world? At this world yeah, I I don't
know more party because they thebars and disco close at 2:00 AM.
That's too early. Yes, it's early in the Spain
close at 6:00. 6:00 AM People are out till 6:00 AM.
Yeah, yeah, we don't, we don't do that kind of stuff around
here. It's just the nightlife is kind
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of dead compared to somewhere like Madrid.
The nightlife here really quiet.So and you guys mentioned that
you're Persian, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Correct. How long have you guys like
lived in Persia? In Iran, like for 15?
Years. I mean Iran, sorry.
Yeah, 1515 years. Yeah, 15 years.
I was there till I was 15. Yeah.
What do you guys think of Iran compared to Canada?
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You know what I'm saying? What are like the differences?
Things you like, Things you didn't like.
I love the culture back there and like the only thing that is
bad is like the economy situation there like so many
things about that. I would say so.
Like, the food and culture is greater, like, compared to you.
But again, yeah, the community of Canada, this is great.
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Yeah. I love it.
Yeah. There's a lot going on with Iran
right now. I don't want to get too
political unless you guys are like, you know, comfortable
speaking on it. You guys have family back in
Iran still? Like there are some but like my
grandparents and this stuff, butlike most of them are like
Canada or like some of them in US and something like that.
Some of them are still back there, but like so many of them
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in Canada. Yeah, for me, most of my
relatives are here like few likelong distance relatives.
They are back in Iran. Yeah, OK, I see.
Do you? Go and visit other countries.
Yes, America, but that was before the day.
Before the tariffs. Hey, where'd I say that?
Is this some sort of Politico? But what do you gotten planned
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for today? You're watching fireworks.
Or did that down there. My wife is at home waiting for
me. So we're going to have a few
Canadians at home, then we're going to come back down to the
fireworks, yes. So yeah.
What do you think is better? You know what I'm saying?
The the women back home or the women here in Canada?
What do you think? It depends like, but like for
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me, most of the time I go with Persian girls, it's easier,
easier to. Call.
Why is it easier? The cultural culture, Yeah, the
cultural easier. Yeah, the same connection, you
know, like the same culture, notthe.
Girl or isn't Persian? I would say my girlfriend is
Persian. Yeah, that's all.
And where's your girl? I don't have like I like.
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I don't want a girlfriend right now we're.
Going to find someone for her tonight.
Can I, can I ask you guys? Is there is?
Yeah. What's your favorite part about
Canada? I think the freedom of our
country, the diversity of the culture, and my wife and I were
saying that yesterday, that it'schanged so much since we were
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young, that it's what makes Canada what it is today is so
culturally diverse. There's a lot of different
perspectives, say, from all the different walks of life.
So many, yes. Do you have friends from all the
different backgrounds? Yes, we do.
She does. She does more.
She teaches at an inner city school, so she meets a lot more
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people from other countries and people who have just moved to
Canada as well. How do you think this helps you
more understand more about yourself in the world?
I, I think it goes to show that we shouldn't just be
self-centered, that it's just us, that there's other people
with other lives out there and if they can come here and have a
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better life and feel safer, thenthat's the best thing I would
think. What do you think?
Do you have any advice for youngCanadians out there who are
struggling to find meaning? I think if you want it bad
enough, the world is yours, right?
There's tons of, I think, complacency in our generation.
For young Canadians, however, there's a lot of there's a lot
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of room in the pie and the pie keeps on growing, but there's
very few people who want to get a slice right.
So right now the situation is where a few individuals, they
get a really large slice. What I hope for the world to be
is the pie is going to keep on growing, but I want more people
to come share the pie. I want more people to have the
dreams and ambitions that they are capable of having.
I want more people to live up totheir potential, and I want more
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people to realize that Canada especially is a place where
opportunity is something that isnot limited.
The only thing that limits your opportunity is your complacency.
Get out of your complacency. Get out of the get off the
couch. Start working for your dreams,
because there's tons to get out there.
What's your favorite part about Canada?
About Canada, probably, well if I was to say about Canada, be
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like being born here and just seeing like a lot of the people,
how they act towards each other and stuff like that compared to
some places that I see. Where?
If you were to travel abroad, everybody likes Canada person,
right? And if you go and see other
countries, sometimes the interactions between people are
a lot different because I've been to a couple of countries
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where it's a little bit different and not.
I just find it's very friendly here.
Do you guys have like any adviceto, you know, the people out
there that are kind of like, youknow, nervous about like maybe
socializing or making new friends?
Just live. Life, live life to the fullest.
That's all I could give out for the campus groups, college
groups, the worker groups, everybody who lives in Canada.
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They got to live life to the fullest.
Do you feel like people in Canada don't?
You see? Yeah.
OK, I see. Yeah.
