Basic things about america and canada:

You can have your canadian flag on your backpack wherever you go in the world. people will smile at you. However, you stick an american flag on your trusty ol' backpack, and you'll probably be given the cold shoulder almost everywhere you go.

America is smaller than canada. Canada has 1/8 americas population. So if you were born in canada, you must have done SOMETHING right in a past life.

Almost every statistic is on canada's side, deathrate, quality of life, quality of cities, resources, all of it.

Taxes? lol, okay. We have a 15% tax rate in canada. Thats normal. America has a 7% tax rate. Why? because they pay for healthcare. OUR healthcare is free. To americans, 15% tax is outrageous and is unacceptable. gasp, oh my god. I have to pay a whole fifteen cents extra for my chocolate bar in canada and complain about how healthcare in my country sucks. DAH. See, its unacceptable to them because -INTHELONGRUN- you're losing lots of money.

(do we live in the "long run"?)
no.

We live in here and now. And if I go and snowbaord down some bigass hill in canada and break 255 bones in my body, I can sit in a hospital for 12 weeks and barely pay anything. But if I go to America and get shot in the head, and somehow survive, I'll be in a hospital in a coma for 20 weeks, wake up with a bullet in my skull, and leave the hospital with a bill that has a number on it I only see when I hear about celebrities and thier houses. I'd probably go back into a coma just looking at it.


In short, when one looks at america, they see an over-rated country that has a cloud of controvery over it so big, there were talks about shipping it to another, (larger) planet. When you look at Canada, you see a wicked snowbaording maple syrup drinking beaver lovin dude with a toque on blazin the rocker sign and havin a good time. thats what you think of when you think of canada. Good times.

While Canada is larger than the US, how much of Canada is actually liveable? No offense, just that I don't think Canada or the US is THAT great. If I had my choice, I would live in Hawii or something. Does this board really need more US bashing/Canada is better than the US stuff? As much as you all might praise this post, to me it's just the same old, regergitated stuff that is an attempt to insult Americans. Hey, I'll admit, you guys have better social policies, and nice lakes and so on, but I don't think it really makes anyone look the better person when they come around insulting anothers country, not for government policies, but just for the country in general. I know you all will think I'm being serious, but I know the second I come up in here saying a single bad thing about Canada, and saying the US is better at anything, you all will be screaming at me. Also, what is with this packback thing? I laugh everytime I hear that. My dad, an American, recently took a trip to Europe, going to France and the U.K., and he never wore a backpack with an American flag going around everywhere. To me, doing something seems pretty ultra-nationalistic, and un-needed. It's like saying, "look at me, I'm an American and proud of it." If I did need a backpack, I think I would go neutral, maybe jansport or something

I think the funniest thing is that my dad was actually treated very nice in France, even when he told people he was an American. He said in the U.K. the people in general are always in a rush and rude. I'm sure that's not everyone, but just in most cases. I find it pretty cool though that people in France are so nice. The US media would have you believe otherwise.

Being Canadian rules.We are well respected in the world cause we don't invade other countries and are more friendlier.We take better care of the environment better than our American counterparts.We did not even violate NAFTA, but the Americans sure did with those softwood lumber tarriffs.

CANADA KICKS ASS ALL THE WAY!
God bless Canada