Be nice
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Canada *is* awesome. Your cities are so clean! And your money is so awesome. And your maple syrup is so plentiful! Please, consider allowing me to immigrate.
I usually worked at French restaruants just to keep my hand in. My fulltime job was running a homeless shelter. That is why the waste appalled me so very much. Some folks would love the wasted food....so would their children.Totally agree on the waste front. We're trying to teach the Tiny Blonde Tyrant not to take more food than she can eat (she's still pretty terrible at it, since she isn't even three yet). Working as a chef must be cool, though! I dig food. With a serious digging.
Have you been here recently? Tim Horton's has upgraded their coffee sizes.Yep! After I got over my shock at how little the drinks were, when compared to American sizes. Like, your XL is about the same size as an American medium. Maybe a little smaller, actually.
and if we didn't have those 40 below with a wind chill days? (unless you live in B.C. that is).I'd consider defecting to Canada if it wasn't so north.
Nah. I haven't been in Canada for about 10 years, I'd say. I guess my bottom isn't the only thing that was smaller a decade ago...Have you been here recently? Tim Horton's has upgraded their coffee sizes.
I'm gonna inject a cynical note in here. It's really easy to pound our chests and go YEAH CANADA IS NUMBER ONE! And I am very proud and fortunate to have been born and lived in Canada my whole life. We are a rich, peaceful nation, and we have much to be thankful for. But we should never equate the fact that others admire us with the belief that we are perfect. And we also never need to be smug about our good fortune. Keep in mind, this poll doesn't measure our "goodness" -- it measures how good we are perceived to be.
If I say much more, I'll risk moving this over into the Politics thread, so I'll leave it at that.
Spoken like a true modest CanadianI'm gonna inject a cynical note in here. It's really easy to pound our chests and go YEAH CANADA IS NUMBER ONE! And I am very proud and fortunate to have been born and lived in Canada my whole life. We are a rich, peaceful nation, and we have much to be thankful for. But we should never equate the fact that others admire us with the belief that we are perfect. And we also never need to be smug about our good fortune. Keep in mind, this poll doesn't measure our "goodness" -- it measures how good we are perceived to be.
If I say much more, I'll risk moving this over into the Politics thread, so I'll leave it at that.
Yep our money is kinda colorful and our coins are lovely. Come on over where there is poutine and good beer and free medical care.
I know people who live near the border (places like Detroit) that routinely cross the border for health care.I never will understand why Americans are opposed to single-payer healthcare. ::shrug::
When I was in Toronto, I actually met a guy (Canadian) who had broken his arm playing backyard football in Upstate New York. He made his friends drive him *back across the border* rather than risk the mess that is the American emergency medical system. Nice guy, though. Took me to Tim Hortons.
Be nice
Don't rain on my parade.
It is not often Canada comes out on top of anything. And there are reasons, legitimate reasons, we are perceived to be good. Some of those reasons go back many years, but not all.
Whoa, hey, Canada is awesome. Went there a lot when I was a kid. Ontario is my kinda province. French fries and gravy. Water so clean--drink right out of the river. Wolverine.