What are some words that you would use to describe Canada? What is Canada to you?

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gracel313

I don't know if this was actually written by an Austrialian dentist or not, but I like the words.

An Australian Definition of a Canadian - Written by an Australian Dentist

You probably missed it in the local news, but there was a report
that someone in Pakistan had advertised in a newspaper an offer of a reward to anyone who killed a Canadian - any Canadian.
An Australian dentist wrote the following editorial to help define
what a Canadian is, so they would know one when they found one.
A Canadian can be English, or French, or Italian, Irish, German,
Spanish, Polish, Russian or Greek. A Canadian can be Mexican,
African, Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Australian, Iranian,
Asian, Arab, Pakistani or Afghan.A Canadian may also be a Cree, Metis, Mohawk, Blackfoot, Sioux, or one of the many other tribes known as native Canadians. A Canadian's religious beliefs range from Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim,
Hindu or none. In fact, there are more Muslims in Canada than in
Afghanistan. The key difference is that in Canada they are free to
worship as each of them chooses. Whether they have a religion or no religion, each Canadian ultimately answers only to God, not to the government, or to armed thugs claiming to speak for the government and for God. A Canadian lives in one of the most prosperous lands in the history of the world. The root of that prosperity can be found in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which recognize the right of each person to the pursuit of happiness.
A Canadian is generous and Canadians have helped out just about every other nation in the world in their time of need, never asking a thing in return. Canadians welcome the best of everything, the best products, the best books, the best music, the best food, the best services and the best minds. But they also welcome the least - the oppressed, the outcast and the rejected. These are the people who built Canada. You can try to kill a Canadian if you must as other blood-thirsty tyrants in the world
have tried but in doing so you could just be killing a relative or a
neighbor. This is because Canadians are not a particular people from a particular place. They are the embodiment of the human spirit offreedom. Everyone who holds to that spirit, everywhere, can be a Canadian.

Nukemann

Canada is my northern neighbor, with friendly, polite, well spoken, beautiful people. A great place to visit and have fun. Hockey & curling capitol of the world. Everyone should aspire to be more Canadian, Eh.

Kit K

To me Canada is home, and peace.

Dear cutie,
Where do you think americans come up with those t.v. shows?? They get them off other countries too. And having thought of useless, dumb and boring shows like that would not make me proud.....

WOOHOO! I love to edit!

To Stephanie... Have you ever lived in Canada?
About the taxes... For example, I make around 25 000 a year. By net income is around 20 000. Ok, that's a lot of taxes... BUT!!! Every month I receive around 500$ from the federal government for child tax benefits and around 300$ from the provincial. Every 4 months, I receive a GST credit of almost 200$ from the federal and 100$ from the provincial. When I filed my income tax return this year, I received 3000$ in refund.
And last but not least, I have the peace of mind of knowing if I get hit by a car I will not to file for bancrupty to pay for my medical care.

jojo

Multiculturism

Imaka

Home. Simple as that.

peace ^!

Well i guess it's cold... when i think of canada i think of snow and stuff but also niagara falls

maemarilyn1983

4 Seasons, Snow, Hockey, Multi-culturalism, freedom, Friendly People, Moose, Canadian geese, Tim Hortons, Provinces (not states).... these are just a few words that come to mind.

Candy Supportin Cunucks & Canada

for me home!!. its also beautiful, clean and has very nice and respectful people. hey cant lie in the winters it is cold but we dont live in igloos.. lol. its also vey multicultural and big!! i love being canadian and part of this great land!! oh yeah hu can forget HOCKEY and TIM HORTONS!!!

maple

Canada is nurturing of all its citizens. People are cooperative (as opposed to competitive).

It's beautiful, it's innocent, it's cold, it's safe, it's cautious and rational. Very moderate.

reginachick22

Clean and resouceful.

kenoplayer

Canada is a beacon of hope to millions of other people around the world, who are less fortunate than Canadians.

