Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney having lunch with Bryan Adams in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada.

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[u/BiBoFieTo]

Serious shit going down.

For non-Canadians, this is our government's situation room.

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"Bryan, I'm assembling a team.."

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“…no Bryan, you’re not on the team. But we need a Top 40 worthy 90s theme song.”

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That cuts like a knife

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But it feels so right

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Sir, everything I do, I do it for you.

[u/mindfungus → u/Background_Handle_96]

We need you to do again what you did in 69

[u/PunkRawkSoldier → u/mindfungus]

Specifically, in the summer of ‘69. The winter was a bit of a wash.

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The important thing to remember is We're gonna win, and honestly, It ain't a party if you can't come round.

[u/hbob0734 → u/CO_Golf13]

It should bring our country back to better times, like the summer of '69

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Important to note that everything they do, they do it for you

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Close, but this time we were looking for 67. Different demographics.

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I got one them Great value black picnic butter knife’s in plastic in hand. I got it from the Walmart right by the five and dime

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"... It's going to be you, Celine, and Shania."

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Don’t forget Neil and the remaining members of the Tragically Hip

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And Allan Doyle and the Great Big Sea guys :)...ooooh...and Alanis Morissette too!

Killer Canadian PR and morale boosting team! Bring on the power ballads, anti-establishment anthems, uplifting jigs, and angsty disillusionment songs with a hint of barbed wire in them 🎶💪🇨🇦🤣👍

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-calls Billy Talent and Alexisonfire-

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Getty Lee and crew on backup logistics like Moving Pictures and such.

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Get Alanis on the blower!

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Then he said it again in French.

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Bryan, Je constitue un équipe

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Cana-vengers assemble!

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*Alpha Flight assemble

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https://giphy.com/gifs/EXvjpRdK2rfBAa5DN7

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You guys forgot the squad leader.

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https://giphy.com/gifs/xT8qBlmw7n6ONeWRrO

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Words do not discribed how happy I am that he's coming back for Spaceballs 2

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Alpha flight

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https://giphy.com/gifs/q8a6ztMpTiE5t9O1RE

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they're called Alpha Flight.

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You son if a bitch, I'm in!

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Everything I do, I do it for you

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You can tell because Bryan's wearing his Formal Converse.

For non-Canadians, there's Regular, Formal, Winter, and Blizzard.

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Winter Chuck Taylor's might be the greatest thing ever. I love them. Also have some winter Vans with plaid liner.

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lol this reminds me of my hometown. There was a Tim Hortons right across the street from the courthouse. Was always filled with opposing legal counsel trying to make deals on breaks.

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"Look... here's the final offer. Half of my potato wedges and my client does 3 months."

• "Add 2 packs of ketchup and you got a deal."

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While one of them recently closed (I wonder why) my hometown (hint the hometown of Timmies) had a Drive-thru Timmies, 150 m to the west was a Timmies in a gas station, 400 - 500m to the south was a full-blown Timmies, and 200 m east of that was another drive-thru Timmies.

Also, we have the Tim Hortons museum which is on the site of the original Timmies that they bulldozed to build this one (bastards!) which is the Timmies at which my friends and I loitered as kids for hours on the spinny stools at the counter cuz it was around the corner from us. They actually served non-shitty doughnuts back then (I think it was the cigarette smoke that added to the flavour).

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Aawww...I forgot about the spinny stools that used to be at Timmie's counters back in the old days.

One of my cousins worked the overnight shift as an in-house baker for a Tim's for a while during my youth...back when they had actual humans baking the "baked goods" 😒The donuts back then were so good! It's tragic to see how far they've fallen...ugh :(

[u/Amoral_Abe → u/BiBoFieTo]

Oh yeah... well the US can play hardball too..... President Trump just threatened to hurt the US unless the Fed takes actions that will hurt the US. I'm.... I'm actually not sure what we gain in that situation but.... it's something.... so......

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Yeh, I legit dunno what the fuck Trump is on about with... Whatever the fuck this is...?

