Myth Busters, Canadian Style!
- Thread starter Cory Lover
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It doesn't get that cold here in the Winter. I remember one time it was minus 11 (or was it -17?) and it was a big deal. As for the high, it reached 40C here on July 11 and two of my fish died.
Yeah, but it's not really free. We have to pay medical insurance premiums, or at least, the ones that make decent money do. It's also paid for by our taxes and is actually quite expensive.
I'm not sure about that either.
When I buy bacon at the supermarket it's just like your bacon... thin strips of salty smoked fat and meat.
If you take a look at history, that's not the case at all. Canada was already knee-deep in WWII (which at the time had one of the biggest navys in the world) by the time America decided to get off its arse and help out. Canada also takes part in quite a bit more peace-keeping missions than does America. It's a lie that Canada has no army. If you take a look at your own CIA World Factbook, you'll see that Canada has the 12th or 13th most expensive military in the world, yet only has 33 million people. Today, in Afghanistan *per capita* Canada is doing more than the US fighting the real terrorists behind 9-11.
No, you can be openly *** in the police forces up here and discrimination is not tolerated. While we're on the subject, the RCMP don't wear those stupid red uniforms either. They look like real cops.
No. Our governments are more democratic than yours, so please don't invade us like you do everyone else.
In Vancouver, where I live, it's actually warmer than much of the North-Eastern US and we don't get nearly as much snow as millions of Americans do. If you look at a map, parts of Canada actually extends as far south as California's northern border.
IceH20 said:
If I could find a mountie to ask, then I would have your answer. Horses suck when everybody has a car.
No. Mooses crossing roads can be an issue, but we just buy smaller cars so we can drive right underneath them (my dad has).
bkw1982 said:
Yep. Wich is why the micky d's here have maple syrup dispensers.
Actually the Canadian Armed Forces is considered one of the most professional and best trained armed forces in the world. Although we do not have a military the size of the United States we currently have approxametly 1/3 to 1/2 of our combat units situated in harms way overseas in various hot spots and UN Peacekeeping roles. Furthermore Canada has lost more troops during UN Peacekeeping missions than any other country in the world.
There is no such thing as a "don't Ask Don't Tell" policy in Canada what so ever. Our Mounties, Police Forces, CSIS (Canadian Security & Intelligence Agency) and Military all allow people to be truly what they are. We allow openly lesbian and *** individuals to serve their country. In fact our military was performing same-sex marriages within weeks of it being declared legal for same sex couples to wed.
Actually we have a democratically elected government up here. We elect our MP's to parliament and the leader of the party with the most seats in the house is then asked to form the government. We do not have a 'college' that is given the authority to appoint a president as I found out the first time that George Bush was elected. Apparently you are not electing a president... you are telling a college how to vote to appoint the president.
Cause we can... lol Actually where it is so darn cold (the Territories) is where some of the worlds richest depostis of diamond are right now so people go up there and brave the temperatures. I live in Toronto, which is further south that a number of new england states. I have seen temperatures in the 100F range and the -10F range... so we get the extremes
Canadians hate Celine Dion we always make fun of her, expeshly in are comedy acts. why do you think we sent her to vegas. to **** you guys off. but you guys must love her.
