Canada sounds great!

[yardwork]

Universal health care. Literacy at 95% of the population. Biggest political problem is between French culture in one province and British culture in the other areas.

No political action groups!

Head of state is not elected in some stupid cult-of-personality popularity contest like we have in the States. The majority in Parliament appoints the Executive leader. How sensible! How refreshing!

Multiple parties. Proportional representation.

Socially liberal.

Not warlike! Friendly. Nice.

Environmentally conscious. Well-educated. Tolerant.

Why can't I live there???? PLEEEEEEEEESE?

[kedrys]

1. BRUTALLY cold weather

Dress in layers. Lotsa layers. :)

[HEyHEY]

3. horseshit

Everyone thinks that...the weather is no colder than the NorthEastern USA In Vancouver it almost never goes below freezing

[enigmatic]

6. It's not that cold.....

If you can live in Minnesota, you can live in Western Canada w/o a problem.

Hell, I came from Phoenix and winter doesn't bother me...

[ironflange]

40. It's a dry cold!

[kedrys]

14. The eastern part of Canada is way colder than that

Try slogging a quarter mile on foot in a blizzard in -80 degree weather because you have to get home and cars and buses won't run.

[tuvor]

21. Uh, minus 80???

No.

[kedrys]

Uh, yes.

That's what the weather guy on the radio was saying when I walked into the house and my sister had to uncrate me from my clothes because I was frostbitten. Probably included the windchill factor, but at those temps, who cares.

[enigmatic]

28. Where were you, in Inivuk?

Those temps w/ wind chill are the exception, not the rule anywhere south of The Territories.

[kedrys]

29. Quebec, before global warming. n/t

[Maple]

32. Not even possible

LOWEST RECORDED TEMPERATURE:

Snag, Canada -63.0 C (-81.4 F) on the 3rd February, 1947

http://members.iinet.net.au/~jacob/worldtp.html

Snag , village, W Yukon, NW Canada, near U.S. (Alaska) border, on White R., and 120 mi/193 km S of Dawson; 62°24'N 140°28'W. Trading post, services. Record low temp. of −81°F/-63°C was recorded here, Feb. 1947.

[tuvor]

34. With windchill, I suppose it's possible.

But that's the perceived temperature, not the actual temperature.

But like you said, when you're the one outside, who cares?

[enigmatic]

22. -80?????

Link, please.

[tuvor]

4. Speak for yourself.

11 degrees celsius today. :)

[yardwork]

10. Maybe the cold weather keeps out the morans

I don't want to veer into red state/blue state stereotypes again (seeing as how I live in a red state meself) but there might be something to this.

A temperature divide?

The price one pays to live in a progressive society is to live in the cold? Morans can't be bothered?

[Siyahamba]

27. No:

http://www.weather.com/activities/travel/businesstraveler/weather/climo-monthly-graph.html?locid=CAXX0523&from=search

[HEyHEY]

2. Actually there's more than one French Province

New Brunswick is Half French...the oldest culture of French in NA. ANd North East Ontario is very french too. There's even French Colonys in Manitoba and Saskatchewan and Alberta. Actually I believe all but BC have them Mallairdville doesn't really count anymore.

[yardwork]

5. Oh, I had that wrong, then. Thanks!

Is it still a huge problem. The conflict between French and British, I mean?

[HEyHEY]

7. French and English

The "British" state of mind is all but gone except in Victoria and Parts of the Maritimes. Very Unfortunate

[yardwork]

15. Actually, being of part-Welsh heritage I've never liked that "British"

thing much anyway.

[enigmatic]

9. Falher and St. Paul, Alberta are a couple...

Beautiful places. And St. Paul has the UIFO Landing pad, so I'm partial to it as well..

[HEyHEY]

13. Hey I was trying to find St Paul on a map last night - I couldn't

Where is it?

I used to live in the CNP by the way...ugh

[enigmatic]

24. It's northeast of Edmonton....

west of Lac La Biche...

[enigmatic]

26. The UFO Landing Pad in St. Paul:

My wife took me to St. Paul to see it the second day I was here; pretty cool...

[DrWeird]

8. Canada is a shithole.

You've obviously never heard about their horrible leaky condo problem.

[yardwork]

11. I figured a freeper would show up to yell at me....

Tell me more, Dr. Weird! LOL!

Edit: I know you're not a freeper. I was making a joke. Yanking your chain.

[HEyHEY]

12. Man, I'll NEVER forget that thing - but WHY? Were they leaking DR. Wierd?

BECAUSE THEY WERE BUILT TO US STANDARDS!

[DrWeird]

19. LOL.

Figures those stupid Canadians would use inferior building standards.

[HEyHEY]

20. Hey..the WTO made us to fullfil debt relief

[LDS Jock]

16. they use that weird metric system though

who can figure that out?

[HEyHEY]

17. We use both- it's strange

Every Canadian has a good feel for both...very neat little indiosynchrosy here

[yardwork]

18. I'm cool with metric - I have a Master's degree in Scieeeeeeeence!

[tuvor]

23. As long as you can multiply and divide by 10, you're there.

:)

[yardwork]

25. Good. Step Two: Find job in Canada

Step Three: Convince husband and kids to move to Canada

[enigmatic]

30. Can we get take new immigrants and deport the Canadian Tire Couple?

Please?

[Maple]

31. Try

http://www.monster.ca

Mention a possible military draft.

[sonicx]

33. Why hasn't God blown Canada away yet?

[enigmatic]

35. God's got a head cold....

And we won't give him any"Buckley's"...

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

36. It's not all great.

You wouldn't believe the neighbours we got...


Yeah, I'm back. I kinda left in a huff after the election (and I'm sure I wasn't the only one), but it didn't take long for me to come to my senses. This seemed like a good place to start posting again.

[yardwork]

37. I'm honored that you chose to make your return post on my thread!

Could we arrange a swap between your neighbors and my family?

Oh wait. You don't live in Alberta, do you?

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

39. No, I'm in Ottawa.

And when I referred to our "neighbours", I was speaking for the whole country. I think you can figure it out for yourself from there...

[yardwork]

42. kick for the new Canada thread on Thursday night!

[Wat_Tyler]

38. British Culture? Hardly.

Try Indigenous, German, Ukrainian, Scots, Irish, Russian, Chinese, Indian, Korean, African, Italian, Hispanic Culture. I've no idea what 'British Culture' even is - I suspect there is no such thing.
What I really mean is that it is quite annoying to have people think of Canada as French or English, particularly for the vast majority of us non-Francophones who aren't English.

[IHeart1993]

41. Some of my favorite shows are Canadian

I would move to Canada solely for the television.