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My guess is coke and/or pills at this point. But the real answer is some combination of dementia and whatever he still owes Putin.

(And like probably drugs, but that seems maybe less relevant here)

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WHERE THE HELL IS BRIAN BOITANO??????

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He's currently fighting the evil robot king in the year 3010

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I’m sure he’d kick an ass or two

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That's what Brian Boitano'd do!

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Boitano = US skater.

Are you thinking Elvis Stoyko?

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Probably Brian Orser.

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I mean, they are talking about Persians

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Ontario? Is that next to the world famous lake Ontario?

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Yes, it was named after it even.

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Thunder Bay is on the north side of Lake Superior

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Thunder Bay is on the north side of Lake Superior

You mean Lake Canada?

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I'm on the southern shores of Lake Canada, and permission granted.

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Well, no, Thunder Bay is almost 1000km from Lake Ontario, but I like the spirit.

[u/Bradski89 → u/RaketRoodborstjeKap]

They said Ontario. Which is very close to Lake Ontario.

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Some even say it's adjacent.

[u/HurinGaldorson]

"Fuck Bryan, yes, I've really loved a woman. Cut it out."

[u/the_real_Beavis999 → u/HurinGaldorson]

Was it a "one night love affair"?

[u/GordShumway → u/the_real_Beavis999]

Yes, in the summer of '69.

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It cut like knife

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But it felt so right

[u/three_whack]

The other folks just chillin', with the Prime Minister sitting a few feet away.

[u/muzik4machines → u/three_whack]

totally normal here, we don't go all crazy for a PM and there is no need to close a full block and a whole city of roads just for him to eat, most people would probably recognize bryan adams and not him anyway

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there were some polite protestors outside

Probably for the best considering Chrétien's history of dealing with protestors.

[u/Frostsorrow → u/Taikunman]

Security isn't there to protect the PM, but the protestors

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How do you think his hands got that way?

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Shawinigan Handshakes

[u/MyBurnerAccount1977 → u/Taikunman]

I'm familiar with the Shawinigan Handshake, but didn't he once take out an intruder with a golf club?

[u/Beartech31 → u/MyBurnerAccount1977]

I think it was some sort of decorative sculpture! Simpler times...

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It was his wife who wielded the sculpture.

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It was an Inuit soapstone carving

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Makes ya proud to be Canadian, that detail.

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Inuit soapstone statue, and that was Aline, his wife...don't fuck with the Chrétien family..lol. And they were both in their mid sixties at the time...

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I met Chrétien during a class try in 1996. My class was visiting Parliament and got in trouble for falling asleep in the public gallery. The whole group got ushered to a room where we waited for like 10 minutes. Then the door opened and he called in, booming out “ELLO! I AM CHRÉTIEN!” he shook everyone’s hands, talked with us for 30 minutes, and when he found out we didn’t have a flag in our gym, gave our PE teacher one from his office. (My parent had the photo of that on the fridge for the longest time…long gone now)

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You describing his greeting made me LOL - i want for people to enter in the same way in all situations now

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The protestors knew what would happen if they got impolite with him.

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same when mulroney came to visit our school, he ate at the cafeteria, RCMP were outside, he was just there with his kids visiting the high school

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Trudeau came to my small town for skiing last year. Some crazy lady tried to yell at him, but other than that it was pretty normal.

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Trudeau was pretty good at handling hecklers and people harassing him irl.

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Both father and son are quick as shit...watch how easily PET dealt with hostile interviewers trying to get gotcha moments from him, he'd smile and destroy them with a few lines...lawyer, justice minister, attorney general...professor of law...yeah...sorry to the poor beat reporter from Canmore trying to corner him... you're not going to outwit this dude...

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Like throttle like a Shawinigan Handshake?

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Shook his hand. It was big, tough and firm. The type of hand that could really throttle a guy if he got too close.

😂 Good ol' Shawinigan handshake.

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A normal handshake or the Shawinigan handshake?

