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Originally Posted by Aladdin Sane
the fact remains that most people around the world hardly share your enthusiasm for all things Canadian. In fact, I'd bet you a dollar (U.S. please) that if they know anything about your country at all it's that Canada is the cold place inhabited by people who are so strikingly like Americans it is hard to tell them apart.
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I wasn't going to comment, I wasn't going to bite, but this one got me really riled up. I am from what is kingly referred to here as "around the world". I've had long discussions with people in my own country, and in my travels through Western Europe, which have been extensive, and in all of our discussions, Canada has always been a country that featured highly favourably. New Zealand is a country which has been moving in several ways to emulate Canada, in the liberalising of social policy (civil unions, prostitution law reform), the provision of appropriate levels of social welfare to assist those who cannot support themselves, and a concerted effort to protect the natural splendour that makes up a large part of our beautiful countries. I can only say that Aladdin's comment is a gross generalisation, and one that I have certainly not seen mirrored by anyone who is not american.