I mean, I'll definitely say, I'll definitely say that, you
know, I feel like people have trouble like kind of socializing
and meeting new people. You know, it's hard.
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It's scary. I think people.
Should come out more like even if you don't.
Have any? Friends, if you're lonely, just
come out. There's a lot of people out
there. Yeah.
With all the things going on around the world, why do you
think Canada is a safe place? Well, that's a good question.
I, I think it's a safe place because there's, there's so much
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diversity here. And, and I think the people that
have come to this country realize that they're able to
celebrate their own culture. And I think everybody here is
very accepting of that as well. I think we take it for granted,
hey, that being able to just go on walks in the middle of the
night, it's not granted in othercountries.
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That's that's true. You have to be very careful in
some places. Yeah.
Do you have any advice for people for Canadians to want to
connect better? Are there any places that you
know of or of activities that brings people together in
Canada? No, we got museums.
We got this. Place legislature a lot.
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They'll teach you a lot, right? It doesn't matter who you are.
But that's part of our province,our country.
And for Edmonton, just get up there and explore it.
There's a lot in love about Edmonton.
What happened to the natives? Like that's not good.
We shouldn't have done that actually.
Why am I saying we that was thatwas not.
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Us so bro, it's indigenous now, man it's indigenous.
Right, my bad. That's actually Indigenous.
Indigenous. Sorry, now he's informed.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So in that regard, yeah, I would
say Canada has a lot to work on.But also Canada has a lot of
strengths. Like, I do love our diversity.
I love that I could go grab sushi one day.
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Shit, now I'm in the mood for shawarma.
Let me go get some shawarma. Right?
Like we have anything and everything that you need here,
bro. And it's like, there's so many
different communities here. I'm telling you, you will always
find like your people. And even if it isn't your
people, I would say everyone here is just super nice, bro.
I got, I got friends of like alldifferent races, ethnicities,
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genders, you know what I'm saying?
Like. Yeah, that's why.
How do you practice being thankful with even with amidst
all the chaos in Canada that maybe you may be see seeing on
the news, how do you remind yourself that Canada is a great
place with lots of freedom? Cool.
Another good question. I I think we just get a great
chance to go out and experience different parts of Canada.
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For example, this next weekend we're heading across Alberta
just for some camping through Alberta and we get to see the
beauty of our own province even.Yeah, yeah, you have to say for
young Canadians feeling lost right now.
Feeling lost in like, what way would you say?
Like with society changing, withAI, with social media, no mental
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health's going up, yeah. Things, well, specifically
things with AII know it's a verycontroversial topic right now,
but I personally like AI and that's a lot of the things
because of it's a very good helping tool.
There's always a pro and a con to it, right?
There's the cons where people are thinking that they're going
to be losing jobs because of AI,but then there's a really good
pro towards people that may not have the have the skills or
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think they don't have the skillsto get in whatever they need to
be into that they believe that they should be into.
But AI has now come into being atool that they can use to have
easier access into things like that.
That's awesome. Well, with Canada being great,
I'm also a big advocate for Canada's freedoms and rights and
I'm thankful I migrated here when I was 9.
What do you think we could do better on?
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I think that we could be better at providing better services for
people who do come from other countries.
So I've known several people whowere doctors in their country of
origin but aren't allowed to study here.
And yet they should be able to study here and should be able to
practice their, you know, medicine, for example.
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Or if they're a dentist or an engineer, it just seems that
they're they're barred from doing what they can.
At the school I taught at, our custodian was an engineer from
his country of origin, but yet he can't be an engineer here,
which is a shame. Yeah, I used to work at Panda
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Express and there were like my some teachers there in their
country, some pharmacists, some engineers.
And when they come here, their degree isn't recognized and it's
just how do you think Canada cango about doing that?
Well, I think they have to starta program where they can
transfer those credits to to to work here or have some kind of a
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hands on type practical or practicum type tests to get them
certified here. It would sure help with the
shortages of professionals in this country.
What do you think Canada can improve in?
Canada can specifically improve in what is it called, like our
hospitals and everything like that.
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They can improve a lot with thatwith healthcare.
That's the word I was looking for.
So Healthcare is a big thing because, yeah, we have a really
big benefit of it being free, but a lot of people take forever
to get into something. Like I've known a couple people
off of like even jobs that have really seriously injured
themselves and it takes them like 9 hours to 10 hours just to
see help and get something as simple as like morphine just to
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make them feel a little better. You know what I mean?
That's what I think it specifically should be.