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I can’t help but think non-Canadians will think your reference to Chrétien throttling someone a bit odd (not knowing of the Shawinigan handshake.)

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"The type of hand that could really throttle a guy if he got too close" :-)
The Shawinigan Handshake, Feb 15, 1996
https://youtu.be/zMBJp0yJvsY?t=32
(For those who didn't get your reference)

[u/knox902 → u/muzik4machines]

Maybe I'm the minority but I would be able to tell that is Mark Carney in this photo but without telling me it's Bryan Adams, I would not have a clue.

Edit: I am pretty confused at the reply to me being removed. One of them I understand, that person needs a better grasp of the English language. The other person though, that was a totally normal thing to say.

[u/So6oring → u/muzik4machines]

Mike Myers was dancing or something in Toronto the other week and people just assumed he was another crackhead

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Both can be true!

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As it should be. They are leaders who run the government, not celebrities to jack off over

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Smaller scale but I’m in Newfoundland, I was at a big event one summer and our premier was just attending as a regular dude with his wife and kids, no one gave a shit, tried to bother him or anything. 

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My brother once played hockey against Stephen Harper’s son. Harper came in with maybe two security guards and gladly took pics with people, but it seems like he got to enjoy the game in relative peace.

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I went on a trip to NFLD that coincided with Canada Day a few years ago and we dropped in to a large local event, and Trudeau showed up! Toured around the crowd, had a hot dog and left. It was surreal

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Back when Harper was PM I was at a movie theatre here in Ottawa when he was there with his kids. There were some RCMP guys with earpieces around but generally he walked around like everyone else, lined up for popcorn and soda for the kids, sat in the theatre for the movie. And people left him alone, as it should be.

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Yep I’m from TBay and I feel like for much of the city it would be a novelty at most, not an “omg!!!! Prime minister!!!! Freak out!!” kind of thing.

More like a “who’s sitting there? The PM? Oh, that’s cool. So what do you want for lunch?” kind of thing haha

[u/greydawn → u/three_whack]

I don't know how to explain it exactly, but I feel like Canadians (and I'm sure other countries do too) tend to feel like our leader is just one of us, except they're leading the country? They're not celebrities and they are pretty approachable usually. It's not disinterest exactly but just like "oh yeah that's Mark over there, cool, anyways...".

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I feel like the best explanation is showing them.The clip of when Rick Mercer, openly gay comedian in the 90s when being open was unusual, and he went skinny dipping with Bob Rae - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1vm4kvZV_fg (edited to say, skip to about 5:35 for the Butt Scene lol)

Or when the Air Farce people break into the Parliament journalist scrum while in their character, like Marg Delahaunty Warrior Princess (Mary Walsh) and everyone plays along. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BUUeJYgXQig&t=15

(Bonus, they got Jean to do a Shawinigan Handshake instead of an autograph)

It's the same with the security, just show people Rick's visit to the Mint in Ottawa and he keeps trying to take the gold bars - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6iFiH78ltS0

Like, if you've ever seen a serious hockey game, it's obvious we don't fuck about, but that doesn't mean you can't have a bit of fun en route.

edited to add, since we're doing classic moments, the Chicken Cannon with Colonel "Theresa" Stacey - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NLJ5q3-XJtQ

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I like that he isn’t treated like a celebrity. Politicians are there to work for the people, not be idolized and deified by the people

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My brother and his wife sat behind Trudeau (not long after he resigned) on a plane. Everyone just looked over, whispered to their partner, and then gave him the space he deserves.

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probably because half the country doesn't want his head on a spike like the other country.

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A few metres away.

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So I indirectly know people who worked as Justin Trudeau’s security detail. If something is planned like visiting the Stampede or a place like a factory, the event organizers/owners of the place know in advance and are given protocol by the RCMP, employees will go through security and so will people attending usually. Snipers might be deployed if the venue makes sense for it. The level of security depends on the place, context and how long in advance the visit was planned.

If the PM just decided to make a detour to get a hot dog, his security is very close. If the risk doesn’t make sense they will say so. The fact that he’s sitting with a celebrity means it’s probably planned and that place got checked and all the good stuff.

