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We, as Canadians,
see it more as, uh...

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when we lock the door, we're
imprisoning ourselves inside.

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- You don't want to do that.
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- Not really, no.
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We don't want to... No.
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- I decided to go unannounced
to a neighbourhood in Toronto

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to see if this unlocked-door
thing was true.

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Oh, hi. I'm sorry.
Just checking.

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[ dog barking ]
Oh, hello!

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- Oh, hi.
- Hi.

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- Nobody locks their doors.
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Nobody locks their doors
in this town.

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- You want to lock?
- No, no, no.

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Do you like living here?
- I like it very much.

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- Yeah? And the T-shirt?
- The T-shirt too.

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- This door was wide open.
And you're not afraid?

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- Should I be afraid?
- I don't know. You live here.

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- I don't think I'm afraid.
- You're not, are you?

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Thank you very much.
- All right. No problem.

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- I'm sorry about the intrusion.
- No, no problem.

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- Thank you for not shooting me.
- No problem at all.

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- Bye-bye.
- Okay.

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- As an American,
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I gotta say this all
seemed kind of strange.

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Until I looked up at the TV
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in the bar and noticed
what they watched

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for their evening news.
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- They're friends of ours.
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We'll certainly listen to them
courteously and carefully,

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but you don't just make war
just 'cause someone says so.

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- The Canadians weren't being
pumped full of fear.

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And their politicians seemed
to talk kind of funny.

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Mayor Mike Bradley
Sarnia, Canada

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- ...making sure they have good daycare,
assistance for their parents

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when they're elderly and need
to be in an old-age home,

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that they have proper
health care that insures

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that they won't lose
their business or their house

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because they can't
afford their medical bills.

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That's how you build
a good society.

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No one wins unless everyone
wins. And you don't win

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by beating up on people
who can't defend themselves.

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And that's been the approach,
unfortunately,

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that's been spreading with some
of the right-wing governments

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across North America.
They pick onto people

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that can't defend
themselves and at the same time,


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