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At the time of posting, it is -18 degrees Celsius in Calgary, -14 in Winnipeg, -16 in Regina and a bone-chilling -30 in Iqaluit.

But in Toronto? A snow-melting three degrees above zero.

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Despite this, for six months a year the streets of Canada’s largest city are an ubiquitous showcase of one wildly expensive piece of cold-weather clothing: The Canada Goose parka.

The video above explains in detail, but in short, the entire city of Toronto is playing a giant game of dressup in the delusional belief that they actually live in a cold place. The rest of Canada weeps for their wussiness.

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