How Did Canada Become a “Broken Country”? | Mira Metter & Mike Werry

What happened to the Canadian dream—and can it be rebuilt? Broken Country filmmakers Mira Metter and Mike Werry join Jim Csek and Iain Burns to discuss the documentary and the Canadians whose experiences shaped it.The conversation covers health-care access, housing and affordability, immigration and temporary foreign workers, youth opportunity, productivity and investment. Metter and Werry explain how they approached the film, what they heard across the country and why they believe the problems need to be examined together.The interview includes the documentary trailer, a discussion of media coverage and government accountability, and the filmmakers’ hopes for Canada’s future. Their assessments and conclusions are presented as their views.CHAPTERS0:00 Interview highlights1:06 Show introduction1:18 Meet Mira Metter and Mike Werry5:19 The vision behind Broken Country8:22 Documentary trailer10:53 Health care, wait times and costs13:20 The filmmakers’ backgrounds16:35 What they heard across Canada21:42 Young Canadians and the Canadian dream27:34 Immigration, foreign workers and housing35:46 The film’s central message44:01 Public pushback and economic performance52:14 Media coverage and government accountability1:03:36 Where to watch and hope for Canada1:06:36 Closing and show informationSupport the show: https://thereallybigshow.ca/support/Website: https://thereallybigshow.ca/#BrokenCountry #CanadianPolitics #TheReallyBigShow