What is the essential difference(s) between Canada and the U.S.?

[rockydem]

[Verve]

1. You have a decent leader. n/t

[Jackie97]

21. Paul Martin is decent?

I'm sorry if this is going to offend people, but I don't agree with that. I think he's too friendly with Bush.

[ailsagirl]

26. I can understand your concern... but I got the impression that,

ultimately, he didn't think much of the Chimp.

[hippiechick]

2. they get more snow and they love hockey

:evilgrin:


:hippie:

[rockydem]

3. who's the mystery man?

[hippiechick]

7. He's a Canadian Hockey Babe

Chris Brassard. He plays for the Boosier-Shreveport Mudbugs in the CHL.

(drool)


:hippie:

[teryang]

4. Canada is a nation with European standards for living

America is country more like a banana republic.

[ClintonTyree]

5. Most Canadians................

are sane. They're somewhat more Progressive in their thinking and aren't as easy to fool as the sheeple in the States.

[Vanje]

6. No southern accents

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[Verve]

8. Hey Sheeptramp! There are no southern accents in Homedale!

I'm originally from Idaho. Nice to see another Idahoan! :hi:

[Sanity Claws]

9. health care, eh?

They make sure everyone has basic health care.
I've driven through the cities and have not seen slums like the U.S. -- rougher areas, yes but not as bad as what you see in the inner cities here.
They show more respect to the Native populations. I love the name they use -- "first nations." It sounds far more respectful than the terms I hear here.

[BattyDem]

10. Canada is the country America was SUPPOSED to be

but somewhere along the line, we really f*cked up! :-(

[ThoughtCriminal]

11. In Canada I think I would be considered a moderate

In Arizona, I'm considered a left-wing extremist.

[SnowBack]

12. Two official languages

English and French / Anglais et Français

:toast:

[ironflange]

17. That's what I always say

A far-right-wing Canadian Conservative would, in the U.S., prolly be considered a moderate Democrat.

[HamiltonHabs32]

13. many

- We don't elect corrupt rednecks as our leader
- Same-sex tolerence
- health care
- we are very environmental
- lax on marijuana
- not as religious
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[u4ic]

15. You just eliminated Alberta

LOL!

[auntAgonist]

16. welcome to DU Habs!

from a former Ontarian .. living in Michigan

[ailsagirl]

14. Better educated, hence more progressive

[Toronto Ron]

18. Canadians aren't constantly claiming to be the greatest

Americans think - and constantly spew - that the U.S.A. is the greatest country in the world. Heck, it's almost a standard line in political speeches. We Canadians tend to be more modest about this (excepting hockey :headbang: ), even though almost every international ranking I've seen (be it from the U.N. or whatever), has Canada as a "better" place to live than the U.S.

[whirlygigspin]

19. hello down there

Canada is America's largest gated community.

Golf anyone?

[Jackie97]

20. The biggest difference.

The U.S. is very nationalistic. They look mostly inward, and think the world is against them.

Canada is more internationalist.

I hope that doesn't change.

[hermetic]

22. Liberty, equality, fraternity

We don't get a lot of that down here. A word to "in search of sanity" tho. You might want to do some reading about the 'respect' the native population gets in Canada. I think you would be very surprised. And I am NOT saying that it is better down here.

And then there's all this: http://www.members.shaw.ca/kcic1/canworld.html

[SixStrings]

23. Natives need to help themselves...

"You might want to do some reading about the 'respect' the native population gets in Canada. I think you would be very surprised."

Define 'respect'. If you mean paying nil taxes, having every thing subsidized, and living high on the hog - than your getting close. The natives I know and work with are all in the upper-middle class, to downright wealthy. I know for a fact that the Six Nations police force turn a blind eye on their own. There are numerous 'chop shops' and dumping grounds for stolen vehicles in this area. It makes me sick. Let's not mention all the little cigarette shacks and bootlegging that occurs.
Why should I pay for this? I got my year-end sales bonus and saw almost a 1/3 of it go to income taxes, but the native I work with get's 100%. I did nothing to the native people of today and they have had no regressions from me, or my family, or my family's family. The system needs to radically change. Do away with 'reserves', make them a total and complete member of our society. This 'second class citizen', 'we are just victims' mentality has no right in the 21st century.

[Jackie97]

24. No offense.....

but most of that was spoken like a true American.

Americans typically act like it's wrong to have to "pay for" something. They'll act like they're paying for something unnecessary, especially when it comes to helping out people from another race. They'll say stuff like "Why should we give welfare to a bunch of black people who don't need it? I've seen the blacks drive nice cars and use their money to pay for drugs. Why should I pay for that? If black people want respect, then they need to earn it and stop acting like a victim. After all, I didn't own slaves". I'm not trying to attack you. I'm just trying to tell you what I see in your post. I basically see somebody acting like a white male American. White male Americans are not bad people. I'm just telling you that this is what it seems like.

I agree that making the natives a total and complete member of society should make them equal to you all *in theory*. In reality, I can see them getting discriminated against and not being able to climb the latter too easily. That doesn't mean to support them. It just means that things might not be as simple as some think that they are.

[iverglas]

25. yes, they're all lazy greedy drunken scofflaws

It's genetic, obviously. They must be related to the black people south of the border, who exhibit many of the same characteristics as you describe, eh?

"I did nothing to the native people of today and they have had no regressions from me, or my family, or my family's family."

While I don't know what a "regression" might be in this context, I also don't know what your point might be.

The modern inhabitants of the British Isles have done nothing to Canadians, either, but we nonetheless expect them to honour the various agreements by which we are now entitled to organize our own affairs as we like and not have them come tramping back here deciding they don't like the terms agreed to way back then.

You've heard of treaties, maybe?

Funny how in most instances, one side doesn't get to back out of them, no matter how many people have died and been born since they were signed.

"This 'second class citizen', 'we are just victims' mentality has no right in the 21st century."

Mentalities don't generally got rights to start with, but your straw person is evident for what it is anyway.