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That's how it should be everywhere, he's an employee, nothing more, he's not the Messiah.

[u/VE3VNA]

"You know, I'm something of a musician myself."

[u/njp584]

"Mark, can you buy me some Molson Golden?"
"Bryan, just buy your own beer."
"I can't, drinking age is 19 in Ontario"
"....You're 66."
"I'm 18. 18 'til I die."

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Summer of '69 forever baby

[u/Bubbling_Battle_Ooze]

I know this isn’t the point, but I lowkey love that our prime minister can just go have lunch in a busy fast food restaurant without a whole bunch of pomp and circumstance. No secret service sweeping the place or shutting it down for him. It’s not some photo op to try to push an agenda. Like obviously he has a protection detail, he’s not just there by himself, but I dunno. It’s just two guys having lunch like any other guy. It feels nice to see that the head of our government can do that. It feels quaint. The US could never.

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No lie: I went to a diner in NYC once and a secret service agent asked to search my backpack before I went in. I asked him if Beyoncé was inside. Turns out Bernie Sanders was tucked into a solo table in the corner eating matzo ball soup. It was totally chill and regular feeling inside until he got up to go, and 85% of the patrons, who were actually plainclothes agents, stood up to leave with him. 😂

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The US did at one point, but too many attempted assassinations gave them the jitters.

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It’s almost like when you have no gun control things get more dangerous 🤔

[u/roastedmarshmellows]

There’s something reassuring about the leader of the free world just casually having a conversation in public over a cafeteria tray.

Edit: thank you for the awards, my friends! 🍁

[u/24cupsandcounting → u/roastedmarshmellows]

True! And nice of him to make time for Carney

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https://giphy.com/gifs/12ZDIx1Mw1cXVm
Truth.

[u/Northerner763 → u/roastedmarshmellows]

I don't remember her name sadly but the PM of New Zealand during COVID or there after being shown just shopping at a farmers market always thought was nice

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Jacinda Ardern! And agreed

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She's recently had to move to Australia because of the constant threats of violence and death she was getting in NZ. The conservative cookers over there have a wild irrational hatred of her.

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wild irrational hatred

aka the only conservative value they wont abandon at the drop of a hat.

[u/PM_me_punanis → u/roastedmarshmellows]

When no one wants you dead, it's easy to walk around without a security team. 🤔

[u/LeftHandAnomaly → u/PM_me_punanis]

They do have security teams, they're just not dressed up in suits. I remember seeing Harper in a movie theatre in Calgary many years ago with his kid? I think, and there were a few normally dressed dudes standing in the aisle in the back lmao

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Trudeau visited my place of employment twice for announcements, the security was pretty serious. Shooters staged on roofs, back door entrances and exits, they did a full sweep of adjacent offices and blocked them all off and everything.

[u/LeftHandAnomaly → u/tuppenyturtle]

Might be the difference between a planned event people know the PM would be at vs off the cuff leisure thing PM does with his free time

[u/tuppenyturtle → u/LeftHandAnomaly]

I'm sure his security was watching very carefully, just not in this picture. I'm sure they definitely ramp up security for planned events though

[u/thatguythere47 → u/tuppenyturtle]

Obama was in Ottawa once for something and Trudeau mentioned he liked this restaurant that was like down the street so they just walked over. Apparently, the Secret Service was really stressed since they hadnt pre-cleared the place and watched the food be made. plus they were worried about snipers and on one hand I get it on the other its fuckin Ottawa man, chill out.

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Also, Trudeau had death threats by some whacko convoy types over the latter years of his tenure.

[u/roastedmarshmellows → u/PM_me_punanis]

I appreciate that my prime minister doesn’t have to fabricate assassination attempts to rally his base.

[u/Ch33zNugg3ts → u/roastedmarshmellows]

Its just that none of them wanna make the trip from Alberta. /s

But also not /s, if you ever been in any small town in Alberta you'll see soooo many fuck carney flags and Poilievre offices

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I am a rural Albertan. It’s actually ridiculous and eyerollingly cringy. Forever Canadian here.