And then if I gave it second, it'd be probably education,
because education is the next generation is always above no
matter what. I'm not that old, but I
understand that generations below, below me that are coming
up. They need certain things to be
able to learn about the society that we're living in now because
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the change is so rapid that education needs to be just as
rapid. There's a lot of things you
learn about that you don't really apply that people think
they don't apply with. But we need more things to be
teaching us about how to live inthis society that's ever
changing to this date. That's that's what I believe in
healthcare and education people.Come from very different walks
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of life, but we're kind of unified by this idea of Canada
that to be Canadian, it means tohave like, you know, our set of
guaranteed freedoms and have that mutual respect for each
other. And I think that's what I love
the most about Canada, you know,and honestly, things have been
kind of crazy for like, you know, I'm going to say it like
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Indian people, like I'm Indian. I know a lot of people think I'm
Filipino, but no, I am I'm. This guy look Filipino.
A lot of people say that I'm noteven joking bro.
Yes I do. On God I do.
Yeah, but yag wave the comments every time there's an Indian
person. Guys, come on, We got to do
better. Right.
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Yeah, it's, it's great. And OK, I'll agree, like maybe
some Indian people stink, right?But that's, that's not like all
of them, you know what I'm saying?
Like, shit, I, I wore deodorant this morning.
Come on. I, I put on my Cologne.
It smells. Good.
It smells good. I smell great, right?
Lux, Josh, get married. Smell this guy.
Smell this guy. Smell this.
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Guy, is he good? It's pretty good.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, right. So like, obviously, you know, I
would say Indian people are getting a lot of hate right now.
But I think it's, I think it's stupid because I feel like with
every single race, any demographic, you know what I'm
saying? There's, there's problem people
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and there's chill people. But think about the trends.
When COVID was happening, everyone was shitting on Asians.
When BLM was happening, everyonewas shitting on black people.
Like people just love to find a new racial demographic to just
throw all the problems onto. And it's like, it's like a
cycle. So I, I think it's hilarious,
you know what I mean? When I just see because like
since I started posting the Eulers videos I've just had
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people been like deport the poor, get deported.
Well, as a Canadian, how do you instill kindness onto everyone
that you meet? Well, I do like the fact that
out here we care a lot about other people from other
countries as compared to like other places that they don't
feel as great about immigration and stuff like that.
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So I kind of always was born andraised on the beliefs of, you
know, treat everybody kindly andkind of get a little bit of a
perspective on what they're going through.
And if they're what they're going through is something that
you wouldn't want to go through.You should be immensely kind to
the person that just escaped whatever they might have been
going through, like whatever turmoil they might be going
through. What do you, what's your advice
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for the next generation? Because I know we live in this
world where there's social mediaand there's so much change in
AI. What do you have?
What's your words of wisdom for them?
Well, as I tell my students at school, be kind and be
respectful to everyone. Thank you so much.
You're very welcome. Thank you very much.
Happy Canada Day. Happy Canada Day.
What's your advice for the next generation watching this?
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Be nice. Thank you so much for your time.
You have a great day, happy. Canada Day.
Happy Canada Day and what are you doing today in the
legislature? What are your plans for Canada
Day today? Anyway, today is my birthday by
the way, and. Happy birthday.
Thank you. I'm 40. 5:45 and.
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He still looks like we're the same.
Man, Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's.
No overnight. That's really cool.
That's really cool. So Are you sure to come to
celebrate my birthday here and bring my kids in?
Just play in the water and just at the end of the day, watch the
fireworks. Are there is there any advice
for people that want to be parents or to be a good father?
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How does how do you go about that?
I think as parents you just needto be yourself.
Don't be your duplicate parents and you know, be a good person.
Let the kids see you and know that Oh yes, my dad is a very
good person. Then to try to follow other
people full step, be there for them when they need you and
yeah, go for your all time. No one say no to your kids.
Make them to feel happy, even mono steady mono 40 when they
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want to go outside, go outside and play.
Yo, sorry you can't you can keepgoing on your walk.
I just want. To say hi, do you want, do you
want to come in? Yeah, yeah.
So right here, campus again has been recognized.
Oh, this is my friend, actually,yeah.
We actually know each other from.
School. Yeah, not that.
Famous. Not a super fan.
How do you We were at dinner andhe couldn't keep his phone away
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the entire time he's. Lying a lot.
Because birthday he made five Tik Toks during an incident.
What? Happens when people.
So, so social media can be really bad guys.
It's harmful. For relationships, he had all
his friends there who he hadn't seen since this semester in
school year. Didn't say hi to half of them.
Get off your phone. Campus is addicted.
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Get up. First of all, she's lying.
She's just straight up lying. I made three.
I made three Max. First of all, I made three Max
and I asked everyone for permission at the table.
Second of all, maybe, maybe maybe I'd be more inclined to
talk to my friends if they weren't fat shaming me.
If they. Weren't this this she's?
Fat if they weren't coming up tome calling me, you hear this?