Jenn â™¥

Cold, Un-Fair, Semi-Free.

Canada is a cruel country actually. In my view, they dont really care about Nuclear Power Plants, preserving the earth and such stuff to continue life and generations. They keep on bringing in new types of energy wasting products that over-time become our daily usages.

Ex: Computer. Television. CARS! God gave us feet!

To me, Canada is a country that can do a lot better.
Everything that USA has, Canada comes out with it too!

American Idol...Canadian Idol
Are you smarter than a 5th grader? Are you smarter than a CANADIAN 5th grader..
So you think you can dance? So you think you can dance CANADA.
AMERICA's next top model.......CANADAS next top model....

ITS BETTER IN THE USA!!! IM A CANADIAN AND ALL BUT CANADA NEEDS TO STEP UP FOR ITSELF!

Stephanie

(UPDATED)
CNN Apr. 4, 2008

Five myths about Canada you need to know about!

1. Free health care.

Canada's health care is not free. It is funded by a heavy tax
regime that takes hard earned money from even the working poor. If
you make $C20,000 a year. You will be taxed. Make more? Like $C75,000
and up? Oh, you can bet you will get hit with taxes. In some
provinces like Alberta, you also get the additional privilege of
paying health care "premiums" on top of your taxes.

The big hospital unions like the Registered Nurses and various
so-called "para-professionals" have taken over the health care
system and destroyed it. This is what happens when you create a
a monopoly, and worse, a government owned monopoly.

2. High standard of living

Huh? Since when? This country has one of North America's biggest
drug ghettos. It's called Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. Canadians
have a lower per capita GDP than Americans. They also make less
money than Americans, and ironically many other countries: Ireland,
Germany, Switzerland to name just a few.

3. Peaceful

Nope! There are just as many acts of violent crime, drug gangs,
domestic murders in Canada as in the U.S. It's just never adjusted
for per capita, ie. the actual population of the two countries
and the size of the cities in each country. Canada has serial
killers, drug shootings, pollution, gang violence. How come we don't
hear much about this in the world's media, the way the U.S.'s
problems are constantly brought up?

4. Strong economy

No! Canadians just piggyback off the U.S. economy and they still
can't manage to get their unemployment rate down to anywhere near
to the U.S. rate, which was hovering in the low 5's most recently.
Canada's rate has varied over the last decade or more from 11% to
a low of about 7%. The country just sells off its raw natural
resources rather than having a productive economy through
strong innovation or research. Yet the Canucks complain about
selling those resources to the U.S. Huh?

5. Canadians are polite self effacing and humble

Whoa! Canadians are anything but polite and "European" as they
like to tell the world. Most Canadians I've met are ignorant,
boorish, self absorbed anti-American bigots. Go to a Canadian
workplace: see how they treat you, especially if you are a brown
or black person.

Go to a restaurant or a store. The tone is very cold and "British"
in nature. Look at how they drive. I have driven in Britain, the
U.S. (San Diego, Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Seattle area).
Nowhere have I seen such stupid backward drivers as I have seen
in B.C. and Alberta.

Basically Canada needs to have its huge pompous self absorbed ego
deflated. Canadians are hypocrites and they love to be delusional,
and self absorbed about how great they are. The U.S. incidentally is the
country where a lot of Canadians, (about 250,000 at last count), go
to live well, retire and of course, for employment. Hypocritical or
what?

molly

What other words are there except The Royal Canadian kilted Yaksmen song?: For those who dont know the tune-its the same as My Country Tis of thee

Our country reeks of trees
Our yaks are really large
And they smell like rotting beef carcasses
And we have to clean up after them
And our saddle sores are the best
We proudly wear womens clothing
And searing sand blows up our skirts
And the buzzards they soar overhead
And poisonous snakes will devour us whole
Our bones will bleach in the sun
And we will probably go to hell
And that is our great reward
For being the-uh ro-yal canadian kilted yaksmen

Viva la Canada: the safest country in the world!

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