Edit: for added good measure, fuck Mar-a-Laina “Danielle” Smith, worst so-called Premier in Alberta’s history.

[u/EfficientSeaweed → u/roastedmarshmellows]

I'm moving to a rural area from Calgary soon, and I've already experienced culture shock just looking at properties

[u/DCS30 → u/PM_me_punanis]

they're there, just not on top of him.

[u/IronGigant → u/PM_me_punanis]

The fellow on the right with the sling pack and wired ear buds kinda looks like plainclothes close protection, just saying.

[u/RexDeDeus → u/IronGigant]

The table of 5 in the back is his security team. Nobody expects grandpa to jump up and kick your ass.

[u/greydawn → u/PM_me_punanis]

Our PMs still have security detail, it's just not as intense as the US. They can walk out in public, go to hockey games etc without it having to be a huge deal - they just will have some security with them.

[u/DroidNeedsCoffee]

Many years ago, my friends and I got a photo with Trudeau at one of our small town's chicken shop. We we used to go to there for lunch in high school.

Say what you want about the guy, but I think there's something beautiful that our leaders can shoot the shit like the rest of us.

[u/Bufus → u/DroidNeedsCoffee]

A big difference between Canada and the United States is that Canadians in general take great exception to someone acting like they are "exceptional". While there is undeniable social and cultural stratification in Canada, we really, really don't like people who acknowledge that, and we expect that our public figures maintain a level of "normalcy" to them. This has the effect of keeping people both humble and accessible, but can have the negative effect of stymying certain things. A bit of "Tall Poppy Syndrome". We're generally more adverse to things like celebrity culture, and tend to not like it when a Canadian celebrity becomes heavily "Americanized" or "Hollywood" as its seen as being sort of distinctly un-Canadian.

It also helps that we don't really have a large, well-defined "political class" in Canada like they do in the States. We don't really go in for lifelong politicians, and are generally more suspicious of people who centre their entire lives around "politics". Undeniably there are people who stay in politics for a long time, but we generally don't cultivate the same sort of long-term "political celebrities" in the vein of Joe Biden, Lindsay Graham, Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, Mitch McConnell, etc. This creates a culture where politicans are much more viewed as civil servants than "political power players".

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Carney, for someone with a lot of money and obviously part of the elites, is especially good at being a normal guy. My dad worked 30 years at the bank of Canada - not a high up job or anything and he played hockey with Carney while he was governor. Even came to my dad's retirement party.

Years later, when he was just a regular guy and not a governer of a national bank, we saw him at the end of the Ottawa marathon. Still remembered my dad by name and asked how things were.

[u/ImmortalMoron3 → u/timbasile]

Carney, for someone with a lot of money and obviously part of the elites, is especially good at being a normal guy.

We just got a good example the other day. Dude's making an important economic announcement and still found time to rip on the Leafs for not winning the Cup in over 50 years. Like a true Canadian.

[u/TheSkyIsAMasterpiece → u/Bufus]

I like how our political leaders, PMs included are fine with being made fun of or appearing on shows and being fun of like 22 Minutes. 

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Canada is also a polite society. I bet lots of people there would like to talk to him but most of us have the voice in our head telling us that it would be rude and that we shouldn't bother him.

I loosely remember an old radio interview (I think it was Alice Cooper in the early 90's) with an American musician talking about how much he loves Halifax because he can walk the streets like he wasn't famous. People would recognize him and just smile and wave/nod their head. Nobody mobbed him.

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I think this is why so many celebrities don’t mind/ are happy to spend their downtime in Canada. For the most part the average person doesn’t really care & if they do, the reaction isn’t the same… Usually just a quiet acknowledgement.