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Whoa, now I'm being accused. She goes up to me.
She goes up to me. She's like, suck it in.
Suck it in what? That's.
Never. As an athlete we constantly face
criticism for our bodies and that is something I would never
want to inflict on. Somebody else?
Hey, all I got to say is I love.Be who you are.
Good night. Men's mental health, guys, it
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matters. I, I don't even know her.
I don't even know why she came up to us.
I'm honestly like really uncomfortable with that whole
interaction right now. But yeah, guys, this is campus.
We're out here trying to spread love, peace, and then like
looking around, we love Canada. It's just the one thing the best
country. Trump can't do shit because we
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love the peoples and we stay strong.
Hey, fuck Donald Trump. Fuck Donald.
Yeah, no, I I'm praying for peace.
I I love Donald Trump. He's a great guy.
I'm. Gonna clip it, Donald Trump.
Proud to be Canadian. Edmonton is awesome and.
What do you think is better, thewomen back home or the women
here? There's so much diversity here.
Happy Canada Day. Happy Canada.
Day, Happy Canada Day. I came for very hard country.
There is racism. What do you think of all the
people that say Edmonton is likea boring dead city?
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The nature in Canada is amazing.Just that we can do what we
want. You know, we get free
healthcare. You know we're not.
I'm an immigranty. Some Indian people stink.
Whoa, now I'm being. Cute.
She goes up to me. She goes up to me.
She's like suck it in, suck it in.
What's? Never.
As an athlete, we constantly face criticism for our bodies
and. Canada especially is a place
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where opportunity is people. Are thinking that they're going
to be losing jobs because of AI.People come from very different
walks of life, but we're kind ofunified by this idea of if
you're lonely, just come out. There's a lot of people out
there. I fuck with my natives.
Canada Day, man happy. Canada Day, Yeah, we.
All here. Proud to be Canadian, you know
what I'm saying? Tight shit, tight shit.
Yeah, so. John A McDonald, actually I
(01:04):
don't know if I'm he was, he wasone of the forefathers or some
shit. I think he made like the
railroad. I think so.
I think he unified Canada right before that.
I think they were all just separated.
But through him, we're here. And, and shout out to the
natives, you know what I'm saying?
A lot of Edmonton is on native land.
So I just want to, you know, sayshout out them, you know what
(01:27):
I'm saying? I I fucked with my natives,
Yeah. We're here at the Ledge.
Beautiful man, beautiful day. It's bumping today.
It's actually crazy. There's so many like families
here. Happy Canada man, it's been
great bro I I see you got the whole fit here.
Yeah, I try every once a year. Sometimes it's too much.
I think there's a kind of subdued this year.
Yeah, yeah. What brings you guys out today?
(01:50):
We're here to like, celebrate. Canada here, come.
Here as a. Family and.
Just just see the. Beauty.
Check out what all of local Edmonton has to offer because
Edmonton is awesome and everybody should come and see
our beautiful city are. You guys originally from Canada
and. Raised, Born and raised
Edmontonian, both of us. Yeah, that's awesome.
What's your favorite part about Edmonton?
(02:11):
Festival We are the festival capital of Canada, so come out
enjoy the summer here. Enjoy all the festivals you have
to offer. Like my, my favorite part is
probably all like the local businesses here and how and how
like more like we can like all of us like at random times we
can just come together and just.Just celebrate cultures and
everything. As a country, what do you think
(02:33):
we could improve on in Canada? We.
Can improve on is how we can getmore jobs for people.
Yeah, more jobs and getting a lot of the people out of the
street. That would be very good.
Edmonton does has a has a serious homeless problem, right?
And we need to be able to eradicate that with more kind of
(02:54):
hope and more programs for them,right?
Yeah. So that would be great.
If the city can come out with somany programs, that would be
great and also mean being as a coach.
If we can use suppose to get kids out of the street, that
will also be good, yeah. What do you guys think that we
could do better though? Like to improve as a country?
Edmonton as a country, we're awesome already, so it's hard to
(03:17):
say, but we were to improve in the city.
I think our River Valley has lots to offer.
We're not taking advantage of it, so I think we could take
some notes from other cities andmake our River Valley a little
bit more accessible to everyone.Amber, how's your day?
He's been great so far. Happy Canada Day.
Are you originally from Canada? I was born in Africa, West
(03:38):
Africa, Iberia. Yeah, what what made you move to
Canada? 2010. 2010 yeah, yeah.
And what was the reason for this, Sir?
Because my wife is here. Yeah.
Just loving the people. They are very decent, very
great. Yeah, people are very nice.
Do you enjoy the winters? Not really.
I came for a very hard country also.
(03:59):
Yeah, winter was. Winter is very tough for me.
