Rick Mercer
Rick Mercer
Richard Vincent "Rick" Mercer OCis a Canadian comedian, television personality, political satirist and author. He is best known for his work on the CBC Television comedy shows This Hour Has 22 Minutes and The Rick Mercer Report. He is the author of three books, based on content from the television shows...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth17 October 1969
CountryCanada
believe people pressure
I don't believe in outing people. It's up to the individual, but there's nothing wrong putting the pressure on.
america bulls these-days
Being attached to America these days is like being in a pen with a wounded bull.
support canada bleeding
And in English Canada, no one really knows where the support is coming from, but Conservatives would assume that it's bleeding from the Liberals. So we have a divided left in Canada.
democracy complaining three
And in Canada we, you know, it costs us three or $400 million to have an election. You know, it's always been my position that we shouldn't complain about that; that's the price of admission for a living in a great democracy.
change fun names
We demand that the government of Canada force Stockwell Day to change his first name to Doris. Why do this, you may ask? Because it'll be fun.
love-you party people
The Liberal Party of Canada, heading into an election, at the last minute they always stand up and they say: We know there's people out there that want to vote NDP and God love you. But if you vote for them you're throwing your vote away.
growing-up opposites political
In Canada you grow up - we're next to the United States. We're watching whatever you're watching. We're following your news. It's obvious that we are inundated with American cultural information and political information. Whereas the opposite is not true.
school brave-new-world years
It's a brave new world. I'm 42 years old. I certainly wasn't out in high school.
kids get-better different
It's no longer good enough for us to tell kids who are different that it's gonna get better. We have to make it better now.
party government would-be
You know, we have main English language parties, federalist parties, and traditionally the ones to watch would be the Conservatives, who form the government, and then the Liberals.
government giving canada
Stephen Harper, who's the prime minister of Canada, he is saying that this - we have to give him a majority government, otherwise there will be a Separatist coalition. And he says it every minute.
news wow canada
Things are pretty good in Canada. We weathered the recession fairly well. And, of course, were up here up living here, we're watching American news and we're constantly saying, wow, it's not as bad as it is in the United States.
lucky current-events currents
I'm very lucky, because my beat is current events. And events are changing all the time.
annoyed important example
A good rant is cathartic. Ranting is what keeps me sane. They always come from a different place. Take the prime minister, for example. Sometimes when I rant about him, I am angry; other times, I am just severely annoyed-it's an important distinction.