Jordan Peterson Flees ‘Totalitarian Hellhole’ Canada, Starts New Life in US

Dr. Jordan Peterson has declared his permanent departure from Canada, describing the nation as a “totalitarian hellhole” under the rule of an “incompetent dictatorship.”

Now based in the United States, Peterson has slammed Canada’s political trajectory, citing growing authoritarianism and systemic mismanagement as key reasons for his decision to leave.

During a two-hour interview with his daughter Mikhaila Peterson, the popular figure explained that life in his Toronto neighborhood became unbearable due to government overreach.

“The government in Canada at the federal level is incompetent beyond belief,” he said.

“Welcome to moving to America, formally,” Mikhaila Peterson offhandedly said to her dad during The Mikhaila Peterson Podcast episode. “I guess that’s what happened, isn’t it? Is this the big announcement?” she said.

“There are decided advantages to being here,” Dr. Peterson said, noting that “the tax situation [in Canada] is out of hand.”

“The issue with the College of Psychologists is [also] very annoying, to say the least,” he added, calling Bill C-63 a draconian censorship law. “We’d all be living in a totalitarian hellhole if it passes,” he told his daughter.

Peterson believes the Ontario College of Psychologists would ultimately appoint a “minion” to re-educate him over social media posts unrelated to his profession. They argued for nearly two years that his sentiments expressed online were inappropriate.

“I express views that are reflective of the state of the current psychological literature, that have been politicized by those who politicized everything,” Dr. Peterson claimed in January 2023.

The college rebutted and said his posts contravened their Standards of Professional Conduct. In August, the Ontario Divisional Court agreed with the college.

Peterson must undergo remedial social media training to maintain his clinical license. Despite having left his practice in 2017, the free speech advocate has remained a registered member of the college since 1999. 

Dr. Peterson believes his public comments, concerning climate change, transgenderism and the Freedom Convoy, did not contravene Canadian law, and are protected by the Charter.

Should the Trudeau government pass Bill C-63, the Online Harms Act, it would aptly define “hatred” through s.319 amendments of the Criminal Code, and clarify that online “hate speech” constitutes discrimination. It would also empower people to file complaints against “intimidating” social media posts.

According to Rebel News’ Ezra Levant, the anonymous complaints could originate from anywhere and remain unknown, even to the accused.

“It could be the government, or someone paid by the government, filing complaints; it could be a political or academic rival; it could be a disgruntled neighbor!” said Levant in a post to X, formerly Twitter.

“The certainty of this happening is 100% — it already has been happening on a small scale,” he added.