Even my first, the first time I ever came here, I thought I want
to go back because the place is cold.
Yeah. Yeah, Alberta.
Where here in Edmonton, AB wherethe temperatures can reach plus
30 like today or -30 hey. What do you think of all the
people that say Edmonton is likea boring dead city?
(04:19):
I mean, honestly, you just got to look for stuff to do.
There's always stuff going on festivals like you just really
got to look for it. If you're staying at home or in
Clareview or anything like that,there's not much to do over
there so. Yeah, 100%.
I feel like, you know, there's like a lot of life going on in
the city, but people don't make an effort to go look for it.
Oh, honestly, there's so much toenjoy about Edmonton.
You just have to be with the right people and just really,
(04:40):
honestly look for it. And.
What? Why do you dress up like this
for Canada? What makes you?
What specifically this year or every year?
Every year it seems like you're.Very proud Canadians, yeah.
What's your favorite part about Canada?
Everything, yeah. Be more specific.
Coast No, I can't. I like, I can't.
Like, everybody loves everybody.This is our country.
(05:03):
And see now, like, just love Canada.
Yeah. And would you mind just telling
the viewers where you're from? Spain.
What are you doing all the way here in Edmonton?
Exploring Edmonton and I workingin Calgary.
Okay, I see so in. Calgary.
You're working in Calgary, but you're here to visit Edmonton.
Yeah. So why Edmonton out of all the
(05:26):
places? I feel like, you know, there's
so much more to do in, like, Calgary, right?
Banff everything there. Yes, because I know Banff yet
and Kamor Yoho Park and I want to visit Edmonton because it's
the capital. The capital, yeah, yeah, a lot
of people don't know that it's actually the capital of Canada,
(05:47):
not. Calgary No.
As a country, do you which? What do you think is the best
that unites all of us? Is it like the music or food or?
Yeah, people, People. What separates us from the other
countries? Kindness, being sorry too much,
but we know, we know we're, we're kind.
(06:09):
We don't wear it on our sleeves and stay, but people know it.
We're kind. So yeah, kindness.
Why do you think we're kind? Do you think it's like from the
top down? Does it start from?
As Canadians, you'll learn it from whatever your parents, my
parents and everybody's nice here and just it's just
instilled. You'll learn it.
(06:31):
If you don't. I mean, you just learn it.
So man, what's what does Canada mean to you?
Hey I I'm an immigrant. I moved here at a very young
age. I was like 10 months old and
since I moved here, bro, like I just got to say this has been
such a chill, accepting country.And, you know, obviously, like
(06:54):
there is racism, there's some messed up.
What's what's this outfit all about?
It's just the thing I started about 15 years ago.
I come every year, I love Canada, I celebrate Canada and I
do this every year. 15 years? Wow, that's dedication.
What? What keeps you going?
I don't know, it's just for the love of Canada, I guess.
(07:17):
What's your favorite part about Canada?
You know, just the freedoms we enjoy in Canada.
It's a great place to live. Specifically, what kind of
freedoms? You know, just just that we can
do what we want. You know, we get free health
care. You know, we're not OK.
Wonderful. And was there anything else you
kind of wanted to say to, I don't know, Calgarians or
(07:39):
Edmontonians? Do you have a message for the
world? At this world yeah, I I don't
know more party because they thebars and disco close at 2:00 AM.
That's too early. Yes, it's early in the Spain
close at 6:00. 6:00 AM People are out till 6:00 AM.
Yeah, yeah, we don't, we don't do that kind of stuff around
here. It's just the nightlife is kind
(08:01):
of dead compared to somewhere like Madrid.
The nightlife here really quiet.So and you guys mentioned that
you're Persian, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Correct. How long have you guys like
lived in Persia? In Iran, like for 15?
Years. I mean Iran, sorry.
Yeah, 1515 years. Yeah, 15 years.
I was there till I was 15. Yeah.
What do you guys think of Iran compared to Canada?
(08:23):
You know what I'm saying? What are like the differences?
Things you like, Things you didn't like.
I love the culture back there and like the only thing that is
bad is like the economy situation there like so many
things about that. I would say so.
Like, the food and culture is greater, like, compared to you.
But again, yeah, the community of Canada, this is great.
(08:44):
Yeah. I love it.
Yeah. There's a lot going on with Iran
right now. I don't want to get too
political unless you guys are like, you know, comfortable
speaking on it. You guys have family back in
Iran still? Like there are some but like my
grandparents and this stuff, butlike most of them are like
Canada or like some of them in US and something like that.
Some of them are still back there, but like so many of them
(09:06):
in Canada. Yeah, for me, most of my
relatives are here like few likelong distance relatives.
They are back in Iran. Yeah, OK, I see.
