What is the point of Canada?

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CuriousDave

The point of Canada is to daily remind you Americans how a country should act on the global stage. Learn some manners.

knh959

Well, think of it this way. America borders on the magnificent - Canada.

kenoplayer

Canada is a beacon of hope for millions of others around the world who are less fortunate than Canadians.

MelC

Canada compared to the US? You must be joking.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All the while your young men are being murdered in the middle east, people can't go get medical attention, racism and sexism is rampant. Y'all can't even build back New Orleans after all these many years.

You need to come to Canada to learn how it's done!

SteveN

Hmm.

Well I guess you actually proved the point of Canada with your question. The point is that not everything revolves around the U.S or has to be about you.

SUE

Well, When the thirteen colonies of the United States revolted against England, Canada didn't, so it's a different country.

And, to be honest, I think Canada's much cooler than the US. About 20 - 30Âº F on average...;)

My3Boys

Well, we were a safe haven for escaped slaves from the US, for one thing.

Blizzard

Does a stupid question like that even need a response?

jenny

It's a haven for young gay men like yourself to come, meet that special guy, get married, and settle down. :)

Greg F

Better yet, what is the point of you, period!

Nick is cool

No, The USA love treating us like Pawns.

HAPA CHIC

NO ! but the USA makes Canada look cooler especially with obnoxious people like yourself
I agree with Mel C...I doubt you have ever travelled out of the USA in your life

Imaka

The point of Canada is that we want it, we love it, and it is the place that many people in the world want to live. It takes all kinds of countries and people to make up a world. No other reason needed.

prairieprincess

No, it's to keep the USA humble, lol.

thinkingtime

Here's another little "let's get the Canadians all hot and bothered" questions. Kids again, I expect...

Now here's an activity - go and see how many nasty little comments by Canadians there are on the US travel site..

Kit K

Have you ever been to Canada? We don't live in igloos, and polar bears do not roam about everywhere. OH and we don't climb in poles to use the phone. I saw that once in a television show, and was VERY insulted. So really, it's a lot like the U.S. but we are a little more discreet about our love for ourselves.

tuppenybitz

the Us is on a downward spiral,many Americans are moving to Canada so what does that tell you?

ForEver â™¥RusSianâ™¥

to set alot of good examples.............

Stephanie

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 200,000 at last count), go
to live well, retire and of course, for employment. Hypocritical or
what?

Dangermanmi6

Aside from the stupid comment below the question this is a very interesting question. What is the point of Canada? Why does Canada exist and is it worth keeping?

Each and every time Quebec has its little referendum(b) the politicians go out and say that Canada is worth keeping but they never say why it is worth keeping. We understand that the bigots and racists in the PQ party want their own little fiefdom from which to rule the great unwashed and limit the population's ability to move by only speaking French.

One would guess that the only reason that Canada exists today is that it just does, like the States why does it exist?
Texas, Louisiana, California and Hawaii would be much better off without the country, but why do they remain?

Thank you for the interesting question.

Lego Indy

It's a place where foreign medical doctors and engineers can go to drive cabs and clean toilets.

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