Canada

15 statements across 15 episodes · 7 bullish · 5 bearish · 7 people on the record · first statement May 1, 2021 by Jason Calacanis · said 279 times in 136 episodes since 2020 · across every show →

Mentions by year

brought up most by Chamath Palihapitiya (97), Jason Calacanis (85), David Friedberg (18), David Sacks (16), Senator Ted Cruz (7), Ben Shapiro (6), Changpeng Zhao (CZ) (5), Rand Paul (4)

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2026 52 mentions in 21 episodes 2 per episode
2025 63 mentions in 28 episodes 2 per episode
2024 22 mentions in 19 episodes 1 per episode
2023 47 mentions in 19 episodes 2 per episode
2022 50 mentions in 24 episodes 2 per episode
2021 37 mentions in 21 episodes 2 per episode
2020 8 mentions in 4 episodes 2 per episode

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Everything said about Canada, oldest first

May 1, 2021 positive
Assertion Supported
Calacanis: Australia, Canada, and New Zealand solved immigration via point-based systems
“Other countries have solved this exact thing with the point-based system. Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and others have all worked on a system like this, which is you get points for each of the qualities that you bring, and then you put some numbers on it, b…”
Jason Calacanis May 1, 2021 ▶ 47:12 E31: Post-vaccination virtue signaling, pandemic lessons, immigration, Caitlyn Jenner for CA & more
Dec 23, 2021 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Sachs: Starlink is faster than fixed broadband in seven major countries
“Now it's reported that Starlink is faster than the fixed broadband average in Belgium, Canada, Australia, Germany, the UK, New Zealand, and France.”
David Sacks Dec 23, 2021 ▶ 1:17:47 E60: The 2021 Bestie Awards PLUS Jack Dorsey starts the Web3 Wars
Feb 12, 2022
Assertion Supported
Chamath: Canadian truckers are 90% vaccinated, exceeding national rate
“Truckers are 90% vaccinated. They're vaccinated at a higher percentage than the actual broad-based population of Canada, which is about 78%.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Feb 12, 2022 ▶ 31:48 E67: Revisiting Rogan, Canadian truckers' protest, fusion breakthrough, $MSFT's savvy move & more
Oct 1, 2022 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Chamath: IMF criticized Bank of Canada for hiding meeting minutes
“The IMF has kind of like a view on how all these central banks act. Last week, they actually excoriated, and this is, this hurts me, to say Canada. Because of their lack of transparency, apparently Canada doesn't even put out minutes.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Oct 1, 2022 ▶ 43:36 E98: Big tech starts making cuts, Fed incompetency, global debt, Russia/Ukraine & more
Jan 20, 2023 positive
Assertion Partly supported
Calacanis: Canada and Australia utilize point-based immigration systems
“Look at Canada. Look at Australia. They have what's called a point-based immigration system. They give you points for everything that you bring to the country.”
Jason Calacanis Jan 20, 2023 ▶ 58:09 E112: Is Davos a grift? Plus: globalist mishaps, debt ceilings, TikTok's endgame & more
Jul 9, 2023 positive
Assertion Supported
Gerstner: Canada launched digital nomad and work visas targeting U.S. H-1B holders
“In Canada last week you know, the government announced an aggressive push to recruit technology workers from around the world to Canada, so they made it easier for tech workers to get what they are calling a digital nomad visa, so you can now go and work you k…”
Brad Gerstner Jul 9, 2023 ▶ 1:10:33 E136: Hacking the pod, Threads launches, Fed minutes, immigration, balloon farce, heart health
Jan 13, 2024 neutral
Assertion Supported
Sacks: Coalition allies contributed no military assets to Houthi strikes
“The allies who participated in the campaign of airstrikes were UK, Australia, Canada, Netherlands, and Bahrain. But I don't think they actually did anything. I don't think they contributed any assets. They just provided their names to this operation and provid…”
David Sacks Jan 13, 2024 ▶ 3:28 E161: US strikes Houthis, market instability, Q1 rate cuts in doubt, Carta's major mishap, DEI
Jan 11, 2025 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Palihapitiya: A melted Arctic shipping lane could rival the Panama Canal
“Because of climate change and other things, the Arctic ice shelf is melting and the more and more it melts, it opens up a shipping lane in the Northern passage for A lot of critical goods. And so if you had some sort of strategic agreement with Canada and Gree…”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jan 11, 2025 ▶ 1:35:39 LA's Wildfire Disaster, Zuck Flips on Free Speech, Why Trump Wants Greenland
Jan 19, 2025 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Cruz: 50,000 Canadians travel to US yearly for medical care
“Every year about 50,000 Canadians come to America on what they call medical tourism, because they can't get the medical care they need in Canada”
Senator Ted Cruz Jan 19, 2025 ▶ 21:51 Ted Cruz: Trump's First Week, Texas vs. California, Immigration, DOGE, Greenland
Sep 9, 2025 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Carlson: Canada's MAID program funds suicide for non-terminal economic distress
“Native Canadians are encouraged to kill themselves at government expense for non-terminal illnesses up to and including economic distress. And that's sponsored by the government. It's called the Maids Program.”
Tucker Carlson Sep 9, 2025 ▶ 43:38 Tucker Carlson and Mark Cuban Debate How to Save America 🔥 | All-In Summit 2025
Dec 13, 2025 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Chamath: Multicultural policies slow Canada's GDP and foreign direct investment
“All of that indirection, trying to celebrate everybody's heritage, confuses and slows that country down. And you can see it in the GDP. You can see it in the FDI, foreign direct investment.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Dec 13, 2025 ▶ 44:39 Tucker Carlson: Rise of Nick Fuentes, Paramount vs Netflix, Anti-AI Sentiment, Hottest Takes
Jan 15, 2026 negative
Assertion Partly supported
Makary calls out Froot Loops for using petroleum dyes in U.S.
“Fruit Loops was making cereal for Canada, where the petroleum-based dyes were banned, and a different Fruit Loops for the United States for American kids.”
Dr. Marty Makary Jan 15, 2026 ▶ 1:17:35 Supercharging a New FDA: Marty Makary on Science, Power & Patients
Feb 10, 2026 positive
Opinion
Palihapitiya: Canadian higher education avoids insurmountable debt unlike US
“Canada is incredible because you can get this education and it doesn't saddle you with this debt that you can't overcome, which is not true in the United States for many people.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Feb 10, 2026 ▶ 8:34 Binance CEO: 4 Months in Prison, $4 Billion Fine, and What Comes Next
Jun 27, 2026
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chamath: Social media bans will reduce youth political radicalization
“I think you are going to see, I suspect, a far less radicalized youth aging into the voting rolls in those three countries.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Jun 27, 2026 ▶ 26:20 Socialists Sweep NYC, China Catches Up in Coding, AI Memory Crunch, Micron's Blowout Quarter
Aug 29, 2026 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Chamath: Teen social media restrictions will probably spread to more countries
“These limitations are coming around in Australia and Canada and the UK. They'll probably appear in other places.”
Chamath Palihapitiya Aug 29, 2026 ▶ 1:20:53 Nvidia's Historic Quarter, SaaS Comeback, Bessent vs Druck, America's Debt Crisis, Cancer Vaccine
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