Do you? Go and visit other countries.
Yes, America, but that was before the day.
Before the tariffs. Hey, where'd I say that?
Is this some sort of Politico? But what do you gotten planned
(09:27):
for today? You're watching fireworks.
Or did that down there. My wife is at home waiting for
me. So we're going to have a few
Canadians at home, then we're going to come back down to the
fireworks, yes. So yeah.
What do you think is better? You know what I'm saying?
The the women back home or the women here in Canada?
What do you think? It depends like, but like for
(09:51):
me, most of the time I go with Persian girls, it's easier,
easier to. Call.
Why is it easier? The cultural culture, Yeah, the
cultural easier. Yeah, the same connection, you
know, like the same culture, notthe.
Girl or isn't Persian? I would say my girlfriend is
Persian. Yeah, that's all.
And where's your girl? I don't have like I like.
(10:12):
I don't want a girlfriend right now we're.
Going to find someone for her tonight.
Can I, can I ask you guys? Is there is?
Yeah. What's your favorite part about
Canada? I think the freedom of our
country, the diversity of the culture, and my wife and I were
saying that yesterday, that it'schanged so much since we were
(10:34):
young, that it's what makes Canada what it is today is so
culturally diverse. There's a lot of different
perspectives, say, from all the different walks of life.
So many, yes. Do you have friends from all the
different backgrounds? Yes, we do.
She does. She does more.
She teaches at an inner city school, so she meets a lot more
(10:54):
people from other countries and people who have just moved to
Canada as well. How do you think this helps you
more understand more about yourself in the world?
I, I think it goes to show that we shouldn't just be
self-centered, that it's just us, that there's other people
with other lives out there and if they can come here and have a
(11:16):
better life and feel safer, thenthat's the best thing I would
think. What do you think?
Do you have any advice for youngCanadians out there who are
struggling to find meaning? I think if you want it bad
enough, the world is yours, right?
There's tons of, I think, complacency in our generation.
For young Canadians, however, there's a lot of there's a lot
(11:38):
of room in the pie and the pie keeps on growing, but there's
very few people who want to get a slice right.
So right now the situation is where a few individuals, they
get a really large slice. What I hope for the world to be
is the pie is going to keep on growing, but I want more people
to come share the pie. I want more people to have the
dreams and ambitions that they are capable of having.
I want more people to live up totheir potential, and I want more
(11:59):
people to realize that Canada especially is a place where
opportunity is something that isnot limited.
The only thing that limits your opportunity is your complacency.
Get out of your complacency. Get out of the get off the
couch. Start working for your dreams,
because there's tons to get out there.
What's your favorite part about Canada?
About Canada, probably, well if I was to say about Canada, be
(12:20):
like being born here and just seeing like a lot of the people,
how they act towards each other and stuff like that compared to
some places that I see. Where?
If you were to travel abroad, everybody likes Canada person,
right? And if you go and see other
countries, sometimes the interactions between people are
a lot different because I've been to a couple of countries
(12:42):
where it's a little bit different and not.
I just find it's very friendly here.
Do you guys have like any adviceto, you know, the people out
there that are kind of like, youknow, nervous about like maybe
socializing or making new friends?
Just live. Life, live life to the fullest.
That's all I could give out for the campus groups, college
groups, the worker groups, everybody who lives in Canada.
(13:05):
They got to live life to the fullest.
Do you feel like people in Canada don't?
You see? Yeah.
OK, I see. Yeah.
I mean, I'll definitely say, I'll definitely say that, you
know, I feel like people have trouble like kind of socializing
and meeting new people. You know, it's hard.
(13:27):
It's scary. I think people.
Should come out more like even if you don't.
Have any? Friends, if you're lonely, just
come out. There's a lot of people out
there. Yeah.
With all the things going on around the world, why do you
think Canada is a safe place? Well, that's a good question.
I, I think it's a safe place because there's, there's so much
(13:52):
diversity here. And, and I think the people that
have come to this country realize that they're able to
celebrate their own culture. And I think everybody here is
very accepting of that as well. I think we take it for granted,
hey, that being able to just go on walks in the middle of the
night, it's not granted in othercountries.
(14:13):
That's that's true. You have to be very careful in
some places. Yeah.
Do you have any advice for people for Canadians to want to
connect better? Are there any places that you
know of or of activities that brings people together in
Canada? No, we got museums.
We got this. Place legislature a lot.
(14:33):
They'll teach you a lot, right? It doesn't matter who you are.
But that's part of our province,our country.
And for Edmonton, just get up there and explore it.
There's a lot in love about Edmonton.
What happened to the natives? Like that's not good.
We shouldn't have done that actually.
Why am I saying we that was thatwas not.
(14:54):
Us so bro, it's indigenous now, man it's indigenous.
