Internationally recognized podcaster Joe Rogan, who has more viewers than most American mainstream media outlets combined — says he won't return to Canada even though he thinks Canadians are "f---ing lovely."Rogan called-out the communist-like seizure of Canadians' bank accounts without due process during the COVID-19 Freedom Convoy — later ruled illegal by the Federal Court of Canada, during an episode of the The Joe Rogan Experience.Even now, millions of Canadians — afflicted with en masse Stockholm Syndrome — are poised to vote for the same people who stole their money, locked them down, encouraged spying on neighbours, and forced an experimental vaccine on them — in the name of science.“I just want to say to the Canadian people, because I said the other day that I don’t go to Canada anymore. I’d rather go to Russia. I was joking around first of all, but I do not go to Canada anymore because of the government,” Rogan said on the episode. “It has nothing to do with the people. I think the people are f---ing lovely. They’re some of my favourite people of all time.”.Rogan, known for his unfiltered commentary, went on to describe Canadians as “20% less douchey than Americans,” adding, “I would say that Canada is like America, but 20% less douche bags. They’re the nicest people. They’re well educated. It’s a great population. Montreal is amazing. Toronto is amazing. I love Canada.”However, his tone shifted when addressing the Canadian government’s decision to freeze bank accounts of individuals who donated to the Freedom Convoy, a protest movement that erupted in early 2022 against COVID-19 vaccine mandates for truckers.The federal government, under Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, invoked the Emergencies Act to seize accounts.“But when you start f---ing taking and closing people’s bank accounts because they donated to the trucker convoy, and no one’s up in arms about that, you can’t let those people do that to you,” Rogan said. “That shouldn’t be legal. You’re donating to a bunch of people that are protesting, and they closed your bank account. That’s crazy suppression of expression. That’s scary stuff.” .Rogan, a vocal critic of vaccine mandates, called the account seizures a dangerous precedent.“That’s like, you’re gonna get locked up stuff. That’s the next step of that is to imprison you for protesting something that you have every right to protest,” he said. “You shouldn’t tell me I have to take an experimental vaccine that proved to be totally ineffective. So I was right. You can’t take my bank account away because I donated to some f---ing people that were protesting something.”The Freedom Convoy protests, which saw truckers and supporters block key border crossings and occupy parts of downtown Ottawa, drew international attention. The government’s response, including the use of the Emergencies [War Measures] Act, was criticized by civil liberties groups as an overreach. .The Federal Court’s ruling confirmed the account freezes were unconstitutional.Rogan’s comments come amid ongoing debates about free expression and government power in Canada, with some convoy supporters launching lawsuits against Ottawa for financial losses caused by the account seizures.His remarks are likely to resonate with his large Canadian audience, many of whom have expressed frustration with the government’s handling of the protests.Despite his harsh words for the government, Rogan made it clear his issue isn’t with Canadians themselves.“I love Canada,” he reiterated, urging listeners not to let government overreach go unchecked.
