TIFF 2014: Michael Moore on Canada's good and bad parts

Michael Moore has made no secret about his affection for Canada through the years. From Oscar winner for "Bowling for Columbine" in 2002 to 2007's "Sicko," his documentaries have held up the Great White North as an antidote to the U.S.

But is the 60-year-old filmmaker -- who directed a movie called "Canadian Bacon" back in 1995 -- suddenly changing his mind?

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of "Roger & Me" at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival, Moore revealed that his respect for Canada may be waning a little, considering the country's politics have started to lean more towards the right.

"I’m disappointed," Moore told The Globe and Mail. "It is sad to see Canadians adopting the worst parts of us."

To clarify Moore's stance, we break down what he thinks are the good and bad parts of Canada:

THE GOOD:

• As he noted in "Sicko," Moore continues to be impressed that Canadians voted to name Tommy Douglas (the Saskatchewan premier who introduced universal health care) as the Greatest Canadian. "I can’t imagine Americans naming somebody who did something like he did – for the greater good," Moore said at TIFF, adding that he admires the fact that Canada is a "we" society as opposed to a "me" society like the U.S. "You still structure yourself very much around the concept of ‘we,'" he said. "You know, communal responsibility, if that person is sick, they have a right to see a doctor – a human right – and not have to worry about paying for it."

• In "Bowling for Columbine," Moore suggested that, unlike America, Canada does not have a climate of fear. An interview in the film has musician Marilyn Manson arguing that U.S. society is based on "fear and consumption."

• Moore doesn't mind when we adopt American mainstays as long as they are harmless. "I get the fact that you have ‘SportsCentre’ – and it’s spelled ‘t-r-e’ – and you have your own sports centre network," he told the Globe. "That’s cool. I love when you copy that stuff."

THE BAD:

• Moore is not a fan of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. In 2004, two years before Harper became PM, Moore warned Canadians that Harper would shift our country towards an American system. "He believes that Canada should be joining more with the United States instead of trying to be its own separate thing," Moore said. "And I think he has a big pair of scissors in his hands, desperate to cut away at the social safety net that you have."

• At TIFF, Moore criticized Canadians once again for "snipping away at" their "safety net." "When you start asking questions, ‘What’s the bottom line…?’ Well, some things, like your schools and your roads and your health care – those things don’t exist to make a profit, they’re supposed to lose money," he told the Globe, adding, "if you want to be more like us, then go right ahead, and you can watch the murder rate going up in Toronto each year now."

• In 2010, the filmmaker slammed Canada for refusing to give asylum to American soldiers dodging the Iraq war. "It is absolutely shameful how Canada has behaved toward those who have resisted this war," Moore said. "It's not the Canada that we used to know."

Do agree with Moore that Canada has changed for the worse? Post your thoughts in the comments.