[u/Cautious_Clothes_285 → u/h_danielle]

He's Canadian but I saw Kim Coates (Sons of Anarchy) chilling at a bar in Canmore once. At first I was only like 90% sure it was him. He was sitting at the bartop so when I went to refresh my tables' pints I ended up standing next to him. Got the drinks and after hearing him talking to the person next to him was now 99% sure it was him so I was like "Hey, sorry to interrupt but are you Kim Coates?" and he was like "Yeah, that's me." and I said "Cool, I liked Sons of Anarchy, great work. Cheers." and clinked glasses and went on my way.

I've met other celebs too but yeah the expectation I think is that you're just another person so act like one. I know I've gotten turned off whenever I have met someone famous or semi-famous and they act like it's a big deal and they're too good to hang out and chat with us plebs, but I also don't necessarily want to chat with you just cause you're famous.

[u/kimjonguncanteven → u/Bufus]

Sounds like Australia too. PM or not, you’re just like everybody else. Tall poppy syndrome is a big thing.

There’s a clip of a former PM doing a suburban press conference. One of the house owners comes out and tells the PM to get off the lawn. Haha

https://youtu.be/t17O2AKa2FU?si=2DmqbuSlayr6qxfG

[u/exolstice → u/DroidNeedsCoffee]

I went to an escape room in Montreal, and Justin Trudeau was just there with his kids. The only reason I recognized him was because there was a 7 foot guy wearing sunglasses indoors standing nearby.

[u/allgravy99 → u/DroidNeedsCoffee]

I ran into Trudeau at Dominion Square Taverne in Montreal. He was PM at the time.

I was on a Tinder date, and we were both shocked. He kept going to bar and then to table in the back, presumably to get shots, and we didn't know what was going on. Naturally, he had two security guys that were at the bar just sitting there, but not too involved with anyone.

Oh, the guy in the back, it was PK Subban.

[u/Unarmed_Character]

This was on September 3rd, 2026.

[u/dragonreborn567 → u/[deleted]]

No, that was the summer of '69.

[u/Jingocat]

Fun Fact: When Bryan Adams was in his "prime", Mark Carney was into punk rock.

[u/GabPower64 → u/Jingocat]

Never knew that. I just read a little about it and he’s a fan of The Clash.

I’m weary a Clash t-shirt right now so that’s kind of funny to me.

[u/MAXSquid → u/GabPower64]

Check out Nardwuar's interview with Carney, dude loves his music.

[u/cassandra2028 → u/Jingocat]

I learn more about Mark Carney and I like him more.

[u/Competitive-Tea-6141]

To celebrate Adams new song that he wrote about Terry Fox (they also took a picture in front of the Fox memorial. Very Canadian

[u/CaptainPajamaShark]

Is mark carney the Nick fury of Canada and assembling the Canadian Avengers?

[u/Frostsorrow → u/CaptainPajamaShark]

It's called Alpha Flight

[u/ThePensiveE → u/CaptainPajamaShark]

Nah, they don't need the Avengers. America doesn't have any weapons left for homeland defense.

[u/TheSJDRising]

Can I just say, as a Brit, Carney is probably my most admired world leader in a long time.

I remember when it was announced he was going to be our BoE chair and I thought 'WTF?', but the more I saw of his words and actions the more I respected him, especially after we fumbled Brexit.

Then he became your PM, made some amazing speeches, pivoted an economy and stood up to Trump and I can't help thinking how great the world would be if we had more leaders like him.

Kudos.

[u/Shorelines1 → u/TheSJDRising]

Absolutely

I’ve never voted for a Liberal candidate but these days the person is more important than the party.

And that person (Carney) is pulling the right levers at the right time.

Anyone or anybot that says otherwise is partisan. We have the right man representing Canada when we need it the most. Perhaps ever, we’ll see

[u/jude7769 → u/Shorelines1]

I've always said it's the person not the party. You can have very conservative liberals and very progressive conservatives. Politics is on a line afterall.

[u/three_whack]

The other folks just chillin', with the Prime Minister sitting a few feet away.

[u/trplOG → u/three_whack]

And a pretty iconic Canadian singer. Pretty normal canadian behavior.