Right, my bad. That's actually Indigenous.
Indigenous. Sorry, now he's informed.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. So in that regard, yeah, I would
say Canada has a lot to work on.But also Canada has a lot of
strengths. Like, I do love our diversity.
I love that I could go grab sushi one day.
(15:15):
Shit, now I'm in the mood for shawarma.
Let me go get some shawarma. Right?
Like we have anything and everything that you need here,
bro. And it's like, there's so many
different communities here. I'm telling you, you will always
find like your people. And even if it isn't your
people, I would say everyone here is just super nice, bro.
I got, I got friends of like alldifferent races, ethnicities,
(15:36):
genders, you know what I'm saying?
Like. Yeah, that's why.
How do you practice being thankful with even with amidst
all the chaos in Canada that maybe you may be see seeing on
the news, how do you remind yourself that Canada is a great
place with lots of freedom? Cool.
Another good question. I I think we just get a great
chance to go out and experience different parts of Canada.
(15:59):
For example, this next weekend we're heading across Alberta
just for some camping through Alberta and we get to see the
beauty of our own province even.Yeah, yeah, you have to say for
young Canadians feeling lost right now.
Feeling lost in like, what way would you say?
Like with society changing, withAI, with social media, no mental
(16:19):
health's going up, yeah. Things, well, specifically
things with AII know it's a verycontroversial topic right now,
but I personally like AI and that's a lot of the things
because of it's a very good helping tool.
There's always a pro and a con to it, right?
There's the cons where people are thinking that they're going
to be losing jobs because of AI,but then there's a really good
pro towards people that may not have the have the skills or
(16:42):
think they don't have the skillsto get in whatever they need to
be into that they believe that they should be into.
But AI has now come into being atool that they can use to have
easier access into things like that.
That's awesome. Well, with Canada being great,
I'm also a big advocate for Canada's freedoms and rights and
I'm thankful I migrated here when I was 9.
What do you think we could do better on?
(17:04):
I think that we could be better at providing better services for
people who do come from other countries.
So I've known several people whowere doctors in their country of
origin but aren't allowed to study here.
And yet they should be able to study here and should be able to
practice their, you know, medicine, for example.
(17:25):
Or if they're a dentist or an engineer, it just seems that
they're they're barred from doing what they can.
At the school I taught at, our custodian was an engineer from
his country of origin, but yet he can't be an engineer here,
which is a shame. Yeah, I used to work at Panda
(17:46):
Express and there were like my some teachers there in their
country, some pharmacists, some engineers.
And when they come here, their degree isn't recognized and it's
just how do you think Canada cango about doing that?
Well, I think they have to starta program where they can
transfer those credits to to to work here or have some kind of a
(18:12):
hands on type practical or practicum type tests to get them
certified here. It would sure help with the
shortages of professionals in this country.
What do you think Canada can improve in?
Canada can specifically improve in what is it called, like our
hospitals and everything like that.
(18:33):
They can improve a lot with thatwith healthcare.
That's the word I was looking for.
So Healthcare is a big thing because, yeah, we have a really
big benefit of it being free, but a lot of people take forever
to get into something. Like I've known a couple people
off of like even jobs that have really seriously injured
themselves and it takes them like 9 hours to 10 hours just to
see help and get something as simple as like morphine just to
(18:56):
make them feel a little better. You know what I mean?
That's what I think it specifically should be.
And then if I gave it second, it'd be probably education,
because education is the next generation is always above no
matter what. I'm not that old, but I
understand that generations below, below me that are coming
up. They need certain things to be
able to learn about the society that we're living in now because
(19:18):
the change is so rapid that education needs to be just as
rapid. There's a lot of things you
learn about that you don't really apply that people think
they don't apply with. But we need more things to be
teaching us about how to live inthis society that's ever
changing to this date. That's that's what I believe in
healthcare and education people.Come from very different walks
(19:38):
of life, but we're kind of unified by this idea of Canada
that to be Canadian, it means tohave like, you know, our set of
guaranteed freedoms and have that mutual respect for each
other. And I think that's what I love
the most about Canada, you know,and honestly, things have been
kind of crazy for like, you know, I'm going to say it like
(20:00):
Indian people, like I'm Indian. I know a lot of people think I'm
Filipino, but no, I am I'm. This guy look Filipino.
A lot of people say that I'm noteven joking bro.
Yes I do. On God I do.
Yeah, but yag wave the comments every time there's an Indian
person. Guys, come on, We got to do
better. Right.
(20:20):
Yeah, it's, it's great. And OK, I'll agree, like maybe
some Indian people stink, right?But that's, that's not like all
of them, you know what I'm saying?
Like, shit, I, I wore deodorant this morning.
