Myth Busters, Canadian Style!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_and_American_economies_compared


here's more info for you guys to dissect. Notice the higher tax rate, unemployment, poverty, and lower homeownership...

Just throwing it out there for those who think America is such a horrible place.

I've been to Canada, years ago, and I love Quebec, awesome place, with its old world charm. And been to Toronto, but its like Chicago, but all in all, Canada is a nice place to visit. My father in law says we need to go to the western providences since he loves the area so much.
 
magakitty said:
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Ah, the 'snow eater'...something you must live in Southern Alberta to appreciate.

As for the Wikipedia entry, much of it is outdated, and will become increasingly incorrect as the Canadian economy grows and the US economy recedes (par example: the US dollar was worth about $1.45 Canadian 3 years ago, and is now wort barely $1.04 Canadian, and continues to fall).
 
j_chicago said:
here's more info for you guys to dissect. Notice the higher tax rate, unemployment, poverty, and lower homeownership...
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Actually, our poverty rate is lower than that of the US, and unemployment rates refer only to the employable population, the p[ercentage of which is different here.

Canadians also enjoy greater social programmes, free universal healthcare, lower crime, cleaner cities, etc....those higher taxes buy us much.
 
magakitty said:
Interesting website - I was browsing around it and found these amusing bits of slang

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AWL: Absent without leave (comparable to AWOL in the States)
Caisse populaire: Type of bank (mostly in Quebec)
Click: kilometre
Forty: 40 ounce bottle of booze (also known as a 'forty pounder')
Hoser: an insult (was popular thanks to Bob and Doug!)
Humidex: result of humidity and temperature
Loony: Dollar (or loonie; plural = loonies)
Mickey: 13 ounce bottle of booze
Pogey: welfare or employment insurance
Poutine: fries, gravy and lots of cheese!
Toonie: 2 dollar coin
Twenty-sixer: 26 ounce bottle of booze (aka twixer)
Two-four: case of 24 beers (may also be pronounce 'two-fer')
Tuque: winter cap
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LOL, yeah, Canada's a big place and different Canadians speak differently. I've never heard anyone be called a hoser before, unless it was an American making fun of us.

Never heard of "humidex" or "pogey" before. I just learned about "two-fours" the other week. Caisse populaire... never heard that in my life. AWL to me is AWOL... never heard it without the O before.

Now mickey and twenty-sixer, I'm familiar with those. ;)
 
j_chicago said:
here's more info for you guys to dissect. Notice the higher tax rate, unemployment, poverty, and lower homeownership...
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I never heard we had lower homeownership before. Maybe it's true.

In certain provinces, the unemployment rate has been unsavoury in the past but is much better right now.

In BC, where I live, there's actually a labour shortage. I put out my resume a couple weeks ago and I got so many calls for interviews and had to turn some of them down.

As for the poverty line, our higher taxes and more socialist framework ensures there isn't such a gap between the rich and poor. I can promise you there isn't nearly as bad as a problem with the poor in Canada than the US. Different countries have different poverty lines so it's like comparing apples and oranges.
 
j_chicago said:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_and_American_economies_compared


here's more info for you guys to dissect. Notice the higher tax rate, unemployment, poverty, and lower homeownership...

Just throwing it out there for those who think America is such a horrible place.

I've been to Canada, years ago, and I love Quebec, awesome place, with its old world charm. And been to Toronto, but its like Chicago, but all in all, Canada is a nice place to visit. My father in law says we need to go to the western providences since he loves the area so much.
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I have to agree with a previous post, yes we pay higher taxes, but we get a lot more bang for our buck... and we don't have to carry guns around all the time to do so. With an extremely low crime rate, health care, pretty darn good public education system in comparison to certain other countries, therefore I myself don't mind paying a higher tax rate.

PS Your father in law is right you do need to go to the western province, the Canadian Rockys are unlike anything in the world!

Oh yeah, plus we're way bigger... over 300,000 square KM's (KM's are used to measure distance in Canada and most of the world, similar to the US mile)... having all that extra space, and so many less people allow us to have alot more room to move around, and more importantly, alot more room for fish tanks!! BIG ones! And of course... a lot more room for trees.. which is why he have such great air quality up here... for the most part.
 
which is why he have such great air quality up here...
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You have obviously NOT been to Toronto.... lol

I too will agree with the poster above about love of country, both countries have much to offer. Learn about your homeland and understand what was done for what reasons. you will find that by learning about your home that you will come to love it. I too as a youth was very pro-american till I started going to cadets (a paramilitary organization funded by the Canadian Armed Forces to promote citizenship, military service, leadership and camraderie amongst youth aged 12 to 18). It was this organization that fostered a deep love of home and country. So again... give it time... all things do look better on the other side of the fence till you learn to look for all the small things.
 
KnaveTO said:
You have obviously NOT been to Toronto.... lol

Many many times, used to live outside of Peterburough in Lindsay... thats where the "for the most part." came in... I just didn;t want to single out a few cities.. IE Toronto, Winnipeg.. I would say there thw two worst I have been... and Ive been in every major city in Canada besides those in BC and Newfoundland.
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Omega said:
Never heard of "humidex" or "pogey" before. I just learned about "two-fours" the other week. Caisse populaire... never heard that in my life. AWL to me is AWOL... never heard it without the O before.
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heh, we just had a humidex warning on Friday... 31C with a humdex of 40C. Think of it a reverse windchill.

Pogey is more of an eastern slang word... hear it all the time in PEI/Newfoundland, never heard it when living in Ontario or Winnipeg.

Caisse Populaire is mor of a bank 'name' than a bank type... pretty sure it's the Quebec version of a credit union.

AWL is news to me, and I'm an air force brat, all I ever heard was AWOL. Although, we just might be pronouncing the "O", with the official acronym being AWL
 
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