Joe Rogan doesn’t plan a visit to Canada anytime soon and Justin Trudeau is to blame.
The podcaster had strong words for Canada’s prime minister in a recent episode of his popular show, the Joe Rogan Experience, going as far as to say he won’t be visiting Canada until Trudeau is voted out.
Rogan was speaking to his guest, comedian Sam Morrill, about the trope of U.S. citizens who say they “will move to Canada if former U.S. President Donald Trump is re-elected,” which Rogan claimed to be the worst country of the two.
“That’s not a good place,” said Rogan. “It’s not a good place under this administration at least. They went sideways. Canada was an amazing place ten years ago. You go to Canada ten years ago, it was awesome.”
The UFC commentator cited Trudeau freezing the bank accounts of Canadians during the 2022 Freedom Convoy protest against COVID-19 mandates among the reasons for his perceived downfall of the country.
“They seized up the bank accounts of people who were protesting, the truckers,” said Rogan. “The people that were donating to the truckers, they seized their bank accounts.”
He went on to call Canada’s laws around freedom of speech “ridiculous” and that they give the government many opportunities to take punitive measures.
“Not only that but Canada has ridiculous free speech laws, they have hate speech laws. They can come down on you for a lot of things,” he added.
Morril asked Rogan where he’d previously liked to visit in Canada.
“I love Montreal, Montreal is amazing. I love Toronto. I love Vancouver. I love Canada, but I don’t go to Canada anymore.”
“You wouldn’t do a gig there?” asked Morril, referring to Rogan’s standup career.
“No, not while that guy is president, or prime minister or whatever he is, f**k you.” answered Rogan.
Morrill said that there were still people in Canada who were just looking to laugh and were fans of him, saying, “they want to see you still.”
“Get rid of that guy and I’ll come back,” said Rogan. “I just don’t trust any of it up there. I just think that they’re so far into tyranny right now. The laws that they’re passing, the s**t that they’re doing with the erosion of people’s rights, like…I don’t want to support it. I think it’s horrible.”
Morrill responded by saying that despite all that, people “still need a laugh.”
“They (Canadians) definitely need a laugh. They’re in the middle of a full blown communist takeover. It’s a scary spot, it used to be amazing,” said Rogan.
The podcast host went on to say that he always felt Canadians to be nicer than Americans on average, which is ultimately to their detriment.
“That’s why they get roped into hate speech laws, because they want to be kind. They want to be good people and they don’t realize that compelled speech has a terrible ending. It always ends in communism because someone has to compel that speech, and who does? The people with guns and they tell you what to do,” he said.
Morrill agreed with concept of supporting free speech, saying that “for all the awful s**t that people say, you still just have to be pro-free speech.”
This is not the first time Rogan has taken aim at the prime minister. He’s previously called Trudeau a “creepy dictator” and a “weasel” for his use of the Emergencies Act, policies on gun control, and internet censorship.
He also weighed in on the Canadian political landscape in an episode of his show featuring Ottawa comedian Tom Green, where he informally endorsed Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.