"How Canada Stole the American Dream"

[Krikit 1,164]

you gotta watch them canadians. they are evil. they show up with tim horton's, tire money, and i'll never forgive them for introducing the usa to celine dion.

Tire money.

[Reba 2]

this article just adds to what I've been telling my husband for years, quality of life in Canada is much better than in the US. Now its not just My Opionion, but some guy who writes for McLean's as well.

Which is of course why we're starting the paperwork to move to Canada, just in case you were wondering milwaukeegirl.

my sister works for Canadian Tire. When she used to work in the Pit Stop (gas station) she got to keep all the "leave behinds" (Canadian Tire money that customers didn't take with them). She used to be able to buy all kindsa #### at CT with all her coupons! At employee discount too!

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Canadian Tire money is great! I made sure I 'spent' all of mine before I moved to the States - it was cool to get a big bag of stuff and only have to pay $1.23 in actual money and the rest in CT money!

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

this article just adds to what I've been telling my husband for years, quality of life in Canada is much better than in the US. Now its not just My Opionion, but some guy who writes for McLean's as well.

Which is of course why we're starting the paperwork to move to Canada, just in case you were wondering milwaukeegirl.

my sister works for Canadian Tire. When she used to work in the Pit Stop (gas station) she got to keep all the "leave behinds" (Canadian Tire money that customers didn't take with them). She used to be able to buy all kindsa #### at CT with all her coupons! At employee discount too!

she's part of the conspiracy to end life as we know it in the usa!

[Eric_and_Corinna 0]

Interesting article, but my two cents...

Canadians didn't steal the American dream. After the wealthiest Americans got their share, they then sent it overseas to places like India, Malaysia, China, and Korea. That being said, Canadians may be living the "American Dream," but I'm not convinced that it actually exists anymore. So much for

"Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"Give me your tired, your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

Anyway, I often meet Canadians when I'm in Canada who have no clue about Alaska. Does this make them ignorant? Not at all. You know about what is important to you. Before I married a girl from Ontario, pretty much anything outside the Pacific Northwest (including BC) and Washington DC was unimportant to me. And to the cultural detriment of many Americans, Canada isn't that important. Now if you live in a border state like Washington, Michigan, or New York, the Canadian economy, politics, sports, etc gets a lot more important. But it's probably just as important as Arizona, Arkansas, and Alabama are for your average Canadian. And keep in mind that most Americans have no clue about anything more current then who got booted off American Idol or the Jerry Springer Show.

The last time I flew out of Sudbury, this guy sat next to me and we talked a bit. When he found out i was from the US, he immediatly asked me where the US flag on my hat was. And another guy I met in Hawaii went off on me for reading the Jon Stewart book "America." "Oh, typical American," he said "always thinking their better then everyone else." Umm...check the book out dude, it's called irony! And I hate to break this to you (not you guys here on the Forum, of course), but not everyone from the US is a NASCAR redneck who wants to invade and conquer every nation that disagrees with the corporate interests of Halliburton, Exxon, Wal-Mart, and Starbucks. Although my favorite driver, Elliot Sadler, will probably not make the Chase for the Cup in his stupid POS #19 Best Buy Dodge Charger once again this year. But i digress.

So this guy started in on how much he hated Bush and his politics. He went on to say that "I don't hate Americans, I just hate how you think you're better then everyone else." Look Dude, you won't find a bigger Bushie Basher than yours truly...the man's dumber than a chimp. And I'm sorry to piss everyone off on this entire forum, but it is my opinion, that because Canadians are so caught up in proving that they're not insecure about the way the average American views them, that they go completely off the deep end in trying to prove how much better Canada is then the US.

Happy belated Canada Day.

[Emancipation 2]

*sigh..

Someday I hope the rest of the world "allows" us Canucks to be Patriotic and Proud of our Nation without having to feel ashamed for it...

My two cents is just because I MOVED here, doesn't mean I instantly change into an American. I moved here for the love of a good man, one I couldn't find in Canada.. that's it.. I am learning to appreciate my new home, but it's not my Country. I'm transplanted here for a while and someday I will be placed back in the wild field from whence I came.

