How is Canada Perceived From Where You sit?

[Idoru]

As far as patriotism goes, I think it's a stupid and dangerous concept which we are better off without.  Love your fellow man.  Nations are dead.

The best thing I have ever heard said on any forums, anywhere, ever. That is exactly what I believe, we need more   for our fellow Humans regardless of race, or nationality.  

[zanzibar]

As far as patriotism goes, I think it's a stupid and dangerous concept which we are better off without.  Love your fellow man.  Nations are dead.

The best thing I have ever heard said on any forums, anywhere, ever. That is exactly what I believe, we need more  for our fellow Humans regardless of race, or nationality. 

Planeshift hippies unite!

[Kalika]

  ahaha sweeet i agree with Idoru, one of the better things ive heard most anywhere 

YAY for being a hippie hehehhe

[Helm]

Canada...

Canada is the only country to be able to invade America and succeed. It's the country with the same freaguing weather as I had in Finland. It has a very strange red uniform for forest guards. Speaks english in most areas, but mainly french in Quebec.

What else do you want me to say? I have never been there, and we don't exactly talk about Canada in school? We barely speak of anything more East that Germany, or West than Brazil...

I guess it is a nice country as any other?

[bilbous]

Thank you Helm, that was indeed the kind of post I was interested in when I made the thread. I sort of expected that there would not be much news about Canada elsewhere. Even the Americans don't get much news from here.

[Idoru]

the BBC broadcast when canadian troops get killed in Afghanistan..... not so much about the americans though 

[bilbous]

Did you hear that in the last Bond movie, not the one that just came out, the villain turned out to be a Canadian Naval officer because both the U.S. and British navies were providing support to the movie and neither wanted a member of their forces to be portayed as a traitor? I didn't actually see the movie myself just heard this story.

[Helm]

"Thank you Helm, that was indeed the kind of post I was interested in when I made the thread."

You are welcome! But I think I was not of such help?  I am unfortunately very attached to what I learned in school many many years ago, so the only things I know from Canada is mainly from documentaries and movies. My grampa lived in Vancouver for many years, and one of my best friends is from Vancouver, but we tend not to speak much about the country? But I also did my thesis about a city in Germany, and one in Finland, and I barely knew anything about those countries too  , and they are in the same continent as my home land...

But the main thing is Canada does not give any bad feeling to me? I always think of it as a very big sympathic country, half non-habited, with lost of beautiful forests, with tons of bears, beautiful ice landscapes, and very busy souhtern capitals!

[Akaye]

we don't exactly talk about Canada in school? We barely speak of anything more East that Germany, or West than Brazil...

This is why I am grateful for our curriculum in our public schools here in Alberta. We learn about the USA, China, Japan, Middle east, and tons more. I remember disliking it while in school, having the attitude of "why should we learn about other countries when they obviously don't care to learn about us" but from an adult's point of view I am happy the school system made learning about the world and its different cultures and countires mandatory. It is nice to at least know the basic's and differences to our fellow man.

[bilbous]

Really, I just thought it might be a good topic to generate some discussion.

As far as half uninhabited goes you might find this map interesting. There are plenty of bears of various types but they are not usually a problem.

Portugal is larger than our three smallest provinces (Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia or New Brunswick) and is a little smaller than the island of Newfoundland which is the big island on the East coast. Canada is very big and vastly underpopulated although much of the country is less than hospitable climactically.

[Akaye]

Holy flying monkey's! I didn't know that the Yukon was that populated. Though a small percentage it was alot more populated than I expected. O.o Thanks for posting that bilbous.

[bilbous]

I think that has a lot to do with the Alaska highway built during the 2nd world war. A permanent road does wonders for encouraging population growth.

[zanzibar]

Really, I just thought it might be a good topic to generate some discussion.

As far as half uninhabited goes you might find this map interesting. There are plenty of bears of various types but they are not usually a problem.

Portugal is larger than our three smallest provinces (Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia or New Brunswick) and is a little smaller than the island of Newfoundland which is the big island on the East coast. Canada is very big and vastly underpopulated although much of the country is less than hospitable climactically.

Underpopulated?  That's a term I've never quite understood.  Why is having a larger population always a good thing?

[Kiraki]

Mmh I think… Green Dragon! I love dragons    and along with that would be Calypso and Cliff-edge ooooh, and funny names for snakes! Fuzzy bears. Whooping Crane breading grounds– That is such a cute name – And Beluga -That too, but, weird in a way and also 400 million year old rocks huge dolomite outcrops and a large variety of volcano types, beautiful mountain ranges, ooh and huge pop-up along there mmhh… and snow, and trees, lots of trees and cool accent and mmh more Canada-like stuff!

But yeah, thats just me. 

Underpopulated?  That's a term I've never quite understood.  Why is having a larger population always a good thing?

Its not always a bad thing, just harder with less people I guess.  

[Stronith]

Underpopulated? That's a term I've never quite understood. Why is having a larger population always a good thing?

Its not always a bad thing, just harder with less people I guess.

This is indeed the case,  here in Alberta there are not enough bodies here to fill all the jobs.   The people moving here to enjoy the employment boom are left with no housing.  They can't build neighborhoods fast enough.  Work in the oil patch and make big bucks, only to have to sleep in a campground because there's nowhere to live.