How is Canada Perceived From Where You sit?

[Loto]

Geese & Maple syrup.

[zanzibar]

I love living in Canada. Its a great place to live. You learn so much more because of all the nationalities based within a small area. We had Italian neighbors for about 3 years and in that time before Daria passed away and the rest of the family moved i learned quite a bit of the italian language and about Italy itself, and now we have a family from Ukraine living next door.

Also we have Tim Hortons and kick butt beer commercials that make you proud to be Canadian, no offense but lets see the US come up with something like that

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRI-A3vakVg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beGoTCErynE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=252wbfBdv6E

Tim Hortons is owned by Wendy's.  It's American.

[zanzibar]

Here's a little bit of Canadian history.

In the early 1970's, le front de liberation du québec abducted several politicians, even killing one.  In response, the Prime Minister deployed the army to keep the peace and protect the people.

The gem of Trudeau's comments are in the last 20 seconds of the film, but the entire 6 minutes is an important snapshot of how Canadian society thinks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7_a2wa2dd4

[Joshed Delerer]

Tim Hortons was originally Canadian and bought out by an american, but to me it will always be canadian

[zanzibar]

Tim Hortons was originally Canadian and bought out by an american, but to me it will always be canadian

It only goes to show that the millions of dollars they've dumped into advertising have not gone to waste.

[LigH]

My opinion:

In Germany, Canadians are usually known as proud citizen - proud of their country, of their wild and cold landscape, proud of their mounties (well, there was this funny TV series about a Mountie in Chicago). Also I remember that canadians are used to be misunderstood ("Canadian Bacon" / "Unsere feindlichen Nachbarn" - John Candy, James Belushi).

My english teacher in an employers education course was a canadian - he claimed to be more or less a neighbor of David Duchovny. He told us a few details about the canadian arctic river and island area. And the confusion around Alaska.

[neko kyouran]

confusion around alaska?

[miadon]

Well Alaska was part of Russia, but the USA bought it off of them. Always wondered  what the cold war would have been like if Russia has still owned Alaska.

[Idoru]

there was this funny TV series about a Mountie in Chicago

Yeah, Due South I loved that series. And the deaf wolf...... Diefenbaker i think

[neko kyouran]

I'm still not getting the confusion.  All I see is a further example of USA buying land from people knowing how good it is, but then not nearly paying them for what it's worth.

[Kiern]

Cancer Bats are from Canada.

Therefore, Canada is badass.

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[Akaye]

Cancer Bats are from Canada.

Therefore, Canada is badass.

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  What's Cancer bats? I googled and found that you could possibly be talking about a band? Am I correct?

[Kalika]

Cancer Bats are from Canada.

Therefore, Canada is badass.

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  What's Cancer bats? I googled and found that you could possibly be talking about a band? Am I correct?

oh it was terrible, i read the original quote and was like "oh no!" bats are spreading cancer now! then i thought how scary someone would think thats badass...and then i realized from your quote that i like to blow things out of proportion eheheh

[Geemi]

Well, Canada is too far from where I live and we have no direct news from it.....But the only thing I can say is that if the world is nowadays doomed to deal with Celine Dion, well it's your fault 

[Idoru]

Yeah, and Shania Twain....

.....Why do you keep doing this to the world?