Come on. I, I put on my Cologne.
It smells. Good.
It smells good. I smell great, right?
Lux, Josh, get married. Smell this guy.
Smell this guy. Smell this.
(20:41):
Guy, is he good? It's pretty good.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, right. So like, obviously, you know, I
would say Indian people are getting a lot of hate right now.
But I think it's, I think it's stupid because I feel like with
every single race, any demographic, you know what I'm
saying? There's, there's problem people
(21:02):
and there's chill people. But think about the trends.
When COVID was happening, everyone was shitting on Asians.
When BLM was happening, everyonewas shitting on black people.
Like people just love to find a new racial demographic to just
throw all the problems onto. And it's like, it's like a
cycle. So I, I think it's hilarious,
you know what I mean? When I just see because like
since I started posting the Eulers videos I've just had
(21:24):
people been like deport the poor, get deported.
Well, as a Canadian, how do you instill kindness onto everyone
that you meet? Well, I do like the fact that
out here we care a lot about other people from other
countries as compared to like other places that they don't
feel as great about immigration and stuff like that.
(21:46):
So I kind of always was born andraised on the beliefs of, you
know, treat everybody kindly andkind of get a little bit of a
perspective on what they're going through.
And if they're what they're going through is something that
you wouldn't want to go through.You should be immensely kind to
the person that just escaped whatever they might have been
going through, like whatever turmoil they might be going
through. What do you, what's your advice
(22:07):
for the next generation? Because I know we live in this
world where there's social mediaand there's so much change in
AI. What do you have?
What's your words of wisdom for them?
Well, as I tell my students at school, be kind and be
respectful to everyone. Thank you so much.
You're very welcome. Thank you very much.
Happy Canada Day. Happy Canada Day.
What's your advice for the next generation watching this?
(22:30):
Be nice. Thank you so much for your time.
You have a great day, happy. Canada Day.
Happy Canada Day and what are you doing today in the
legislature? What are your plans for Canada
Day today? Anyway, today is my birthday by
the way, and. Happy birthday.
Thank you. I'm 40. 5:45 and.
(22:54):
He still looks like we're the same.
Man, Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's.
No overnight. That's really cool.
That's really cool. So Are you sure to come to
celebrate my birthday here and bring my kids in?
Just play in the water and just at the end of the day, watch the
fireworks. Are there is there any advice
for people that want to be parents or to be a good father?
(23:17):
How does how do you go about that?
I think as parents you just needto be yourself.
Don't be your duplicate parents and you know, be a good person.
Let the kids see you and know that Oh yes, my dad is a very
good person. Then to try to follow other
people full step, be there for them when they need you and
yeah, go for your all time. No one say no to your kids.
Make them to feel happy, even mono steady mono 40 when they
(23:40):
want to go outside, go outside and play.
Yo, sorry you can't you can keepgoing on your walk.
I just want. To say hi, do you want, do you
want to come in? Yeah, yeah.
So right here, campus again has been recognized.
Oh, this is my friend, actually,yeah.
We actually know each other from.
School. Yeah, not that.
Famous. Not a super fan.
How do you We were at dinner andhe couldn't keep his phone away
(24:00):
the entire time he's. Lying a lot.
Because birthday he made five Tik Toks during an incident.
What? Happens when people.
So, so social media can be really bad guys.
It's harmful. For relationships, he had all
his friends there who he hadn't seen since this semester in
school year. Didn't say hi to half of them.
Get off your phone. Campus is addicted.
(24:22):
Get up. First of all, she's lying.
She's just straight up lying. I made three.
I made three Max. First of all, I made three Max
and I asked everyone for permission at the table.
Second of all, maybe, maybe maybe I'd be more inclined to
talk to my friends if they weren't fat shaming me.
If they. Weren't this this she's?
Fat if they weren't coming up tome calling me, you hear this?
(24:44):
Whoa, now I'm being accused. She goes up to me.
She goes up to me. She's like, suck it in.
Suck it in what? That's.
Never. As an athlete we constantly face
criticism for our bodies and that is something I would never
want to inflict on. Somebody else?
Hey, all I got to say is I love.Be who you are.
Good night. Men's mental health, guys, it
(25:05):
matters. I, I don't even know her.
I don't even know why she came up to us.
I'm honestly like really uncomfortable with that whole
interaction right now. But yeah, guys, this is campus.
We're out here trying to spread love, peace, and then like
looking around, we love Canada. It's just the one thing the best
country. Trump can't do shit because we
(25:26):
love the peoples and we stay strong.
Hey, fuck Donald Trump. Fuck Donald.
Yeah, no, I I'm praying for peace.
I I love Donald Trump. He's a great guy.
I'm. Gonna clip it, Donald Trump.
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