Hopefully that's enough hippy talk to convince you all that I AM CANADIAN!!!!!

[Necrotica 0]

Wow.

I think that both countries has its ups and downs. As for healthcare, yes, it is "free" in Canada, but from what I've read, if you need some sort of major surgery, you could be waiting months before you can get it and possibly die before it's your turn.

Also... earning more. Yeah, Canadians earn more, but then you pay a total of 13.5% sales tax (in Montréal... don't know what it is elsewhere in Canada) on everything you buy? That kind of eats up the savings right there. I remember the day after I got to Montréal to visit Réjean in 2006, we went to a grocery store to get food. Réjean made a comment saying he hoped that $50 would be enough for what few things he had in his cart... something that would have cost us $20 or so here in Kansas. The total came out to $49 and some cents. I damn near crapped my pants. Makes me glad sales tax here is in the 7% range.

Réjean told me a while back that he likes it better here than up there. He says there's more opportunity here than up there. Sure enough, the starting pay for the first job he got here was more than he was paid at his old job where he had worked for over 3 years! Plus he says he was shocked by how much friendlier people were here than in Québec.

Sorry if this is all convoluted because I have some serious brain fog issues right now... the point of all this is that the grass isn't always greener on the other side, no matter what side you're on.

Edited July 3, 2008 by Necrotica

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

*sigh..

Someday I hope the rest of the world "allows" us Canucks to be Patriotic and Proud of our Nation without having to feel ashamed for it...

My two cents is just because I MOVED here, doesn't mean I instantly change into an American. I moved here for the love of a good man, one I couldn't find in Canada.. that's it.. I am learning to appreciate my new home, but it's not my Country. I'm transplanted here for a while and someday I will be placed back in the wild field from whence I came.

Hopefully that's enough hippy talk to convince you all that I AM CANADIAN!!!!!

canada should be very proud

[Kathryn41 3,205]

*sigh..

Someday I hope the rest of the world "allows" us Canucks to be Patriotic and Proud of our Nation without having to feel ashamed for it...

My two cents is just because I MOVED here, doesn't mean I instantly change into an American. I moved here for the love of a good man, one I couldn't find in Canada.. that's it.. I am learning to appreciate my new home, but it's not my Country. I'm transplanted here for a while and someday I will be placed back in the wild field from whence I came.

Hopefully that's enough hippy talk to convince you all that I AM CANADIAN!!!!!

Yep. Canadians understand . . . and Americans mainly just go 'huh'?.

Maybe you just have/had to 'be' there.

Edited July 3, 2008 by Kathryn41

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

Yep. Canadians understand . . . and Americans mainly just go 'huh'?. eh?

fixxored

Edited July 3, 2008 by charlesandnessa

[Kathryn41 3,205]

hehehe Shush - Charles, you are giving away our plan for US domination - we are working on getting Americans to say 'eh' but realize it takes some time for them to transition from 'huh'.

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

hehehe Shush - Charles, you are giving away our plan for US domination - we are working on getting Americans to say 'eh' but realize it takes some time for them to transition from 'huh'.

oh carry on then. but i want my tire money!

[Mephys 2]

Yep. Canadians understand . . . and Americans mainly just go 'huh'?. eh?

fixxored

[Kathryn41 3,205]

Can someone send Charles some Canadian Tire money, please? I'm all out!

(In the meantime, maybe this will help as a holdover . . . http://www2.canadiantire.ca/CTenglish/ctmoney.html)

Edited July 3, 2008 by Kathryn41

[Ban Hammer 13,334]

Can someone send Charles some Canadian Tire money, please? I'm all out!

(In the meantime, maybe this will help as a holdover . . . http://www2.canadiantire.ca/CTenglish/ctmoney.html)

i'll settle for some timbits.......

Can someone send Charles some Canadian Tire money, please? I'm all out!

(In the meantime, maybe this will help as a holdover . . . http://www2.canadiantire.ca/CTenglish/ctmoney.html)

bad link!