Originally Posted by
JoBatiKanawong1987
This is why I choose to live in canada:
# Great variety in seasons
# Great world-wide reputation with other countries
# We invented Hockey
# We invented Basketball
# We invented the telephone
# We invented cable T.V.
# There are over 2 million Canadian patents
# We are one of the G-7 countries
# We are a part of NATO
# We are a part of NAFTA
# We are one of the only countries that can put up with Americans
# We have a low crime rate
# Canada doesn't have the highest national debt (The U.S. does, ha!)
# We have a slightly lower debt per-capita than the U.S.
# We can understand American-English. (Well most of us anyway)
# Canadians are polite
# Canada is easy to spell
# Canada is easy to pronounce
# We have one of the top education systems
# Canada has one of the fastest growing populations in the world
# Canada introduced peace-keeping
# Our government pays for medicine. In other words, no hospital bills
# We have nice cities
# We have clean cities
# We are at peace with many countries
# We are the leader in telephone technology
# We have better technology than the U.S.
# We made those dinosaurs in Jurassic Park
# We are not stupid
# We invented refinning
# Canada has more clean water than any other nation
# Canada is a free and democratic society
# Hockey is Canada, Canada is hockey
# We know how, and when to use the word, "eh"
# We have two official languages, and a leader that speaks his own
# Unlike what many people think, Canadians are patriotic
# We are probably the least biased country
# There's a lot of famous Canadians
# We don't have to worry about nukes or bombs
# Lots of ski resorts
# We have the world's longest brige (P.E.I. to the mainiland)
# We have the world's tallest self-supported structure (CN Tower, Toronto)
# Most of us know what the CN Tower is for
# We have the world's longest street (Yonge St., Toronto to somewhere near Manitoba)
# We are great world-leaders withour beer
# Canadians are 300% less likely to be murdered than Americans
# Economy living up to most of its potential of all G7 nations
# Falling crime rate
# We have the 'Smarties' candy unlike Americans (Very important, isn't it?)
# Our schools have less of a dicipline problem than American schools
# Canadian students rank higher than American students in Math, Science, English, ...
# 1/3 of Microsoft programmers come from the University of Waterloo
# Canadian invented the baseball glove
# Canadian invented insulin
# Canadian invented the kitchen stove
# Titanic, written, directed and produced by a Canadian, James Cameron
# Nelvana Corp. of Toronto hired to produce all American cartoons on CBS
# Canadian woman second in comand at UN (American not 1st or 3rd or 4th or... in command)
# Canada is the only country at the Atlanta summer olympics that sent more women than men, meaning we aren't sexist
# Canada is one of the few countries with women in the millitary
# Canada has a trade surplus, unlike our southern friends
# Canada is slated to get rid of the deficit and debt before the U.S.
# Canadian music is world reknowned
# Unemployed Canadians receive higher welfare cheques than unemployed Americans
# Average life expectancy of a Canadian is 79 years, the highest in the world (U.S. is 75 years)
# Canadian cities lead the world in quality of life. Vancouver (1), Toronto (3), Montreal (15). Closest American city was Atlanta at thrity-something
# Canadian discovered Pablum (Baby food)
# Women in Ontario can walk around topless legally (For men: YES! For women: Your freedoms are expanded)
# Canadian doctor at the Montreal General Hospital was able to map the human brain
# Recovered bodies of the Titanic are buried in Halifax (not really something to demonstrate patriotism but an interesting fact)
# Canada never owned slaves (there were slaves in Canada in the 18th century but they were owned by the British government)
# Many American slaves came secretly to Canada during the American civil war
# Canada receives more immigrants per capita than the U.S. (almost twice as much)
# Canada among most popular tourist destinations in the world
# Canadian universities are world-reknowned for quality education and cheap tuitions
# Canada is one of few countries at the UN to be apart of the security counsil, giving Canada a strong voice
# Canada has teh lowest crime rate among major industrialized countries
# Canada leads all economic powers in economic growth
# World's best infrastructure
# Very low inflation (0.9%)
# Falling unemployment rate
# Canadian social programs are unsurpassed
# Stocks reaching new records
# Major profits among Canadian companies
# Canada is home to the world's third largest food franchise--Fogen Frutz
# More medals per capita than any other country at the Atlanta Summer Olympics
# Canadian troops lead the invasion of Normandy
# Invasion planned in Quebec City by Mackenzie King, Winston Churchill, and Roosevelt
# Canadian attack at Vimy Ridge during WWI; one of the turning points of the war
# You know the nuclear bombs the U.S. prides itself on? Well they get the essential uranium from Canada
# More drinkable water in Canada then anywhere else in the world
# The longest inclined tower in the world (Olympic Tower, Montreal)
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