[u/i_dunnoman]

Been to the Persian Man many times, it’s an institution in Thunder Bay, the pink frosting donuts are sold absolutely everywhere in town.

[u/rileyjonesy1984]

OP, is this a Timmy Ho's or what?

[u/i_dunnoman → u/rileyjonesy1984]

It’s the Persian Man!! Persians are a staple in Thunder Bay and a must have if you are ever in town.

[u/chartyourway → u/i_dunnoman]

What is a Persian??

[u/Nyarlathotechno → u/chartyourway]

A donut-type pastry with pink frosting.

[u/MaryJane185 → u/Nyarlathotechno]

I would be so damn fat if I were Prime Minister. I mean, I’m fat now, but still…

[u/handsomecry → u/chartyourway]

Cinnamon bun with pink strawberry icing, sooo damn tasty!

[u/Otterfan → u/handsomecry]

Important also to note that it's a fried cinnamon bun. Most cinnamon buns are baked.

[u/Unarmed_Character → u/rileyjonesy1984]

It's a local donut shop.

[u/katienatie → u/Unarmed_Character]

Aw I kinda love that

[u/rileyjonesy1984 → u/Unarmed_Character]

tasty!

https://giphy.com/gifs/CgKFTMMFDESNW

[u/Eglitarian → u/rileyjonesy1984]

Place called "The Persian Man" in Tbay.

[u/jamminatorr → u/rileyjonesy1984]

Also a lot of us are starting to recognize the internationally owned slop that Timmies has become. Its far less popular/cultural than it used to be.

[u/zephiebee → u/rileyjonesy1984]

Nah, they don't have the red cups and Tim's doesn't have trays like that.

[u/plenoto → u/[deleted]]

No, because we put our pedophiles into prison, not in the Parliament!

[u/blue1955]

Probably the only suit in Thunder Bay

[u/RoyalBlue816]

Most Canadian photo ever taken

[u/postwhateverness → u/RoyalBlue816]

There's also a photo of them together in front of the Terry Fox statue (also in Thunder Bay) and I think that's the most Canadian photo ever taken.

[u/AtG68 → u/RoyalBlue816]

Nah, nobody wearing a Canadian tuxedo

[u/bca21422]

This could be the most Canadian headline ever.

It could only be topped if Rush were also playing live in the background.

[u/tompear82]

The Canadian government has apologized for Bryan Adams on several occasions

[u/BillBumface → u/tompear82]

Thank you for your service. Scrolled the comments just to make sure this was taken care of.

[u/NeuromancyIndustries]

So is this a great day for Thunder Bay?

[u/paksman]

Years ago, while waiting at a red light in Mississauga, a tiny subcompact pulled up beside me. What caught my eye was the vanity plate: MAYOR 1. ​I leaned over and looked inside. There she was—our legendary, fiercely sharp, nonagenarian mayor, Hazel McCallion. She was hunched slightly over the wheel of what looked straight out of Mr. Bean, completely alone, with no motorcade, no armed security detail, just patiently waiting for the light to change like everyone else. ​Coming from a country where even minor public officials travel with aggressive sirens, tinted SUVs, and armed bodyguards, the sight floored me. "Hurricane Hazel" held immense political sway for decades, yet there she was, stuck in rush hour beside ordinary commuters in a little runabout. ​It was one of my earliest realizations of what grounded civic leadership looks like—and a reminder of why I fell in love with Canada.

[u/SnooChocolates1242]

Visited Canada this past summer and want to say how chill and down to earth Canadians are. They’re like Norwegians but English and French speaking .

[u/juliuspepperwood708]

Those wondering what they are eating, it’s called a Persian, a Thunder Bay delicacy

[u/kittykatmila]

Bryan Adam’s is great, my mom knew him when he was starting out and said he was a really nice guy.

I know he’s a vocal supporter of Palestine, hope he brought that up with Carney.

[u/ScottishDaneLad]

Carney got Bryan Adams 

Trump got Kid Rock 

🤣🤣🤣🤣