How is Canada Perceived From Where You sit?

[lanser]

When I think of canada I think of:
Snow
more snow
wide open empty spaces
and the canadygirls
Dylia \o/
Zorbels \o/
Anfa\o/

[neko kyouran]

Canada is the home of Zorbels.  Canada therefore r0xx0rz teh s0xx0rz.

[Datruth]

If you truly want the truth ..... here it is

Southern california percieves Canadians as such:

1) Ice Skaters/Hockey players
2) Frenchies
3) Idiots

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I'm one of the few people at my college, who DOES NOT make canadian jokes, but they run RAMPANT here, like wildfire.

I have no clue why, i love how Canadians have Health care for all, How they won't go off and BOMB Iraq for no Good reason, and I love how they Ousted their Last Leader, because they didn't tolerate him.

That said, if anything bad happens here in america, I'm Running to CANADA

But truthfully, you all have a negative media, here in SoCal anyways.

Sorry

~~Datruth

[zanzibar]

It's almost december and I've been out in a t-shirt walking on green grass, so I'm not sure what this "snow" stuff you're talking aboot is.

[Phinehas]

Banff National Park.

'nuff said.

[Kalika]

  erm as an American i see Canadians as being snowboarders and funny people that say "eh" (tee hee hee its so cute ) and uhm lovable people that can speak french and that have a maple leaf on their flag cause they like maple syrup??? ahahah oh yeah and a bunch of hippie-ish people too cuase from what i heard marijuana is legal there. oh yeah and they wear cute hats *kawaii *

erm....yeah im not the most brilliant american there ever was, but i have thought about going to canada before.. it looks so pretties, but it might e a bit cold for my blood. *shrugs*

[bilbous]

Most Canadians live within 100 miles of the U.S. border. Pot is only legal for people with a doctor's prescription. I think less than half the population can speak french even though it is an official language. If you come up during the summer, June through August you can expect the air temperature to range between 70 and 100 degrees fahrenheit with the average being the high 80's, I think. Of course it depends on how far north you go.

Don't forget your passport or they might not let you back in to the States.

[Goldir]

My perception of Canada, in short clipped phrases:
Individualists.
Mostly French or British Ancestry
High tolerance for cold weather
Zorbels/Akaye.  Nuff said.
They export a lot of unqualified english teachers to east asia
They REALLY don't like being called American
"eh?"
Mackinzie Bros
Not a bad place to live, from what I've heard
Lots of natural resources, waiting to be exploited
A good place to hide out, when politics further south get a little hairy

I could think up some more, but it just seems like too much work.

EDIT: oh yeah, I don't consider Quebec to be Canada.  They are more like France, Jr.

[Kalika]

Kalika "accidently" drops her passport somewhere deep in the snow

i dont wanna go back

[zanzibar]

EDIT: oh yeah, I don't consider Quebec to be Canada.  They are more like France, Jr.

The Parisian French really don't care at all about Quebec's so-called french identity.  It's important to the Quebecois, but not important to french speakers outside Canada.  That's my understanding, anyway.

Quebec is most definately a part of Canada though and very different from France.  I like them.

[Monketh]

Quebec is beautiful!  I've been to Montreal and Quebec City.  (Old Quebecois buildings are definitely cooler than old American buildings.)

I also think of miles and miles (or kilometres and kilometres) of forest.  Why, might you ask?  Because I've been to the scout reserve in Haliburton, Ontario, and to get there we had to drive through miles (or kilometres and kilometres) of forest.  "Webbers" (sp?) has good burgers, btw.  Not to mention Canadian Candy is Superior to American Candy.  (I also am fascinated that Scouts Canada is apparently Co-ed.)

I learned how to do an over-zealous Canadian accent, much like my british accent.

[Robinmagus]

Hey now, I'm in Southern California, and I love Canada. Don't know what datruth is talkin' about. French, the language of loovvve. Eh? Eh? Syrup? A flag with a maple leaf? SNOW. hockey, niagra falls, and wait, wait, what? They burned the white house? How cooooollll. I love canadians. Yay.

[LARAGORN]

Ah yes Webbers, a drive down highway 11 is not complete without a stop there for one of there world famous burgers. They really are the absolute best burger you can buy, one bite and you will know what I mean. (oops forgot the eh, eh?)

I love my country and wouldnt want to live full time anywhere else in the world. Of course there are some things I would like to see changed, just as any of you in your country. I am proud we have grown up quite a bit in a short time, and that we have continued to keep peacfull relations with a majority of the world.

Yay Canada

[zorbels]

Southern california percieves Canadians as such:

1) Ice Skaters/Hockey players
2) Frenchies
3) Idiots

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Well they should really look in their own back yard because there are idiot's everywhere. Besides that is just your perception on the topic, it doesn't mean everyone feels that way. I have meet people who loathe other countries and provinces in my own back yard and I don't favor their opinion.

EDIT: oh yeah, I don't consider Quebec to be Canada.  They are more like France, Jr.

It has just been voted on yesterday that Quebec is a Nation. so they are still very much apart of canada. They are just proud of their province and culture but get a little carried away in my opinoin when it comes to their identity to the world.  

What I love most about my country is the freedom it really has. Not the watered down version of freedom. I like our health care and our education system to a certain degree. I like that the "unfortant" can recieve help with programs and services provided by the government. I like that we have beautiful land both in winter and spring. I love our national parks. I love that for the most part most canadians are friendly and would give you their shirt off their back if needed, and as LARAGORN mentioned have managed to keep peaceful relations with the majority of the world. I also love that we have a mix of many different cultures. We are like a big bowl of party mix. I just love it here and when I think about other parts of the world I thank my lucky stars I am canadian. <3 <3 <3 <3

[Edit] OH YA how can I forget!!!! I love the snow! Snowman, Snowballs, Snow sleding, snowboarding, making snow angels, snow forts, snow cones, snow bunnies (There is a couple that live near my house) ....

* zorbels walks off still babbling about snow

[zanzibar]

The thing with Quebecois just that just as English Canadians define themselves as "not American", Quebecois define themselves as not English.  Their french identity is extremely important.  However, Parisian French people don't give a crap about Quebec's french identity!  It's ridiculous, and just a language thing.

Really, the driving force of the separtiste movement is entirely economic and political.  The movie "Octobre" would be a good movie to watch if you want to get one view of the more radical separtiste elements - it's actually about the FLQ and the October crisis of over 30 years ago, but the movie was very well done.