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Well, I never heard of this initiative, but as far as I'm concerned, you're all welcome to make the trek. I know if I was American, Canada would look way better right now, but don't think that getting away from Bush by moving to Canada is the path to enlightenment. Liek someone else already said, it's different, but not necessarily better. Here's my short list of reasons, pro and con:
Our beer is better. Period. Not the big breweries necessarily, but the unbiquitous and excellent microbrew cannot be beat.
It's colder than most of the USA, except some of the northern stated, so be warned. Also, shorter daylight hours in the winter, so if you suffer from SAD (seasonal affective disorder) think twice.
Taxes are higher, pay is lower, but we have universal free medicare, but you may have to pick up the tab for prescriptions if you're not on a plan.
We have a national government that actually does nothing. I'm not saying that they are ineffective, or powerless. I'm saying they do nothing. They bikcer, they argue, they pretend to talk about policy, but then they do nothing. That will be a shock for you.
We have the CBC. Some say it's a blessing (me for instance), some say it's a curse. Either way, we have the CBC.
We have human rights. Really. Gays can marry, you can expect privacy, you can have dissenting opinions about the government without fear. Michael Moore says you don't have to lock you doors, but I think most of us do. Funny that.
We have about the same number of guns per capita, but most of them are hunting rifles and shotguns, and we use them to hunt. Animals. We find shooting firearms at each other distasteful and painful, so we don't.
Our football has only three downs and two (yes TWO) fifty yard lines. No metric in football yet, but gives us time, we can fuck that up too.
We talk about hockey. A lot. We love hockey. We miss hockey. Mmmm, hockey.
Some things here happen in French, some things happen in both English and French. That's because both of these languages are official languages. That's right, official!
So, if you still want to make the trek, come on up. Just leave your hand guns at the border, take your attitude down a couple of notches (we're not big on smack downs, we'd would rather talk it out), and we kinda like everyone, so you might have to as well.
Good Luck.
Peace,
Pierre
(note the French name)
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